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Everyone around greater Fort Lauderdale is ready for some fun about now.
So snapping the fingers, tapping the toes in time to some hot jazz -- that seems pretty appealing.
Luckily, hot jazz happens to be coming our way. Just in time.
The 23rd annual Hollywood Jazz Festival is gearing up now, preparing for the big opening night next weekend. Nine acts will groove and sway for three days starting on November 18th. There's even a free concert on the Hollywood beach next Saturday. The best high school jazz band in the nation will perform.
Of course, Wilma created communication challenges as the festival approached, says Ron Weber, president of South Florida Jazz, which runs the festival.
"But now, the show goes on!" Ron promises. "The venues are intact. The artists are all coming."
The acts include tributes to two jazz giants who lived and worked here before their death -- a first for the Hollywood festival.
Louis Hayes' Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band will bring audiences a style reminiscent of the great sax player, Cannonball Adderley, who taught at Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High School. The influential bass player, Jaco Pastorius, will be remembered by the Othello Molineaux JP Factor. Pastorius lived and performed in greater Fort Lauderdale.
"Both artists had a major impact on jazz," Ron explains.
So yes, we are getting ready here for the jazz festival, ready to break loose and bop to a hot beat. A hurricane can only coop up the party-loving locals of Broward County for just so long.
Wilma is officially over now, as far as we're concerned. Bring on the fun again!
So snapping the fingers, tapping the toes in time to some hot jazz -- that seems pretty appealing.
Luckily, hot jazz happens to be coming our way. Just in time.
The 23rd annual Hollywood Jazz Festival is gearing up now, preparing for the big opening night next weekend. Nine acts will groove and sway for three days starting on November 18th. There's even a free concert on the Hollywood beach next Saturday. The best high school jazz band in the nation will perform.
Of course, Wilma created communication challenges as the festival approached, says Ron Weber, president of South Florida Jazz, which runs the festival.
"But now, the show goes on!" Ron promises. "The venues are intact. The artists are all coming."
The acts include tributes to two jazz giants who lived and worked here before their death -- a first for the Hollywood festival.
Louis Hayes' Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band will bring audiences a style reminiscent of the great sax player, Cannonball Adderley, who taught at Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High School. The influential bass player, Jaco Pastorius, will be remembered by the Othello Molineaux JP Factor. Pastorius lived and performed in greater Fort Lauderdale.
"Both artists had a major impact on jazz," Ron explains.
So yes, we are getting ready here for the jazz festival, ready to break loose and bop to a hot beat. A hurricane can only coop up the party-loving locals of Broward County for just so long.
Wilma is officially over now, as far as we're concerned. Bring on the fun again!
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 4:19 PM
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