{"id":12953,"date":"2019-07-25T09:40:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atl.com\/?p=12953"},"modified":"2019-08-27T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T17:36:01","slug":"jason-bitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/jason-bitten\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Bitten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-row wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-half wc-shortcodes-column-first \"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12963 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jason-Bitten-500-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-half wc-shortcodes-column-last \">\n<h2>Jason Bitten<\/h2>\n<h4>To encourage, uplift and restore are what saxophonist Jason Bitten describes as the inspiration for his music. Jason&#8217;s smooth and soulful sound touches the untapped emotions of his listeners. Those seeking inspiration and jazz enthusiasts may find Jason&#8217;s instrumental ballads the &#8220;calm after the storm.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Jason began playing the saxophone at the age of 12. In 2002, Jason independently released his first CD titled &#8220;At Midnight.&#8221; He quickly became a sought-after musician accompanying and opening for national R&amp;B and gospel recording artists and performing at conferences, churches, and jazz festivals internationally and throughout the U.S. Jason has performed for many dignitaries including former President Jimmy Carter, the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Vernon Jordan Jr. In 2016, he was invited to perform at the White House for the Obama administration White House holiday tours. Jason continues to perform nationwide and between touring, he can often be spotted serenading passengers at Atlanta\u2019s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-accordion wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-accordion-collapse wc-shortcodes-accordion-layout-box\" data-behavior=\"autoclose\" data-start-state=\"collapse\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-accordion-trigger \"><a href=\"#\">Play Video<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-accordion-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-accordion-content wc-shortcodes-content\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFrAx899ozA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Bitten To encourage, uplift and restore are what saxophonist Jason Bitten describes as the inspiration for his music. Jason&#8217;s smooth and soulful sound touches the untapped emotions of his listeners. Those seeking inspiration and jazz enthusiasts may find Jason&#8217;s instrumental ballads the &#8220;calm after the storm.&#8221; A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Jason began playing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":12963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musicians"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12953"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13136,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953\/revisions\/13136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atl.com\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}