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~ The Inaugural Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition~ ARTSCAPE 2008 Application Deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 The Chick Webb Jazz Combo competition honors Webb’s jazz legacy and invites jazz trios, quartets and quintets to compete for bragging rights as winners of the Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Artscape from 3pm – 5pm. The First Place winner of the Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition will perform at Artscape on Sunday, July 20, 2008 and at the Baltimore Book Festival in September 2008. The winning competitors will receive a $1,000 prize. For more details and an application go to www.artscape.org and click on applications and Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition or contact Rose Greene at rgreene@promotionandarts.com or call 410/752-8632.

~ The Inaugural Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition~ ARTSCAPE 2008 Application Deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 The Chick Webb Jazz Combo competition honors Webb’s jazz legacy and invites jazz trios, quartets and quintets to compete for bragging rights as winners of the Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Artscape from 3pm – 5pm. The First Place winner of the Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition will perform at Artscape on Sunday, July 20, 2008 and at the Baltimore Book Festival in September 2008. The winning competitors will receive a $1,000 prize. For more details and an application go to www.artscape.org and click on applications and Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition or contact Rose Greene at rgreene@promotionandarts.com or call 410/752-8632.

THE GLOBAL JAZZ NETWORK is a creative dialogue to encourage partnerships to flourish between Jazz artists and producers, agents, managers, composers, arrangers,journalist, attorneys, managers, photographers, agents, musicologist and Jazz professionals across the board on an international basis to support the identity & diversity of jazz & to broaden the awareness of Jazz as an artistic, cultural & educational force. THE GLOBAL JAZZ NETWORK is informational and supports independent artist. There are forums and blogs, videos, rss feeds to international radio networks, the BBC, Japan Radio, NPR´s Piano Jazz with Mariane McPartland. Join in and create discussions in the various groups for musicians, educators, Keeping JAZZ Live! Tamm E Hunt founder/creator/administrator

THE GLOBAL JAZZ NETWORK is a creative dialogue to encourage partnerships to flourish between Jazz artists and producers, agents, managers, composers, arrangers,journalist, attorneys, managers, photographers, agents, musicologist and Jazz professionals across the board on an international basis to support the identity & diversity of jazz & to broaden the awareness of Jazz as an artistic, cultural & educational force. THE GLOBAL JAZZ NETWORK is informational and supports independent artist. There are forums and blogs, videos, rss feeds to international radio networks, the BBC, Japan Radio, NPR´s Piano Jazz with Mariane McPartland. Join in and create discussions in the various groups for musicians, educators, Keeping JAZZ Live! Tamm E Hunt founder/creator/administrator

Pipes of Peace, a independent documentary of the worlds first jazz bagpipe player, Philadelphia musician, Rufus Harley. Pipes of Peace is a multifaceted intimate portrait of Harley´s music, spirit and philosophy... a man who ignores conventional musical genres. The film will explore his philosophy, struggle, success and his influential jazz bagpipe playing in his community, the nation and throughout the world. Rufus often handed out miniatures of the Liberty Bell and copies of the U.S. Constitution during his tours abroad. Harley´s message of sustaining peace to all cultures is as relevant today as his message was in the 60´s, 70´s and 801´s. Although the bagpipes are primarily known as a musical instrument, in the hands of Rufus Harley, they also became an instrument to ´sustain´ all cultures. Pipes of Peace interweaves a rare intimate interview with Rufus Harley in his home along with insights and memories from family members, friends and many great musicians. In the history of the jazz landscape, you will find eccentric geniuses who create music to a different drum... and Rufus Harley was such an individual. Interviews and commentary by: Kenneth Gamble (T.S.O.P.), Laurie Anderson (recording/performance artist), Stephen Caldwell (The Orlons), Joel Dorn (Grammy Award producer), Odean Pope, Byard Lancaster, Tommy Conwell, Stewkey (of NAZZ), Charlie Gracie, David Ivory (Grammy nominated engineer), Dee Dee Sharp, Harley´s son Messiah Harley & daughter Noah-Harmony and cameo apperances from Pat Martino (Grammy nominated jazz guitarist) and Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell. Pipes of Peace world premiere will take place Thursday, September 27, 2007 @ the Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival, in North Wildwood, NJ. Phone contact: 609-SAY-WILD http://www.wildwoodbytheseafilmfest.com Pipes of Peace movie website: http://www.pipesofpeacemovie.com

Jan, you should cooperate with the Jazzinstitue in Germany. They publish a great Newsletter with every Club in Europe. The printed version is only 18 Euros and the online version is fo free at www.jazzinstitut.de. They also give American and Candadian musicians a very accureate idea, which club is playing what kind of genre of music.

