May 13, 2013 - LEON ROLLERSON, TSAS JAZZ ENSEMBLES THIS SUNDAY
During his decades as a music-business professional, Leon Rollerson has dealt with just about any situation you can imagine.
... read moreMay 03, 2013 - Sandy Gardner and Pam Van Dyke Headline Celebration of Mother’s Day
One had a musical mom, one didn’t. But both Sandy Gardner and Pam Van Dyke Crosby are
... read moreMay 01, 2013 - Ron Radford Master of Flamenco Guitar Plays Jazz Hall
Like many of his musical contemporaries at Will Rogers High School in the late ‘50s..
... read moreApr 27, 2013 - Live Cinco De Mayo Celebration this Sunday
The bands Grupo Salsabor and Mundi Live, along with a performance by members of the Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theater, headline an expanded Sunday evening Cinco de Mayo celebration at Tulsa’s Jazz Depot.
... read moreApr 23, 2013 - All-Star Benefit Set for Friday at the Jazz Depot
At first glance, the event taking place on Friday, April 26, at Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Jazz Depot looks a lot like the Monthly Musicales that pianist/vocalist Amy Cottingham has been producing in Tulsa for more than three years now. At 6:30 p.m., food and wine will be served to the accompaniment of a string quartet, and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., there’ll be entertainment from a variety of top-notch musicians, working in a variety of genres.
The difference is, this event is a benefit for someone close to Amy Cottingham’s heart. Money raised will help her mother, the music teacher and pianist Barbi Cottingham, travel to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston at the end of the month.
... read moreApr 21, 2013 - Pam Van Dyke Crosby & Friends Bring Summer to the Jazz Depot
Summer may be a couple of months away, but jazz fans can get a jump on the season Sunday, when Pam Van Dyke Crosby and Friends bring their Jazz on A Summer’s Night – Late CD release party to the Jazz Depot.
Recorded live on June 10th of last year at the late Tulsa restaurant and jazz venue Ciao Baby, Jazz on a Summer’s Night – Late is a companion piece to Jazz on a Summer’s Night – Early, which debuted at a similar Depot event last October.
... read moreApr 14, 2013 - Annie Ellicott Shines with Jay Garrett at Jazz Depot Encore Performance
When it comes to combining two jazz acts on the same stage, Jim Rhea is batting a thousand.
For a show held in November of last year, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Trustee got the idea to combine the jazzy Jon Glazer Trio with Sweeney, Campbell, and Glazer—the rock and soul-oriented act that features Glazer and veteran Tulsa Sound vocalists Jim Sweeney and Chris Campbell. The result was a packed house and a memorable concert.
... read moreApr 07, 2013 - Dean Demerritt Jazz Tribe Takes Depot Stage
A few hours after taking his last final exam at the University of Tulsa, bassist Dean DeMerritt jumped into his station wagon and headed for Austin, where he had a job waiting with the hard-touring western-swing band Asleep at the Wheel. He spent four years playing and recording with that venerable group, and although it’s been decades since he was a member, he still uses some of the things he learned during those years.
How to read a crowd, for instance. And why that’s important.
... read moreApr 02, 2013 - Mike Bennett Joins NSU Jazz Ensemble Sunday at Jazz Depot
As director of jazz studies at Tahlequah's Northeastern State University as well as a noted professional jazz saxophonist, Dr. Tommy Poole has been able to bring in guest artists from all over the country to perform with and instruct the students in his NSU Jazz Ensemble. With trumpeter Mike Bennett, however, he gets something the out-of-towners can't give.
... read moreMar 24, 2013 - Jazz Depot Swings Saturday with Tulsa Praise Orchestra and Special Guest Mike Williams
According to its founder, trumpeter and former Tulsa jazz promoter Bob Archer, the Tulsa Praise Orchestra is “a group of Christian musicians who just happen to love playing all kinds of music, like big-band music.” The latter is exactly what they’ll be doing at 1:00 p.m. Saturday on the Jazz Depot stage, where they’ll be joined by the Count Basie Orchestra’s Mike Williams, who has played lead trumpet for the Basie band for well over a quarter of a century.
“With Mike being a screaming, high-note trumpet player,” chuckles Archer, “we’ll be doing things like `MacArthur Park’ and `Begin the Beguine.’ It’s mostly a secular concert, but we’ll do a couple of gospel numbers, too.”
... read moreMar 17, 2013 - Kansas City Jazz Diva Millie Edwards Makes Tulsa Debut
For the past quarter-century or so, vocalist Millie Edwards has been a fixture on the Kansas City jazz and blues scene. She’s been a featured performer on Jazz Cruises. She’s a member of the famed Wild Women of Kansas City vocal ensemble. She’s played festivals. And in her earlier life with a touring band, she sang in clubs and hotels throughout the middle part of the country for several years.
Sunday’s show, however, will mark her first-ever appearance in Tulsa.
... read moreMar 10, 2013 - Cynthia Simmons Honors the High Priestess of Soul in a Jazz Depot Tribute Concert
For her third concert as a headliner at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Jazz Depot, popular vocalist Cynthia Simmons is stepping out into a whole new place.
“The last two shows I did were my own,” she explains. “All I had to do was go out and sing songs I liked to sing. This one is the first time for me to have an artist—who is one of the jazz greats—and a theme.”
The idea for a show featuring the music of iconic performer and composer Nina Simone came about several months ago, Simmons says, during a conversation with Jazz Hall CEO Jason McIntosh.
“Jason said, `You know, we should do a Nina Simone concert, and I think you should produce it,’” she recalls with a chuckle. “And I said, `yes.’ I was familiar with a lot of her tunes, especially some of the later things, and I also knew her from her activist years in the civil rights movement.”
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Mar 02, 2013 - Donald Ryan's Salute to Ragtime
The acclaimed Tulsa pianist Donald Ryan, who began playing at the age of three in his native Trinidad, grew up aware of ragtime music. He just didn’t play it.
... read moreFeb 27, 2013 - 21st Annual Keyboard Concert This Sunday
With the exception of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Concert and Induction Ceremony, which began in 1989, you’d be hard-pressed to find another annual Tulsa jazz event that’s been around as long as the Keyboard Concert, which celebrates its 21st incarnation this Sunday.
... read moreFeb 25, 2013 - Award Winning Tulsa Jam’bassadors Return Home with Honors
Tulsa Jam'bassadors Return Home from NYC with Honors
After months of rehearsals and hours of practice the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame's all-city band, the Tulsa Jam'bassadors, returned from the Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival in New York City taking first place in three categories.
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Feb 24, 2013 - Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
Although not one of them was even born when Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon LP first jumped into the national consciousness, the musicians involved in Friday night’s “Dark Side of the Moon Revisited” concert at the Jazz Depot have all been influenced by that famed rock album, which ended up staying on the Billboard magazine album chart for an unprecedented 741 weeks. That also goes for the show’s producer, Nathan Wright. While the composer, guitarist, and vocalist won’t be taking the Depot stage Friday with those players, Wright is – in the words of participating saxophonist Ryan “Chips” Tedder – “spearheading the whole thing -- conducting, directing, and helping us put our arrangements together.”
... read moreFeb 18, 2013 - Depot Stage Welcomes Patti Page Tribute
Mike Cameron’s approach to Sunday’s Tribute to Patti Page comes from a couple of different places. First, he’s toured and performed with the musical play Flipside: The Patti Page Story for more than a year. Second, he’s learned from his Wednesday night shows at Tulsa’s Cellar Dweller that people enjoy knowing a little bit of information about the songs they’re hearing.
“Hearing something about the writers, the inspiration for the tune, when it was written, any stories behind it – that engages the audience,” says the saxophonist. “I’ve been doing that at the Cellar Dweller, and that’s what I’m going to do in the Patti Page show as well. Because I’ve been in the production, I’ve gotten a real understanding of Patti Page, her life and her attitude and her desire to maintain her own identity with a manager who wanted her to be something else. She really yearned to retain her personal touch in these tunes, to keep her own voice.”
... read moreFeb 11, 2013 - West Coast Duo Afton Hefley and Nick Mancini at the Jazz Depot Sunday
The British pop duo Tears for Fears scored its biggest hits in the mid-‘80s, right around the time Tulsa native Afton Hefley was born. Yet, rather improbably, the act that gave us “Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” and “Head over Heels” also figures into the musical voyage that brings Hefley back to her hometown Sunday for a Jazz Depot show with her frequent collaborator, Los Angeles-based vibraphonist Nick Mancini.
First, the backstory:
Growing up in Tulsa, Hefley recalls, “I took piano lessons, voice lessons, guitar, flute, and when I was at Union [High School], I was in choir and did a lot of musicals. I was a part of a lot of church music communities.
“Then, I started writing songs. I wanted to be able to record them, so I began looking around. I had a lot of male friends in high school who tinkered around with computers and things, but the only way it seemed to me I could really find out about recording was to go to school.”
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Feb 08, 2013 - Swing, Dance and Romance with Jeff Shadley and His Big Band at the Jazz Depot February 14th
The golden age of the swinging big bands may have peaked more than seven decades ago, but that certainly doesn’t mean they’ve all gone away. Instead, they’ve just become a little harder to find – especially the ones capable of performing in the authentic swinging style of the ‘30s and ‘40s.
For that reason, Thursday’s Jazz Depot show is a special one. That’s when Jeff Shadley and his Big Band are scheduled to take the stage for a Valentine’s Day event that will include, among other attractions, numbers faithfully played from the World War II-era charts of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
“We have 18 people,” explains Shadley, “It’s a big band in the traditional sense, with that big-band lineup of four trumpets, four trombones, five saxes, and a three-piece rhythm section [piano, drums, and bass]. It’ll be awesome in that hall, too, because the acoustics there work really well with a big orchestra.”
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Feb 04, 2013 - GUITAR SUMMIT BRINGS FOUR NOTED SOLO GUITARISTS TO JAZZ DEPOT FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH CONCERT
Tommy Crook says that there are a lot of “fine guitar players” around the Tulsa area, and he should know. When the great ones get mentioned, Oklahoma Music Hall of Famer Crook is usually at the top of the list.
“But,” he adds, “a lot of ‘em work with a bass player and a drummer, or in a band, or they sing. The reason Ron Radford chose the people he chose for this deal is that we can play solo, and that’s it. When I play, I don’t even talk.”
Organizer Radford is a former Tulsan who’s achieved an international reputation as the American master of Flamenco guitar. Now based in St. Louis, he’s scheduled to close Sunday’s show, following performances by Tulsa music veterans Crook, Mark Bruner, and Randy Wimer.
... read moreJan 25, 2013 - Tulsa Jam’Bassadors Chosen as Finalist for Mingus Foundation Competition
In its very first year to enter the national Charles Mingus High School Competition, the Tulsa Jam’bassadors All-City Band has rocketed into the finals. The 18 young musicians, chosen from several Tulsa public schools as well as from the charter Tulsa School of Arts & Sciences, are set to travel to New York City on the weekend of February 15th. There, they’ll play against two other finalists, the SFJazz High School All-Stars Orchestra from San Francisco, California and the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Big Band from New York, New York.
... read moreJan 14, 2013 - Eicher & His Band Of Gypsies present
Although its roots stretch back to the 1930s and the Paris-based Hot Club of France, built around violinist Stephane Grappelli and guitarist Django Reinhardt, Shelby Eicher’s Band of Gypsies took shape far closer to Tulsa. The location was Winfield, Kansas, and the event was the Walnut Valley Music Festival.
... read moreJan 12, 2013 - Darrell Christopher Presents: People Get Ready
As Darell Christopher notes, just about every song ever written has a story behind it. But when he and his band kick off their Sunday show with Marvin Gaye’s “People Get Ready” at the Jazz Depot, the tune will carry a special resonance for the well-known Tulsa vocalist and actor. Years ago, when that building was still an actual depot, he and his aunt had to wait for her train in an area cordoned off from the rest of the crowd.
