JAF has rescheduled the planned February Board Meeting to Wednesday, March 1st at 7PM in the Small Meeting Room at the Tates Creek Library, 3628 Walden Dr., Lexington, KY.

There will be no board meeting in January as determined by the Board of Directors at the November 16 meeting. The next board meeting date and time will be determined by the Executive Committee and conveyed to board members via email and posting to the website.

The Jazz Arts Foundation congratulates charter members and past board members Chester Grundy and Miles Osland for their recognition for their work with the Arts and Jazz at the 2016 Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Chester and his wife Msiba Ann received top honor – the Milner Award for outstanding philanthropic contributions to the Arts – for their contributions to the cultural life of Lexington and the University of Kentucky. Accepting the award, Chester spoke about the importance of the arts in a humane society – “Art nourishes the souls of our children and reveals to them the deepest levels […]

The September 25th Jazz on the Porch Series performance at Talon Winery, sponsored by O’Donnell Family Dentistry, and hosted by The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc., was a huge success. Backbeat was the featured group for the afternoon and I am going to start this blog by giving you my first impression.  I pulled into an up front and close to the stage parking spot (like all parking at Talon Winery) opened the door of my vehicle and was immediately taken aback by the most rich soulful guitar sounds filled with the heat of the day and the hearts of the […]

Please note that the Executive Committee of JAF has cancelled the October 5, 2016 Board Meeting. The next Board Meeting has not been scheduled yet, but will be posted here and an email will be sent to all Board Members when it is.

The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. is deeply saddened to report that Charter Member and long time Board of Director, Frank Hamilton, passed away the morning of September 16, 2016. Frank and his wife, Helen, were staunch supporters of JAF and Jazz music and Frank will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Click HERE for the Lexington Herald-Leader obituary.

Thursday, September 8, 2016 brought The Randy Villars Band to the Central Branch of Lexington, KY library for the 113th concert of the Jazz: Live at the Library! Series, hosted by The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. and sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz. I arrived late, but better late than not at all, for I could have missed an excellent introduction to Randy Villars, who blessed the stage of The Farish Theater as the 195th individual musician to play in this series.  Randy is a classically trained clarinetist, saxophonist and pianist as well as a composer, arranger, music educator and author. […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. and the Lexington Public Library continue their Jazz: Live at the Library! series of monthly concerts at the Central Library Farish Theatre, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #113 features The Randy Villars Band with Randy Villars/Saxophone, Brandon Scott Coleman/Guitar, Matt Wiles/Bass & Phil Tipton/Drums. Show time: 7 – 8:15PM. Admission: FREE. Click HERE for a PDF of the show program.

Please note that the Executive Committee of JAF has rescheduled the September 7, 2016 Board Meeting to be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 in the Large Meeting Room at the Tates Creek Library beginning at 7PM. If there is any change, it will be posted here and an email will be sent to all Board Members.

Great News – if you don’t feel like putting together a picnic basket for the Jazz on the Porch concerts on August 28th or September 25th you will be able to satisfy your appetite by purchasing what you want at the Dunn’s BBQ and Catering food truck. If you were at the July 24th JOP concert, they were set up on that date as well. Click HERE to visit their Facebook page for more information.