We call and respond all the time. We are doing it right now. I’m calling to you with these words, and you are reading and responding. We use it in conversation: How are you? In anything democratic: All those in favour say yea! In sports: Let’s go sports team let’s go! In church: Can I get an Amen? Did you read those words and respond? Did you think: Fine Yea...

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

09.01.2025

DJD turns 40 and goes to the High Performance Rodeo to celebrate with Call and Response - Decidedly Jazz

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD) turns 40 in 2025 and they’re kicking off a milestone birthday by throwing a celebration of movement at the High Performance Rodeo. All you need to know about their season-opening show Call and Response, opening Jan. 16, is that it features the Falling Bullets Jazz Band from New Orleans. That means a performance that the company described in a media release as a “toe-tapping, foot stomping, finger...

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

14.01.2025

The Big Easy: In its 40th year, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks salutes New Orleans' roots of the genre - Decidedly Jazz

Kimberly Cooper was in New Orleans last May when she took in a show by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Marla Dixon. Of all the places on Earth, the Big Easy might be the hardest city for a performer to stand out when playing jazz. Cooper has been the artistic director since 2013 of Calgary’s Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, a company formed 40 years ago to keep the spirit of jazz alive and...

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

14.01.2025

Call and Response – Musician Biographies - Decidedly Jazz

Marla Dixon – Musical Director, Trumpet, Vocals Marla Dixon’s uncommon and exuberant spirit, which comes through in both her trumpet playing and spectacular singing, immediately dominates any context she appears in. When she leads, it’s always about groove and feeling. No matter who’s in the band it’s her spirit that prevails, and the results are always exciting. Originally from Ontario, Marla has toured North America and Europe with Shake ’Em...

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Call and Response - Artistic Director's Message - Decidedly Jazz

DJD turns 40 and goes to the High Performance Rodeo to celebrate with Call and Response - Decidedly Jazz

The Big Easy: In its 40th year, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks salutes New Orleans' roots of the genre - Decidedly Jazz

Call and Response – Musician Biographies - Decidedly Jazz

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