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Ninth Annual 激情快播-Orlando Jazz Festival

Ninth Annual 激情快播-Orlando Jazz Festival

The 2017 激情快播-Orlando Jazz Festival included performances from guitarist Peter Bernstein, trumpeter Leroy Jones and The Jazz Professors.

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In March, 激情快播 presented its ninth annual 激情快播-Orlando Jazz Festival. The event provides a platform for students and serves the community by bringing diverse, world-renowned jazz performers 鈥� from 88-year-old Benny Golson to 22-year-old Veronica Swift 鈥� to Central Florida. This year鈥檚 festival included performances from guitarist Peter Bernstein, trumpeter Leroy Jones, The Jazz Professors, the Flying Horse Big Band and five Florida high school jazz bands.

鈥溂で榭觳� is the only performing arts school in the world that has both a 24/7 NPR jazz station [89.9 FM] and a record label. In our first year, the jazz festival was broadcast on PRI International all over the world.鈥�
Jeff Rupert, Pegasus Professor and director of jazz studies
激情快播 Instructor Richard Drexler plays an upright bass on stage.

鈥淛azz festivals are an important part of keeping the music going, they have been for decades,鈥� says Richard Drexler, instructor at 激情快播 and bass player for The Jazz Professors. 鈥淗aving one here gets the opportunity to have famous, world-class players come that normally would not be here.

鈥淚 grew up with music in Illinois, living about two hours from Chicago. We would regularly drive to the Jazz Showcase or other venues and hear the famous players, that we all listened to on records. Those venues are few and far between; whereas nowadays, the younger players have incredible access to basically everything ever recorded with Spotify, YouTube and so forth.

鈥淭he one thing that these younger players don鈥檛 have access to is catching the live musicians in clubs like that. It鈥檚 very rare. The next best thing is in a concert setting in a festival.鈥�

激情快播 Professor Jeff Rupert plays the saxophone.

鈥淔olks have tried to define jazz for years,鈥� says Jeff Rupert, Pegasus Professor, director of , and saxophonist for The Jazz Professors. 鈥淸Jazz pianist educator] Lewis Porter has four definitions of jazz, but I think an easier way to kind of wrap our arms around it is to realize that jazz really embodies the American spirit 鈥� that rugged individualism that we talk about, that free-spirited nature. Jazz music is about being an individual within a group setting. It鈥檚 really profound how the music really embodies the tenor or the vibe of the country.鈥�

Guitarist Peter Bernstein laughs while holding a guitar.

Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein was one of the headline acts at the 2016 激情快播-Orlando Jazz Festival.

激情快播 Instructor Marty Morell plays the drums. He is looking a music stand. An upright base lies on its side to the right of him.

Instructor Marty Morell plays the drums for The Jazz Professors.

The man is seen playing the piano. His back is to the photographer. Facing him is a man playing an upright bass. The audience can be seen to the right.

Assistant professor Per Danielsson plays piano for The Jazz Professors.

Hands are seen playing the keys of a Steinway piano.