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Saxophonist Kamasi Washington sits down with BJA board member and WEAA-FM Program Director Marcellus Bassman Shepard on the Cool Jazz Countdown to talk about his CD “The Epic”. www.countdown.podomatic.com | Read more>> Read More

For the twelfth year in a row BJA spread the word about Baltimore jazz at an Artscape booth. Despite temperatures that rose into the mid-90s, twenty-five BJA volunteers gave it their all. Thanks to the following volunteers, nine of whom were new (N) and six of whom took multiple shifts (*): Derrick Thompson, Alice Downs*, George Yost*, Sara Jerkins (N), Rhonda Robinson, Liz Fixsen, Vanessa Brooks (N), Mark Osteen, Rob Winter (N), Michael Raitzyk (N), Karen Yarn, Rhett Snead (N), Marshall Booze (N), Mary Fair (N), Ted Turkle (N), Steve Alpern, Carolyn Williams, David McGarvey*, Terry Koger, Ian Rashkin*, Bob Jacobson*, Vernard Gray (N), Robert Shahid, Todd Marcus* and Gloria Gantt. | Read more>> Read More

The Baltimore Jazz Alliance would like to express its gratitude to Dr. Anthony Villa, Professor of Music at Loyola University Maryland, for creating and directing the BJA Big Band. The BJABB was Anthony’s brainchild. Its mission: to perform only original compositions or arrangements by Baltimore-area artists. | Read more>> Read More