In January 2002 the inaugural performance in Hardymon Hall featured singer Madeline Eastman backed by pianist Frank Martin, bassist Peter Barshay and drummer Vince Lateano.
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Jazz poet laureate Ishmael Reed enrolled in 1998 at the age of 60 to learn jazz piano.
By early 2007 she had put a new team together and released the concert recording, Live at the Jazzschool (Grr8Records), recorded in Berkeley at the Jazzschool.
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Recognition for bringing the Arts and Theater District to life in Downtown Berkeley by establishing a public-private partnership with the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre and bringing in the JazzSchool, Aurora Theater, and Nevo Center for the Performing Arts in one of Berkeley’s oldest buildings.