WASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORK's Posts - WASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORK2024-03-28T17:59:25ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondchttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2528895319?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3kq6b74brnbq2&xn_auth=noThe Jazzical "Jazz Iz Really Classical Music", A Birthday Tribute to Charlie Parker by George V Johnson Jr @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage - Aug 31,2023tag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2023-07-17:2645717:BlogPost:2507872023-07-17T19:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p>08.31 - George V. Johnson</p>
<p>Kennedy Center</p>
<p>Millennium Stage </p>
<p>(In-Person and Livestream)</p>
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<p>About the Concert </p>
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<p>08.31 - George V. Johnson</p>
<p>Kennedy Center</p>
<p>Millennium Stage </p>
<p>(In-Person and Livestream)</p>
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<p>About the Concert </p>
<p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/alp2P7HU4_U?feature=share">ABOUT THE CONCERT</a></p>
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<p>Native Washingtonian, jazz vocalist-songwriter, and recording artist George V. Johnson Jr. will perform (alongside his bandmates) excerpts from the “jazzical” Jazz Iz Really Classical Music, a.k.a. Ah-Leu-Cha, a spirited tribute to Charlie Parker featuring Johnson’s original lyrics.</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/YeJnj3zRg7c">AH-LEU CHA</a></p>
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<p>A collaboration with DC Jazz Festival </p>
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<p></p>The Benny Golson Documentarytag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2023-01-14:2645717:BlogPost:2492172023-01-14T11:52:12.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p>Hey Friends! For the last four years Jacey Falk has been working on THE BENNY GOLSON DOCUMENTARY. I am elated to report that the film is almost finished. However, Ihe needs the last chunk of money to get it on the screen. A GoFundMe campaign has been created and the film needs your help! PLEASE…</p>
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<p>Hey Friends! For the last four years Jacey Falk has been working on THE BENNY GOLSON DOCUMENTARY. I am elated to report that the film is almost finished. However, Ihe needs the last chunk of money to get it on the screen. A GoFundMe campaign has been created and the film needs your help! PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO THE BENNY GOLSON DOCUMENTARY GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN! All donations are appreciated! I promise this is going to be one amazing movie! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!!</p>
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<p></p>Westminster Jazz Friday Night featuring George V Johnson Jr CD Release Party January 6th "Walk Spirit Talk Spirit"tag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2022-12-06:2645717:BlogPost:2491712022-12-06T00:11:51.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">January 6, 2023 <br></br>6 to 9 pm <br></br>George V Johnson Jr <br></br>CD Release Party<br></br>Walk Spirit Talk Spirit</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Donvonte McCoy, trumpet<br></br>Elijah Easton, sax<br></br>Deante Childers, piano<br></br>Steve Arnold,…</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">January 6, 2023 <br/>6 to 9 pm <br/>George V Johnson Jr <br/>CD Release Party<br/>Walk Spirit Talk Spirit</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Donvonte McCoy, trumpet<br/>Elijah Easton, sax<br/>Deante Childers, piano<br/>Steve Arnold, bass<br/>Dana Hawkins, drums</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">A New box of CDs just arrived! <br/>Give The Gift of Music <br/>A Great Holiday present for Family & Friends.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">George V Johnson Jr <br/>New CD Release <br/>Walk Spirit Talk Spirit <br/>In Memory of McCoy Tyner <br/><a href="https://youtu.be/lqzBCLrkPhE">https://youtu.be/lqzBCLrkPhE</a></p>
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<p></p>Watch Jazzology Episode 12 Friday Sept 2nd with New Champ Mark Ruffin vs Jazz Video Guy Bret Primack Hosted by Willard Jenkinstag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2022-07-06:2645717:BlogPost:2471002022-07-06T10:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jazzology is a live-streamed jazz quiz show, hosted by Willard Jenkins of Open Sky Jazz. Episodes are live-streamed…</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jazzology is a live-streamed jazz quiz show, hosted by Willard Jenkins of Open Sky Jazz. Episodes are live-streamed every other Friday, and are then available to watch ON DEMAND on YouTube. Below is our latest episode featuring returning champ Returning champ Joe Petrucelli, Executive Director of the Jazz Foundation of America, faces off against George V Johnson, jazz vocalist and lyricist!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Get ready for another exciting episode of Jazzology this Friday! </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">LET'S CELEBRATE!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The New Jazzology Champion' Grammy Nominee and the Program Director/On Air Host for SiriusXM Real Jazz Channel - Mark Ruffin defends his title against Writer, Filmmaker, Producer, Documentarian, Teacher aka Jazz Video Guy Bret Primack - Hosted by Willard Jenkins, openskyjazz.com Independent Arts Consultant, Producer, Writer and Radio broadcaster Late Night "Ancient Future" Wednesday 10pm to Midnight WPFWFM.ORG</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">It's a game the entire family will enjoy. Spread the word "JAZZOLOGY," is here!!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">New Champion!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Mark Ruffin vs Joe Petrucelli </p>
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<p></p>Jazz Appreciation Month @ Howard Universitytag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2022-04-10:2645717:BlogPost:2467222022-04-10T21:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">The DC Jazz Festival in collaboration with the Howard University Department of Music is presenting jazz pianist Orrin Evans in a 3 day jazz residency beginning on March 15-17, 2022. During the residency, Maestro Evans will present lectures, jazz piano masterclasses, jazz improvisation clinics and big band rehearsal techniques. This residency will conclude with the Howard University Jazz Ensemble and Maestro Evans in concert and he will receive the prestigious <a href="http://www.bennygolson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BENNY GOLSON</a> JAZZ MASTER AWARD. The concert will be streamed live on March 17, 2022 @ 12:40 pm on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Howard-University-Department-of-Music-32112957146/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Howard University Department of Music FACEBOOK</a> page. Please plan to attend or watch on FACEBOOK.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The DC Jazz Festival in collaboration with the Howard University Department of Music is presenting jazz pianist Orrin Evans in a 3 day jazz residency beginning on March 15-17, 2022. During the residency, Maestro Evans will present lectures, jazz piano masterclasses, jazz improvisation clinics and big band…</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The DC Jazz Festival in collaboration with the Howard University Department of Music is presenting jazz pianist Orrin Evans in a 3 day jazz residency beginning on March 15-17, 2022. During the residency, Maestro Evans will present lectures, jazz piano masterclasses, jazz improvisation clinics and big band rehearsal techniques. This residency will conclude with the Howard University Jazz Ensemble and Maestro Evans in concert and he will receive the prestigious BENNY GOLSON JAZZ MASTER AWARD. The concert will be streamed live on March 17, 2022 @ 12:40 pm on the Howard University Department of Music FACEBOOK page. Please plan to attend or watch on FACEBOOK.