Events – The Charleston Jazz Initiative

CJI EVENTS

The Charleston Jazz Initiative produces a variety of events each year including concerts, symposiums and conferences. Use the archives to the right to explore our past events with current and upcoming offerings linked below.

Legends Festival

June 4-6, 2010

CJI proudly announces its Legends Festival – a series of exciting events scheduled for June 4-6. A 30-member group of arts, business and cultural leaders in Charleston are working with CJI to host these unprecedented events. Co-chaired by Dorothy Harrison (Chief Administrative Officer for the Charleston Water System) and John Tecklenburg (commercial realtor with Clement, Crawford & Thornhill, Inc.), the Legends Festival offers live jazz, educational events, a master class and original musical, cabaret affair, exhibition, and a Gala — something for everyone! The Legends Festival is an event of the City of Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival and the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts 20th Anniversary.

Fabric + Thread = JAZZ!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 6:00 pm

The College of Charleston’s Friends of the Library presents”Fabric + Thread = JAZZ! as part of its Fall 2009 series, “Hard Luck, Good Times.” Renowned Charleston fiber artist, educator, and jazz advocateDr. Marlene Linton O’Bryant-Seabrook will present the colorful and expertly-crafted quilts that are visual tributes to South Carolina bandleaders and ensemble musicians who became well-known during the jazz heyday of the 1930s.

THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIT PARADE

March 22, 2008

THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIT PARADE, produced by CJI’s Jack McCray, featured musical arrangements, for the first time, by jazz musicians native to Charleston and other places in South Carolina who left an historic jazz legacy. This music was performed by some of the finest musicians who actively work Charleston’s contemporary jazz scene. They make up the Charlton Singleton Orchestra, the debut of a 20-piece big band led by CJI musician, Lowcountry native, trumpeter, composer and arranger, Charlton Singleton.

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