Savanna Jazz

How did you fall in love with jazz? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e9qRmq5gFg

Thank you for supporting our You Tube Campaign by clicking on Pascal's Afro Blue Grazz Band video. They are currently booking for outdoor events 2021!

An excerpt from an opinion piece Pascal wrote for TheGrio in 2011: "The clapping on beats two and four is an expression of an unadulterated West African rhythm...ic feel, expressed in a metric system of four beats per measure. This induces a palpable sense of pulse that America’s greatest composer, Edward Kennedy Ellington (a.k.a. Duke Ellington) called swing in his composition entitled It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing). Today, this West African expression of pulse is the American norm and is at the root of the clapping norm for all forms of American music, from gospel to blues to jazz, R&B, funk, disco and rap..." Read the whole piece below: https://thegrio.com//08/18/how-africa-built-american-music/

#JazzicianToKnow Thank you, Guitarist/Club Owner Pascal Bokar, for your appearance tonight in the San Jose Jazz/SJZ Backstage - Episode 4 to discuss racism and ...activism in the Jazz world--along with Brendan Rawson (SJZ Executive Director), Colleen Bailey (Monterey Jazz Executive Director), and Moderator Sonny Buxton (KCSM Jazz 91 Radio)! See more

SJZ Backstage is a series of panel discussions and interviewsby musicians and for musiciansthat examine some of the most critical issues of our time in a mont...hly series on Zoom. The July sessions shine light on racism and activism in the jazz community, examining its causes and possible avenues for positive change. Session 4 gathered leaders of jazz-based arts organizations to explore longstanding reality of racial injustice within the jazz music industry. We see arts organizations as an ally in reimagining a vision for inclusion and diversity moving forward, with the Black Lives Matter movement. How are presenters and leaders responsible for upholding the tradition of black music, upon which their organizations are built? As culture makers and curators, how can we contribute to a culture of equality? Moderator: Sonny Buxton - KCSM Radio Host Panelists: Colleen Bailey - Monterey Jazz Pascal Bokar - Savanna Jazz Brendan Rawson - San Jose Jazz

Tonight! Join panelists Pascal Bokar (musician, club owner), Brendan Rawson (SJZ executive director), Colleen Bailey (Monterey Jazz executive director) and mode...rator Sonny Buxton (KCSM) in a discussion of possible ways forward as the jazz community seeks equity and inclusion. 7pm on Zoom: https://bit.ly/JoinUsBackstage. . . #sjz #sjzbackstage See more

Otis Spann playing in Muddy's basement.

Who are your heroes?

Tune in Tuesday, July 28th at 7:00 PM - Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam will be on the panel!

#BlackMusicMonth2020

#BlackMusicMonth2020 "The Blues Don't Like Nobody" Pascal Bokar Thiam & Paula Harris