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Happy Jazz Appreciation Month

ONGOING EVENTS: APRIL 1-30

• ANNUAL JAZZ SERIES "JAM" EDUCATION RAFFLE. Net Proceeds Benefit Our Education/Community Outreach Efforts. TICKETS: 1/$10 • 3/$25 • 7/$50.

• HITT RECORDS SUPPORTS THE JAZZ SERIES ALL JAM LONG! Mention "JAM" When Purchasing Jazz Titles & Hitt Records Donates 10% Of $$$ To The Jazz Series.                            
  

Sat., April 1 – JAM “Kick-Off” @ Waves Cider Co. 1-3 p.m. featuring Issac Foley & Greg Aker Duo

Tues., April 4 – “MU Health Care Celebrates 'Jazz Appreciation Month'” With Lobby Concerts Feat. Tony Lotvin Trio. [So. Providence Medical Park, 9:30 -11 a.m.; University Hospital, 12:30-2 p.m.; Women's Hospital, 3:30-5 p.m. 

Fri., April 7 - MU Studio Jazz Band @ The Shack, 7 p.m.

Mon., April 10 – "Take A 10% Sip For Jazz Education Happy Hour @ Top Ten Wines With Joel Anderson Trio, 5:30-7:30p.m. Join us for a special Happy Hour with Top Ten Wines donating 10% of the proceeds that evening to the Jazz Series Education/Outreach Programs!

Wed., April 12 - Manhattan Transfer at Jesse Auditorium presented by University Concert Series, 7 p.m.* [$$$ Admission]

Thurs., April 13 – “Jazz in The Schools” @ Gentry Middle feat. MU Jazz Studies Dept.

Fri., April 14 - The Five Pastelitos @ Sagua La Grande Cuban Cafe 6-8 p.m. Feat. Joanna & Sam Griffith, Isaac Foley, Troy & Huckleberry Hall + Special Guest Tony Lotven

Sun., April 16 – MU Jazz Combos @ Skylark Bookshop from 2-4 p.m.

Sun., April 16 – Glenn Miller Band presented by University Concert Series, Missouri Theatre, 7 p.m.* [$$$ Admission]

Mon.-Wed., April 17-19 – Joel Ross Columbia Public Schools-Jazz Series “Artist in Residence”

Tues., April 18 – Annual Children’s Concert at Hickman High School Feat. Joel Ross Quartet, 10:45 a.m.

Tues., April 18 – Jazz Series Presents "Jazz In The District" With Joel Ross Quartet @ Whitmore Recital Hall, 7 p.m. [$$$ Admission]

Wed., April 19 – Columbia Public Schools Jazz Night With Special Guest Joel Ross @ Rock Bridge High School, 6-8 p.m.

Thurs., April 20 – All-Ages Jazz Jam @ Compass, 7 -9 p.m.

Thurs., April 20 – MU Concert Jazz Band. Under the Direction of Sam Griffith, Dir. Jazz Studies, & MU Choral Union perform Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Suite” @ the Missouri Theatre, 7 p.m.*

Sun., April 23 – Jazz Series Presents "Sundays # Murry's" With Tia Fuller Quartet, 3:30 & 7 p.m. [$$$ Admission]

Mon., April 24 – SPECIAL EVENT: Jazz Series 10% "Sip & Dine For Jazz Education" Night @ Broadway Brewery Feat. Columbia Jazz Orchestra. MU Jazz Combo Opens. Beginning 6 p.m. Jazz Series receives 10% of food & drink proceeds! 

Tues. April 25 – "’Black Music and Art in the Jazz Age’ - The Harlem Renaissance,” Presenters: Dr. Maya Gibson, MU Honors College & Dr. Kristin Schwain, MU School of Visual Arts; Location: Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute, 7 p.m. [SPACE IS LIMITED. To Reserve: Email: info@wealwaysswing.org]

Thurs., April 27 – “Jazz & Poetry Appreciation Months Summit” Presenters: Wayne Zade & Jon Poses, Hermann Lounge, Hunter Activity Center, Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 4 p.m.

Fri., April 28 - Vocalist Steffi Roche, Senior Recital, Steffi Roche, vocals with Tom Andes, piano, Serendipity Salon and Gallery, Walnut St., 7 p.m.*

Sun., April 30 – An International Jazz Day-JAM Celebration @ Cooper’s Landing feat. Lisa Rose & Co. from 2-5 p.m.

[*Indicates Part of JAM Celebration but Non Jazz Series-Produced Event]