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Washington D.C. jazz artist George V Johnson Jr delivers an exhilarating bit of vocal bebop, with his release of "Knarrative Will Set Us Free." Written in homage to the late pianist and frequent John Coltrane collaborator McCoy Tyner, this track features a fiery rhythm section built around a piano vamp that's very much in Tyner's style and spirit. Johnson's voice is in fine form here as he delivers an inclusive message of equity and unity, punctuated by strikingly passionate and inventive and trumpet. An extended solo section, passed first between the horns and then the piano and drums, fills out the midsection before a final chorus fades into a whisper, rounding out this dynamic arrangement. Jazz aficionados absolutely need to check out George V Johnson's "Knarrative Will Set Us Free", particularly fans of bop and vocal jazz.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Outstanding production, excellent mix, piano features prominently in the overall mix, which was a great choice. You definitely captured McCoy Tyner's oeuvre here. Fantastic band, amazing chemistry and support. Nice melody and repetition with the vocal. I really liked the 2nd voice, gives the lyrics a sort of polytextural and polyrhythmic feel. Solos were all off the chart, particularly the piano. Love the little diminuendo at the end. Again, an exceptional ensemble of highly talented musicians, playing with great energy and enthusiasm. Stellar track, all around. Truly an honor to have had the opportunity to review.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Divine Order Studios Congratulates George V Johnson Jr. on the release of his new cd "Walk Spirit Talk Spirit", recorded, mixed and mastered at Divine Order Studios~~Allyn Johnson</div>
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<div><strong>W.D.C.J.N. is one of the first American Jazz Networks to embrace the remaining truly great Jazz legends of our times and upcoming Jazz greats through today’s social media. </strong></div>
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<div><strong dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">I fully endorse this institution "The Washington DC Jazz Network" and encourage anyone that is fond of Jazz to visit the Washington D.C. Jazz Network; today and become a member or make a donation to a worthy cause.<br/> Sincerely!!!<br/> <br/></span> <a href="https://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/MaxwellPrice" dir="ltr">Maxwell Price</a></strong></div>
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<div><p><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/george-johnsons-joyful-jazz-was-a-lifetime-in-the-making/2016/08/17/b8dd2d7e-648f-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George V Johnson's joyful jazz is a lifetime in the making!</a></strong></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=60UrWYo-olU&feature=share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Conversation in Jazz </a></div>
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</div>WE ACT RADIO Jazz Noted & Beyond Live Interview George V. Johnson Jrtag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2021-12-15:2645717:BlogPost:2457972021-12-15T15:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">WE ACT RADIO<br></br> Jazz Noted & Beyond<br></br> Live Interview <br></br> George V. Johnson Jr.<br></br> Dec. 23, 2021<br></br> 9:00 pm</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">WE ACT RADIO<br/> Jazz Noted & Beyond<br/> Live Interview <br/> George V. Johnson Jr.<br/> Dec. 23, 2021<br/> 9:00 pm</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>"Sweet Honey In The Rock Celebrating the Holy Days" Raising Funds for WPFW! December 8th 7 pmtag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2021-12-07:2645717:BlogPost:2454182021-12-07T07:00:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">Celebrating the Holy Days Join Washington, D.C.-based, African-American a cappella ensemble, Sweet Honey in the Rock, for a rare and intimate Live Streaming celebration of the Holy Days. With five-part harmonies and sign language interpretation, Sweet Honey’s sound ranges from African to blues to gospel and jazz. Celebrating the Holy Days offers a rare fusion of traditional American holiday spiritual songs and hymns, as well as songs from other cultures and religions ranging from Africa to Israel.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The three-time Grammy® Award-nominated and internationally renowned group will also perform songs from the group’s extensive repertoire, which includes We Are, Let There Be Peace, The Women Gather, and Come Ye. Since 1973, Sweet Honey has empowered and inspired with songs about a range of social issues, blending potent messages with gorgeous artistry to stir the mind and the soul. After the concert, the audience is invited to stay for an interactive conversation with Sweet Honey, reflecting on the group’s journey over the last two years and the creative opportunities they explored during the pandemic. The ensemble will explore the theme of Sankofa, an Akan Twi and Fante word which means to go back and or to fetch. The conversation will be moderated by Katea Stitt, host and producer at WPFW radio station in Washington DC. Thank you so much for being part of the SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK® family!</p>
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<div id="-read-more-less-602-25" class="oxy-read-more-less"><div id="-read-more-less-602-25-inner_01" class="oxy-read-more-inner oxy-inner-content rmjs-2 oxy-read-more-less_expanded"><div id="text_block-603-25" class="ct-text-block read-more-text-block"><p style="text-align: center;">This performance will be streamed live from the BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity in Northampton, Massachusetts with an in-person audience. After the concert, the audience is invited to stay for an interactive conversation with Sweet Honey, reflecting on their journey over the last two years and the creative opportunities they explored during the pandemic.</p>
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</div>I Am A Student of The Eddie Jefferson School of Bop!tag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2021-04-10:2645717:BlogPost:2420312021-04-10T22:00:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">Ayelet Zohar, PhD (Smithsonian Institute) - Haifa, Israel…</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Ayelet Zohar, PhD (Smithsonian Institute) - Haifa, Israel</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/Ayelet" target="_self">A Member of the Washington DC Jazz Network</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">To whom it may concern George V. Johnson Jr. was my jazz singing teacher over the period of summer 2011 (June-September 2011).George is an outstanding singer in his own right, and has wonderful teaching abilities that complete this skill. George is a sensitive and thoughtful instructor, and was attentive to any request or complexity I have faced through the process of learning his style of jazz singing, the vocalese.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In the past, I was learning jazz with several teachers in California, people who gave me the opportunity to take my first steps into the realm of jazz. However, it was through my study with George that I could experience the heart and nature of true, black culture deep connection to jazz, and how this singing was born out of the painful history of black communities in the US, joined with the cheerful and happy moments of music making and pleasures of life. George introduced me to important musicians in his cycle such as <a href="https://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/i-am-a-student-of-the-eddie-jefferson-school-of-bop/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eddie Jefferson</a>, James Moody, <a href="https://youtu.be/88gop6LahHo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hank Mobley</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/RgLbvH81ivg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miles Davis</a>, Sarah (Sassy) Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald and more. When teaching me Hank Mobley’s This I Dig of You, George was working with me on correct pronunciation and tempo; When working on <a href="https://youtu.be/RgLbvH81ivg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miles Davis’ So What</a>, George emphasized modes of wording and rhythm, and the relationship between lyrics and tune; when working on Body &Soul it was emotion and modes of expression that was in the focus; George was also very helpful in helping me to re-shape and better understand the modus and style of songs such as Dat Dere, Joy Spring, I’ve Got it Bad, and more.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">All in all, George proved to be an extremely talented individual who helped me tremendously in understanding jazz music background and way of singing, the genealogical ties between people and style, and how all these link together to become a unique style of singing which George V, Johnson Jr. is indeed, a master of. I highly recommend any individual or group to take George as their singing instructor!