Join the Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival for 3 days of live jazz, food, and fun at historic Old Fort Harrod State Park. This is a FREE Event showcasing 17 regional and national jazz ensembles.  Adrian Crutchfield, last saxophonist for music icon Prince, headlines Friday night with a smooth jazz and R&B groove. Jazz educator legend Jamey Aebersold will be swinging on Saturday afternoon with his quartet. And the K-Jam Collective “all star” band headlines Saturday night with a killer lineup of the region’s finest jazz musicians. And if you like the big band sound, Sunday is our collegiate “big band […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 15 of “Jazz: Live at the Library!” a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #180 welcomes for the first time, the Isaac Stephens Quartet. Joining Isaac on saxophone will be Paul Deatherage playing drums and two other newcomers to the library stage, pianist Will Doty and bassist Tyler Papierniak. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz (www.jazzbooks.com) and the Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. www.jazzartsfoundation.org with the technical help from the […]