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JAZZ On The Side is written, produced, and hosted by R. Austin Bealmear

Mr. Bealmear became a professional musician at the age of 15, and over the years has worked with many jazz greats like Oliver Nelson, Phil Woods, Thad Jones, Roland Hannah and Ron Carter. He studied Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, played with various jazz combos and big bands in St. Louis, and was a jazz DJ at the campus radio station. He graduated with a Master's Degree, became a licensed architect, and has designed many commercial buildings, concert halls and recording studios around the U.S.

His projects include a tuneable concert stage, one of the first in the U.S., for the St. Louis Symphony (1969), an $8 million library with one of the first public computer labs in the U.S. (1970), and the Humanities & Communications Center (video/audio recording studios, radio station, interactive classrooms) at Volunteer State Community College (2002).

After living and working in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Eureka Springs, AR, he moved to Nashville in 1978. In the early 90's, he joined the board of directors of Community Access Television and became a producer and staff technician. In 1994, he created MediaMix, a multimedia design company to offer comprehensive design services in architecture, graphics, film, video, and theater.

After a few years of providing those services for the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, he became their Marketing/Operations Director and concert producer until 2000. He was then hired as Executive Director of the Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society, designed and edited their newsletter, web site, and weekly email news bulletin, and produced their live concert series. In October, 2003 he left TJBS to devote full time to producing and marketing "JAZZ On The Side".