Go | The Best Jax Concerts to Start the New Year

Dive into 2022 with folk, rock and jazz

By JME Staff
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Each and every week the Jacksonville Music Experience team identifies the best concerts in Northeast Florida. Here’s what the JME team wants to see and hear in the first week of the new year.  NOTE: The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission even if you are fully …

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Kick Out the (Jazz) Jams | A guide to Jacksonville’s many jam sessions

By Shelton Hull
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The jam session has played a central role in the evolution of American music for over a century. As with so many other things, the jam session concept has its roots in Storyville, New Orleans, where jazz music began in the late 1800’s. In the era before records, before radio and before the modern touring infrastructure, the prominent musicians of …

In this article: Guide, jacksonville, Jazz Jam, Jonah Pierre, Kenny Hamilton, Stan Piper, Stefan Klein, Taylor Roberts and Ulysses Owens Jr