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THE “JAZZ OR BUST” TOUR
ABOUT THE TOUR
As of June 1, 2012, I’m doing something fairly crazy and taking The Jazz Session on tour. I’m traveling through North America — and then maybe the rest of the world — conducting interviews and giving poetry readings.
NEWS COVERAGE
- NPR’s A Blog Supreme: Crashing On Couches To Talk To Musicians [PDF – 21 May 2012]
- Blog post by Patrick McCurry (Auburn, AL) [PDF – 29 May 2012]
- The Village Voice (NYC): Q&A: Jason Crane Takes The Jazz Session On the Road With The “Jazz Or Bust” Tour [PDF – 30 May 2012]
- The Nashville Scene: Jason Crane, popular Jazz Session host, makes his first Nashville stop Sunday [PDF – 14 June 2012]
- Jason Crane, interviewed on WTJU, Charlottesville (VA): LISTEN [mp3 – 55:34 – 14 June 2012]
- Blog post by Patrick McCurry (Auburn, AL) PDF – 30 June 2012]
- Auburn-Opelika News: Jazz Or Bust: Tour Revitalizes Interviewers Faith In People [PDF – 1 July 2012]
- Southern Public Media Group: Radio Feature | Troy University Public Radio | Poet Jason Crane [5 July 2012]
FOLLOW THE TOUR
My itinerary, daily tour diary, new poems, recordings of my poetry readings, photos and more are at https://jasoncrane.org. You’ll also find a list of my scheduled poetry readings there. And of course the podcasts from the tour will be at thejazzsession.com as they always are. And you can follow me on Twitter at @JasonDCrane.
ITINERARY
Part 1
June 1-2: Wilmington DE
June 3-5: State College PA
June 6: Shepherdstown WV (Poetry reading at 6 p.m. at Good Natured Market & Vegetarian Cafe, 209 South Raleigh Street Martinsburg, WV)
June 7-9: Washington DC
June 10-13: Richmond, VA (Poetry reading June 12 at 6 p.m. at Chop Suey Books
June 14-15: Charlottesville VA
June 16-19: Nashville, TN (Poetry reading June 17, 4 p.m. The Jazz Cave,
Nashville Jazz Workshop, 1319 Adams St.)
June 20-22: Knoxville, TN (Poetry reading June 22, 9 p.m. (following the Alive After Five show), at the home of Kay Newton, 1006 Luttrell St.)
June 23-25: Brooklyn (not a typo)
June 26-27: Raleigh, NC
June 28: Atlanta, GA
June 29-July 1: Auburn, AL (Poetry reading June 29, 7 p.m. at The Gnu’s Room, 414 S. Gay St.)
July 2-10: New Orleans, LA
July 11: Auburn, AL
July 12-17: New York City
July 18 through August 7: State College, PA (tour break)
August 8-30: New York City (tour break)
Part 2
August 31-September 3: Detroit Jazz Festival
September 4-the end of the year: Midwest, Rockies, Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Southwest.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
There are several ways for you to support my tour.
- I’ll be living off the income from the paying members of the show. You can become a member HERE.
- You can also make a one-time donation to the tour at various levels from $10 to $1,000. Just choose a level HERE and make your secure donation via PayPal. You don’t need a PayPal account to do this. And there are cool thank-you gifts, too!
- Suggest a place to go or a musician to interview.
- Give me a place to stay.
- Host a house party (any size) so I can read my poetry and maybe sell a book or two.
- Suggest a venue (bookstore, performance space) in your town where I could do a poetry reading.
- Buy a book for my Kindle from my Amazon travel wish list.
To do any of the above (other than donate) send me an email at jason@thejazzsession.com. Initially, I’ll be traveling on the East Coast, but feel free to suggest places and offer me accommodations anywhere. Thank you!
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