Jazz Legacy Project

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LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Jazz Legacy: Thelonious Monk

The final performance for 2023 from The Jazz Legacy Project at Festival Hall in Greensboro, featured the life, times, and music of jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who was born in 1917 at Rocky Mount, N.C.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Jazz Legacy Project to feature music of Mercer

Festival Hall, Greensboro’s premier arts venue and cultural center, presents next month, the third of four shows in its 2023 Jazz Legacy Project series: Johnny Mercer, From Savannah to Hollywood.
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

Jazz Legacy Project to feature Art Blakey at Festival Hall

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.
The Jazz Legacy Project: Billy Strayhorn, Take the A Train, caps o_ a three-part jazz series at Festival Hall this year. LEIGH LOFGREN/Contributed

The Jazz Legacy Project: Billy Strayhorn, Take the A Train, caps o_ a three-part jazz series at Festival Hall this year. LEIGH LOFGREN/Contributed

Jazz Legacy Project: Billy Strayhorn coming to Festival Hall

Festival Hall, Greensboro’s premier arts venue and cultural center, will present its final show of the 2022 Jazz Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, with The Jazz Legacy Project: Billy Strayhorn, Take the A Train.