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AEI artist Keri Chryst is back at Beverly Elementary to help ring in the season with jazz! Excited to learn about JAZZ! Scat Cat Sessions - Part Deux It’s been less than 2 years since the last Scat Cat Session here at Beverly Elementary in Toledo, Ohio. It’s pretty cool that many of the “upper classmen” (well, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders) still remember some of the names and faces of the jazz greats that they’d learned about when they were “little”. ;-)  And just like rereading

AEI artist - Keri Chryst - introduces a fresh round of young Nebraskans to the joys of jazz & improvisation Scat Cat Sessions - Lincoln Elementary It was another whirlwind week for our founding member artist, Keri Chryst, and the young Scat Cats at Lincoln Elementary in Hastings, Nebraska. Ella, Louis & Duke All 400+ students, ages K-5 got a chance to interact with this professional jazz vocalist to learn about some of America’s most treasured jazz artists.  By the end of the

As I sit sipping coffee on the porch in one of my favorite neighborhoods on a gorgeous Chicago spring day... I dare say it's time to...

Conferences, Reunions, Scat Cat Sessions, and Family Emergencies, Oh My! Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference New Orleans, LA - Jan...

Ring in the new year with a boost for jazz education #trainsplanesandautomobiles Let's Give 'er a little gas We are SO grateful for...

This week, Hastings Middle Schoolers discovered the inner workings of what makes Jazz music tick! And a good time was had by all. Music...

Now let's go ALL THE WAY #trainsplanesandautomobiles Merci Beaucoup! We are SO grateful for everyone* who has contributed to the Scat Cat...

It's my actual birthday ! And the Scat Cat Sessions needs YOUR HELP to go the distance! (Literally). Today's Inside Goal So far, we've...

Can you believe it?!? AEI artist extraordinaire, and #scatcat par excellence, Keri Chryst shares a birthday with #theoriginalscatcat...

Orlando, January 2023. TOTALLY worth the 3-day drive from Chicago! Hail Hail the gang's all here And boy do I care! SO amazing to be back...

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