Jared Sims

Happiness in the arts comes from defining our own success & not listening to opinions from other people about what “success” is.

Check out Hellbender @ Regattabar ticketweb.com/event/hellbend… via @TicketWeb

Sonny Jurgensen is still one of the greatest pure passers in NFL history, and he was doing this in the 50s to 70s

I just released my third album of 2025 and my fourth album in 12 months. All streaming now and available for purchase.

Issue 435 of the e-zine is available now! At this link: Bit.ly/aldorabritainr… Top pick interviews with @theGoodGraces, @jaredsims, @mattfasullo! Live spotlight with @Alkaline_Trio, @wearelowlives, @Rock_City_Notts! The top 10 most influential records of the 1970s! #AB435

I was nominated as Jazz Artist of the Year in the Boston Music Awards! Vote for me here — bostonmusicawards.com/vote/

I was nominated as Jazz Artist of the Year in the Boston Music Awards! Vote for me here — bostonmusicawards.com/vote/

I'm excited about the eryKah Badu Mama's Gun '25: The Return of Automatic Slim Tour - MGM Music Hall at Fenway - Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Who's in? ticketmaster.com/event/010062F5…

Mad Monkfish and Night Harbor - mailchi.mp/da383dc232a3/n…

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Fran Vielma Pan-American Jazz Orchestra / Jazz Large Ensemble (First Concert) | terraza7 terraza7.com/detalles-y-reg…

@AnonymousF59605 He’s irrelevant quite frankly

Today is July 8, 2025. Including today, there are 7 days left on President Gee's contract.

Back from Morocco to play Boston, NYC, NH, DC and with FRED WESLEY! - mailchi.mp/0682a4d8ce93/b…

I don’t really post on this platform. Too much politics and anger. Find me on the other platforms and I’ll find you back.

Music business in academia can be awful sometimes. It’s like people want to side step from working hard and learning and instead just figure out algorithms to go viral on social media instead of knowing how to actually play an instrument.

I'll be in Boston/Hartford/Pittsburgh/Philly/DC

Country Roads is a weird song. It glorifies something that isn't really that glorious.

No confidence votes result in change 50% of the time bostonglobe.com/video/2025/01/… via @BostonGlobe

approach, and seeing Diz taking a solo with his cigar still lit. youtu.be/Ecm3-yDCva4

This is amazing new footage that was just released from the epic Sonny Side Up session with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt. I love seeing how the band is set up for the recording, their body language, their effortless

formal course offerings for music degree programs, working to expand the number of schools offering jazz, and protecting existing programs from closure. Should there be a greater and more powerful mission for the organization?

I actively contribute and support the Jazz Education Network, but I wonder if the goals of the organization should be more wide reaching. My ideas include expanding the number of jazz educators and programs, advocating for curriculum reform that integrates jazz into the