Since 2008, Jazz On Edge has been dedicated to presenting the amazing range of music we know as jazz to an appreciative Orlando and online audience, and giving creative local and nationally-known musicians a place to perform their own music, without boundaries.
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Jazz On Edge is produced by Orlando writer Joseph Hayes
and The Comapny of Eccentric Beggars. Joseph created Jazz On Edge as a way to give great live jazz and original compositions a home in Orlando. An award-winning playwright, Joseph has performed with Brian Groder at the Jazz Gallery, NYC;
Digital Media Arts Center, Orlando; and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New
Smyrna Beach; with Cornelius Eady at the Atlantic Center; and with David Amram
at Stardust, and Chapters, Orlando.
As a writer on assignment, I've traveled to Italy, Scotland, England, New Orleans, California and New York City, with a specialty on all things Orlando. Whether it's a story about Arts & Crafts houses in Florida or new styles in computers, a Mounted Police squad or alien abduction insurance, I've written it. Environmental issues, music, movie and theater reviews and in-depth conversations with legends in jazz. Interviews and personality profiles are my specialty.
playwright
My plays take place on buses and in bars, in hotel rooms and government offices, farmhouse kitchens and jazz stages. 57 productions and readings of my plays from coast to coast and in three countries since 2001; creator of House Theater Project and the year-long 13in13 series of shows. "Best local playwright: Joseph Hayes" - Orlando Sentinel
food writer
Five-time Florida Magazine Association Award winning food writer. Former Orlando restaurant critic and James Beard Foundation judge; knowledgable champion of world cuisine and avid advocate of undiscovered chefs.
jazz producer
Producer of the Jazz On Edge series, spotlighting new and original jazz from Central Florida since 2008, showcasing the best that Central Florida has to offer in jazz to appreciative audiences, giving creative hometown and nationally-known musicians a place to perform their own music, without boundaries, in person and online. Founder, WordPlay series of language-based performance and former Chair of Alternative Programming, Timucua Arts Foundation.
Jazz On Edge is produced by Orlando writer Joseph Hayes and The Comapny of Eccentric Beggars. Joseph created Jazz On Edge as a way to give great live jazz and original compositions a home in Orlando. An award-winning playwright, Joseph has performed with Brian Groder at the Jazz Gallery, NYC; Digital Media Arts Center, Orlando; and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach; with Cornelius Eady at the Atlantic Center; and with David Amram at Stardust, and Chapters, Orlando.
E-mail: jazz@jazzonedge.com