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The dance. The City. The song. “Charleston! Charleston!” Kick forward, walk back, kick back, walk forward. Swing your arms and twist your feet. Shuffle, shimmy, and shake. The Charleston is one [...]

Stachia Simmons, known by her fans as Sta.La.V., began playing drums at the age of two. The daughter of musicians, she grew up playing music in church. Being one of the youngest musicians in her [...]

Local trumpeter Cameron Handel is a beloved member of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. Marketing & Communications Director Lacy Miller had the opportunity to interview her in the Charleston Music [...]

The Charleston Jazz Academy Advanced Combo will perform at the Spoleto Festival USA Opening Ceremony on Friday, May 24, 2024, at Noon — Free.

Join us for a musical celebration of the Lowcountry. As one of the great cradles of jazz, Lowcountry rhythms and traditions are an integral part of this musical art form.  The Charleston Jazz [...]

Recently, in anticipation of this global celebration of jazz, Charleston Jazz Orchestra Director Robert Lewis and Charleston Jazz Marketing and Communications Director Lacy Miller engaged in a [...]

Latin Grammy award winning jazz flautist Nestor Torres will join your Charleston Jazz Orchestrafor an evening comprised of the lively rhythms and spicy spirit of Latin America. With his Caribbean [...]

By the mid-1950s, Big Bands found themselves in a changed world as Bebop took center stage. Even the Duke Ellington Orchestra, who had creatively dominated the jazz scene from the late 1920s, [...]

Charleston Jazz is proud to announce Tatjana Beylotte as the new Executive Director. Tatjana Beylotte was hired in July 2018 as the Director of Development at Charleston Jazz. Ms. Beylotte has [...]

CHARLESTON, SC – October 18, 2018 – Charleston Jazz and Dockery’s announce the next DINNER + SHOW concert to be held November 15 at the Dockery’s Restaurant and Listening Room on Daniel Island. [...]