Bob Jacobson July 29, 2018August 5, 2018 0 Comments

Big Band of the Week – Powerhouse Big Band

Powerhouse is the official jazz big band of Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)’s Essex campus. The band was led by bassist Ashton Fletcher until his death in 2015. Since then trombonist John Morgan has directed the band. Pianist George Spicka describes Morgan as “a great director, very knowledgeable, especially with horns, inspirational, with a lot of enthusiasm.” | Read more>> Read More

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Bob Jacobson July 28, 2018 2 Comments

Jazz in Downtown Westminster

Common Ground on the Hill started in Westminster in 1994 as a summer festival of American roots music. In recent years Common Ground’s offerings have been expanded to include summer music camps, workshops, and year-round concerts in Westminster and Baltimore. Organizations that present American roots music rarely include jazz, oddly enough, so I was pleasantly surprised when Common Ground announced that it was sponsoring jazz at two of six venues in downtown Westminster on July 7th, with Celtic, blues and “alt-grass” bands at the other four locations. | Read more>> Read More

Big Band of the Week

Bob Jacobson July 22, 2018August 5, 2018 0 Comments

Big Band of the Week – Now’s the Time Big Band

Here’s yet another Baltimore-area big band led by a retired music educator, in this case Thomas “Whit” Williams, who taught in Anne Arundel County schools for 37 years. Whit, who was honored by BJA with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, has been one of the most prominent sax players on the Baltimore scene since the mid-1950s. | Read more>> Read More

Big Band of the Week

Bob Jacobson July 15, 2018 0 Comments

Big Band of the Week – New World Outreach Jazz Orchestra

In 2014 the idea of starting this big band came to trumpeter Ron Rolling after an inspiring performance by students from John Lamkin II’s B Sharp Academy. Rolling went to another trumpeter he had known since the mid-‘90s at Morgan State University, Terrance Gallop, saying, “We’ve got to put a band together to pass this on to the youth.” | Read more>> Read More

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Month: July 2018

Big Band of the Week – Powerhouse Big Band

Jazz in Downtown Westminster

Big Band of the Week – Now’s the Time Big Band

Big Band of the Week – New World Outreach Jazz Orchestra

Piano Jazz at Tagliata

Music Hall at Monarque

Nightly Jazz

Society Stage: Live Jazz at Order of the Ace

Live Jazz Nightly