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It’s part of their lifeline to live fully. “Over the past 12 months, our programs have underscored just how essential the arts are for people. Joseph will take place on Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15, 2021. San Jose Jazz partners with Team San Jose and hotel concierges to feature sets by live jazz bands in lobbies across downtown from August 13 - 15. “San Jose Jazz has always worked to vitalize downtown San Jose with music and to provide avenues for artists to create and be heard. SJZ Break Room is for Priority Access and VIP ticket holders. But it’s during tough times like these we must stay strong and connected as a community and develop creative solutions in response to real-world issues,” says SJZ executive director Brendan Rawson. “Similar to so many other arts institutions, we were shocked by the disastrous effects of the pandemic.

In one performance you are given the core of the Black church and allure of the Great White Way.

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Other initiatives include the the Live at Home concert series (where 100 percent of donations go directly to the artists), Backstage (racism and mentorship workshops led by musicians) and working with the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation on the SHIP Kits initiative that provided educational/entertainment materials for families during pandemic. Hoard is a new stitch to the essential fabric of the city’s music scene. The Break Room is one of a number of initiatives that San Jose Jazz has instituted to help Bay Area artists and local youth throughout the coronavirus pandemic. San Jose Jazz will host a channel with highlights from performances at the SJZ Break Room and a performance by jazz guitarist Mason Razavi, and the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican. When there’s no show going on, the wall will serve as a community bulletin board where local organizations to can promote upcoming programs and events. After kicking off its new fall music series earlier this month, San Jose Jazz is again opening its SJZ Break. The concerts will be shown, with sound, on a 35-by-14-foot video wall on the San Carlos Street side of the venue.

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While no patrons will be allowed inside for that series, people can view the performances - for free - from outside at the same time they are being shown online. We continue to need help through individual donations until these artists are truly back on their feet, regularly performing.” “Our Board-driven effort to individually grant $1,000 to 33 artists, and an additional performance fee for 11 artists to appear at the SJZ New Works Fest 2021, is only one way to sustain careers in the arts that have suffered so substantially. “Music brings comfort and joy, and a strong sense of community,” says SJZ Board President Julie Ramirez. This festival features 11 commissioned pieces from 11 local artists, each of whom were awarded $1,000 grants through the nonprofit’s SJZ Jazz Aid Fund.

Reflecting the fact that he grew up in multiple different cultures, Ken enjoys playing in various styles, from jazz to samba to fusion. Black Sabbath: The 10 best Tony Iommi guitar riffs of all time Bassist Noriyuki 'Ken' Okada was born in New York and raised in São Paulo, Brazil and Yokohama, Japan.