From ritmocity at yahoo.com Tue Jun 1 18:37:23 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [members-announce] South Florida Jazz Summit Grand Opening Registration Message-ID: <76438.90500.qm@web50608.mail.re2.yahoo.com> PLEASE forward this press release to your network of Jazzy friends. Thank you! South Florida Jazz Summit Grand Opening Registration http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/sfjs_2011_grand_opening_registration.pdf (6.1.2010 - South Florida) The South Florida Jazz Summit proudly announces its grand opening online registration. If your business (or passion) is Jazz, you are invited to register to attend this historic event to be held on April 15th.16th and 17th of 2011 at Artserve, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304. Visit http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/register.html to register to attend this event. WHAT: A networking conference and expo that creates an environment in which an effective coalition of South Florida's Jazz businesses and organizations will gather with the goal of empowering Jazz in the area. The SFJS will feature educational panel discussions, performances by area professional musicians and school ensembles, seminars and workshops on various topics relating to the music and the business, plus the State of Jazz inaugural address by a distinguished keynote speaker. This event will benefit the Jazz Museum of Florida, Inc. - a not-for-profit endeavor that seeks to establish a physical venue that would serve as a museum in the area to celebrate Jazz. WHO: The SFJS encompass all Jazz related enterprise, from musicians to promoters, from restaurants to club owners, music schools to music stores, photographers to painters; and most important: our aspiring Jazz artists. SFJS will be all inclusive; anyone related to the Jazz industry is welcomed to attend and participate. MISSION: Pursuant to the preservation, promotion, education and advancement of Jazz, a unique American Artform: The mission of the South Florida Jazz Summit is to empower everything "Jazz" in the area; thereby, serving as a cultural bridge--bringing together people from the Jazz community to network, education and celebrate Jazz; helping to energize the local Jazz scene; bringing awareness to area Jazz institutions; showcasing the best emerging young Jazz talent from great area schools, as well as helping to empower South Florida as a world class destination for live Jazz. From ritmocity at yahoo.com Sun Jun 6 05:18:26 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 02:18:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [members-announce] Federico Britos: a magnificent Voyage! Message-ID: <607682.34910.qm@web50603.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Jazzy friends....If you have not heard, master violinist Federico Britos' new Jazz CD is nothing less than magnificent. Read more at: http://www.wowmiami.com/miamijazzheritage/federico_britos_a_magnificent_voyage.html Please forward this message to your network of friends. br From roberta at robertajazz.com Wed Jun 9 09:52:59 2010 From: roberta at robertajazz.com (Roberta Piket) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:52:59 -0400 Subject: [members-announce] Roberta Piket Trio at new midtown venue June 15th with Steve Johns and Daryl Johns Message-ID: <000601cb07db$181a2530$484e6f90$@com> Join us on Facebook cid:image001.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image002.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image003.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image004.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image006.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image007.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image008.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 Photo by Daniel Sheehan cid:image010.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 Photo by Daniel Sheehan cid:image012.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image013.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image014.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image015.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 Join us at this brand new midtown venue for a rare opportunity to hear Roberta in New York on a Steinway Baby Grand. Featuring world-class drummer Steve Johns and his son, bass prodigy Daryl Johns. Roberta Piket 's trio has toured Japan and Spain as well as the U.S. She has performed her music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., at the Earshot Festival in Seattle, at the Rochester (NY) Jazz Festival, and in New York at Small's, the Blue Note Club, Birdland, the Knitting Fac?tory and Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Roberta's CDs frequently make the "best of" lists of the major jazz magazines. Whether perform?ing her original compositions or highly personalized reworkings of standards, Roberta's daring rhythmic modulations and vast harmonic expansiveness set a new standard for the piano trio. Daryl Johns is a 13-year-old Jazz bassist who has was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Thelo?nious Monk International Bass Competition and came in honorable mention. Daryl was awarded "Best Soloist" and "Best Original Song" in Downbeat Magazine's 2010 33rd Annual Student Music Awards. He has performed with jazz greats including Randy Brecker, Jimmy Owens, Dave Liebman, Geoff Keezer, Carl Allen, Jay Leonhart, Warren Vache, Les Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli, Valery Ponomorev, Don Sickler and his father Steve Johns. He has recorded his first CD with his own piano trio at the Bennett Studio in his home town of Englewood, NJ and is currently doing recording projects at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio produced by Don Sickler. Over the past 25yrs Steve Johns has toured and recorded with Donald Byrd, Nat Adder?ley, Dr. Billy Taylor, Randy Brecker, The Count Basie Orch, Bob Mintzer, The Sonny Fortune Quartet, Gary Bartz, Woody Shaw, Larry Coryell, and The Gil Evans Orchestra. In the 1990's Steve was the drummer for "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" in which he performed and recorded 75 NPR shows with guests including Nancy Wilson, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Harry Sweet's Edison, Milt Jackson etc. cid:image016.