Upcoming Concerts and Events
What they're saying about MJS Concerts: REVIEW
The Madison Jazz Society's concerts are held at the Coliseum Bar, 232 East Olin Avenue, Madison, from 1-4 PM (doors open at noon), unless otherwise noted. Admission (unless otherwise noted): $20 for MJS members; $25 for non-members; those age 18 & younger admitted free.
This location provides jazz fans with a central location that is close to the Beltline, downtown Madison and beautiful Lake Monona, as well as being on a Madison Metro route. In addition, full food and drink service will be available at modest prices, sufficient and close parking is available and the facility is fully handicapped accessible. Parking in Coliseum Bar lot, Wonder Bar lot AND in the WPS lot next to the Wonder Bar (you can ignore the towaway signs on Sundays).
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The Rand Moore Sextet with vocalist Angela Babler will provide great music for our celebration. Drummer and leader Rand Moore also leads the Madison Mellophonium Jazz Orchestra and the Rand Moore Jazz Quartet and is the drummer with the Madison Jazz Orchestra, the Jeff Peronto Jazz Orchestra and the Brian Whitty Group. He is the owner of Drums ‘n |
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'RIVERWALK: LIVE FROM THE LANDING' FRIDAYS ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO--SUPPORTED BY MJS!!
The Madison Jazz Society-supported "Riverwalk Live from the Landing" jazz broadcasts on Wisconsin Public Radio, featuring the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, can be heard on Fridays. The one-hour program airs from 9-10 PM The program airs on WERN 88.7 FM in Madison; check your local WPR station schedules at http://www.wpr.org/regions/ for local airings. For more information on the programs, including links to further information, go to Riverwalk Jazz and click on "Program Guide."
Miss a broadcast? The current week's program is available for online listening at Riverwalk Jazz Jim Cullum's and Riverwalk Jazz' "Jazz Me News": Riverwalk Jazz Then click on "What's New." (It's also available by subscription, as explained at the Web site.) Jazz Study Guide: Riverwalk Jazz and click on "Study Guide." In addition, the Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound began continuous web streaming of the Riverwalk Jazz programs consisting of more than 350 hours of historic radio broadcasts on January 1, 2013. Using rich narrative, oral histories and interviews, clips of historic musical recordings, and live musical performances by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, each radio show entertains and educates its listeners, promoting classic jazz music and an appreciation for its place in history. With this new web site, the series of programs is an incomparable research collection for use by jazz scholars and fans alike.” The direct link to the Cullum Recorded Sound Archives: http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/Here is the schedule for May 2013 on Wisconsin Public Radio (WERN -- 88.7 FM in the Madison area -- 9-10 PM):
May 2013 on Riverwalk Jazz
This Month on Riverwalk Jazz
May 3: Gentle Giants: The Beauty of the Jazz Ballad Ask any jazz musician and they’ll tell you the real test of a player’s ability is the ballad. Cornetist Bob Barnard and the band explore the art of the jazz ballad.
May 10: Irving Berlin’s Music Box Becky Kilgore and Nina Ferro join the band for a concert of
America ’s best-loved popular songs from its hardest-working composer.
May 17: Riffs and Shouts: The Building Blocks of Jazz Nothing gets us in the groove like a catchy riff—those short melodic patterns that many jazz tunes are based on. Trumpeter Bob Barnard and the band heat up the bandstand with a show devoted to the hot rhythm of jazz riffs.
May 24: Tango, Opera and the Blues: Jelly Roll’s Recipe for Jazz Many jazz musicians and writers have said that Jelly Roll Morton was the first great composer in jazz. Some of his best work is performed here by the band with Dick Hyman and others.
May 31: Swinging on the South Side: The Heartbeat of
Chicago Jazz The band and guests Duke Heitger, Topsy Chapman and Evan Christopher visit The Dreamland Café, The Grand Terrace Ballroom, The Vendome Theater and other
Chicago hot spots — circa 1915 to 1930.
Help keep Riverwalk on the air by any or all of the following:
May 24: Tango, Opera and the Blues: Jelly Roll’s Recipe for Jazz Many jazz musicians and writers have said that Jelly Roll Morton was the first great composer in jazz. Some of his best work is performed here by the band with Dick Hyman and others.
May 31: Swinging on the South Side: The Heartbeat of
Chicago Jazz The band and guests Duke Heitger, Topsy Chapman and Evan Christopher visit The Dreamland Café, The Grand Terrace Ballroom, The Vendome Theater and other
Chicago hot spots — circa 1915 to 1930.
Help keep Riverwalk on the air by any or all of the following:
Help keep Riverwalk on the air by any or all of the following:
1) Donate to MJS, which pays $55 per week to underwrite the show (mark your contribution specifically for "Riverwalk")
2) Donate to Wisconsin Public Radio and indicate you're a Riverwalk listener (if you donate this way, also email us at mjs@madisonjazz.com and we'll send you a free copy of Jim Cullum's most recent CD as a thank you from Jim, as long as supplies last)
3) Let Wisconsin Public Radio know you listen to the program; go to www.wpr.org/pages/feedback.cfm for contact information, and
4) Listen to Riverwalk and encourage other jazz fans to do the same.
Donations to the Madison Jazz Society and Wisconsin Public Radio are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
