Magic City Jazz Orchestra Lawler, trombonist Charlie Ard, saxophonist Neil McLean, arranger Steve Sample, Sr and pianist Ray Reach. SuperJazz has spawned a number of spin-off groups, such as the Night Flight Big Band and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra. In 1998, Ray Reach, then director of the UAB Jazz Ensemble and founding director of the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, contacted New York saxophonist Lou Marini in order to hire him to be guest artist and clinician for the annual "Weekend of Jazz" festival at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Mr. Marini subsequently came to Birmingham, where he conducted jazz workshops and
Jarasum International Jazz Festival Jarasum International Jazz Festival The Jarasum International Jazz Festival () is an annual Jazz Festival in South Korea, the festival began in 2004 with 30 teams of jazz artists from 12 countries. Well established as a significant international festival, every year, over 100,000 people visit this particularly popular festival and 95% of the attendees are actually previous visitors. This 2014, the festival runs from October 3 (Friday) to October 5 (Sunday)at "Jarasum" (which means "terrapin island" in Korean) located in the center of the Korean peninsula. Main line up for 2014 included Maceo Parker, Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente, The