Women In Jazz Jam Festival 2021
FRIDAY MARCH 6, @ 6pm LIVE STREAM ON THIS PAGE
In the middle of all the great festivals the city has to offer, we added a couple of new ones this year. The Women in Jazz Jam Festival, produced by local jazz musician and vocalist Kelle Jolly set a high standard for what I hope will be many years of future installments. By all measures, it appears to have been a great success. …
Kelle Jolly seeks to forge musical relationships with the Women in Jazz Jam Festival
It all started with some big ideas by East Tennessee jazz chanteuse Kelle Jolly. …
Women in Jazz Jam Festival
The Women in Jazz Jam Festival will be Friday-Sunday, March 18-20, in locations around town. Festival organizer Kelle Jolly has put together a weekend of concerts and activities to celebrate women composers and musicians.
In our town, where Vols football and “cradle of country music” lore reign supreme, it’s good to remember that Knoxville is also very much a jazz mecca. (page 9) …
The very name of the event tells the story. The Women in Jazz Jam Festival reigns queen. …
An audience member approached Kelle Jolly after a Tennessee Theatre Musical Monday appearance to tell her, “I didn’t know I liked jazz!”
Jolly had to reassure her: “It’s okay, it’s okay,” while the woman told her, “I didn’t know. I am so sorry!”
“She saw the light,” says Jolly. “It was like a whole new world opened for her. That’s a beautiful thing.” …
Last week I met KnoxvilleUrbanGuy for an interview about the Women in Jazz Jam Festival.
After publishing the interview on his blog, INSIDEKNOXVILLE, the donations on our Indiegogo doubled. I’m so grateful.
Thanks Alan!