Can you sing or play any of these songs?
Body and Soul        All the Things You Are      Summertime
'Round Midnight          I Can't Get Started      My Funny Valentine
Lover Man     Stella By Starlight     Yesterdays
What Is This Thing Called Love?
These titles are at the top of a list of the 1000 most-frequently recorded jazz standard compositions. To see the whole list, go to the website www.jazzstandards.com
It is worth a look just to check on what is considered jazz. I was surprised to find “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” and “O Little Town Of Bethlehem!” For our purposes, JAZZ means ensemble or traditional jazz standards, Dixieland, ragtime, jazzed-up Broadway show tunes and ballads. Or it might be a jazzed up version of your own song.

which leads us to . . .
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SUNDAY JAZZ JAM
A few basement musicians with a love for jazz will be playing and singing their favourite jazz standards on Sunday afternoons this summer.  This workshop-style jazz jam is an opportunity for musicians and singers, and possibly an audience, to meet on Sunday afternoons in the relaxed atmosphere of the Atrium of the Rotary Centre for the Arts.  Like the Basement Musicians group, this jam is open to everyone.  The session starts at 2pm.  If you are interested in attending as a player or singer, or just want to come for a cup of tea and listen to some jazz on Sunday afternoon, do drop in.  There is no fee to participate, but donations are welcome.  A piano and drum kit will be available, also a microphone for vocalists. Jazz and bass guitars can be amplified. Otherwise, most will be acoustic instruments. This is a great opportunity to get those instruments out of the closet make music again.

A few pictures from our Jam Sunday July 18 at the Rotary Centre - in conjunction with the “Love of Art Almighty Show and Sale.”
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The SUNDAY JAZZ JAM is on, when else? – Sundays, from 2-4 pm in the Atrium at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Hopefully, through the summer.You can get more details by calling the Rotary Centre or Ray at 250-862-9832 or at www.bigearsray.com

Jams on August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 2 - 4 pm