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.

To Purchase Tickets

Online www.piccolospoleto.com Phone (843) 724-7295 Purchase tickets by June 1st

Highlights Include:

Florence native, tenor saxophonist, and two-time Grammy nominee, Houston Person will appear in Charleston for the first time in 35 years
An exhibition of CJI’s collection at Avery will be held with a talk by the legendary Heath Brothers
“The Charleston,” an original production performed by 180 4th graders from the Hilton Head Island School of the Creative Arts will tell the story of the Jenkins Orphanage Bands
A cabaret to celebrate the career of Charleston native, clarinetist, and widely-recognized big band arranger, Joseph “Fud” Livingston
The patriarch of THE New Orleans jazz family, Ellis Marsalis will keynote our Gala
Jimmy Heath and Slide Hampton, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters (the highest award our country gives to jazz musicians) will appear with CJI’s Legends Band – a big band led by Charlton Singleton, a musician with CJI since 2003, and the bandleader of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra
CJI Legends Band, an intergenerational mix of those who helped develop our city’s jazz legacy (Lonnie Hamilton, Joey Morant, George Kenny, Ann Caldwell and others) alongside “the young cats” (Quentin Baxter, Mark Sterbank, Kevin Hamilton, Tommy Gill and others) will perform and record a live concert. The concert will include Heath’s “Without You, No Me,” his tribute to Cheraw native, Dizzy Gillespie, and Hampton’s CJI-commissioned tune. Hampton’s world premiere will be the first time a jazz commission has been composed by an NEA Jazz Master for a Charleston performance!

We’ll see you at the Legends Festival! FULL SCHEDULE »

More Info

To be a sponsor, advertiser or for more information, contact Dr. Karen Chandler, chandlerk@cofc.edu,karen@charlestonjazz.net or 843-953-4843