Gulf Coast Community Foundation Supports 

Free Jazz Concerts in Venice for 6^th Year 

The Jazz Club of Sarasota is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for the sixth consecutive year to provide free outdoor jazz concerts in Venice starting in January 2014. With several jazz bands providing the music, hundreds of area music lovers will be able to again enjoy an afternoon of family enjoyment at the Centennial Park in Venice.  Gulf Coast and the Jazz Club of Sarasota will present the Joy of Jazz series on week-ends in January, February and March.  Dates will be announced later this year. 

 About Gulf Coast:  Together with its donors, Gulf Coast Community Foundation transforms our region through bold and proactive philanthropy. Gulf Coast is a public charity that was created in 1995 through the sale of the Venice Hospital.  Since then, it has welcomed more than 500 charitable funds established by generous donors and invested more than $148 million in the community through grants in the areas of health and human services, education, civic and economic development, arts and culture, and the environment. Learn more at GulfCoastCF.org. 

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS  

Most Sundays

 3-5 P.M. 

NEW LOCATION!!

Ocean Blues

1936 Hillview St., Southside Village

$10 cover Full Bar - Appetizers - Lunch - Dinner

Core Trio:

Jerry Eckert, piano, Dave Hubbell, bass, Len Balistreri, drums

Coordinator: George Mclean (941)343-7773 or e-mail at: gmcleansunapee@aol.com.No cover charge for participating musicians.

Two of the best jazz pianists, Dick Hyman and Shelly Berg, will perform together August 16, 2013 at the Players Theatre at 7:30 pm.  The concert is sponsored by The Jazz Club of Sarasota and The Jazz Cruise.

Hyman, member of the Jazz Hall of Fame and Emmy winner, and Berg, who Dave Brubeck called “a great jazz pianist”, have recorded together but have never appeared together in Sarasota.

In addition to over 100 recordings, Hyman has been a composer, arranger and performer for numerous television shows and movies, including a dozen of the Woody Allen movies.

Grammy nominated this year, Berg recorded or arranged with Nancy Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Woody Herman, James Moody, Arturo Sandoval and Clark Terry. He is the Dean of the University of Miami School of Music. 

Tickets are available now at the Players Theatre (941-365-2494).  Advance tickets for the first five rows are $20 and $15 for all others.  Admission the day of the concert is $25. 

There will be an after concert party for Hyman and Berg with proceeds going to the Scholarship Fund of the Jazz Club of Sarasota; details to come later.