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Throughout 2020, Jazz Heroes — “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” — responded to challenges brought on by a pandemic, economic crisis and social-political turmoil with energy, imagination and resilience. So the Jazz Journalists is proud to celebrate 23 of these diverse, devoted people based in 21 U.S. cities. Public presentations to the Heroes of their personalized Awards are to be announced.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">These Jazz Heroes are united in determination to keep jazz in the air and in our ears, for everyone to enjoy and be enriched by. They are presenters, educators, writers, photographers, broadcasters, videographers, non-profit administrators, chefs, festival workers, public faces of grassroots organizations and in several cases active players who have developed, sustained and helped document America’s native-born music in their local communities and beyond.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Jazz Journalists Association, a nonprofit professional organization of media content creators covering jazz, established its Jazz Heroes designation in 2010, having previously (starting in 2001) called the honorees members of the JJA “A Team.” The JJA presents annual Jazz Awards for excellence in music and music journalism; nominees for 2021 Jazz Awards will be announced mid-April, with winners of those Awards scheduled to be announced on May 3.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Entities collaborating on the 2021 Heroes campaign include Carolyn McClair Public Relations, Jazz Promo Services, the American Jazz Museum, and The Syncopated Times. The JJA thanks them for their participation and support<br/> See:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">SUSAN J. ROSS<br/> 2021 ATLANTA JAZZ HERO<br/> Georgia</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">HENRY WONG<br/> 2021 BALTIMORE JAZZ HERO<br/> Maryland</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">JOSÉ MASSÓ<br/> 2021 BOSTON JAZZ HERO<br/> Massachussetts</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Marguerite Horberg<br/> 2021 CHICAGO JAZZ HERO<br/> Illinois</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Wendell Harrison<br/> 2021 DETROIT JAZZ HERO<br/> Michigan</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Rob Dixon<br/> 2021 INDIANAPOLIS JAZZ HERO<br/> Indiana</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">GERALD D. DUNN<br/> 2021 KANSAS CITY JAZZ HERO<br/> Missouri</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">DWIGHT TRIBLE<br/> 2021 LOS ANGELES JAZZ HERO<br/> California</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">PHILIP BITHER<br/> 2021 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL JAZZ HERO<br/> Minnesota</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">MJ WILLIAMS<br/> 2021 MONTANA JAZZ HERO</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">NANCY OCHSENSCHLAGER<br/> 2021 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ HERO<br/> Louisiana</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">GAIL BOYD<br/> 2020 NEW YORK CITY JAZZ HERO<br/> New York</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">F. NORMAN VICKER<br/> 2021 PENSECOLA JAZZ HERO<br/> Florida</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jamaaladeen Tacuma<br/> 2021 PHILADELPHIA JAZZ HERO<br/> Pennsylvania</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">RANDY PORTER<br/> 2021 PORTLAND JAZZ HERO<br/> Oregon</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Greer Smith<br/> 2021 POUGHKEEPSIE JAZZ HERO<br/> New York</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">GREGORY BELL<br/> 2021 ROCHESTER JAZZ HERO<br/> New York</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">MARIO GUARNERI<br/> 2021 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA JAZZ HERO<br/> California</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">JOHN DIMITRIOU<br/> 2021 SEATTLE JAZZ HERO<br/> Washington</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">BRET PRIMACK<br/> 2021 TUCSON JAZZ HERO<br/> Arizona</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">HERB SCOTT & AARON MYERS<br/> 2021 WASHINGTON DC JAZZ HEROES District of Columbia</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Louise Rogers - Jazz Vocalist<br/> 2021 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS JAZZ HERO<br/> New York</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Bobby Watson, alto sax<br/> Warren Wolf, vibes<br/> Victor Gould, piano<br/> Curtis Lundy, bass<br/> Victor Jones, drums<br/> <br/> BOBBY WATSON sits among the pantheon of present-day jazz greats. Don't miss out on a FREE BROADCAST with Bobby Watson, Warren Wolf, Victor Gould, Curtis Lundy & Victor Jones beginning at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 6th! We are streaming this incredible set from Keystone's website, YouTube channel and social media platforms. You will have access to this show through Tuesday, March 9th!<br/> <br/> We are making extensive preparations to re-open with live music and limited capacity indoor dining in the near future. Please stay tuned for further updates soon.</p>
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</div>John Lamkin Quartet & Paul Carr Quintet Complete Black History Monthtag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2021-02-28:2645717:BlogPost:2387232021-02-28T20:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p><em>John R. Lamkin II - Trumpet and Flugelhorn<br/> Michael Hairston - Saxophones<br/> Bob Butta - Piano<br/> Michael Graham - Bass<br/> Jesse Moody - Drums</em><br/> <br/> <em><strong>"We're back at An die Musik for a live streaming show to finish your Black History Month Celebrations." -- John Lamkin</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>John R. Lamkin, II, Ph.D.</strong>, served as Director of Bands and Coordinator of Music and Music Education at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He was instrumental in attracting several jazz icons to work and perform with his students. His music education degrees are a Bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a Masters from Morgan University, and a Doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park.</p>
<p>Dr. Lamkin has performed with the Manhattans, the Dells, Stephanie Mills, Maurice Hines, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Earland, Frank Foster, Harvey Mason, Cyrus Chestnut, The Washington Jazz Battalion, The Baltimore City Big Band, the Lynn Gray Orchestra, and the Hank Levy Legacy Big Band. Dr. Lamkin has also performed with his professional jazz groups “The John Lamkin ‘Favorites’ Jazz Quintet” and “The John Lamkin ‘Sacred’ Jazz Quintet.” In the mid-1980s, Dr. Lamkin recorded an album titled, “Hot” which, is still available on vinyl. In 2018, he recorded a second CD titled “Transitions”, and the group will be playing selections from that CD for this performance.</p>
<p>Dr. Lamkin grew up in Atlantic City when live jazz music filled many of its streets and was an integral part of the community’s entertainment district; especially during the summer. It was during these formative years that he fell in love with music, particularly the sound of jazz, and realized then that he was called to dedicate his life to the perpetuation of our American Musical Treasure – Jazz.</p>
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<p><em><strong>Paul Carr Quartet “Songs Of Freedom and Justice”</strong><br/> Paul Carr - Soprano and Tenor Sax<br/> Allyn Johnson - Piano<br/> Jeff Reed - Bass<br/> Chris Latona - Drums</em></p>
<p>Paul Carr, a Houston native and 1985 Howard University graduate, carries on the Texas tenor tradition espoused by great heroes such as the late Houstonians Arnett Cobb and Don Wilkerson who served as his early idols and mentors. He grew up in inner-city Houston and was a member of the Kashmere High School Stage Band, whose director, the late Conrad Johnson, is the subject of a documentary, Thunder Soul, produced by actor Jamie Foxx.</p>
<p>Paul has recorded 5 CDs, which have been well received by critics and jazz fans alike. His new CD “DC-NYC Organ Sessions” was released in September 2014 and hit the top 10 on the Jazz Week radio play charts. His 2013 CD, “Standard Domain,” reached #3 on the Jazz Week radio play chart and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks.</p>
