sc hit parade - this saturday! 3/22

SC HIT PARADE BRINGS CHARLTON SINGLETON BIG BAND TO STAGE

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 @ 7PM
CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

Presented and Produced by Jack McCray

BUY TICKETS HERE

Benefiting the Charleston Jazz Initiative

CHARLESTON, SC - The South Carolina Hit Parade, a big band concert, will be held Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 7p.m. at the Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., Downtown Charleston. The 20-piece Charlton Singleton Orchestra will present a repertoire of jazz tunes composed by, or associated with, musicians from South Carolina including: Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Fud Livingston, Buddy and Ella Johnson, Bubber Miley, and others. Tickets are $30 in advance / $40 at the door and available at etix.com.

Singleton is a highly regarded and versatile musician, educator, composer and arranger who has helped create the current climate of popularity being enjoyed by jazz in Charleston these days. The band includes many of South Carolina’s musical bright lights such as saxophonist Mark Sterbank, trumpeter Chuck Dalton and trombonist Fred Wesley Jr., former bandleader for James Brown. The CSO rhythm section comprises bassist Kevin Hamilton, pianist Richard White Jr. and percussionist Quentin Baxter, also the rhythm section for CJI’s popular ensemble, the Franklin Street Five. Joining the trio in the CSO rhythm section is guitarist Lee Barbour, one of the best young jazz guitarists in the country, according to guitar giant Joe Beck, Miles Davis’ first guitar player. Vocalists are Tony Burke and Ann Caldwell, Charleston’s First Lady of Jazz.

The concert will benefit the Charleston Jazz Initiative, a research project that explores the history and legacy of jazz in Charleston and other places in South Carolina.

To purchase tickets by phone or for assistance with etix.com, contact 1.800.514.ETIX Monday through Friday from 9-6, or Saturday from 12-5. For more information, interviews and photo opportunities, call Jack McCray at 843-607-3905 or e-mail info@charlestonjazz.net.