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SCAT Experience the Avenue Mission
Our mission is to support musicians, educate youth and teach jazz music and art appreciation

Mission
Our mission is to support musicians, educate youth and teach jazz music and art appreciation to future generations. Our organization is designed to preserve the cultural and historical influences unique to the jazz arts community in Columbus, Ohio also to sustain the jazz traditions. Our organization endeavors to support the sustainability of local jazz culture and developing jazz arts exp

eriences that cater to current jazz enthusiasts, as well as, educate inexperienced and/or underexposed youth audiences. Our organization develops programs that create opportunities for access and participation in Columbus’ jazz tradition. By creating concerts venues and workshops, music lessons, engaging in jam sessions and taking advantage of internship opportunities.

07/03/2024
25/12/2023

The Knights are proud to announce that Zodiac Suite, our collaborative album with critically acclaimed pianist and composer Aaron Diehl, has been nominated for a Recording Academy / GRAMMYs award in the "Best Classical Compendium" category. This album brings to life composer Mary Lou Williams' orchestral vision for her suite and has been praised by the New York Times as "capable of dishing out American art music ambrosia." Congratulations to our friends and fellow nominees!

Photo courtesy of Tanglewood Music Festival, 2021

25/12/2023

The Ogden Theatre and Ballroom (now the Lincoln Theatre) opened in 1928 and was developed, designed, constructed, and managed entirely by African Americans. Sammy Davis Jr, at the age of three, would perform shortly after the opening in his career debut! This image several gentlemen standing in front of the theatre with DKS Charity Baskets ready to be distributed.

26/10/2023

Today marks the birthday of the late great saxophone master Jimmy Heath! A leading light out of Philadelphia's BeBop scene, Heath would rapidly establish his bona fides in jazz, first as an altoist before finally landing on the tenor saxophone. At the dawn of the 1960s, Heath would ultimately cement his reputation as not only one of the tenor's leading lights, but also as one of jazz's iconic composers and arrangers. A dedicated bandleader, educator, and mentor, Heath enjoyed a career that spanned nearly eight decades, leaving behind one of the most extraordinary legacies in jazz.

26/10/2023
26/10/2023

Jazz icons Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, and more are set to receive Blue Note Classic Reissues.

26/10/2023

Rest In Peace Richard "Shaft" Roundtree. 🙏🏽♥️

26/10/2023

SUNDAY 8:30AM! "Like It Is" with Dr. Robert Franklin + Bobby Rush, Part 1
A 2-time Grammy-winning legend and Blues Hall of Famer talks about his life and musical career.

26/10/2023

“I got with Dizzy in 1949. By the time I was with Howard, I was copying Charlie Parker and sounded so much like him that they called me ‘Little Bird’." - Jimmy Heath

Happy Birthday to saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader, Jimmy Heath!🎷

Heath has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last 50 years including Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis.

(Left to right: Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, Art Blakey, Jimmy Heath)

Photo: Temple University Press / Jimmy Heath Collection
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26/10/2023

From pioneering instrumentalists to boundary-breaking singer-songwriters, these female Blue Note musicians deserve more attention.

26/10/2023

Announcing WRTI’s new monthly podcast: The Late Set.

Jazz is a conversation — and that’s what The Late Set is all about. Join broadcaster Greg Bryant and critic Nate Chinen each month for perceptive variations on a theme, and their related interview with a special guest. Just like a hang at the end of the gig, in the back of the club, it’s direct, unfiltered and illuminating, revealing the music and its culture in a deeper light.

We’ve just dropped our first TWO episodes at the same time. Episode one is all about "the Philly sound” featuring Orrin Evans. Episode two focuses on “jazz competitions” with Joshua Redman. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or via this link: https://www.wrti.org/podcast/late-set

26/10/2023

‘Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet’ was one of several albums that brought immortality to the trumpeter’s pioneering group.

26/10/2023
06/10/2023

Today on Jazz In The Afternoon Jesse 'Chuy' Varela welcomes Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter at 4:00pm (PCT) to talk about their new album, Super Blue: The Iridescent Spree as well as their upcoming gig at Yoshi's in Oakland on Friday Oct.6. Tune in for a fun hang! 91.1 FM or KCSM.org

06/10/2023

Africa's real estate market is undergoing a transformative journey, fueled by economic growth, urbanization, and increased foreign investment.

06/10/2023

This has to be the biggest pumpkin in the world! It’s the new Sphere in Las Vegas.

05/10/2023
05/10/2023

Today's brings us back to September of 1964, when the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, , and Yours Truly) recorded "Miles in Berlin." We recorded it live at the Philharmonie Berlin during one of our tours of Europe. This was one of our first tours with Wayne on board.

Listen to "Miles in Berlin" here: https://ow.ly/bNav50OTgjG

Check out my whole discography here: www.roncarteruniverse.com


27/04/2023

TOMORROW! Join us for Cinema Columbus Film Festival: Hargrove - An Evening of Music, Film & Community

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a pre-screening jazz performance featuring Bobby Floyd, Zakk Jones, Cedric Easton, Miles Smith, Bryan Olsheski, Halle Craig, and Tia Ward.

The film screening of Hargrove Documentary begins at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre. After the film, we will host a Q&A panel with local jazz aficionados: Dr. Ted McDaniel, Dr. Jack Marchbanks, and Dr. Mark Lomax, II.

Tickets: https://my.cbusarts.com/5036

27/04/2023

I can't begin to measure the impact Ahmad had on me. He was a master of playing without cliche, and every standard became a new song with his orchestration, arrangement, timing and touch.
Thank you, Ahmad for all the gifts you gave us. 💔

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