<p>Paul was a favorite of President Clinton during his term in office and Paul performed at many of the Clintons' private events. He also did a special performance for the late King Hussein and Queen Noir of Jordan at their residence in Aqaba, Jordan.</p>
<p>Paul is passionately committed to educating children, particularly on the preservation of jazz. In 2002, he founded the Jazz Academy of Music, which hosts summer camps and jazz ensembles for kids throughout the year. Paul has changed the lives of hundreds of his students by selflessly sharing his knowledge of music and life. Several of his students have been admitted and even received full scholarships to some of the top music schools and conservatories in the country. In fact, five of Paul's students have been admitted to the prestigious Julliard School of Music in New York. Paul’s work was acknowledged in 2012 by ABC Channel 7 News when he was selected as a “Harris Hero” for his amazing work with music students across the area.<br/> <br/> Most recently in March 2014, Paul received the prestigious, Howard University, “Benny Golson Jazz Master Award”, for his outstanding work as a performer, presenter and educator. He served as a panelist at the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus where he spoke on the importance of jazz education and advocated for a Bill currently being vetted in Congress that will offer federal support toward the advancement and preservation of traditional jazz.</p>
<p>In 2010, Paul re-established the East Coast Jazz Festival as the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and serves as its Executive and Artistic Director. The festival enjoys over 2,000 attendees that travel from states across the U.S. and beyond.</p>
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<p>When speaking with #DCJF Artistic Director Willard Jenkins, legendary DC Jazz educator and musician Davey Yarborough stated, “We started the Washington Jazz Arts Institute (WJAI) because of our understanding of the importance of inspiration, support and guidance in a developing artist’s journey.”<br/> <br/> Yarborough served as the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Jazz band director for over 40 years up until his retirement in 2019. During his tenure, Yarborough accumulated many musical and academic accolades for his influential work as D.C.’s premiere Jazz instructors. While he appreciates these much-deserved honors, Yarborough’s true passion comes from empowering the hundreds of aspiring jazz musicians that filled his classrooms over the years; where he consistently made sure that his student’s needs were met, both in-and-out of the classroom. Yarborough and his wife, Esther Williams, founded #WJAI in 1998, and he has served as its president ever since, continuing his journey as an educator to this day. <br/> <br/> In addition to his excellence in the classroom, Yarbrough also is an accomplished jazz musician, having shared the stage with jazz legends including Sarah Vaughn, Shirley Horn, Wynton Marsalis, Rick Henderson, and Keter Betts. Perhaps what most prepared Yarborough for his career was his own jazz education, learning from legends Frank Wess and Sonny Stitt. While Yarborough’s innate talent as a Jazz performer could have taken him anywhere in the world, his goal of entrusting the future of jazz in the hands of musicians of tomorrow reigned above all. <br/> <br/> For our final #BlackHistoryMonth feature, please join us in honoring Davey Yarborough’s 40 plus years of service to our community and for his commitment to empowering the next generation of Jazz artists.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The pandemic has wrecked an already vulnerable jazz industry by forcing live music shows to halt. Musicians and club owners have turned to online fundraisers for survival, and point to the music's connection to civil rights as a need to keep its legacy alive. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Owners of the historic Washington, D.C. jazz club<strong> </strong>Blues Alley, a venue that once hosted the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/iconic-dc-jazz-club-blues-alley-looking-for-new-location/2574801/?fbclid=IwAR3jeSp_hZKcSfOdtmhVwsDJcFfKtsZayieSC7YvTqXBzbg4csikEiUn4C0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced this month</a> that the club is up for sale and likely won't reopen at its original Georgetown site.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Birdland Jazz Club, located in the heart of Manhattan and modeled after the original club named after bebop legend Charlie "Bird" Parker, recently held an online fundraiser to keep it from closing permanently.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">New York's <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/941300811/jazz-standard-one-of-new-yorks-top-clubs-closes-due-to-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jazz Standard </a>and t<a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.wbgo.org/post/blue-whale-beloved-hub-jazz-scene-los-angeles-announces-permanent-closure#stream/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he Blue Whale </a>in Los Angeles announced they were permanently closing because of the loss of business from COVID-19.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Other well-known jazz venues from Baltimore to Seattle have been closed since the pandemic began, placing their futures in peril.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The details: </strong>Jazz nonprofits have shut down many of their educational programs for children because of the pandemic.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In recent years, rising rents and gentrification closed iconic jazz clubs like Harlem's <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.thecuriousuptowner.com/post/2019/05/07/photos-harlems-iconic-lenox-lounge-then-and-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lenox Lounge</a> — a place Malcolm X and Billie Holiday once hung out.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What they're saying: "</strong>There is so much weight that these places carry and so much history that happened between the walls of these places. To see them at risk and disappearing ... it just shakes you to your core," Matt Block, co-founder of <a class="gtm-content-click" href="http://www.lareserverecords.com/roster/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">la reserve records</a>, told Axios.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"Jazz is African American genius. And in a world that wants us to believe that we in contributed nothing, jazz music is something that we can hold up and say, 'we made this,'" Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright<strong> </strong>Suzan-Lori Parks told Axios. She wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Hula film, "<a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://youtu.be/USi-ppCfxEA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The United States vs. Billie Holiday."</a></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>La reserve records </strong>and Canada-based Cellar Music Group’s imprint Reel to Real are doing their part to save jazz history by releasing <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://apnews.com/article/bd3b893d07800489e7de3e3e88b32283" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously forgotten live recordings </a>by notable artists.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Another upcoming project involves saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin performing at Seattle’s Penthouse jazz club in 1962.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Flashback: "</strong>It is no wonder that so much of the search for identity among American Negroes was championed by jazz musicians," Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in the o<a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.wclk.com/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-importance-jazz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pening address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festiva</a>l.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Hip hop artists, poets, and filmmakers are working to keep jazz alive through their own art.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Parks said it was important for audiences to know what Holiday faced for performing "Strange Fruit" — a gripping song about the lynching of Black men.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"If we weren't so dismissive of the powers and achievements of women, we would have given her a little more space to tell her story a long time ago," Parks said. "We're just getting around to it now."</span></li>