... read moreJan 10, 2013 - Ryan Tedder Is Jazzing Up The Local Scene
Despite sharing a name with the front man for OneRepublic, "the other" Ryan Tedder is probably a better example of what's up and coming from Tulsa's local music scene. The band leader from OneRepublic may be an ORU grad, but in reality he's far from a Tulsan through and through. Now based in Los Angeles, he still claims Colorado Springs as home and only visits T-Town when the touring schedule dictates.
... read moreJan 07, 2013 - Jazzman Ryan “Chips” Tedder Headlines January 13th Jazz Depot Show
When jazz saxophonist Ryan Tedder takes the Jazz Depot stage on Sunday, January 13th, he’ll not only be introducing some brand new compositions, he’ll also be floating a new nickname. It comes courtesy of longtime Tulsa music figure Charlie Redd, of the R&B band Full Flava Kings, with whom Tedder has been playing for some time.
... read moreJan 02, 2013 - Patti Page, Honey-Voiced Pop Sensation, Dies at 85
Dec 24, 2012 - Dave Brubeck Memorial Tribute Concert
For the past month, ever since his Dec. 5 death (a day before his 92ndbirthday), musicians and fans the world over have been remembering the jazz giant Dave Brubeck with concerts, special radio and television programming, and other tributes. The reaction to his passing reflects, among other things, the fact that there probably wasn’t another artist who did more to thrust jazz into the mainstream consciousness than Brubeck.
... read moreDec 21, 2012 - Cynthia Simmons & Tavis team Up for New Year's
Want to know what to expect at the Jazz Depot’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza this year? Just ask its two headliners.
... read moreDec 16, 2012 - Dr. Crutcher and the Gospel Music Workshop Choir featured for the Holidays
The encounter happened a couple of years ago at the Jazz Depot. Dr. Joey Crutcher had just finished leading the Gospel Music Workshop of America/Tulsa Chapter through its annual holiday show when a member of the audience got his attention.
“She told me she was from Russia,” Crutcher recalls. “She said, `I’m not a Christian, but I’d always heard people talk about gospel music, and I wondered what it was.’
“`Now,’ she said, `I know.’”
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Dec 09, 2012 - Cindy Cain Brings Love for the Holidays
Back in March of this year, taking the stage for her first Jazz Depot show as a headliner, singer Cindy Cain added some new lyrics to Cole Porter’s classic tune “Don’t Fence Me In” to explain how her concert wouldn’t be strictly jazz-oriented.
... read moreDec 08, 2012 - Bucky Pizzarelli to be inducted
When Bucky Pizzarelli takes the Jazz Depot stage Saturday night during the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Induction Gala, it’ll mark the first time in a long time that Oklahomans have had a chance to see the award-winning jazz guitarist.
... read moreDec 07, 2012 - Brave Combo Brings Holiday Show to Jazz Depot
In its well over two decades as a working band, Brave Combo has, for starters, won Grammys, appeared in an episode of The Simpsons, played the wedding reception for the Talking Heads’ David Byrne, and recorded a disc with the late Tiny Tim. Recently, the group’s also done several well-received appearances with Drew Carey at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, in addition to its usual touring and recording schedule.
... read moreDec 05, 2012 - Legend and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck passes at age 91
Dave Brubeck, a jazz musician who attained pop-star acclaim with recordings such as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital, in Norwalk, Conn., said his longtime manager-producer-conductor Russell Gloyd.
... read moreDec 01, 2012 - Celtic Christmas by Dually Noted to Benefit The Tulsa School of Arts & Science
Dulcimer Christmas Show scheduled for December 6
A couple of summers ago, at the Silver Dollar City amusement park in
Branson, Mo., Wendy Songe fell head over heels in love.
Nov 29, 2012 - George & Ira Gershwin Song Book Begins Winter Concert Series
George & Ira Gershwin Song Book Begins Winter Concert Series
Scott McQuade and Friends Featured This Sunday at Jazz Hall
With the Yuletide season just about upon us, producer Scott McQuade – last seen at the Jazz Depot playing piano with Steve Ham’s Jambalaya Jass Band -- decided it might be a good idea to do a little tweaking to his George & Ira Gershwin Jazz Depot show. So those who attend Sunday evening’s concert can expect not only a nice helping of Gershwin tunes, but also a few seasonal favorites written by people not named George or Ira.
... read moreNov 28, 2012 - Renowned Trumpeter Eric Brooks Joins Ernestine Dillard this Friday
RENOWNED TRUMPETER ERIC BROOKS JOINS ERNESTINE DILLARD & THE TULSA PRAISE ORCHESTRA FOR FRIDAY JAZZ DEPOT SHOW
“To me,” says Ernestine Dillard with a warm chuckle, “you don’t have jazz without gospel music – and the blues.”
The acclaimed Tulsa-based vocalist promises a little of all of those musical styles – and much more – when she joins with trumpeter-arranger Eric Brooks and the twenty-piece Tulsa Praise Orchestra in a Friday concert at the Jazz Depot
... read moreNov 27, 2012 - Kinky Friedman Hosts Benefit for Oklahoma Jazz Hall Annual Holiday Show Scheduled for December 3
Kinky Friedman says his favorite two words in the English language are “sold out.” That’s what he hopes will happen again when he returns to Tulsa for his annual benefit concert for the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame on December 3rd. And it’s what did happen during his recent tour of Australia with Van Duke Parks, the musician and composer best known for his lyrics to the Beach Boys hit “Heroes and Villains.” (In the ‘70s, Parks had played several Texas dates as a member of Friedman’s notorious outlaw-country band, the Texas Jewboys.”
... read moreNov 19, 2012 - Blossom Dearie Tribute This Saturday
Blossom Dearie Tribute This Saturday at The Jazz Depot
A Blossom, Dearie, featuring Annie Ellicott and Sarah Maud singing the songs of New York chanteuse Blossom Dearie, is “a concert version” of the musical that debuted several months ago at the Tulsa PAC’s annual SummerStage Festival.
... read moreNov 17, 2012 - Campbell, Sweney & Galzer Return
To hear keyboardist-vocalist Jon Glazer tell it, this was all Jim Rhea’s idea.
Rhea, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Trustee, is a longtime fan of the Jon Glazer Trio, which recently wrapped up a five-year run as house act at the Hard Rock Casino’s C-Note venue. Rhea is also a booster of the trio Glazer has with two other legendary Tulsa performers, singers Chris Campbell and Jim Sweney.
... read moreNov 16, 2012 - “SWEET & HOT TURKEY TROT” SET
If you’re looking for someplace to take your Thanksgiving company on the day after the big feast – and, really, who isn’t -- Cindy Cain has at least three good reasons for you to bring them to the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Jazz Depot on Friday night.
... read moreNov 09, 2012 - UNIVERSITY OF TULSA JAZZ COMBO TAKES JAZZ DEPOT STAGE NOV. 11
Drummer and percussionist George Toumayan is no stranger to the Jazz Depot stage, playing there, with, among others, the internationally known jazz guitarist from Tulsa, Pat Kelley. In addition to backing Kelley in two separate concerts, Toumayan also played percussion behind the legendary Aretha Franklin, when the Queen of Soul appeared at the Council Road Casino in Newkirk a year ago.
... read moreNov 05, 2012 - TU Jazz Combo
TU Jazz Combo This Sunday At The Jazz Hall
Show Produced By George Toumayan & Steven Schrag
To Feature Standards & Originals
... read moreOct 29, 2012 - Piano Jazz Virtuoso Benny Green & NSU Jazz Ensemble this Sunday
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Oct 26, 2012 - Myron Oliver produces “Friday Night Showcase” Thank You Concert for Jazz Hall Fans and Patrons
Few jazz acts have risen to the top of the local scene as quickly as saxophonist Myron Oliver.
Although he arrived in Tulsa a few years ago, brought to town by his employer the Union Pacific Railroad, his first appearance at the Jazz Depot didn’t come about until November of last year, when he sat in at one of the Tuesday evening Depot Jams. A graduate of Memphis’s Overton High School -- a performing-arts institution -- the responsibilities of being a husband and father and working two jobs had led him to put his saxophone away after graduation. It was nearly a decade before he picked it up again.
However, thanks in great part to the Depot Jams, he got his chops back pretty quickly. “[I] found a home there, a place for meeting other musicians, for having a good time, and for getting better at my craft,” he says.
... read moreOct 15, 2012 - Air Force Hot Brass Band in a Free Concert!
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame presents Air Force Band Mid-America's Hot Brass Ensemble in a free, all ages show on Thursday, October 18th. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame CEO Jason McIntosh calls the members of Hot Brass “some of the most professional musicians we’ve ever had the pleasure of working with – some really talented players. And, he adds, “They had such a great experience last time that they’re coming back.”
... read moreOct 01, 2012 - Tommy Poole Quartet on October 7th
Tommy Poole -- saxophonist, composer, arranger, and director of Jazz Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah -- believes that the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame “is not only very important for jazz and the jazz community, but for art in general.” And for quite a while now, he’s been backing up that sentiment with action.
... read moreSep 30, 2012 - Leon Rollerson Presents A Show For All Ages
September 30
There’s going to be a remarkable range of performers taking the stage Sunday at the Jazz Depot. Young, seasoned, and in-between, instrumentalist or vocalist – and often both – they’re connected by their relationship to the man who’ll be running the show.
... read moreSep 23, 2012 - Rebecca Ungerman's Cy Matters
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame presents Rebecca Ungerman's "Cy Matters" on Sunday, September 23rd at the Jazz Depot. The way singer, songwriter, and producer Rebecca Ungerman sees it, she always has “these vast fields of music” looming in front of her, begging to be explored. And when she does, the result is often a brand-new concert experience, celebrating the work of an entertainer or composer who has caught her ear.
... read moreSep 07, 2012 - Tulsa Jazzfest Benefit Scheduled September 14-16
Musicians and Community Rally in Support of Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame with Big Jazz Weekend
... read moreSep 06, 2012 - Pam Van Dyke Crosby Accentuates the Positive
Pam Van Dyke Crosby Accentuates the Positive With Here Tribute to Johnny Mercer
Over the years, the OklahomaJazz Hall of Fame has offered well-received musical tributes to some of America’s greatest songwriters, including Duke Ellington, George & Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter. Missing from that list is Johnny Mercer – and Pam Van Dyke Crosby doesn’t think he should go missing any longer.
... read moreAug 28, 2012 - Justin Echols Trio kicks off Jazz Depot's Autumn Series
When it comes to jazz, singer-pianist Justin Echols was a late bloomer. But he caught up fast – thanks to a turn of events that could’ve just as easily spelled tragedy.
In the early part of this century, Echols – a member of the Oklahoma City police force currently serving as a school resource officer – began training soldiers to be military policemen during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A member of the Army Reserve, Echols was also slated for deployment to Iraq.
... read moreAug 27, 2012 - Groundbreaking Music School Opens at Jazz Hall
Sankofa School builds on longtime education partnership
According to the well-known veteran educator and innovator Deborah Brown, the Ghanian word sankofa means respecting tradition – looking back while moving forward. And it’s clear why she’s connected the word sankofa to the name of the new school.
Aug 20, 2012 - Eicher Family Debut New CD at Jazz Depot
Eicher Family Debut New CD this Sunday at Jazz Depot
"Dance of the Gypsies" Is One Hot Mess Of Picking
If you need to put the Eichers in a category, says Shelby Eicher, there are a few that would fit. “’Acoustic’ would be one, `instrumental’ would be another, and ‘jazz’ would be the third one,” he notes. “This band has one foot squarely placed in the world of jazz.”
Aug 14, 2012 - Annie & Jay Team Up For August 19 Show
On August 19, a young veteran of the area music scene joins with an experienced Tulsa newcomer for an evening of jazz and standards at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame’s Jazz Depot. Those two artists are, in order, Annie Ellicott and Jay Garrett. Ellicott, the young veteran, has been singing around town for nearly a decade, making her first big splash as the new singer with pianist Gayle Williamson’s Soundz Good group. Nineteen years old at the time, she had already appeared in more than 20 local stage plays and musicals.
