Jazz In The Park will showcase music styles from contemporary jazz, straight-ahead jazz to Latin Jazz and everything in between.  Scrollworks, a community music school, will perform at all of the aforementioned sites and provide on-site lessons for the young and the young at heart on an instrument of their choice.

“We are pleased to present this enhancement to cultural activities that already exist in community parks for families and children,” said Bernard Lockhart, executive director of Magic City Smooth Jazz.  Magic City Smooth Jazz is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006.  Inspired by “community arts and cultural building,” our mission is to expose diverse audiences to various jazz styles.

Supporters and sponsors include Birmingham City Council, City of Birmingham Parks and Recreation Board , Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Buffalo Rock, Creative Relations-UAB PRCA/PRSSA, Scrollworks affiliated with Metropolitan Youth Orchestras of Central Alabama (MYOCA) and Samford University’s WVSU-FM 91.1. 

For more information on the Jazz In The Park summer concert contact Bernard Lockhart, executive director of Magic City Smooth Jazz at (205) 616-1735 and/or info@magiccitysmoothjazz.com. 

The Jazz In The Park summer concert series is based on the 2002 Cultural Master Plan to provide increased opportunities for family and children to experience arts and culture closer to home, within their own neighborhoods and communities.