Historically, Pride Magazine created the Sunset Jazz Festival to give back to the community. For the past 20 years, the festival has produced great outdoor jazz concerts and other entertainment for Charlotte and surrounding areas. The festival traditionally showcases local artists, and has featured performances of jazz groups from cities such as: Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Kansas City, Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles. Our audience is continuing to be more diverse and consists of jazz enthusiasts, families and individuals from various ethnic groups, who come together to have a relaxing and fun-filled day filled with live music.
We are currently in the planning phase for our 22nd Annual Sunset Jazz Festival for September 14, 2013. The festival will be designed to ensure that the outdoor portion of the festival remains free, and enhances the experience of the event from both the corporate and community perspectives.
OUTDOOR CONCERTSaturday, September 13, 2014 from 2 pm - 9 pm FREESymphony Park at SouthPark Mall4400 Sharon RoadCharlotte, NC 28211 |
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Kenneth Carr is known as one of the world's premier soulful jazz trombonists. Kenneth is the original recording artist of “shout- band” music, he’s taken his brand of music internationally, with such instrumentation as the sousaphone, bass horn, trombone, baritone, drums, trumpet and the piano. Kenneth is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and has been said to be the “soulful jazz best kept diamond” by many of the his industry peers. His music adventure began at the early age of six, when he began playing the trumpet in the church band. He continued to pursue other instruments such as the drums, baritone, bass horn and the piano; he never ceased to amaze the thousands of people listening to him while he played. Kenneth later decided to pursue a professional career as a inspirational jazz trombonist, as a result of this decision Kenneth and his group, “The Tiger's” became known as a bona fide fresh sound in the music world. Throughout his career he has shared the stage with some of the world's greatest musicians, Ramsey Lewis, Wycliffe Gordon, Jonathan Butler, Al Green, Vickie Winans, John P. Kee and Gladys Knight. Kenneth’s music has gained him international news and press; he was featured on NPR's All Things Considered, The Brass Journal News of Switzerland, ITEC International brass Journal of Budapest and BET (Black Entertainment Television), to name a few. In late 2013 he released his latest project, “Amazing Love”, which reached into top 100 best MP3’s sold on Amazon. Today he continues to perform and hopes to spread his joy of playing and production to the next generation.