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All sessions feature our Musical Host Raphael Semmes
Our lineup for October will be announced soon!
Our September session featured a special 70th birthday tribute to Raphael Semmes
Our September session just happened to coincide with the 70th birthday of our own Raphael Semmes. After 20 years as our "musical host" on the Fusion Coffeehouse Jazz Series, we turned the tables on Raphael and made him the featured guest – including a turn on the interview hot seat! To pose questions to our local legend we recruited the help of another local legend: Malcolm White (co-founder of Hal & Mal's, co-founder of Wells Fest, and former director of the MS Arts Commission).
Their informative and entertaining conversation can he heard near the beginning of the recording below (see the arhives session on this page). But of course we still enjoyed plenty of music, as Raph was accompanied by his Quartet consisting of Knight Bruce on keys, Todd Bobo on sax, and Maya Kyles on drums.
Check out the archive if you missed it, and make sure you're on our email list for the October session!
THE 17TH ANNUAL TOWNSHIP JAZZ FESTIVAL WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! We had our biggest turnout ever! Thank you to everyone who supported the event... it was really a perfect day. Here's a little highlight reel:
Music credit: Southern Komfort Brass Band "Make You Sweat"
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