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Announcing Baltimore Jazz Fest 2022

May 1, 2022May 3, 2022 admin 3 Comments

Sunday, June 19th, 2022 (Father’s Day, Juneteenth) Baltimore Jazz Alliance is thrilled to announce the lineup for this year’s FREE Father’s Day event – Baltimore Jazz Fest 2022. Bringing together some of the area’s most amazing jazz artists and word artists, we promise a show unlike anything else! | Read more>> Read more

Announcements

BJA to Receive $10,000 Grant from the NEA

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 admin 0 Comments

We are thrilled to announce that Baltimore Jazz Alliance (BJA) has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support this year’s Baltimore Jazz Fest. This project will feature a full day of live music, showcasing a variety of amazing artists from the Baltimore area, as well as activities for kids and adults alike. | Read more>> Read more

Events Uncategorized

Jazz: America’s Secret Sonic Weapon. Concert May 12 at Evergreen Museum

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 admin 1 Comment

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government recruited jazz icons such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington to tour the world as cultural ambassadors and burnish America’s reputation as a beacon of multi-cultural freedom and creativity. While this projection often obscured a far more complicated reality, the tours proved incredibly effective, inspiring one reporter to dub them “America’s secret sonic weapon.” | Read more>> Read more

Memorial

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Bob Jacobson 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of David Stuck] On March 18, 2022, the Baltimore jazz scene lost one of its most distinctive voices. Mitch Mirkin died of a heart attack while bicycling near his home in Pikesville. Mitch’s role in the local scene was unique. | Read more>> Read more

Concert Reviews

Transformation Ensemble Dazzles at An die Musik

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Liz Fixsen 1 Comment

Near the beginning of his concert on February 18th, bandleader Eric Worthy explained how the band came to be called the Transformation Ensemble: “Everyone here has been through some transformation or another.” For Worthy, it was the passing of his mother and the birth of his first child. | Read more>> Read more

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Announcing Baltimore Jazz Fest 2022

BJA to Receive $10,000 Grant from the NEA

Jazz: America’s Secret Sonic Weapon. Concert May 12 at Evergreen Museum

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

Transformation Ensemble Dazzles at An die Musik

Weekly Jazz Performance Series with the Skip Grasso Duo

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