Black Olive Jazz, Featuring Kay Kostopoulos, Larry Vuckovich, Noel Jewkes and Akira Tana at Stanford Music Festival Series at

Black Olive Jazz: Film, Broadway and Beyond--the Evolution of Form.

Stanford teacher and actress, Kay Kostopoulos conceived Black Olive Jazz with two key ideas in mind: She wanted to draw from her acting background and from her Mediterranean heritage to establish a unique sound in Jazz. With the inspiration and generosity of her jazz mentors, she has been able to bring this vision to audiences all around the Bay Area.

Featuring Kay on vocals with master musicians from the local jazz scene, and Musical Theater performers from the Stanford campus and the San Francisco Bay Area, the concert will trace an evolution from film and the Broadway stage to jazz standards, culminating in an homage to such enduring masters as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie and their groundbreaking offerings to the “world music” genre....

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Black Olive Jazz: Film, Broadway and Beyond--the Evolution of Form.

Stanford teacher and actress, Kay Kostopoulos conceived Black Olive Jazz with two key ideas in mind: She wanted to draw from her acting background and from her Mediterranean heritage to establish a unique sound in Jazz. With the inspiration and generosity of her jazz mentors, she has been able to bring this vision to audiences all around the Bay Area.

Featuring Kay on vocals with master musicians from the local jazz scene, and Musical Theater performers from the Stanford campus and the San Francisco Bay Area, the concert will trace an evolution from film and the Broadway stage to jazz standards, culminating in an homage to such enduring masters as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie and their groundbreaking offerings to the “world music” genre.

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