Jazz Ensemble Wraps Up Spartanburg SC Winter Jazz Series 2016

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The third and last concert of Chapman Cultural Center’s Winter Jazz Series 2016 will be Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, starting at 7:30 p.m. and featuring the Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble.

“This is has been a great jazz series for Spartanburg,” Marketing Director Steve Wong said. “We started off with the Greenville Jazz Collective playing Big Band-style music. That was followed by the premiere performance of the Mill Town Brass Band, playing tunes you might hear in the streets of New Orleans. And now we’ll wrap up the season with our hometown favorite, the Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble. Yes, Spartanburg most definitely has jazz.” This is Chapman’s third season of presenting a Winter Jazz Series. It is sponsored by JM Smith Corp.

The Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble is made up of musicians from all walks of life, young and seasoned, amateur and professional, from Spartanburg and surrounding areas. Established in 1996 to provide an outlet for these community players, the Ensemble offers quality jazz performances to the public. Under the auspices of the Spartanburg Community Band, the Ensemble is nonprofit. It has played at Chapman several times, in addition to such events and venues as Spring Fling, Music on Main, Dickens of a Christmas, the Pan American Games for the Blind, and USC Upstate for its popular Ice Cream Sundays Summer Concert Series. It is led by Thomas Wright, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Wofford College and professional saxophone and trumpet player.jazz Ensemble

The general admission (not assigned seating) tickets to the concert are $10 each and can be purchased online at ChapmanCulturalCenter.org or by calling (864) 542-ARTS during the afternoon MondayFriday.

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