September 18
4th Annual Musicians Thank You with Annie Ellicott
For the fourth year in a row, Annie Ellicott has brought her team together to organize the Annual Musicians Thank You Concert to kick off the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame’s fall membership drive.
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September 24
Hurricane Harvey Relief Concert
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame welcomes the Modern Oklahoma Jazz Orchestra as well as various guest artists from the community in our Hurricane Harvey Relief Concert.
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October 1
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame welcomes the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra to the Jazz Depot stage.
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October 8
Moore Jazz
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame welcomes Moore Jazz to the Jazz Depot stage, featuring Mike Moore on trumpet, Andrea Baker on vocals, guitarist Randy Wimer, and Steve Wilkerson on sax.
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October 15
Cole Porter Revue
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame presents a tribute to the late, great Cole Porter, in a production by Pam Van Dyke Crosby.
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November 19
OSU Jazz Orchestra with Tommy Poole & Seamus Blake
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame welcomes Dr. Tommy Poole back to the Jazz Depot stage alongside the OSU Jazz Orchestra and special guest Seamus Blake.
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Depot Jams
Jazz/Blues Jams at the Depot
FREE every Tuesday from 6:00pm-10:00pm.
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Eicher Wednesdays
New Featured Artists Each Week
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame presents Shelby Eicher’s Wednesday Night Spotlight alongside Nathan Eicher and special guests. 7-9pm, tickets $10.
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Jazzwich
Live Music during Lunch
Join us every Friday for Jazzwich! Bring a brown bag for lunch and enjoy some incredible jazz, featuring Jordan Hehl, Matt Teegarden, John Mullinax on guitar and their guest of the week. 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. Free!
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Dr. Joey Crutcher
Featured Inductee
Tulsan Joey Hobart Crutcher has a biography that sounds like a “Who’s Who” in music, despite the fact some music teachers tried to discourage his early devotion to gospel. Crutcher’s mother reported that when the delivery men brought a piano to their home, he showed versatility when he sat down and played “My Country ‘Tis of Thee.”
It was Rev. John Henry Johnson and Don O’Banner who had an outside influence on Crutcher’s development of his dynamic gospel style. In school, Crutcher was pianist for the Boys Glee Club. During his stint in the Army, he was the chapel organist. After the military, he came back to Tulsa and attended Tulsa Junior College, Oklahoma Business College, and the Oklahoma School of Religion, where he studied church music.
In 1970, he joined musical forces by marrying his childhood sweetheart, Leanna Johnson. The couple had four children and specialized in building mass choirs and helping churches build quality music programs.
Among his many musical obligations, Crutcher has found time to be Minister of Music for the New Heights Christian Center, the director for Love Connection Community Singers, Music Director for the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Music Coordinator at the University of Tulsa for the Unlimited Gospel Choir, and to be a musician for the Liberty Baptist Church.
Crutcher was born in Tulsa, December 11, 1947.
Bartlesville Musical Ensemble to Play Historic Jazz Venue in Downtown Tulsa
Bartlesville, OK - Tulsa’s celebrated Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame is hosting the Johemian Jazz Syndicate the second Sunday in September as part of its Sunday Concert Series. Bartlesville’s own jazz foursome is performing with guest vocalist Stephanie Oliver on September 10 at 5 p.m.
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What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, released in 1959, was her biggest record, and not a single person who knew Dinah Washington could describe her any better than that. Her temperament was so changeable that a producer at Mercury Records reportedly kept four to five different playlists of prospective songs that she might sing during a recording session, hoping that one might match her mood. But Washington's mood — like a sneaky left hook — was not so easily divined. Some of those songs probably never got sung. On any day and at any hour, Mercury was going to need another playlist.
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Tulsa’s celebration of African-American independence and culture will offer something for nearly everyone, say Juneteenth organizers. The festival will be June 15-18 in downtown Tulsa.
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