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Ten Years Of Jazz Outside at Kenny Dorham's Backyard
Courtesy of Willie Oteri | Posted on February 6, 2020
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Sat, February 29, 2020
2:00 pm
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TEN YEARS OF JAZZ OUTSIDE
What: A festival in celebration of ten years of Jazz OUTside
When: February 29, 2020 From 2:pm to 6:pm
Where: Kenny Dorham's Backyard 1106 E. 11th St. Austin Texas
Contact: [email protected]
Ten years ago a residency, showcase and open jam session began at Kenny Dorham's Backyard in Austin Texas. The brainchild of bassist and curator Harold McMillan of Diverse Arts Culture Works and international musician Willie Oteri after seeing little to no support from Austin promoters for local artists who perform in various Beyond Jazz styles - and what better place than at an outside venue? The showcase known as Jazz OUTside runs every 4th Thursday of the month and incorporates a closing free jazz, beyond jazz, anything goes jam session with no sign up list, no charts and never a standard or real book tune. Truly a jam. Jazz OUTside has also promoted shows incorporating out of town artists of name while still keeping the focus on providing a platform local Austin artists. ...