I´m a sculptor, I´ve created a Miles Davis piece, entitled "Kind of Blue" in the bronze medium. This particular piece would be perfect to use as a jazz award. It´s size, shape and presentation is ideal for this purpose. I´m currently seeking information in order to begin the process of making this dream a reality. I would appreciate any assistance or information you could provide in this area. Thank you, Omar

President , George W. Bush (PGWB) a Rap artist? With the Internet swarming with PGWB parodies, it was time to exercise the First U.S. Amendment, “Freedom of Speech” utilizing clearer communication about war, profits and the environmental impact. Writer-Producer- Musician-Environmentalist, Jon Hartmann has released “George Bush Sings” in a rap-funk- groove download on http://cdbaby.com/cd/jonhartmann4 , featuring tracks, “Don’t Believe Me,” “Let Us Bomb,” “StayThe Course,” “My Heart Breaks,” and “Start A Business” which talks about America’s addiction to oil. Other new tracks will be added to the site for download as they are produced. ”George Bush Sings is an audio outing for those of us who happen to notice that the emperor´s suit hides nothing. It was my thinking that if the Office of the President had truly become a theatre of the absurd, where words had no meaning, then it was time to arrange the order of the President´s words so that they may better reflect the truth” states Hartmann. “This country has always had difficulty escaping the influence of big oil. The way we built our cities and the reasons we went to war were most often at the request and benefit of the folks at the petroleum concerns. Many of the decisions made by government were in the best interest of the oil stockholders but may have been disastrous for the well-being of the planet. At a time when government must take the initiative to fundamentally change our energy and environmental policy, we have a president whose background in the oil business suggests that he may not have been suited to the task of leading the nation away from it´s addiction to oil. This president stated that he was a uniter, not a divider, and yet he has done more than any Amercan president to polarize and disrupt the social fabric of the United States. Start A Business is Bush’s version of “let them eat cake,” Hartmann explains.

Attend the hottest straight-ahead Jazz Festival in the Rocky Mountains. On February 23-23, 2007, come see and hear Kevin Mahogany, Joe Locke, Mike Longo and six other amazing acts at the 1770 Sherman Street Events Complex in Downtown Denver. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Denver, KUVO, Westword, Coors, Frontier and more, all proceeds benefit Griffith Centers for Children - statewide treatment centers for abused and neglected children. For tickets and lineup, visit www.jazzfestdenver.com or call 303-837-1129.

We´re an Indie friendly radio station! Feel free to tell your readers to send us CDs. If they´re not sure their music may be right for us then they may need to do a bit of homework and listen to our station (it´s free!!!!!) at: www.M3Radio.com (and why not sign the guest book when you drop by?). Attn: Tony-O/Music Dir. http://www.M3Radio.com M3Radio@aol.com

Radio hosts are like cultural architects and the ultimate sensei of jazz education. Auudiences will always benefit from listening and learning from "The Jazz Legends Show" with Ramsey Lewis or the Marian McPartland show and others. But the best teacher is personal experience. When people support local musicians, several goals are achieved but two are of paramount sigmificance. Supporting local musicians insures that jazz thrives in your community. Equally important is reason two: participation as an audience member of any jazz is an excellent means of attaining a jazz education, a sense of jazz. It addresses logistics, i.e. when and how jazz musicians speak. Rather than to be told by some musical elitists what is and isn´t jazz, you develop your own sense of jazz philosophy, namely how much the umbrella of jazz encompasses, from Traditional Jazz, to Big Band, Swing, Cool, Funk, Smooth Jazz and where the boundaries blur on those extremes. This leads me to the ultimate question that I have for radio hosts. I understand that all hosts want to be the radio personality to host shows that feature big names, national to internation. But as educators, why are there not more shows that feature local musicians. What local musicians go through to practice their art. What the gigging world is like on the local level, which is completely different than working on an internation scale. Radio hosts should take this responsibility very seriously for they are fundamental as keepers of this education.

We´re an Indie friendly radio station! Feel free to tell your readers to send us CDs. If they´re not sure their music may be right for us then they may need to do a bit of homework and listen to our station (it´s free!!!!!) at: www.M3Radio.com (and why not sign the guest book when you drop by?). Attn: Tony-O/Music Dir. http://www.M3Radio.com M3Radio@aol.com

always interested in international relationships and music as an universal language... my website - jazz on the worldwide web (jazzinternet.com) - pointed to that interest... but due to time constrants it has not been updated in a long time... however, I do try and keep up with 2 weekly websites on both blues (jazzinternet.com/lasvegasblues) and jazz jazzinternet.com/vegasjazz)... glad to hear that things are improving at IJF... good luck.

camden n j

Smooth contralto vocals, accompanied by a versatile quartet
(Keys, Bass, Drums, Percussion) paying tribute to the legends of
jazz and soul with standards and r&b classics as well as
rendering hot original material with lush grooves and
inspirational lyrics. Roz Gonsalves is a veteran of musical theatre
with 20 plus years training and experience as a backing and
session vocalist. She has aquired a loyal following in Europe as
well as the U.S. with her dance records " A Little More Love"
and "Bad For Me" which remain on DJ playlists and house mix
compilations to date. A Graduate of Howard University, She has
worked with artists such as Yolanda Adams

More and more bands and artists from around the world are
wanting to perform at the festival. They are very choosy in
whom to select and are looking for performers who are friendly
and easy to work with. It is also important that acts have
good name recognition, a substantial audience draw.
They
can t hire performers without knowing what they sound like. If
you want to be considered for a gig they ll have to get a
recording of your music
and some promotional material.
The best procedure is to send an email with description of your
performance and
invitation to visit your site. There should
also be a promise that promotional package with CD will be send

Does anyone know what happened to the International Jazz Federation? It was pretty active organization in 1970s. Any idea? Wilma

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