Nashville jazz artists say it's the best time in years to be a jazz fan in Nashville. While it sometimes hides under the radar, there is a sizeable jazz community and ample opportunity to hear music if you know where to look. Here's a sampling of resources for Music City jazzophiles. For the last 11 summers, the society has hosted a concert series on the lawn at Belle Meade Plantation and The Hermitage. The Nashville Jazz Workshop is a new not-for profit established by the former directors of the Nashville Jazz Institute designed to be Nashville's premiere jazz school.
Musicians can enroll in classes ranging from beginning improvising to professional-level cirriculum.
Based at 1312 Adams St. in Germantown. A performance venue is in the works. Radio Nashville's jazz mainstay is WMOT, 88.5 FM from Murfreesboro, with a mix of classic and modern jazz. Excellent local programming is enhanced with syndicated shows like Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz , Jazz With Bob Parlocha , and Jazzset . Also find regular jazz programming on The Phoenix at 93.7 FM, with Real Jazz on Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon.