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Park West Artists Reflect on their Amelia Island Jazz Festival Experiences

What began 20 years ago in a high school gymnasium has blossomed into one of America’s most respected and revered Jazz festivals. Spearheaded once again by founder Les DeMerle, a phenomenal [...]

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Meet Jazz Legend & Amelia Island Jazz Festival Founder Les DeMerle

Park West is honored to once again play a part in the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, happening from October 1 – 8 this year. To celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, we recently caught up [...]

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Grammy-Winning Jim Warren Named the Official Artist of the 2022 Amelia Island Jazz Festival

Park West Gallery is a long-time sponsor of Florida’s Amelia Island Jazz Festival, one of the premiere annual jazz celebrations in the United States. The festival was co-founded by Les DeMerle—an [...]

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Peter Nixon Shines as the Official Artist of the 2019 Amelia Island Jazz Festival

Legendary musician Wynton Marsalis once said, “Jazz music is America’s past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and [...]

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Park West and Scott Jacobs Help Raise Funds for Young Musicians

When Park West Gallery teams up with its artists for a good cause, they make great music together. Park West Gallery helped raise $7,000 for the Amelia Island Jazz Festival’s music scholarship [...]

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Support the Arts with Park West Gallery and the 7th Annual Big Band Bash

Park West Gallery is once again joining the Amelia Island Jazz Festival to support future musicians with the Big Band Bash. The Amelia Island Jazz Festival will hold its annual Big Band Bash gala [...]

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Park West Supports the 2017 Amelia Island Jazz Festival

Enjoy the sounds of today’s top jazz performers and the sights of artwork by renowned artist Alfred “Alex” Gockel during the 2017 Amelia Island Jazz Festival. The annual jazz festival, held on [...]

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Alfred Gockel Named the 2017 Amelia Island Jazz Festival Artist

The Amelia Island Jazz Festival needed to capture the power of jazz, and turned to none other than artist Alfred “Alex” Gockel to do it justice. Gockel was a natural choice to become the official [...]

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Behind the Artist: Lebo

Inspired by ancient modes of storytelling, comic strip compositions, and the grit of 1970s street art, David (Lebo) Le Batard surrenders his artwork to the sum of history. The Cuban-American [...]

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6th Annual Big Band Bash Raises $12,000 for Charity

Park West Gallery and the Park West Foundation supported one of America’s greatest art forms during the 6th Annual Big Band Bash gala on February 12 at Amelia Island, Florida. The jazz fundraiser [...]

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