by Rich Wandschneider | May 3, 2024 | Indian Bands, Indian boarding schools, jazz, Julia Keefe
ta ‘c meeywi folks (good Morning) The Joseph Center was fortunate to have Julia Keefe’s quartet perform here in February. For those who have not followed this Nez Perce musical thread, here is a press release about Julia’s Indigenous Big Band’s...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 20, 2024 | 12 years a slave, jazz, Julia Keefe, Lily Gladstone, Nez Perce Tribe, Nezpercians
What a treat! What a performance! On Saturday, wrapping up what looks like it will become an annual “Josephy Fest,” Julia Keefe, the Nez Perce jazz singer, brought her quartet to the Josephy Center, and closed the show. She and her New York drummer, Adam Benham, U of...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 26, 2022 | Jim Pepper, Julia Keefe, Mildred Bailey, Nez Perce Tribe, Nezpercians
Three years ago, we had a summer exhibit featuring Nez Perce music, from drummers and dancers of long ago to the “Nezpercians” and “Lollypop Six” jazz and dance bands of the early and mid-twentieth century. We gave a nod in that exhibit to a young Nez Perce jazz...
