Jazz Legacy Project to feature Art Blakey at Festival Hall

GREENE COUNTY

  • The Jazz Legacy Project takes to the stage on May 11 at Festival Hall in Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED
    The Jazz Legacy Project takes to the stage on May 11 at Festival Hall in Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED
Festival Hall in Greensboro presents the second show of the 2023 Jazz Series, The Jazz Legacy Project at 7:30 p.m. May 11, featuring Art Blakey, Father of Modern Jazz. Tickets go on sale on March 20, at festivalhallga.com. A happy accident left Blakey and Horace Silver alone in a recording studio. It marked the beginning of the Hard Bop era and what followed was a band – The Jazz Messengers –…

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