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<p></p>Chris Grasso answers the call for live music | The Independent Eartag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2020-11-16:2645717:BlogPost:2164472020-11-16T07:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p><span>DMV-based pianist </span><strong>Chris Grasso</strong><span> has carved out a niche that certainly qualifies him for the pantheon of great jazz vocal piano accompanists. That admirable coterie includes a distinguished list of piano accompanists who were and are particularly adept at providing vocalists with the kind of pianistic care and feeding that is by equal turns comforting and challenging.</span></p>
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<p>That list of great vocal pianist accompanists certainly includes artists like<span> </span><strong>Bobby Tucker</strong><span> </span>(<strong>Billie Holiday</strong>),<span> </span><strong>Tommy Flanagan</strong><span> </span>(<strong>Ella</strong><span> </span><strong>Fitzgerald</strong>),<span> </span><strong>Norman Simmons, Jimmy Jones, Ronell Bright, Ellis</strong><span> </span><strong>Larkins, Jimmy Rowles, Lou Levy, Bill Charlap</strong><span> </span>(<strong>Tony Bennett</strong>), and other notable vocal specialists.</p>
<p>For the 2019 DC JazzFest – which now seems like a lifetime ago, what with pandemic restrictions in 2020 and our impending 9-month prohibitions of concert performances for audiences – we mounted an evening in tribute to<span> </span><strong>Quincy Jones</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Roy Hargrove</strong>. Opening that evening was the distinguished vocalist<span> </span><strong>Sharon Clarke</strong><span> </span>with the Chris Grasso Trio. That evening also featured an array of distinguished special guest soloists, including<span> </span><strong>Cassandra Wilson,</strong> <strong>Joshua Redman</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Kenny Garrett</strong><span> </span>– each expertly accompanied by the Chris Grasso Trio, which added immeasurably to the great success of that Kennedy Center evening.</p>
<p>Fortunately for the DMV community, Chris Grass has answered the pandemic era call for fresh musical performances with a series of live streams from Blue House Studio in Kensington, MD. Blue House, site of several of our virtual DC JazzFest 2020 performances last September, has proven itself a particularly adept space for streaming performances and Chris Grasso has seized that locale for his ongoing series. Next up for the series is Billie Holiday Competition winner<span> </span><strong>Sara Jones</strong><span> </span>with the Chris Grasso Trio on Friday, December 4. Clearly some questions were in order for Chris Grasso.</p>
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<p><strong>When did you begin your Covid-era performance series at Blue House, and what was your original motivation?</strong></p>
<p>Our first performance was in March. It was actually a replacement for a live show. I had just started a new ticketed monthly series at Mr. Henry’s in February. Our first night, which featured<span> </span><strong>Lena</strong><span> </span><strong>Seikaly</strong>, sold out. It was such a great audience – really a listening crowd, and not an empty seat in the house. Sharón Clark was the next featured performer, scheduled for March 20, and also sold out in advance. But the week before the show, the COVID shutdowns hit, and Mr. Henry’s had to close. I got in touch with Jeff Gruber at Blue House and we moved the show to his studio. Jeff and I have known each other and worked on projects over the years. I was really fortunate to know someone with his skills, and a beautiful studio, who was available and willing to help make it happen. Then, when we saw the response from the audience, it was pretty overwhelming.</p>
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<p><strong>How have you gone about publicizing these performances, and what has been the streaming audience response to these performances?</strong></p>
<p>Over the years, I’ve developed an e-mail list that’s grown to a decent size. Of course, social media is essential as well. I also try to get the shows listed on CapitalBop, JazzNearYou and other jazz listings and social media pages, including those done by Bertrand Uberall and Maryam Balbed. Promotion is definitely a big part of the work.</p>
<p><strong>Do you monetize these streaming performances? If not, how is this series supported?</strong></p>
<p>Yes, since the beginning, we’ve been requesting contributions from viewers, and that’s actually been successful. I think there’s something of a debate about the best way to handle streaming concerts. One school of thought is making payment mandatory – you send money, then you get a link to the show. I definitely understand that approach, and it’s obviously more like the way things would work in the analog world. The challenge with that is you miss part of the benefit of social media. Many people don’t plan or like to commit ahead of time, but if they’re scrolling through Facebook and see that a show is about to start, or even has already started, they may hop on and watch. Very often, they’ll also contribute.</p>
<p><strong>You’ve carved out a real niche for yourself as a sensitive vocal accompanist. Has that been your intention all along, or did other circumstances contribute to your excelling at that important role?</strong></p>
<p>I’d like to say that was by design, but it really was not. I’ve always loved great singers, but I didn’t really start to work with vocalists regularly until I began performing and booking the jazz at the Henley Park Hotel. We started the program with strictly instrumental groups, but it pretty quickly became apparent that the management wanted vocalists, so we switched the focus. Sharón Clark and<span> </span><strong>Dick Smit</strong>h became featured artists, and then we expanded to lots of other great singers, including<span> </span><strong>Felicia Carter</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Paige Wroble</strong><span> </span>and more. Then, when I moved the program to the Mandarin Oriental, singers were really the draw, and that’s when I started working with Lena Seikaly, Sara Jones,<span> </span><strong>Alison Crockett</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Julian Hipkins</strong><span> </span>and others. We also had a guest artist program where I got to bring in people like Thim<strong>Nicki Parrott, Alan Harris, Denise</strong><span> <strong>Thim</strong></span><strong>es, Denise King, Becky Kilgore, Byron</strong><span> </span><strong>Stripling, Annie Sellick</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Deborah Brown</strong>. I was really lucky to get that opportunity.</p>
<p><strong>How has your Blue House series of streaming performances evolved thus far?</strong></p>
<p>Well, like everyone, we were really flying blind in the beginning. We had no idea whether people would tune in, and whether they would support it financially. After the first show in March, we realized there was a need for this kind of thing. But then, of course, lots of other streaming music started happening, so there’s a lot more competition. But, knock on wood, we seem to have developed something that people like and that, I hope, they’ll continue to support.</p>
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<p class="endmarkEnabled">In addition, The Louis Armstrong Emergency Fund for Jazz Musicians, announced by the organization’s board of directors last week, will award each recipient a one-time grant of $1,000.</p>
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<p class="endmarkEnabled">Wynton Marsalis, the foundation’s president and artistic director of jazz at Lincoln Center, said that closing jazz venues had left many musicians with no steady income.</p>
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<p class="endmarkEnabled">“The entire jazz ecosystem has been shut down, and the jazz community is devastated,” Marsalis said. “To mitigate some of the loss, this fund will award an unprecedented $1,000,000 to assist qualifying musicians in need.”</p>
<p class="endmarkEnabled">The organization was founded in 1969 by Louis and Lucille Armstrong to support jazz musicians, performances and educational programming. Armstrong, known as “Pops,” was a trumpeter, composer and musician whose prolific career spanned five decades. He died in 1971 at the age of 69.</p>
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<p class="endmarkEnabled">Musicians can apply for the fund until Monday evening,<span> </span><a href="https://louisarmstrongfoundation.org/musicians-emergency-fund/">the foundation’s website</a><span> </span>said.</p>
