Our summer camp dates will be July 18th-21st! كيف تفوز بالروليت We’ll have two 1/2 days on Thursday and Friday and two full days on Saturday and Sunday! Please join the Facebook group for the latest information: https://www.facebook.com/usccolajazzcamp Registration will open soon! But first, we have a 2019 Festival on March 2nd!
Hundreds of residents were ordered out of a public housing complex Jan. 18 after authorities found two men dead in separate apartments and “multiple” gas leaks throughout Allen Benedict Court. Now the displaced residents are spread out in hotels, motels and other housing arrangements that they paid for or the CHA is paying for while … Read more
ColaJazz founder Mark Rapp along with Sam Edwards and Nick Vlandis played at the Still Hopes Retirement Community as part of ColaJazz Outreach. Mark donated this special concert as a silent auction to support the McKissick Museum. Supporting the museum, supporting musicians, giving to the community, that’s #scstrong! Want to be an outreach artist or … Read more
ColaJazz is partnering with Lexington Medical Center, The South Carolina Gastroenterology Association, Consultants in Gastroenterology and WIS TV to offer 5 colonoscopies, at no cost to Columbia Jazz community males 45-years and older (African-American) or 50-years and older (all others) who are uninsured. Colonoscopies can cost in the thousands and we’re proud to be able … Read more
South Carolina is the birthplace and home to many jazz influencers. Once such group is the Jenkins Orphanage Band of Charleston, South Carolina. Jabbo Smith, who was Jazz’s #2 trumpeter, got his start with the Jenkins Orphanage Band. In the late 1930’s, Jabbo reportedly is the one who encouraged a 17 year old Sarah Vaughn … Read more
On December 20, 2018, the founder of the ColaJazz organization Mark Rapp met with SC Governor Henry McMaster to advocate for our jazz community in Columbia, SC and throughout South Carolina. Mark revealed to the Governor our vibrant jazz community and the palpable feeling of our collective drive to thrive. سر لعبة الروليت Mark presented … Read more
This week in Jazz, we discover “Cubop” or Afro-Cuban Jazz. Chico O’ Farrill was a primary influencer in the 1940s and 1950s when this style became prominent. He was born Arturo O’ Farrill to an Irish Father and German mother, October 28, 1921, in Havana Cuba. He was a master trumpeter/composer/arranger who combined European classical … Read more
This week/month in Jazz, Trumpeter “Dizzy” Gillespie was born John Birks Gillespie on October 21, 1917. kilox gotas precio guatemala Dizzy is arguably the greatest trumpeter of all time with his roots and birthplace here in South Carolina. He is co-founder of the bebop style and a historic figure in jazz music. This virtuoso entertainer … Read more