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    JOI Celebrates Juneteenth with "Miles, Mingus, & Monk" Feat. Clint Holmes at West Las Vegas Library
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • 3 days ago
    • 1 min

    JOI Celebrates Juneteenth with "Miles, Mingus, & Monk" Feat. Clint Holmes at West Las Vegas Library

    Friday June 17,2022, Las Vegas, NV Jazz Outreach Initiative partnered with China Hudson at the West Las Vegas Library Theater to produce...
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    "Jammin' With JOI" Provides Students with Fun, Relaxed, and Supportive Free Summer Program
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Jun 5
    • 1 min

    "Jammin' With JOI" Provides Students with Fun, Relaxed, and Supportive Free Summer Program

    Jazz Outreach Initiative launched its newest offering, "Jammin' With JOI" on Wednesday June 1, 2022. Students from middle through high...
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    JOI Hosts First “Jazz Awareness Soiree”
    Elizabeth Bridge
    • Aug 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    JOI Hosts First “Jazz Awareness Soiree”

    Jazz Outreach Initiative hosted its first “Jazz Awareness Soiree” at the home of Executive Director Donny Thompson on August 5, 2019. The
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    ASK THE ARTIST - WYNTON MARSALIS
    gcordell5
    • Jul 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    ASK THE ARTIST - WYNTON MARSALIS

    In this column, JOI will be asking YOUR questions to well-known jazz artists. The first artist featured here is American virtuoso trumpeter
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    JOI's First Newsletter - A Note from Kenny Rampton
    ramptones
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    JOI's First Newsletter - A Note from Kenny Rampton

    I’m so excited about the launch of our new newsletter, JOIful Notes! As I sit here thinking about what to write for our very 1st edition, I
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    Sarah Milligan Story
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Sarah Milligan Story

    Sarah Milligan decided to do an experiment preparing for Jazz Girls Texas. The results may surprise you.
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    Jazz for Young People Concert Series
    Elizabeth Bridge
    • May 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Jazz for Young People Concert Series

    In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC), The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert
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    Vegas JAMZ
    Elizabeth Bridge
    • May 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Vegas JAMZ

    Vegas Jamz is a free event, sponsored by Jazz Outreach Initiative in collaboration with Positively Arts, AFM, and Green Valley High School.
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    Buzzin' in Brass!
    Elizabeth Bridge
    • May 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Buzzin' in Brass!

    “Buzzin’ In Brass!” - The sounds of a trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba unite to give life to arrangements of the only true American
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    Ed W. Clark High School Jazz for Young People
    Elizabeth Bridge
    • May 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ed W. Clark High School Jazz for Young People

    The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) continued its Jazz for Young People Concert Series at Ed W. Clark High School. Ed W. Clark High School o
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    JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

    The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert Series at Green Valley High School. The hour-long...
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    Kenny Rampton and JOI
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 6 min

    Kenny Rampton and JOI

    Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education. It was founded by Kenny Rampton, an award-winning...
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    Paradise Blue Suite
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Paradise Blue Suite

    In 2015, I was hired to write the music for a new play called PARADISE BLUE. The award-winning playwright, Dominique Morisseau (often...
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    Las Vegas Weekly and Kenny Rampton
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Oct 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    Las Vegas Weekly and Kenny Rampton

    "Since moving to New York City, jazz musician Kenny Rampton hasn’t been able to perform in his native Las Vegas very often. But he’s made...
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    The Art will Take Care of You
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • May 2, 2017
    • 5 min

    The Art will Take Care of You

    Growing up in Las Vegas, I had a uniquely great music education largely because of my Dad, Roger Rampton. He spent his career as a...
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    Celebrating Black History Month with the UNLV Jazz Ensemble I
    Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA
    • Feb 8, 2017
    • 1 min

    Celebrating Black History Month with the UNLV Jazz Ensemble I

    I performed with the UNLV Jazz Ensemble I in February, 2017 to celebrate Black History Month. We decided to do several Duke Ellington...
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