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 cid:image017.jpg at 01CAFB3A.CB637BD0 Miles' Jazz Caf? New York 212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl. (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York, NY 10022 212-371-7657 E/V train to 53rd St./Lexington or 6 train to 51st St. $10 cover charge/$7 min -------------- next part -------------- visit www.robertajazz.com for live performance video of the trio and more _______________________________________ To be removed from this mailing list please reply and let us know. From ritmocity at yahoo.com Sun Jun 13 02:48:55 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [members-announce] VIDEO Speech about the South Florida Jazz Summit Message-ID: <765077.2113.qm@web50606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> VIDEO Speech about the South Florida Jazz Summit by Bobby Ramirez. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-p78x-_sKU The Speech: Hello?.I?m Bobby Ramirez Executive Director of the South Florida Jazz Summit Founder/President of the Jazz Museum of Florida There is no ambiguity as to why we are here! Our purpose is clear! And that is that we are committed to empowering Jazz! We are committed to preserving its heritage! We are committed to advancing its legacy! We are committed to empowering Jazz education! We are committed to empowering a better future for Jazz! We are committed to empowering the next generation of Jazz musicians! We are committed to empowering the local Jazz scene! We are committed to empowering great area Jazz institutions and organizations! We are committed to making South Florida a World class destination for live Jazz! In this time and place, Jazz has a higher purpose; And that purpose is clear! The vision is clear! The South Florida Jazz Summit will serve as a cultural bridge; bringing people together for this higher purpose of preserving, advancing and celebrating this precious American artform that we love called Jazz. If you are in the business of JAZZ; if you are passionate about Jazz, get involved! Wherever you are in the worlds, I?d like to invite you to attend the South Florida Jazz Summit. Together we CAN make a difference and help empower a better future for Jazz! br From ritmocity at yahoo.com Mon Jun 14 15:26:46 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:26:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [members-announce] Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Jazz Camp at the University of Florida Message-ID: <476203.42499.qm@web50603.mail.re2.yahoo.com> For Immediate Release Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Jazz Camp at the University of Florida June 20 ? 26, Register at http://www.bigphatcamp.com GAINESVILLE, Fla.? The University of Florida is hosting a landmark event in jazz education this June. Gordon Goodwin is a 2006 Grammy Award Winner, 8-time Grammy nominee, and 3-time Emmy winner. New UF Jazz Director Scott Wilson and Gatorland Band Camps have been selected to host the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Jazz Camp June 20-26. The guest artists selected for the camp are the top musicians in the world today and play on your favorite movies scores, for the Grammy Awards, for the Golden Globe Awards, and for your favorite pop and jazz recordings. Guest artists for the week include Eric Marienthal (Chick Corea), Wayne Bergeron (Maynard Ferguson), Sal Lozano (Stevie Wonder), Andy Martin (Louis Bellson), Bernie Dresel (Brian Setzer Orchestra), Scott Wilson (UNT One O?clock Lab Band), Brian Bromberg (Michael Brecker), and Gordon Goodwin. Please review their international credentials online at the jazz camp website (their bios represent the highest achievements in the field of music performance and jazz education). There will be a special public appearance by the entire Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23 at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets will go on sale April 15 to affiliates (donors) and April 20 to the general public. Tickets are available on-line at http://performingarts.ufl.edu. Music students between the ages of 13 and 18 are highly encouraged to attend this life-changing event. Gatorland Band Camps also accept applications from beginning level college musicians and all community college students. Educator tracks are available. Six Youtube Jazz Scholarships will be awarded nationally from our online Jazz Scholarship Competition. Each student entering the competition will receive $50 of their tuition cost for entering their video online. The Big Phat Camp online website contains instructions on how to enter the scholarship competition and also links viewers to a tutorial video that explains how to upload their scholarship video to Youtube. Students can receive an additional $50 off tuition costs for early registration (ending June 1). This is a total