<p class="endmarkEnabled">“This is a very large fund for an institution of our size,” said Marsalis. “But we are doing what we know ‘Pops’ would do.”</p>
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<p></p>R.I.P. Bootsie Barnes * Saxophonist * Philadelphia Jazz Legendtag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2020-04-23:2645717:BlogPost:1758052020-04-23T05:00:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;">R.I.P. Bootsie Barnes, Philadelphia treasure. (Covid-19)<br/> #StayHome</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">“Bootsie” began his musical career at age 6 on piano switching to drums at 10. His grandmother gave him a saxophone at age 19 and he knew he had found his niche. In school, classmates included drummers, Lex Humphries, Bill Cosby, Al “Tootie” Heath; bassist “Spanky” DeBrest, trumpeter Lee Morgan, and a host of Philadelphia giants who went on to help shape the maturing sound of jazz music. Those who had the biggest influence on him were his father, who played trumpet with Bill Doggett’s 16 piece big band, and his cousin Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist and star clarinetist of Duke Ellington’s band for 26 years.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">In the 60’s and early 70’s After an extended Engagement in St.Croix U.S Virgin Islands, (72'-73') Bootsie played the renowned “Chitterling Circuit” which included clubs such as South Jersey’s Crossing Inn, Dreamland, Cotton Club, Loretta's High Hat, Pearl's Celebrity Room, ... Also Atlantic City's Famous "Club Harlem", Reggie Edgehill's, and The Wonder Gardens! ..</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Few of the legendary Philly Nite Clubs He performed were:... The Aqua Lounge, Just Jazz, Kings Rook, Red Carpet, Intowner, The Blue Note, Nite Cap, Dawn Bar, C & J Lounge (Pitt's) The Showboat, Sahara, Chester's, and Pep’s Bar. He Worked with the "Big Bands" of Sam Reed.. (Uptown Theatre Band,) Johnny Lynch's Club Harlem Band in, Atlantic City (67'-69') Bennie Lyons, Also Rollie McGill, Chico Booth, Andy Aaron & the Mean Machine, King James & Lloyd Price's Big Band,(under the direction of the great Trumpeter, Kenny Dorham.) and Al Grey's "COUNT BASIE ALLSTARS" Little Big Band (Featuring Shirley Scott, John Duke, & Bobby Durham.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A significant accomplishment for Bootsie was being elected the Youngest ever Assistant Secretary of Philadelphia’s only Black Local #274 American Federation of Musician’s where he served from 1969-1971. This organization was a forerunner of today's Clef Club of the Performing Arts which was founded by the Late Former President of Local #274, JIMMY ADAMS.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Bootsie, TOURED With the Great Drummers 'Philly Joe Jones' & Mickey Roker. He Also Performed and or Recorded with literally ALL THE GREAT ORGANIST like...Richard "Rick" Waters, Herb Nix, Baby Joe Johnson, Larry Labes, Bill Walker, Bill Doggett, Milt Buckner, Shirley Scott, Don Patterson, Groove Holmes, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Charles Earland, Trudy Pitts, Poppa John and Joey DeFrancesco & Last but Not least The "BOSS" ...JIMMY SMITH!!!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">He sill currently leads his own ORGAN TRIO'S & QUARTETS, FEATURING YOUNG TALENTED 'ORGAN STARS ON THE RISE', Kyle Koehler, Lucas Brown Or Dan Kostelnik. In the late 1980’s, Bootsie toured as the OPENING ACT with his childhood friend and classmate BILL COSBY, and made guest appearances on “The Bill Cosby Show,” (playing himself) as well as many other television appearances.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">In 2003 once again he toured with COSBY, playing the PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL and the NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL! OTHER JAZZ FESTIVAL'S INCLUDE: JAZZ IN THE WOOD, THE ATLANTIC CITY JAZZ FEST, CAPE MAY JAZZ FEST, WILLINGBORO JAZZ FEST, KAHUNAVILLE JAZZ FEST, CAMDEN COUNTY, CLIFFORD BROWN FEST, MONTREAL FEST, PORTUGAL FEST, BUFFALO JUNTEENTH FEST, KANSAS CITY JAZZ FEST, TONY WILLIAMS & THE WEST OAK LANE FESTIVALS, THE EAST COAST JAZZ FEST, THE VAIL COLORADO LABOR DAY FEST, & THE DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL, TO NAME A FEW.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">HE HAS WON MANY AWARDS, such as the Marjorie Dockery Volunteer Award from the Urban League Guild of Philadelphia and New York’s GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT AWARD, THE CAMDEN COUNTY LIVING LEGEND AWARD and his CD'S were often listed within the Top Ten Jazz Picks.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Today, “Bootsie” Barnes is known as “the man with the ‘Tenor Touch’ because of his dynamic style on the TENOR SAX. His smooth and distinct sound is easily recognizable whether softly caressing a ballad, or swinging hard, during live performances or on CD.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">JazzTimes magazine sums up his solos thusly: “…plays tenor saxophone with self-assured flair and gorgeous depth…” and “…plays in a classic style reminiscent of Gene Ammons and Hank Mobley…”. Bootsie can be heard as a sideman on many, many recordings, (see his discography) he has released one vinyl album and three CD’s as a leader; “Been Here All Along”, “You Leave Me Breathless” “Hello” and "Boppin' Round the Center" ..</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jazzin Around with friend, mentor, hipster, old school hustler, producer, promoter and innovator Jim Harrison, Founder of Jazz Spotlite News and the first person to take me under his wings when I moved to New York in 1979. We met when I joined the Barry Harris Jazz Choir. At the time I had begun honing my craft, making a living while singing on the streets of NY with George Braith, Billy and Mark Johnson, also with Marvin Blackman's group. We played on the corners of 48th & Broadway, 59th & Columbus Circle, 42nd St Park, Washington Square Pk, World Trade Center. Penn Station was off bounds then. There were no banners or ID cards then. We'd catch the patrons coming out of the Broadway theaters and make a killing. At times the crowds on the corners got so big the police would make us move because we also drew pickpockets, five card Marley dealers and loose joint sellers.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">When Mayor Koch was running for 're-election he put the clamps on the streets and ordered the police to impound the musicians instruments and sound systems. We were the first victims. One afternoon they took impounded George's Braith-A-Phone, Mark and Billys bass and our mouse amps, then wrote us summons. There were several other groups playing the streets as well which led the way for today's musicians to be legal. Now folks travel from all over the world to sing on the sidewalks of New York. Almost every city in America has legal street Musicians! It wasn't easy singing on the streets of NYC in those days.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">I had also just began performing with James Moody and Lou Donaldson. Things were very promising. One year later I was introduced to Pharoah Sanders by brother Leon Thomas at the Village Vanguard. A few days later I received a phone call from Pharoah asking me if I wanted to hang out on the weekend. When I got to the address it was Power Station Studio. After watching for awhile about one hour later he asked me if I wanted to sing my lyrics. In one take we recorded</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Everywhere I went all the cats looked out for me. Clifford Jordan, Barry Harris, Harold Vick, Frank Foster, Lou Donaldson, Walter Bishop, Walter Davis, Tommy Turrentine, Clearance C Sharpe, to name a few. Jim gave me my first opportunity to write about America's Classical Music "Jazz" in the Jazz Spotlite News and the inspiration to create the Washington DC Jazz Network years later. When I peeped what he was doing I wanted to be just like him. Jim was a old school hustler. In The musicians were the writers for the paper. It was very hip and historical. Everyone were telling their own stories and how things really happened.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">His wife Fannie would always be somewhere in the audience. She was a sweetheart. We spoke and hung out together weekly for several years. He always told me we have to and must control our own shit!