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 Thursdays Sweet Love: A Tribute to OT concert at CCMs Corbett Auditorium. However, acclaimed local jazz performer Steve Schmidt will join Freds sidemen Joe Martin and Nasheet Waits for a great night of music benefiting CCMs 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.
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