... read moreAug 09, 2012 - "Return From France" Concert With Allison Linde and Don Ryan
Sunday's Jazz Depot show represents two big milestones in up-and-coming jazz vocalist Allison Linde's career. It's her very first solo American concert, and it's the first one she'll sing in English.
... read moreJul 31, 2012 - Oklahoma Jazz Ambassadors Headed To Israel
Oklahoma Jazz Ambassadors Headed To Israel
Young Artists Competition Winners Featured At Jazz Depot
Young Tulsa jazz pianists Barron Ryan and Steven Schrag are about to become international artists. Before that happens, they’ll be playing an Aug. 5 show together at the Jazz Depot, with Schrag opening for Ryan. It’s a job they’re both looking forward to.
“Of course, I’ve heard Barron play,” says Schrag, “but we have never played a gig together. Pianists don’t often get to play with other pianists.”
... read moreJul 23, 2012 - Multi-Instrumentalist to Showcases Standards & Originals
Unusual as it may seem, two current young musicians named Ryan Tedder were both born in Tulsa, a few years apart. Ryan Benjamin Tedder, the older one, is a Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter who fronts the band OneRepublic. “He’s pretty famous,” says the younger one, up-and-coming jazz saxophonist Ryan Wayne Tedder. “My whole life on Facebook and all the social media is affected by him – I get stuff like `I love your new song, mate,’ messages from Indonesian girls. When they see the picture of me holding the saxophone, maybe they’ll figure it out.
... read moreJul 21, 2012 - Harpist Becky Nissen Featured this Thursday
On Thursday, July 26, the South Carolina-based harpist Becky Nissen is set to take the stage at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Jazz Depot, 111 E, First Street, in downtown Tulsa. Prior to her 7:30 p.m. concert, she’s scheduled to participate in a meet-and-greet at 6:30 p.m.,
... read moreJul 18, 2012 - Saxman Myron Oliver Headlines First Sunday Show
Just a few days ago Jazz Saxophonist Myron Oliver won $500 and studio recording time in a long-running event billed as the Ultimate Karaoke Competition at Tulsa’s Blue Rose Café.
It may surprise area jazz fans to know that Oliver won it not for his skills as a saxophone player – but as a rapper.
... read moreJul 08, 2012 - Noted guitarists Pat Kelley and Stephane Wrembel to perform at Jazz Depot
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame will be all about guitars and the next generation of jazz this week.
Sunday's concert, 5 p.m. at the Jazz Depot, 111 E. First St., will feature guitarist and Tulsa native Pat Kelley. Kelley, a Hall of Fame inductee in 2003, will perform with a combo made up of Tulsa musicians Steven Schrag on piano, Jordan Hehl on bass and drummer George Toumayan.
Then, on Wednesday, guitarist Stephane Wrembel will perform in concert at the Jazz Depot. The concert begins at 7 p.m.
... read moreJul 02, 2012 - Pat Kelley Returns Home for Jazz Depot Show
A week or so ago, Tulsa native and Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Famer Pat Kelley went from a job with a 65-piece symphony orchestra to playing in a duo at rest stops beside the interstate highway—all in the space of a weekend. Just about any musician would see this as a precipitous drop. For the veteran jazz guitarist, however, it’s hardly that.
... read moreJun 25, 2012 - Aaron Goldberg Plays Tulsa's Jazz Depot
Billboard magazine called him “a talented artist whose calling card is unadorned musicianship.” The Chicago Sun-Times added, “A bright young talent. . . telepathic. . . a first-rate pianist.” And, according to the Edmonton Sun, “Goldberg is one of the most impressive pianists on the scene . . . especially good at creating intricate, haunting chamber music.”
... read moreJun 25, 2012 - Camp the Right Key to Success
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and the University of Tulsa are once again joining forces to present Oklahoma Jazz Camp, a week-long day camp held Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 13 and culminating in a 3 p.m. showcase concert on Saturday, July 14. The camp is for instrumental and vocal music students ranging in age from ninth grade through college and in all levels of musical experience and skill, and will be held on campus at the University of Tulsa.
... read moreJun 20, 2012 - Oklahoma Jazz Camp for young musicians set for July 9-14
Jun 20, 2012 - Saxophonist Brian Gorrell Brings "Scene" To Jazz Depot
Given its reputation as the best-known “sweet” (as opposed to “hot”) band from the Big Band Era, you might not expect the Lawrence Welk Orchestra to have been a hotbed of great jazz players. But good musicians take good gigs, and the Welk outfit, given its lasting impact and financial strength as a television and concert attraction, provided employment for some of the best.
... read moreJun 15, 2012 - Ernestine Dillard's Celebration of Our Fathers
You don’t have to be around Ernestine Dillard long to realize that she’s a genuinely inspirational person whose demeanor is reflected in the songs she chooses to perform.
... read moreJun 08, 2012 - Seeking Jazz Pianists for the Young Artists Competition
For the first half-dozen years of its existence, the Young Artists Competition presented by the Oklahoma Israel Exchange, or OKIE, gave classical pianists between the ages of 21 and 28 the chance to play a series of concerts in Israel, with travel and accommodations provided. The winner was also spotlighted in a special Oklahoma performance.
This year’s contest offers the same chances to perform. However, the genre has shifted. Now, the musicians will be playing jazz.
“When we first started it, we went to classical music because, for the first three years or so, our host was the OK Mozart Festival [in Bartlesville],” explains Manuel Prestamo, the chairman of cultural programs for OKIE. “Then, the festival was much more classical than popular music, although that’s shifted in recent years.”
“I had the good fortune of running into [the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s] Jeff Kos at the Oklahoma Arts Council’s annual meeting, which was being held in Tulsa. He said, `I’m interested in what you’re doing,’ and I said, `Well, I’m interested in what you’re doing.’
... read moreJun 01, 2012 - Educator schooled scores in music as well
Whether slipping off to the band room to lead another session of the student jazz ensemble or breaking out his own saxophone at a school assembly, Principal Richard Cox was never shy about showing off his musical side.
Mostly, though, he saved it for after school.
Throughout his nearly 50-year career in education, the distinguished Tulsa Public Schools administrator, who was the principal at Edison and Rogers high schools, moonlighted as a musician and orchestra director.
