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Sammons Jazz from the Sammons Center for the Arts and The One O'Clock Lab Band from the University of North Texas join forces for a night of swinging jazz at the stunning new City Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District.  This special concert is part of the D’JAM Jazz Initiative.  D’JAM stands for “Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month” and is part of the national effort founded by the Smithsonian to promote jazz as a singular and unique American art form in April of every year.

Sammons Jazz presents Sammons Jazz plays Motown.  The Sammons Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Arlington Jones creatively transforms some popular Motown classics into modern day jazz standards.  The ensemble features Arlington Jones on piano, vocalists Simone Rodgers and Garry Williams, saxophonists Tom Braxton and Keith Anderson, Stockton Helbing on drums and Braylon Lacy on bass.

The One O'Clock Lab Band presents Grammy Jazz. Under the direction of Steve Wiest, the band has been nominated for 6 Grammys over the years and will play the pieces that were nominated and selections from the albums that were nominated.      Sammons Jazz