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Sarasota News Leader May 31, 2013 Page 96 GRANT AWARDED FOR FREE JAZZ CONCERTS IN VENICE The Gulf Coast Community Foundation recently awarded the Jazz Club of Sarasota a $3,000 grant to fund the organization's free Joy of Jazz series held four times a year in Centennial Park in downtown Venice, the Jazz Club has announced. "We're honored to be awarded this grant," says Bill Beckman, a Jazz Club of Sarasota board member and producer of the series, in the release. "These funds help us support local musicians and also offer family-friendly, free entertainment to residents and visitors. It's a "The series has been a popular fixture of the perfect way to spend a weekend afternoon, area arts and cultural scene for six years, at- enjoying the great melodies, rich harmonies tracting hundreds of area music fans for each and soulful rhythms of jazz," he adds in the release. concert," a news release notes. Kitt and Mike Moran were among the performers in Joy of Jazz concerts in the past season. Contributed photo