OKLAHOMA CITY – Local non-profit, Upward Transitions, held its annual fundraising gala recently at the historic Farmers Public Market. Each year the organization recognizes one community leader who embodies the
A jazz ensemble recital was held on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Blue Buffalo Art Gallery. It was directed by ASU’s Assistant Band Director Trent Shuey and was the first
The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band plays its “Pan American Nutcracker Suite" on Dec. 13 at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook.
The KCCK Featured Album for December is “” by the New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band. Tchaikovsky’s classic work has enjoyed tremendous popularity as a perennial winter holiday tradition. Drummer and bandleader Joe McCarthy and co-arranger Vince Norman infuse the original work with the rhythmic traditions of Cuba, Africa and Brazil, expressed in riveting … Continue reading