of $100 savings on tuition costs available to all students. Young musicians and educators are urged to take advantage of this life-changing opportunity to work one-on-one with some of the world?s finest musicians. Likewise, this jazz camp will feature more Grammy Artists then perhaps any other jazz camp in the nation. For this, and many other reasons, it is our hope that everyone involved embraces this opportunity to encourage all musicians to attend so we can build upon the annual success of the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Camp at the University of Florida and keep this opportunity here in Florida for many years to come. The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Camp Sponsors Include: Yamaha; Vandoren; Dansr; Alfred Publishing; Gatorland Band Camps (University Bands); Bunt Backline; Foxycat Design; apartmentsingainesville.com (Paradigm Properties); Lytle Creek Recording Studios; Friends of Music; Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, P.A.; Cox Cable; Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts; Jazz Education Store; Gainesville Friends of Jazz; Grooveshark; Marty Liquori Productions; and Soundview Media. Become a Sponsor: To become a sponsor for the GG Big Phat Camp or to sponsor a scholarship for a student(s), please contact Scott Wilson at the University of Florida at swilson at arts.ufl.edu. The GG Big Phat Camp marketing team will showcase all our sponsors on our website, commercials and marketing media. We appreciate your support and look forward to meeting all the talented musicians and educators that are able to attend. More Information: Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Camp at the University of Florida June 20-26, 2010 http://www.bigphatcamp.com Contact: Scott Wilson (UF Jazz Director) Cell: 435-851-6363 swilson at arts.ufl.edu Online Resources: Meet University of Florida?s new Jazz Studies Director, Scott Wilson www.scottwilsonjazz.com New UF Gator Jazz Band Website http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music/jazz/ New UF Jazz Classes Online Website (take Jazz History online) http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music/jazz/ScottWilsonsClasses.htm New Gatorland Band Camps website (Concert Band, Marching/Aux, Instrumental Camps, etc). http://www.gatorlandbandcamps.com New UF School of Music Website http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music/ From muzikmuse at comcast.net Wed Jun 16 16:19:48 2010 From: muzikmuse at comcast.net (Willard Jenkins) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:19:48 +0000 Subject: [members-announce] Indy Ear returns Message-ID: <759691180-1276720225-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-360659999-@bda239.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> After a brief hiatus, tending to festival work (Tri-C JazzFest), concert series (TPAC's annual Lost Jazz Shrines), and a very rewarding consultancy towards development of a new high school paradigm based on improvisation, The Independent Ear has returned with new content: *Following on the heels of another successful Jazz Awards: the conception of the JJA *Update on the "African Rhythms" odyssey (on Randy Weston's forthcoming autobiography; composed by Randy Weston, arranged by Willard Jenkins *Go Crate Digging for rare jazz sounds with Bill Milkowski and Eugene Holley *A new series of interviews with another seemingly rare breed (ala our "Ain't But a Few of Us" series) - the African American jazz presenter... pt. 1 DC's Twins Jazz *Our meditation on one of the greatest trumpeters of them all - Freddie Hubbard Visit www.openskyjazz.com/blog for the 411... Peace, Willard Jenkins www.openskyjazz.com Home of the Independent Ear Sent via BlackBerry From ritmocity at yahoo.com Mon Jun 21 03:04:25 2010 From: ritmocity at yahoo.com (RITMO! CITY) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [members-announce] JAZZY NEWS ALERT from Bobby Ramirez Message-ID: <91625.32492.qm@web50608.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello JAZZY Friends: This week I will be building some great Jazzy bridges: I'm honored to be invited to visit the Jazz school of music at the University of Florida in Gainsville; now happening an amazing Jazz camp: http://www.bigphatcamp.com Jazz Museum of Florida http://www.jazzmuseumflorida.org There are some significant things happening with the Jazz Museum of Florida. Recently, a great friend and wonderful patron of Jazz has donated a temporary space that will serve as the home for the Jazz Museum of Florida. This generous contribution will enable this dream to become a reality and take one tiny giant step towards the goal of establishing a Jazz museum in the area to celebrate Jazz! There is much work to be done as we move forward. This is not definite; still working on some details. More news to come. South Florida Jazz Summit http://www.sfjazzsummit.com FREE early-bird registration is now open online. Even if you may think you're attending or not, take advantage of this FREE registration. More info at http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/register.html. PLEASE forward this information to Jazz industry friends. The South Florida Jazz Summit presents the Youth Honors Band featuring some of the best and brightest young Jazz musicians in the area. http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/youth_honors_band.html. Stay in touch with the latest news. Join SFJS on FaceBook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Florida-Jazz-Summit/161814436940 Our next SFJS Planning Committee meeting is Saturday, July 24th, 11 AM to 1 PM at Artserve, 1350 East Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL. If you're in the business of JAZZ; if you're passionate about JAZZ, get involved. Please RSVP to: info at sfjazzsummit.com. More info at: http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/volunteer.html JAZZY Friends of SFJS Fundraiser Make a financial contribution to the South Florida Jazz Summit at: http://www.sfjazzsummit.com/friends_of_sfjs_fundraiser.html Bobby Ramirez Executive Director South Florida Jazz Summit http://www.sfjazzsummit.com Founder/President Jazz Museum of Florida http://www.jazzmuseumflorida.org "Together, we CAN make a difference and help empower a better future for Jazz!