Legends Festival – SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JUNE 4

11-1 pm, South Carolina’s Jazz Legend: Houston Person LIVE!

Hear Florence, SC native, tenor saxophonist and two-time Grammy finalist Houston Person perform and discuss his career with CJI’s Jack McCray at this Jazz Garden Luncheon.
Stern Center Gardens College of Charleston – 71 George Street
$35-adults / $15-students
Suggested Attire: Summer White/Splash of Color!

3:30-5 pm, JazzEd Fest: The Charleston

80 4th graders from Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts perform “The Charleston” – an original musical about Charleston’s acclaimed Jenkins Orphanage Bands.
The Sottile Theatre / College of Charleston – 44 George Street
Free

5 – 6:30 pm, JazzEd Fest: Legends Master Class

Slide Hampton and Jimmy Heath, world-class bandleaders and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters, discuss their careers, and composing and arranging techniques with musicians.

Marion and Wayland H. Cato, Jr. Center for the Arts (Room 234)
161 Calhoun Street / College of Charleston
Free
Limited Seating info@charlestonjazz.net to RSVP or (843) 953-4843 by June 1.

8-10 pm, Preserving South Carolina’s Jazz Legacy

View photographs, letters, music scores, and other material from CJI’s Collection…features a talk with the legendary Heath Brothers — tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer/percussionist Albert “Tootie” Heath…and book signing (I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath).
Avery Research Center / College of Charleston – 125 Bull Street
Free

SATURDAY, JUNE 5

7-11 pm, Nothin’ Could Be Finer

CJI’s Legends Festival Gala features…Cocktail Reception (7:00) and Program (8:00) with Ellis Marsalis, patriarch of New Orleans’ jazz family… Legends Band Concert and Live Recording…Premiere of Slide Hampton’s Legends Festival composition… Performance of Jimmy Heath’s “Without You, No Me,” a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie… and guest performances by Houston Person, Joey Morant, John Williams, and more!
The Sottile Theatre / College of Charleston – 44 George Street
$50
Suggested Attire: Black Tie Optional

SUNDAY, JUNE 6

6-8 pm, Charleston’s Songwriter/Arranger: Joseph “Fud” Livingston

This cabaret affair celebrates Livingston’s illustrious career as a big band arranger during the swing era…features Brad Kay, career pianist and author of the CD liner notes for Fud Livingston (Jazz Oracle, 2009).
Riviera Theater 225 King Street
$20.