... read moreMay 31, 2012 - Joy Harjo Releases New Memoir CRAZY BRAVE
Join us at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in downtown Tulsa, from 7-10PM on Tuesday, June 12, for the kickoff of hometown writer/musician Joy Harjo's new memoir, CRAZY BRAVE, published by W.W. Norton. She will be selling and signing copies of CRAZY BRAVE, along with her other books and CDs. The event will also have food, drinks, and live music, so come help us celebrate! Donations to the Jazz Hall of Fame are suggested.
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... read moreMay 28, 2012 - Concert At Jazz Depot Honors Veterans
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The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame was filled with the sounds of the "Greatest Generation" Sunday evening.
Jazz musicians played tunes from World War II to honor veterans who served then and the men and women who are serving now.
... read moreMay 27, 2012 - Memorial Day Weekend Salute To Our Veterans
Thea Hill, singer and co-producer of Sunday’s Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Our Veterans at the Jazz Depot, knows she’s got her work cut out for her. “I participated in last year’s show, and it had a tremendous attendance, just about standing room only,” she says. “The turnout was great, it was certainly one of the biggest shows of the year for us.”
... read moreMay 20, 2012 - Charles V. Gardner at The Jazz Depot
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... read moreMay 11, 2012 - Eagle Scout Project Beautifies Jazz Depot
There's a brand-new look to the greenery around the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, thanks in great part to an Eagle Scout project undertaken by high-school sophomore and Eagle Scout Garrett Parks and Troop 26.
... read moreMay 10, 2012 - Songs From Mom's Biggest Fan
To a young girl growing up in Pond Creek, Okla., New York City must’ve seemed as distant as another galaxy. But when Pam Van Dyke Crosby decided she wanted to navigate the distance and take a shot at being a star in that firmament, it was her mother that helped propel her.
... read moreMay 01, 2012 - Angie Cockrell's Versatility Keeps Her on Track
A lot of promising musical careers get snuffed out by the realities of simply growing up and taking care of life’s business.Jobs and children and making ends meet take precedent over microphones and stages, and youthful dreams are derailed forever.
... read moreApr 25, 2012 - Matt Nightinghale & Cheryl Bocanegra @ the depot
As would be the case with any performer, vocalist Matt Nightingale is hoping for a big crowd Sunday, when he appears with pianist Cheryl Bocanegra, bassist Cortez Johnson, and drummer Arthur Thompson at the Jazz Depot.
Apr 22, 2012 - Jazz Depot Composers Series
On Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame welcomes our newest series to come to the Depot, our Jazz Composers Series. This week the Depot showcases vibraphonist Jay Garrett, a Tennessee native who’s now playing and teaching in the Tulsa area.
Coordinated by local jazz composer Tim Shadley, the series is intended to play to our Tulsa music scene. Locally, we’re abundant in jazz musicians who create their own compositions, but who don’t have a lot of places to play them.
... read moreApr 05, 2012 - Cole Porter Review
As would be the case with anyone who’s spent most of his life as a professional jazz musician, pianist-bandleader Chuck Gardner – who settled in Tulsa with his vocalist wife Sandy some years ago -- has more than a passing acquaintance with the music of Cole Porter. Since he’s long been a mainstay on the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame stage, it’s also natural for Gardner to have been involved in their Cole Porter shows along the way.
... read moreApr 02, 2012 - Bruner, Eicher & Ellicott @ Depot
As is the case with any city boasting a vibrant music scene, Tulsa’s a town with its own shining musical stars. Three of those are guitarist Mark Bruner and multi-instrumentalist Shelby Eicher – who’ve been around for nearly three of decades performing in a dizzying variety of genres – and vocalist Annie Ellicott, close to a generation younger, whose youth belies her onstage experience.
... read moreMar 28, 2012 - New Faces & Voices of 2012
Sunday will mark the first time ever that the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame has hosted a “new faces” show.
That, however, does not mean that the Jazz Hall hasn’t introduced dozens of new faces -- and voices, and players -- over the years.
“This is the first time we’re actually calling it `new faces,’ but we’ve exposed a lot of new talent to our audiences,” says Jazz Hall of Fame artistic director Chuck Cissel, who’s producing the show. “That’s part of the mission of the Jazz Hall – to keep finding and showing the talent we have here in Tulsa, to keep building rapport between our performers and our audiences, so the artists will stay here and not run off to Kansas City or Chicago or Fort Worth.
Mar 17, 2012 - Barron Ryan at the Jazz Depot SUNDAY, MARCH 25
More specifically, he’s the winner of the 2011 Young Artists Competition sponsored by the Oklahoma Israel Exchange, or OKIE, a group dedicated to developing joint projects between Israel and Oklahoma. Limited to pianists between the ages of 21 and 28 who are enrolled in or have graduated from one of the state’s institutions of higher education, the 2011 Young Artists Competition attracted classical performers from all across the state. Playing “about an hour’s worth of music,” he says, onstage at the University of Tulsa, Ryan emerged victorious in April, and since then he’s been honing the repertoire he plans to perform later this year, when he plays in Israel as the competition’s winner.
... read moreMar 04, 2012 - Portrait of Jazz Exhibit Opens
Lovers of music or art – and, especially, lovers of both – should make plans to head to the Jazz Depot Monday, March 12, when artist Michael Reilly’s Portraits of Jazz exhibit will be unveiled to the public. The opening is held in conjunction with the 22nd monthly Musicale, which begins with food, drink, and live jazz at 6:30 and the featured performers beginning at 7 p.m.
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Feb 29, 2012 - Student choir kids back up their teacher
Students in the Lee Elementary School choir learn music through performance as they support their teacher, Tavis Minner, at his album release concert at the Jazz Hall of Fame.
... read moreFeb 28, 2012 - Just What the Doc ordered
Severinsen and his Big Band at the Depot this Tuesday.
... read moreFeb 27, 2012 - Cindy Cain at the Jazz Depot, March 4
When vocalist and songwriter Cindy Cain steps onto the stage for her genre-hopping show, don't fence her in.