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/vXsgA36VuT8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim was also very instrumental in Charles Tolliver's career by sending him to speak with Jackie McLean</a> for a tryout with his band because he knew Jackie needed a trumpet player. Jackie McLean showed Charles the ropes and recorded some classic albums. The rest is history....years later Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell would create, and influence the independent record movement with Strata East Records, many years before Prince hit the scene. Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell are living role models for the entire record industry. Most musicians around the world are now a independent record producers, thus proving that artists don't have to be signed to a major label to make an album. It's called controlling your own destiny! If you don't own your masters, the Masters will own you!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jim Harrison began as a promoter for Jazz Mobile at the beginning in 1964 and retired in 2004. For 40 years he led the promotional ground work long before the internet. You would always know that Jim Harrison had been passing through because his trademark flyers would be in all the Jazz venues around the city each week. No club, jazz school, concert, or festival went untouched...hahaha..</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Together we would be at concerts selling the Jazz Spotlite News for $1.00 and passing out posters and flyers keeping jazz fans updated on all coming events. Jazz Spotlite News! Jazz Spotlite News! Get your Jazz Spotlite News!!! Moments later Moody would introduce me to the stage with Freedom Jazz Dance and burst into Giant Steps. The crowd would go wild! Oh what memories..</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Jim Harrison influenced the lives of many musicians. He is a lifeblood of the Jazz community and one of the hippest promoters in the history of JAZZ in NYC! His wife Fannie was everyone's Jazz Mother. Love you always~~~George Victor Johnson Jr. <a href="http://www.washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com"></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">October 20, 2018 <br/> Ron Sutton, a beloved alto saxophonist and D.C. native, died at Washington Hospital Center on Sunday. He was 55. The cause was a heart attack, said vocalist George V. Johnson, a longtime friend and collaborator.</p>
<p>Sutton’s playing was built upon the bebop vernacular of Charlie Parker, and reflected his training in D.C.’s tradition-steeped jazz community. But his sprightly and angular phrases had their own distinctive flavor, often moving in exciting and unexpected directions, fusing the old with the new. A frequent Sutton catchphrase was, “Back to the future,” pianist Marc Cary said.Sutton’s soloing was always heartfelt and charged with energy. “He liked to lift off,” Cary said in an interview. Johnson, an area vocalist and organizer, said of Sutton: “He put his stamp on the music in this town.” He called Sutton an “unsung hero,” and “one of the finest alto players from Washington, D.C.”</p>
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</p>Randy Weston Celebration of Lifetag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2018-09-14:2645717:BlogPost:1670252018-09-14T18:47:59.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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</div>Help Save "GiGi" Gina Brooks - Radio Programmer - Emcee - Producer "STAGE 4 COLON CANCER"tag:washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com,2018-05-03:2645717:BlogPost:1643102018-05-03T16:30:00.000ZWASHINGTON DC JAZZ NETWORKhttps://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/washingtondc
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>To All Friends and Family,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A Message from Gigi <br/> My dear family and friends we are raising the last bit of money to complete my treatments for colon cancer. My oncologist stated it has become almost undetectable. However I still need your help and appreciate any amount you can spare via my GoFund Me page.<br/> Thank you and God bless you! </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Update</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">March 2019</p>
<h2 class="goal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-save-gina-gigi-brooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$6,305 of $17,000 goal</a></h2>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br/> <span>As some of you may or may not know, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in December 2017. Although the tumor was removed and the doctors said there was no more cancer, unfortunately, a few weeks ago they discovered that it spread to both lobes of my liver showing several lesions and in my pelvic area as well, and is now Stage 4. The doctor stated that unless I begin immediate treatment, </span><strong>liver</strong><strong>failure would occur in 3 months. THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE CANCER THE ONCOLOGIST STATED.</strong><br/> <br/> <span>My Oncologist wanted to place me on a new Immunotherapy drug treatment and was very optimistic about it, but after looking at the P.E.T. scans, the Board of medical doctors decided I was no longer a candidate for the treatment.</span><br/> <br/> <span>The good news is there is an Alternative medical treatment available, which has been proven effective on cancer patients, and even in those who are in late stages successfully. However, the treatments are very expensive and are not covered by insurance. My doctor is quite confident in the life saving benefits of the treatment and the eradication of the cancer as a whole. </span><br/> <br/> <span>Please help me save my life for my daughters and family, by donating whatever amount you can afford to help with the costs of medical expenses, travel, etc. Every amount helps even if it's $1!</span><br/> <br/> <span>Always with Love & Gratitude,</span><br/> <br/> <span>Gina "Gigi" Brooks</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>This morning I woke up to see all of the wonderful donations from so many of you!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>I can't tell you what it means to me to have people loving me and helping me get through this fight!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>We are now at $6,305.00</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Our goal is $17,000 I know we'll make it.</span><span><br/></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>NO GIFT IS TOO SMALL!<br/> THANKFULLY, <br/> GIGI</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ABOUT GINA "GIGI" BROOKS</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Emcee for many jazz festivals and concerts</strong></span>.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Gigi Brooks, producer, programmer and host of GG’s Steamin’ Greens formally aired for three years on NPR affiliate station, WUCF 89.9 Jazz and more in Orlando, Florida has been collecting jazz records since the age of 8 years old. Her first jazz radio show, “Gina’s Jazz”, aired on WHPK 88.5 in Chicago, at the age of 15.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Gigi is a well respected jazz aficionado. Her current series “GG’s Jazz Greats and Legends” has been noted as “The #1 Jazz Series in America and The World” which features weekly live interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicians alive today. Her featured guests have included: Dr. Benny Golson, Christian Mc Bride, Alphonse Mouzon, ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott, Jimmy Heath, Wallace Roney, Dr. Yusef Lateef, Toots Thielemans, Jimmy Cobb, Cassandra Wilson, Bennie Maupin, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Liebman, Stanley Clarke, Patrice Rushen, George Duke, Delfeayo Marsalis, Regina Carter, Bobby Watson, Marlena Shaw, Randy Brecker, Paul Carr, Carmen Lundy, Ron Carter, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Dr. Bill Cosby and more. She writes columns for JazzTimes and other publications.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>LISTEN TO GIGI'S STEAMIN GREENS INTERVIEWS</strong></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><br/> <span>Now Gigi is expanding her audience to Europe and beyond and brings four hours of GG's Steamin' Greens to the Global City Radio weekend schedule. 11 am to 3 pm EST Saturdays, repeated on Sundays and available on demand. If you like Jazz you will love GG's Steamin 'Greens. Listen to her classic interviews in the music player below.</span></div>
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<p><strong>Please support my dear friend Gigi Brooks.</strong></p>
