The Jazz at The Strand Series is presented in partnership with the Jazz Legacy Project and sponsored by The Manely Firm, P.C.
Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Billy Strayhorn has a recording strike to thank for the opportunity of a lifetime. He has his unparalleled gift for impressionistic tones and colors to thank for turning that opportunity into co-creating the most prolific and indelible music of the 20th Century. Alongside his writing partner Duke Ellington, Strayhorn helped move jazz from the underground clubs to the world's more prestigious stages.
What is the Jazz Legacy Project?
Created in 2015 after an epiphany Justin Varnes had while teaching Jazz History at Georgia State University, the JLP has an ongoing residency at the Velvet Note jazz club in Atlanta, where they have been selling out their performances for 6 years and counting. Ditching a traditional textbook in favor of playing records and telling stories about the artists to college kids who knew little or nothing about jazz proved to be a big success. It turned out that performing the artist's music and telling theirstories in between proved to be an even bigger success.
But it's more than just offering insight into what to listen for when listening to jazz, it's also woven into American history - as jazz itself is. Many movements in jazz are a direct result of cultural shifts in America, and connecting an artist's music to a time or an event in history can open up a new world when listening to it.
Movies at The Strand: Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2001) (7/26/24-7/26/24)
Strand Marietta is at 117 N Park Sq NE, Marietta.
Strand Academy: Audition Workshops (7/15/24-7/15/24)
Jazz at The Strand: The Music of Cannonball Adderley (7/14/24-7/14/24)
Mothers Finest In Concert (7/12/24-7/12/24)
Disney Movie Series: Beauty and The Beast Sing Along (1991) (7/10/24-7/10/24)
Shrek The Musical, Jr. 2024 (7/9/24-7/11/24)
Movies at The Strand: Mamma Mia! and Margaritas! (2008) (7/5/24-7/6/24)
Bird's Eye Parade View 2024 (7/4/24-7/4/24)
The Little Mermaid Sing Along (w/ Sensory Friendly Showing) (7/3/24-7/3/24)
Strand Ole Opry: King of the Road (6/30/24-6/30/24)
A1A - The Official and Original Jimmy Buffet Tribute Show (6/29/24-6/29/24)
Videos
![]() |
Bernadette Peters with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Hall (9/28 - 9/28) | |
![]() |
Kristen Chenoweth
Atlanta Symphony Hall (11/24 - 11/24) | |
![]() |
Leslie Odom Jr.
Atlanta Symphony Hall (12/13 - 12/13) | |
![]() |
Cabaret
Actor's Express (7/25 - 8/25) | |
![]() |
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse (8/1 - 8/11) | |
![]() |
The Lion King
Fox Theatre (10/2 - 10/20) | |
![]() |
Oklahoma!
Peacock Performing Arts Center (7/19 - 7/28) | |
![]() |
Little Women the Musical
ACT1 Theater (12/6 - 12/22) | |
![]() |
Franklin Pond Chamber Music Summer Concert
Peachtree Presbyterian Church (7/28 - 7/28) | |
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW |
Recommended For You