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.

Additional photos here:

Year of Jazz Family Day at SAMA

Despite a little rain, the Year of Jazz Family Day at SAMA featuring the King William Jazz Collective was a fun-filled event for the whole family. The band opened their set outside in SAMA’s sculpture garden and children worked on art projects. As the clouds rolled in and rain drops began to fall, the band took an early intermission and attendees searched for cover in the Café des Artistes restaurant for a bite to eat, or made their way inside the museum to take in the exhibits. As the saying goes...the show must go on...The King William Jazz Collective moved inside SAMA’s auditorium and continued to entertain with their big band sounds.

Year of Jazz at Artpace

KRTU Jazz 91.7 in collaboration with Artpace celebrated the Year of Jazz with a live performance by The Kris Kimura Quintet. The Austin-based group played jazz classics from The Great American Songbook and added their own style setting a new standard for traditional jazz. Those attending the concert enjoyed a reception afterwards in the Artpace courtyard with authentic Mexican cuisine provided by the El Tacomiendo truck.

Sunday Jazz at the Witte Celebrates the Year of Jazz

Sunday Jazz at the Witte celebrated the Year of Jazz with a special Mother's Day concert featuring the Three Divas: Bett Butler, Joan Carroll and Katchie Cartwright. The talented vocalists entertained an audience of over 300 with some classic standards as well as original compositions. The lovely singers were backed by an equally talented band; Joel Dilley on bass, Aaron Prado on piano, and Steve Schwelling on drums. The concert included a special award presentation given to Mary Parchman for Jazz Excellence.  

Year of Jazz at the Southwest School of Art

The intimate Coates Chapel at the Southwest School of Art was a packed house for the Year of Jazz concert - Swingin' with Django - a tribute to the Parisian Jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappeli. The concert featured an all-star hot jazz quintet led by guiarist Polly Harrison, which included Hank Harrison (violin,vocals), Katie Holmes (violin), Olivier Giraud (guitar), Joe Gonzales (guitar), and Pierre Poree (vocals, clairinet). The quintet performed songs made famous by the Hot Club of France in the 1930s and 1940s.

Year of Jazz at the Botanical Garden

John Magaldi and the Primetime Jazz Orchestra featuring Richie Cole entertained a crowd of more than 400 people at the San Antonio Botanical Garden on March 23. Check out a rebroadcast of the performance on Kory Cook's Jazz Break at noon this Friday, March 30 during the KRTU Spring Fund Drive kick-off, and enjoy these photos of a glorious spring-time event in the garden.

Year of Jazz at the Carver with Jeff Lofton

The Year of Jazz February concert at the Carver Community Cultural Center featured Austin-based trumpeter Jeff Lofton and his quartet. The Jo Long Theatre was packed with close to 600 jazz fans to see and hear the band pay tribute to music made famous by the Miles Davis Quintet during the 1950s. Tune in to Jazz 91.7 for a broadcast of the performance on Friday, February 17 at noon and 6pm and enjoy these photos of this amazing performance.

Jeff Lofton Quartet's Miles Tribute takes stage for Year of Jazz at the Carver

Austin-based trumpeter, composer and band leader, JEFF LOFTON will be at the Carver Community Cultural Center, Saturday, February 11th at  8 p.m.  In celebration of Trinity University’s, Jazz (91.7) KRTU, 10th anniversary, the Carver will  showcase Lofton and his 1950’s Miles Davis Tribute featuring Davis’ compositions and interpretations made famous by the Miles Davis Quintet during 1950-1959.

NPR affiliate KUT 90.5 in Austin describes Lofton as “….a veritable jazz virtuoso.”  Lofton’s techniques are often compared to such great jazz artists as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane.  Originally from South Carolina, Lofton has been in Austin, Texas since 2007 and has made his mark in the local jazz scene.  He was voted Best  Jazz Band at the 2010-2011 Austin Music Awards during SXSW. In 2009, his album, “Jazz to the People”, made top albums lists for the Austin Chronicle and KUT.  In 2010, Lofton’s new group, the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang, debuted the first album, “Chasing the Voodoo Down – Live at the Cactus Café.  The sound is described as jazz-funk, rock fusion.

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Sauce Gonzales & The Westside Horns

Year of Jazz continues in 2012...Sauce Gonzales and The legendary Westside Horns performed to a packed Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on January 14.
Thanks to everyone who came out to continue the Year of Jazz celebration.
Enjoy some photos of this memorable night...

A look back: Olivia Revueltas Concert

Enjoy this photo slideshow of the Olivia Revueltas concert taken at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico on November 19, 2011 as the second event for the Year of Jazz celebration. Check back for more photo slideshows for other Year of Jazz events.

The Sounds of the Year of Jazz

Listen back to clips from the past Three Year of Jazz performances. And be sure to listen out for re-broadcasts of the full concerts on both the Jazz Break at Noon and the South Texas Jazz Project following each Year of Jazz event on 91.7 FM and online at krtu.org.

Oct. 23 - Year of Jazz Kick-Off

San Antonio Jazz Suite: Opening Movement - "Yanaguana meets St. Anthony"

Nov. 19 - Instituto Cultural de Mexico

Olivia Revueltes - "In Memorium...Charles Mingus"

Dec. 10 - Say Si

Silent Night

Year of Jazz Continues in 2012

KRTU-FM’s ambitious celebration promises several entertaining events including tributes to Miles Davis and Parisian Jazz

The calendar may now say 2012, but it still is the Year of Jazz at KRTU-FM 91.7, Trinity's listener- supported radio station.

The celebration is a unique collaboration between KRTU and several arts and cultural organizations in San Antonio. Each month a different organization hosts a jazz themed event at their venue. Although the focus is local, the Year of Jazz has caught the attention of JazzTimes, a national music publication which wrote glowingly of the celebration in an articleabout the San Antonio jazz scene.

If the first three events are any indication, variety will be a major theme for the Year of Jazz. The kick-offheld in October was an all-day event held at the Sunken Gardens Theater in Brackenridge Park and featured a reading by San Antonio mayor Julián Castro, and the world premiere of the San Antonio Jazz Suite.

The second event in November was more intimate: a concert by Mexican jazz pianist Olivia Revueltas held at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico. Revueltas told the audience stories from her life and of her love of jazz at the standing room only event.

In December, the third event was the staging of El Corrido de Chuy, an original local production, with live jazz accompaniment, performed by Teatro Alaz, the theatre group at Say Si, an organization serving San Antonio's youth.

Read the Trinity University release

"El Corrido de Chuy" - Year of Jazz at SAY Si

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