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-p78x-_sKU From dawn at dawnSinghPublicity.com Mon Jun 21 18:57:20 2010 From: dawn at dawnSinghPublicity.com (Dawn Singh) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:57:20 -0600 Subject: [members-announce] Cellist Maya Beiser Added to 2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lineup Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 21, 2010 CELLIST MAYA BEISER ADDED TO LINEUP FOR 2010 TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL SEPT 4-5 AS SPECIAL GUEST WITH DONAL FOX QUARTET: PIAZZOLLA TO BACH PROJECT HEADLINERS INCLUDE KURT ELLING, JOHN PIZZARELLI, JESSICA MOLASKEY, THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA?, EDDIE DANIELS, BOB JAMES, JULIAN LAGE, LAURENCE HOBGOOD TRIO AND MORE Classical cellist, Maya Beiser, will perform as a special guest of the Donal Fox Quartet at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Sunday, Sept 5, at 8 pm. For the complete lineup for the festival and additional information, bios, and photos on the performing artists, please review the electronic press kit at tanglewoodjazzfetival.org/presskit. Called a ?cello goddess? by The New Yorker, Beiser has captivated audiences worldwide with her virtuosity, electric repertoire and quest to redefine her instrument?s boundaries. She has collaborated with Philip Glass, Mark O?Connor, Brian Eno, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Tan Dun (Couching Tiger Concerto) among many others. Her major teachers were Aldo Parisot, Uzi Weizel, Alexander Schneider, and Isaac Stern. Beiser was the founding cellist of the legendary new music ensemble, the Bang on a Can All-Stars. This will be her first appearance at Tanglewood. Beiser?s latest CD, Provenance, peaked at #6 in overall music sales and #1 in classical music on Amazon. It also hit #1 in world music on iTunes and #3 in classical music on Billboard. The Donal Fox Quartet will perform a new program called the ?Piazzolla to Bach Project.? Fox appeared at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival in 2008 with his Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project. Named a Martin Luther King Visiting Artist at MIT in 2009, Fox, ?a composer, pianist and improviser who deftly draws from jazz and classical contemporary traditions? (New York Times) and who has forged a unique amalgram of jazz, Latin American and classical music crosses music boundaries and continuously receives critical acclaim for his compositions and integration of the various musical genres. Following Fox?s world premier in December of his piano concerto Peace Out for improvised piano and orchestra to a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall, Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times wrote, ?Mr. Fox?s piano playing, bursting with violent, keyboard-spanning runs, drove the music. A searching middle section quotes fragments of a Charlie Parker blues tune, ?Now?s the Time.? After a steely solo piano cadenza, the piece concludes with a pensive finale based on a descending and strangely haunting four-note refrain?an arresting piece? compelling music, exceptionally interesting.? Also appearing with Donal Fox and Maya Beiser will be Cuban born drummer Dafnis Prieto whose arrival in the US has been compared to that of an asteroid hitting New York. ?Bedazzlement is a proven strategy for Mr. Prieto,? the New York Times said, and Latin jazz musician Eddie Palmieri calls him ?extraordinary.? Vibraphonist Warren Wolf and bassist John Lockwood round out the quartet. Tickets are available through Tanglewood?s website, www.tanglewood.org, by calling SymphonyCharge at 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200 or by visiting the Boston Symphony Orchestra Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA. The Symphony Hall Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tanglewood Jazz Festival prices range from $18-77. All ticket prices include a $1 Tanglewood grounds maintenance fee. Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood?s Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, MA. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, personal checks, and cash are all accepted at the Tanglewood Box Office. For further information and box office hours, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.bso.org. The Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by Jazz Times Magazine. The online media partner for the Tanglewood Jazz Festival is jazzcorner.com. For additional information, bios and photos on the performing artists, please review the electronic press kit at tanglewoodjazzfestival.org/ presskit or contact: Boston Symphony Orchestra: Bernadette Horgan (bhorgan at bso.org) and Kathleen Drohan (kdrohan at bso.org) 617-638-9280 (September ?June) 413-637-5280 (July and August) Dawn Singh Publicity: Dawn Singh dawn at dawnsinghpublicity.com 617-765-4012 (google voice)