STELLAR LINE-UP FOR JAZZANOOGA 2015

JAZZANOOGA'S "SUNDAY BEST!"

(Chattanooga, TN.)-Jazzanooga 2015 is almost in the history books, but now before one of the biggest headliners in the music festival's 4 year history takes center stage. Take 6 is the 10 time Grammy Award winning; multi-platinum selling,  ensemble celebrating 25 years in the industry with a stop in Chattanooga. Jazz and gospel lovers like VISION/VOICE/VARION applaud Jazzanooga organizers for truly "presenting their Sunday Best" with climax of the music festival.  The "smooth and sultry sounds" of Gretchen Parlato and Alan Hampton are also apart of the 2015 line-up.  

Photo Credit:  Jazzanooga.org

Jazzanooga started in 2010 as a one day community festival and has grown to a month-long celebration that honors and promotes Chattanooga as "the destination for arts and culture" during Jazz Appreciation Month in April.  Ticket sales support local youth Jazz education activities and music scholarships.

Gretchen Parlato  PHOTO CREDIT:  Jazzanooga.org

The April 26th performance will be held at The Robert Kirk Walker Community Theater, a smaller more intimate venue at the famed Memorial Auditorium. Organizers tell VISION/VOICE/VARION they are committed to making certain every single note of Jazzanooga 2015 is "savored" until the last performance.  Tickets are still available at the theater box office.  For more information on this incredible event that rivals New Orleans and Memphis in May visit:  www.jazzanooga.org.  

JAZZANOOGA 2015: ERIC ROBERSON

APRIL-JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH

(Chattanooga, TN.)--April is Jazz Appreciation Month and it has never sounded better!  For years music lovers have trekked to "Jazz Meccas" like New Orleans and Memphis.  Surprisingly, Chattanooga, Tennessee is making headlines as one of the top arts and culture destinations in the South. 

Since 2011 the final weekend of April has lured national and international recording headliners to The Scenic City.  Performances by Grammy winners Gregory Porter and Lalah Hathaway, American Idol Favorite Ruben Studdard and Independent Spirit Award Winner Avery Sunshine,  just to name a few.

Photo Credit: Eric Roberson Music

JAZZANOOGA 2015 promises to be bigger and better!  Several world reknowned recording artists like Take 6,  Eric Roberson and Gretchen Parlato are helping to solidify "The Choo Choo City" as one of the best spots for jazz enthusiasts looking to kick off the music festival season.

                                                

VISION/VOICE/VARION had the pleasure of an intimate chat with Eric Roberson only minutes from the stage at The Camp House in Downtown Chattanooga.  PRESS PLAY and find out why Varion says "Mister Nice Guy" shouldn't just be limited to the title of the Grammy-Nominated singer, songwriter's latest project.

PHOTO CREDIT: NICOLE BROWN

For more ticket information on Jazzanooga 2015, visit http://www.jazzanooga.org