<p><strong><span>She's one of the most talented Jazz Programmers on the Airwaves and needs our assistance asap!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Click on the link below and give what you can. No gift is too small.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>GiGi has been collecting jazz records since the age of 8 years old.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Her first jazz radio show, “Gina’s Jazz”, aired on WHPK 88.5 in Chicago, at the age of 15.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>She's dedicated her life to the music and needs our help immediately!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Every little bit helps - large or small.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Please give today! Thank you!</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>I love GIGI!</span></strong></p>
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<div>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens</div>
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<div><div><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="ecx"><span>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens<br/></span></font></strong></em></span></div>
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<div><strong>"I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens"</strong></div>
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<div><span><strong><span class="font-size-5"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jimmyheath.com/" rel="nofollow noopener"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="ecx">Jimmy Heath</font></a></span></strong></span></div>
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<div>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens</div>
<div>Chic Corea</div>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2382664730?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2382664730?profile=original" class="align-center"/></a>I love Listening to GG's Steamin Greens~~~<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jimmyscottofficialwebsite.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Little Jimmy Scott</a></p>
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<p><span>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens<br/></span></p>
<p><span>Ravi Coltrane</span></p>
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<p><span>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens~~~Christian McBride</span></p>
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<p>I Love listening to GG's Steamin Greens~~~Alphonse Mouzon</p>
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<div><div><p><span><span class="font-size-2">We love listening to GG's Steamin' Greens </span>mmmm..mmm...mmm Good!</span></p>
<p><span><b><a href="http://www.bennygolson.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DR. BENNY GOLSON</a></b></span></p>
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<p><span><b>NEA Jazz Master on the Artistry of George V Johnson Jr</b></span></p>
<p><b>Click Below Youtube Interview</b></p>
<p><span><b><a href="https://youtu.be/JWKkL4RgE_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen to interview</a>:<br/> <br/></b></span></p>
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<p><span><b>I love listening to GG's Steamin Greens</b></span></p>
<p><span><b>Buster Williams</b></span></p>
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<p><span><b>I love listening to GG's Steaming Greens</b></span></p>
<p><span><b>Dave Holland</b></span></p>
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<p>We love listening to GG's Steamin Greens</p>
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<p><b><span><font>Outstanding! What a wonderful interview, </font></span></b></p>
<p><b><span><font>ought to be manditory listening for the entire planet.</font></span></b></p>
<p><b><span><font>Lets at least say that it was amazingly informative~~~</font></span></b><a href="http://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/IanDylan?xg_source=activity">Ian Dylan</a></p>
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<p><span>Great interview with Benny Golson on Dec. 18.</span></p>
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<p>Hi Gigi, I am listening with great interest to your Legends interviews.<br/> <br/> If I may.<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_2" class="yshortcuts">Jimmy Heath</span><span> </span>was speaking like a statesman. His description of his relationship with his friends in Philly and San Fran was very telling. Particularly the way he talked about how the comaraderie of musicians collaborated for the sake of music and music only. The reed men loved to walk around with their mouthpieces only all day, just to see how they could develop a tone uniquie to themselves. I ran with a number of them in my San Fran days.<br/> <br/> Mr. Heath was right, i don't see that anymore. Just like the jam session this most important component of jazz has eroded. Biting but true. Jimmy touched upon our relationship with the arts and government. He is so right. I was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinal once. I made simliar remarks about the Florida scene. The late great legend, Panama Francis read it and invited me over to his house with he and his wife to discuss this. We who have the fire in the belly recognize each other. This is for all of the American art forms. I just had discussions over the holidays in NY with<br/> family and friends about how<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_3" class="yshortcuts">Aaron Copland</span><span> </span>tried to correct this at the Yaddo in Saratoga Springs NY, My hometown! He invited all of the major American artists to retreat at the Yaddo, Stipend free. It was a 20 year endeavor that spawned our existing art progams in the greater US today.<br/> <br/> Here for the first time Afro-American artists enjoyed the blessings of an environment that allowed the development of art for art's sake. I mean 18 pulizer prize winners. People like<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_4" class="yshortcuts">Paul Robeson</span>.<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_5" class="yshortcuts">Booker T. Washington</span>, A Phillip Randolph, (one of my mentors) Marget Walker,<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_6" class="yshortcuts">Langston Hughes</span>, our jazz and classical greats in all the artist disiplines. Last month I uncovered these records and told the story to the astonishment of my community. This was a secret program. <span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_7" class="yshortcuts">J Edgar Hoover</span><span> </span>tried to shut it down. They did not want this information to suface. But it's here now. Anyway, Jimmy Heath touched that nerve. Why can't we do that in the open<br/> here like they do in Europe and elsewhere.<br/> <br/> Well, after you read that mesmeriizing poem my eyes welled up. A pause,. I waited to see how Mr. Heath handled it. He did so graciously. But when you played a song dedicated to Percy, there was not a dry eye in the house. </p>
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<p>Well done Ms Gigi. I have listened to Benny Golsen. We had a day together in NY. By ourselves. The same with<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_8" class="yshortcuts">Billy Taylor</span>. Cobi Narita of the New York Jazz Coalition had a program similar to Steamin Greens. Each week Cobi invited a guest to speak at an organized event, similar to what Christan McBride is doing with his Harlem Museum discussions too. I was the only one that showed up during<br/> their visits. I learned of their greatness then and there. I was the scibe for the coalition so I got to be privy to a lot. "<span> </span><span id="lw_1296949461_9" class="yshortcuts">I Remember Clifford</span>" The great bassist Reggie Workmen had me learn it as a bass bowing lession in Brooklyn. When Christian started talking about Billy Taylor I got teary eyed again. You're shows are so emotional to me.<br/> Little Jimmy Scott loved him some Paul Robeson. You asked him twice to make sure. Suprising that a man with a contra-alto voice deems his role model a deep bass. But Jimmy explained it well, it's the way he told the story and of course he was the ultimate statesmen for the American arts. </p>
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<p>To quote Mr. Golsen. "GIgi, you are famous!" I don't know what gives me the authority to say this Gina, but, I'M PROUD OF YOU! I look forward to your year in broadcasting. </p>
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<p>Thanks,<br/> your friend, Bill</p>
<p>William Lee Jones</p>
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