WVXU and CCM Host Second Tribute Concert to Oscar Treadwell June 12

Event Update: Due to illness, originally scheduled headliner Fred Hersch will be unable to perform at Thursday’s Sweet Love: A Tribute to OT concert at CCM’s Corbett Auditorium. However, acclaimed local jazz performer Steve Schmidt will join Fred’s sidemen Joe Martin and Nasheet Waits for a great night of music benefiting CCM’s jazz studies department and jazz on WVXU. Tickets will be available at the door.

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The name

Oscar Treadwell

continues to conjure up vivid memories for Cincinnati music lovers--that mellow voice, his unending knowledge of the music and musicians, the beautiful poetry. OT was a true legend and 91.7 WVXU is keeping his beloved jazz alive with the continuation of his show on Sunday evenings and with the

2nd Annual Sweet Love: A Tribute to OT Concert

. This year's concert will be on

Thursday, June 12,

at 7:30 p.m. at Corbett Auditorium at UC's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and headlining will be acclaimed local jazz artist

Steve Scmidt

performing with the Fred Hersch trio.

Opening for the ensemble will be a student combo from CCM's Jazz Studies Department.

Proceeds from the 2nd Annual Sweet Love: A Tribute to OT Concert will benefit the CCM Jazz Studies Department and WVXU's ongoing effort to keep decades of OT's old shows on the air.

Tickets for Sweet Love: A Tribute to OT Concert are on sale now through the Cincinnati Arts Association: 513-621-ARTS, www.cincinnatiarts.org, and at the Aronoff Center ticket office. General admission tickets are $30 each.

For additional information, please visit the WVXU Web site: www.wvxu.org.