I am so excited about being a guest composer/performer on this concert (see the link below) in Las Vegas on October 12th!!! I’ll be performi

Jazz Outreach Initiative hosted its first “Jazz Awareness Soiree” at the home of Executive Director Donny Thompson on August 5, 2019. The

In this column, JOI will be asking YOUR questions to well-known jazz artists. The first artist featured here is American virtuoso trumpeter

Las Vegas Live, presented on June 22, 2019, Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) was pleased to partner with the American Federation of Musicians

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

Sarah Milligan decided to do an experiment preparing for Jazz Girls Texas. The results may surprise you.

In collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC), The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert

Vegas Jamz is a free event, sponsored by Jazz Outreach Initiative in collaboration with Positively Arts, AFM, and Green Valley High School.

“Buzzin’ In Brass!” - The sounds of a trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba unite to give life to arrangements of the only true American

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

Co-Sponsored by JOI, world renowned jazz trombonist and educator, Michael Dease, gave a free Master Class to Clark County School District mu

The Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) recently launched its Jazz for Young People Concert Series at Green Valley High School. The hour-long...

On January 31-February 1, Jazz Outreach Initiative, in co-sponsorship with Jazz at Lincoln Center and UNLV School of Music, presented the...

The Arturo Sandoval Masterclass was held at the Nevada School for the Arts August 25, 2018. Students and adults from the area...

Jazz Outreach Initiative (JOI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education. It was founded by Kenny Rampton, an award-winning...

In 2015, I was hired to write the music for a new play called PARADISE BLUE. The award-winning playwright, Dominique Morisseau (often...

Essentially Ellington, Kenny and JOI are featured on Channel 8 Now "What's New at School".

Essentially Ellington with Kenny Rampton Dave Loeb Patrick Hogan and Nate are featured on 8NewsNow .

"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...

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...