... read moreFeb 27, 2012 - Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration
Featuring "Symphonic Variations on a Song By Woody Guthrie," composed and conducted by David Amram, at Lorton Hall, University of Tulsa, March 8.
... read moreFeb 21, 2012 - Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Presents the Third Annual Blues Harmonica Summit
Doors open at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 25th as the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame presents the third annual Blues Harmonica Summit. After the workshops, at 6:30, the concert portion of the event begins with the Tulsa Harmonica All Star Showcase, followed, at 8:00 p.m. by national and international artists. Rudy Scott, a Texas native whose resume includes stints with Ike and Tina Turner and Tulsa's Ernie Fields, lead things off. Admission for everything is $15. For more information, call Betty Downing at (918) 281-8609.
... read moreFeb 13, 2012 - Mardi Gras with Steve Ham's Jambalaya Jass Band
Although those familiar with Tulsa’s music scene know that Steve Ham’s Jambalaya Jass Band is probably the longest-lived Dixieland outfit in the area – and certainly the best-known -- it’s hard to put a date on exactly when it got underway. Even for its originator and namesake.
... read moreFeb 08, 2012 - Sweet & Hot's Valentine's Day dance at Jazz Hall
Dec 27, 2011 - Sam Rivers, Jazz Artist of Loft Scene, Dies at 88
Oklahoma Hall of Fame Inductee Sam Rivers, an inexhaustibly creative saxophonist, flutist, bandleader and composer who cut his own decisive path through the jazz world, spearheading the 1970s loft scene in New York and later establishing a rugged outpost in Florida, died on Monday in Orlando, Fla. He was 88.
... read moreNov 01, 2011 - The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Announces Inductees for 2011
TULSA—The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame will honor several outstanding musicians at its 2011 Induction Gala and Ceremony. Inductees Dorothy “Miss Blues” Ellis of Oklahoma City and Theodore “Rudy” Scott of Tulsa will be inducted in the Blues category; Donald “Don” Cherry, James “Jim” Pepper, and Charles E. “Pee Wee” Russell will be posthumously inducted in the Jazz category; Sharel Cassity will receive the Legacy Tribute Award; Dr. Terry Segress of Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Dr. Ron Predl of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Kent Kidwell of the University of Central Oklahoma will receive Zelia Breaux Educator Awards. We are also honored to have conductor, musician, composer and writer David Amram on hand to receive the Jay McShann Lifetime Achievement Award.
... read moreSep 30, 2011 - Living Legend of Modern Jazz Returns-KWGS Studio Tulsa Interview
He first hit the jazz scene in the late 1950s in Detroit, playing his bass behind such headliners as Dinah Washington and Paul Winter. Click here to listen to the KWGS interview.
... read moreSep 29, 2011 - McBee Homecoming Concert
Jazz Depot to host a special homecoming show for Cecil McBee.
McBee, a Tulsa native, will perform with his band at 8 p.m. Friday at the Tulsa PAC, 101 E. Third St.
Tickets are $9-$39, and available by calling 918-596-7111, or online at tulsaworld.com/mytix
McBee attended Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School, where he played clarinet before switching to the double bass, the instrument on which he has built an impressive career as band leader, sideman, composer, educator and recording artist.
... read moreSep 23, 2011 - Jazz Depot hosts 1950s-theme dance with Sweet & Hot Productions
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame is letting the ladies take the lead this weekend with two concerts featuring some of the city's finest female musicians and singers.
The Jazz Depot, 111 E. First St., will transform itself into a 1950s-era dance hall on Saturday for "Dance to the Hits," the latest show by Sweet & Hot Productions.
Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Sep 06, 2011 - Jazz Hall of Fame reveals Fall Series lineup
We are excited to announce the lineup for the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s Autumn Series! From September through December, the Depot will host a talented performer or group every Sunday evening. The Autumn Series features locally and nationally acclaimed artists, bringing you the best jazz in Oklahoma!
... read moreAug 26, 2011 - Tulsa teacher, 'pop bottle' musician and longtime Jazz Hall patron Wilma Cummins dies at 83
TULSA WORLD (08/26/11): It wasn't exactly how the old adage went, but it was just as true, insisted Wilma Cummins, whose unusual hobby - playing tunes on Coca-Cola bottles - once earned her a little fame. Her conviction that some things get better with age didn't end there. In her later years, the former Tulsa Public Schools elementary school science teacher not only enjoyed acting on stage, but she was also, with her husband, Joe Cummins, a champion dancer.
... read moreJul 18, 2011 - Jazz singer Joe Lee Wilson passes at 75
Joe Lee Wilson (December 22, 1935 - July 17, 2011) was an American gospel-influenced jazz singer, originally from Bristow, Oklahoma. He is known for singing affecting ballads.
... read moreJul 07, 2011 - Legendary Sideman
To put Curly Lewis’ remarkable career in perspective, consider that he first began his association with popular music icon Bob Wills back in 1936 – four years before the hit song “San Antonio Rose” took the Wills band “from hamburgers to steaks,” as Bob famously said, and only a couple of years after the bandleader had landed in Tulsa, following stops in his native Texas and Oklahoma City.
After establishing a Tulsa presence, fiddler-vocalist Wills and his Texas Playboys, including his brother Johnnie Lee, would hone and perfect the then-new Southwestern musical stew known as Western swing.
Jun 17, 2011 - Civil rights leader Clara Luper has died
Luper died Wednesday night in Oklahoma City after a long illness, family members confirmed.
Luper has been the face of the Oklahoma civil rights movement since 1958, when she led a sit-in protest inside Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City, where the owners had refused to serve black customers.
Roosevelt Milton, 66, president emeritus of the NAACP's Oklahoma City and Oklahoma chapters, said she was a primary groundbreaker in the movement.
“I think that Clara was the last great civil rights icon in Oklahoma,” Milton said. “She was a very passionate and fearless person when it came to the NAACP mission.”
... read moreJun 08, 2011 - Jazzwich lunch a weekly stress reliever at Jazz Hall of Fame
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The jazz quartet 7 Blue was shuffling through a satiny treatment of "The Girl From Ipanema" in a most appropriate setting, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.
We were listening to the music while dining on a crisp, fruity summer salad and a pulled pork wrap from Eats 2U Catering.
During the course of the lunch we had a pleasant conversation with Jason McIntosh, the jazz hall CEO, and sipped perfectly sweet-tart lemonade from plastic cups.
By the time 7 Blue completed an entertaining finale of "St. James Infirmary" I almost had forgotten I needed to get back to the office - and pronto.
It turned out that was the point.
May 26, 2011 - Jazz Depot hosts Memorial Day tribute concert for WWII veterans Read more from this Tulsa World
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erved in the U.S. Army under famed General George S. Patton.
That was during World War II, when he was one among approximately 16 million men and women who served during the war, said Rep. Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa - J.R. Proctor's grandson.
"He raised me," said the younger Proctor, who honors his grandfather and other veterans as coordinator of Oklahoma Honor Flights, an initiative that helps transport Oklahoma veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit World War II memorials.
"It really means a lot to them," Proctor said. "A lot of these guys have never had a big thank you, a big celebration to honor their service."
Helping celebrate, as well as send more vets to D.C. in order to see the memorials dedicated to their service, will be the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame's Memorial Day tribute concert 5 p.m. Sunday at the Jazz Hall, 111 E. First St.
Apr 26, 2011 - 'Swing Low' signed into law as Oklahoma's official gospel song
OKLAHOMA CITY — “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” will be the state’s gospel song effective Nov. 1.
... read moreFeb 25, 2011 - 'Senate passes bill to establish official state gospel
OKLAHOMA CITY - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is on its way to becoming the state's official gospel song.
Senate Bill 73 by Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa, passed the Senate on Thursday by a vote of 46-1 with no debate. The bill now heads to the House, where Rep. Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, is the sponsor.
Jan 23, 2011 - Spirit of Jazz concerts start Sunday
Tributes to everything from mothers to military heroes, great song writers and winter weather, along with performances by some of the city's top jazz musicians and vocalists, make up the "Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz" concert series at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. For tickets go online.
... read moreJan 07, 2011 - Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89
Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 89 and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
... read moreDec 25, 2010 - Official state gospel song proposed
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Tulsa lawmaker wants to make "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" the state's official gospel song.
Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa, said some board members of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame made the suggestion. "I decided that is a good idea," McIntyre said. Senate Bill 73 says "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written and composed by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman living in Indian Territory before 1862.
... read moreDec 25, 2010 - Official state gospel song proposed
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Tulsa lawmaker wants to make "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" the state's official gospel song.
Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa, said some board members of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame made the suggestion. "I decided that is a good idea," McIntyre said. Senate Bill 73 says "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written and composed by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman living in Indian Territory before 1862.
... read moreNov 14, 2010 - Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame to honor pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin
Oct 29, 2010 - Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Announces Inductees for 2010
TULSA — The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame will honor Oklahoma jazz legends Sam Rivers, Terry Woodson, Joe Lee Wilson Brenda Johnson and Dr. Lowell Lehman. Dr. Stephen and Ellen Adelson will be honored with the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame's Excellence in Community Spirit Award. This year's Jay McShann Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Lalo Schifrin. Click here to purchase tickets online.
... read moreJul 10, 2010 - Tulsa native returns to celebrate 100th birthday
Coming home to Tulsa for her 100th birthday, Wavel Ashbaugh remembers horse-drawn buggies on Main Street. Now she wonders: "Where are the people?" ... read moreJun 29, 2010 - Oklahoma music legend Passes
Tulsa Saxophonist Earl Clark Dies
TULSA, OK -- Tulsa has lost an Oklahoma music legend. Saxophonist Earl Clark died Monday night at Tulsa's Saint Francis Hospital of what's believed to be a massive heart attack.
Apr 26, 2010 - Tulsa chapter of The Links Honors Five Tulsans
Five Tulsans will be honored with Friends and Service Awards when the Tulsa chapter of The Links Inc. holds its annual Spring Into Jazz Gala on Thursday at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.
A reception will begin at 6 p.m. Singer-songwriter Leah Joelle will perform in concert beginning at 7:15 p.m.
Apr 03, 2010 - Entrepreneurs invited to Spirit Award kickoff
Tulsa WorldSaturday, April 03, 2010
The official kickoff for the SpiritBank/Tulsa Community College Entrepreneurial Spirit Award 2010 Competition will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 111 E. First St.
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Mar 11, 2010 - Tulsa 'stars' shine for Palmer programs
Tulsa 'stars' shine for Palmer programsby: DANNA SUE WALKER
World Staff Writer
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The conversation is sure to be entertaining for those who won a private dinner during the third annual Dining with Tulsa Stars held recently at the Jazz Hall of Fame. ... read more
Feb 28, 2010 - North Tulsa Heritage Foundation Honors Chuck Cissel
THE NORTH TULSA HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESENTS18th ANNUAL IMAGE BUILDER AWARDS BANQUET
Tulsa, OK - The North Tulsa Heritage Foundation presents its 18th Annual Image Builder Awards Banquet, February 25, 2010, at the Greenwood Cultural Center. This year’s Image Builder Award Recipients are recognized for their outstanding contributions in the areas of Community service, entrepreneurs, outreach, education, youth mentoring, and humanitarian service.
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Feb 14, 2010 - Rudy Scott- The Quiet Melody
by: KAREN SHADE Tulsa World Scene Writer Sunday, February 14, 2010 2/14/2010 7:02:55 AM "You've never heard me play?" Most people late to Tulsa or born after a certain decade have not had the pleasure, unless they're musicians or singers. That's how Rudy Scott is floating in a pool of sound and rhythm, just waiting to be cued for his solo. Everybody wants a better view of the man with the deep voice in the black dress hat and long, dark leather coat behind the keyboard. ... read moreFeb 01, 2010 - Unity through music at Tulsa's Jazz Depot -Tulsa People
Trading train whistles for saxophones. by John HamillFor years it reflected a divided community and separate societies. Water fountains and facilities labeled colored and water fountains and facilities for whites only. While it was a gateway to a community, it was also a statement of a segregated time and place. ... read more
