Suwanee Town Center Parks’ Last Jazz Concert of the Season
October 2nd, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events
Friday night (October 3rd) marks the last of the 2008 jazz concerts at Town Center Park. The theme for the concert night is “All That Jazz” and 107.5 WJZZ will feature some of Atlanta’s coolest jazz performers beginning at 7:00 PM on the amphitheater stage. This Smooth Jazz concert will include performances by Brian Clay, Melvin Miller, and Jeff Sparks.
Keyboardist Brian Clay is a WJZZ on-air personality, who also performs throughout the Atlanta area with a blend of smooth jazz grooves and urban rhythms. Melvin Miller is a creative trumpet player and prolific performer, who was a featured artist at Town Center Park earlier this summer. His latest CD release titled Here’s to Life is receiving rave reviews from the jazz community. In addition, he is a member of the contemporary R&B/Jazz ensemble group, 5 Men on a Stool, where they blend a combination of various genres ranging from classic soul and jazz to hip-hop. Jeff Sparks‘ is a Jazz/Christian artist, whose soprano saxophone has also been featured on the Town Center Park stage during the 2008 season. Jeff’s new CD is titled Havin’ Fun and will be available at tomorrow night’s concert.
The evening promises to be a perfect finale to a great season of wonderful music and fun in the beautiful Town Center Park. As always, there will be plenty of activities for young and old throughout the park, including food and drinks, games for children and the variety of retail shops and restaurants surrounding the park. The cool fall evening provides a comfortable backdrop for the great music and other activities.
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Jazz Tonight at Suwanee Town Center Park
August 1st, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun
Tonight’s free concert in the amphitheater at Suwanee’s Town Center Park will feature Eric Essix and Melvin M. Miller. The concert is sponsored by 107.5 WJZZ radio and Hennessy Jaguar of Gwinnett. As always, the concert runs from 7:00 to 10:00 at no charge to the public. Bring your low-back chairs and blankets to enjoy a great evening of music and fun. There will be vendors to provide food, drinks and family-fun activities throughout the afternoon and evening. The interactive fountain will be available for kids of all ages to splash around, cool off and enjoy. No alcoholic beverages may be brought into the park (beer and wine may be purchased at the concert).
Eric Essix is a jazz guitarist from Birmingham, Alabama whose music has a broad range of influences from gospel to Jimi Hendrix, but always with his own brand of “southerness” blended into the mix. He will be featuring music from his new Essential Recordings CD titled “Brimingham,” which will be available at the concert as well as on his website and iTunes.
Melvin M. Miller (MMM) is an adult contemporary jazz trumpet player with experience not only as a performer but also as a composer, educator and conductor. He was raised in Chicago and influenced by the many diverse musical styles available in one of America’s largest music capitals, but focused heavily on the numerous jazz trumpet greats like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. His musical training and performance experience includes both jazz and classical. He now lives and works in Atlanta with a long list of local performance credits as well as national and international performances. He will feature music from his new CD titled “Here’s To Life,” which will be available tonight as well as on his website and iTunes.
Both Eric Essix and Melvin Miller are part of the five-man jazz group, “Five Men On A Stool,” which can also be seen at local and regional performances.
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Smooth Jazz Is Back at Suwanee Town Center Park
May 28th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
The month of June kicks off in Suwanee with Joey Sommerville playing his own style of smooth jazz trumpet at Town Center Park amphitheater on Friday, June 6th as part of the 107.5 WJZZ Smooth Jazz Concert series. His performance will include music from his newest CD release “Like You Mean It” as well as many other favorites. Joey Sommerville has performed with a diverse range of artist including the mega-rock group Phish and as the featured instrumental soloist on Cirque de Soleil’s Grammy-nominated album, Alegria. The performance begins at 7 PM with Chandra Currelley’s improvisational vocal energy with urban, spiritual 
and jazz influences.
As always, there will be fun activities for the kids including the “Big Splash” fountain along with the great restaurants and shops to visit in the Town Center Park development while the great music fills the summer night. Bring picnics, blankets, and low-back chairs to Town Center Park. Food, beer, and wine will be available for purchase.
No outside alcoholic beverages may be brought into Town Center Park.
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Suwanee Calendar of Events for Summer 2008
May 3rd, 2008 Categories: Calendar, Suwanee Events
Latest lisitng of events: (www.suwanee.com )
Art on a Limb - Suwanee Greenway Trails - Throughout the month of May
Jazz Concert at Town Center Park - Friday, May 2nd at 7PM (www.1075wjzz.com)
Star 94 FM, Petapalooza, Pet Party at Town Center Park - Saturday, May 17th at Noon (www.star94.com/promotions/)
Gwinnet Daily Post, Memorial Weekend Concert at Town Center Park - Friday, May 23rd at 7PM
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Music & Fun at Suwanee Town Center Park Starts Now!!!
May 3rd, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
May officially kicks off all the great activities that make Suwanee and especially Town Center Park such a great place to Play Hard, Live Well and Smile More. The fun begins tonight (Friday, 5/2/08) with the 107.5 WJZZ Smooth Jazz in park concert featuring Bob Baldwin’s style of jazzy, hip urban vibe with a strong presence of contemporary and mainstream jazz (www.bobbaldwin.com and www.newurbanjazz.com ). Also featuring from Atlanta, soprano saxophonist , Jeff Sparks. This concert is the first of the 2008 summer Smooth Jazz Concert Series for free jazz at Town Center Park on the first Friday of each month through October. Bring picnics, blankets, and low-back chairs to these free concerts at Town Center Park. Food, beer, and wine will be available for purchase. No outside alcoholic beverages may be brought into Town Center Park.
Look for more information at www.suwanee.com and www.1075wjzz.com ).
In addition to the great concerts in the park, the month of May is filled with other events including the start of the Saturday morning Farmer’s Market at Suwanee Town Center Park every Saturday, “Art on a Limb” all along the Suwanee Greenway trails throughout May, “Petapalooza, Star 94’s “pet party in the park” on May 17th and the Memorial Weekend concert on May 23rd.
Enjoy the summer in Suwanee……..Play Hard, Live Well, Smile More
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