Year of Jazz Encore

Thanks to all who came out to the Year of Jazz Encore at the Pearl Amphitheater to end the year-long celebration with KRTU. The Culinary Institute of America chefs from the restaurant Nao cooked up some delicious cuisine while Henry Brun and the Modern Latino Big Band provided the Latin rhythms with a performance along the banks of the San Antonio River. The Year of Jazz may be over, but will not soon be forgotten. Be sure to stay tuned in for more exciting events Jazz 91.7 has to offer in the coming year...

A Look Back at the Year of Jazz Grand Finale

Year of Jazz Grand Finale

Year of Jazz Swings to a Close
Story by: Jim Beal Jr. - San Antonio Express News

 

Trinity University's radio station, KRTU, brought its "Year of Jazz" celebration to an end in up-tempo fashion Sunday night in Laurie Auditorium.

A year ago, the station chose to celebrate a decade of airing a jazz-driven format with a series of concerts staged in cooperation with local nonprofit arts presenters.

The "Year of Jazz" closed Sunday with "The San Antonio Jazz Suite," followed by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band's salute to jazz legends before a Laurie audience of around 1,200.

(read full story here)

Year of Jazz Grand Finale Schedule of Events

Join KRTU Jazz 91.7 for our 10-Year Anniversary on Sunday, October 7, 2012 in Laurie Auditorium on the campus of Trinity University.

The schedule of events will go as follows:

3:00 PM - DOORS OPEN

3:00 - 3:45 PM - MEMBER RECEPTION - STUDIO A - 4TH FLOOR OF LAURIE AUD.

4:00 - 7:00 PM - YEAR OF JAZZ GRAND FINALE CONCERT

7:00 - 9:00 PM - MASTERS OF JAZZ PHOTO EXHIBIT  - DICKE SMITH ART BLDG..

The event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

For more information contact Monica Reina at (210) 999-8078.

Aaron Prado on the San Antonio Jazz Suite

We had a chance to sit composer Aaron Prado down at a piano to break down one of the most captivating parts of his San Antonio Jazz Suite. Here's what followed. And be sure to hear Aaron and the @King William Jazz Band perform the whole suite this Sunday at the Year of Jazz Finale!

YEAR OF JAZZ AT THE PEARL POSTPONED

Due to the high threat of torrential storms and flooding, we are postponing the CIA/Pearl Year of Jazz event previously scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29th.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but given the flooding threat, even a sunny day would present poor conditions for this program.

The new date is Sunday, Nov. 18th, which will be a Year of Jazz Encore Performance, hosted by the CIA at the Pearl Amphitheater and featuring Henry Brun and the Modern Latino Big Band.

Joan Carroll & Footprints at the McNay Museum

The McNay Art Museum and KRTU Jazz 91.7 closed out the Summer Jazz and Lunch series with a Year of Jazz concert featuring Joan Carroll and Footprints. The Leeper Auditorium was packed with art and music lovers who came out to hear Joan and her band Footprints perform “straight-ahead and bossa nova” standards. Attendees enjoyed lunch prepared by San Antonio’s landmark restaurant Earl Abel’s, and were entertained by Joan’s vocal skills accompained by talented jazz musicians during the afternoon Year of Jazz concert celebration.

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