Arizona Edition – Jazz is popular in the city of Yuma. The Yuma Jazz company performs at various venues year round, in the summer they bring national and international guests to play free outdoor concerts with them at Yuma Palms Regional Center as part of the Village Jazz Series and this summer KAWC and Lute’s Casino partnered for the Lute’s Casino Summer Jazz Series. Hundreds attend both events regularly. Finding an expert on local jazz to help explain the popularity of jazz in Yuma was not difficult. KAWC’s Lou Gum reached out to KAWC’s own Randy Love, host of Friday night’s Jazz alive…(originally aired 08/14/14).
This piece was featured in the August 18th Arizona Edition. Other pieces featured in the show can be found below in the related content section.
