tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65799974652576454192023-11-15T11:34:15.322-05:00Jazz Foundation of AmericaThe Jazz Foundation is dedicated to saving the lives of musicians who made our world richer through their music. Every day, we pay rents and mortgages, offer free medical care through our partnership with Englewood Hospital and Medical Ctr., and employ musicians to perform in schools and nursing homes throughout the country. Since Katrina, we've grown tremendously, and have served 3,500 cases in the past two years. We continue to serve each case as we always have, one musician at a time.Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-45258794189634315232008-12-12T15:15:00.001-05:002008-12-12T15:15:46.776-05:00Judy Collins' new album to benefit the JFA<h2 style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="articleTitle"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Judy Collins' record label is releasing a new tribute album, and </span>it features a track by a member of the JFA family, Jimmy Norman. She has generously directed album proceeds to benefit the Jazz Foundation. </b>Thank you, Judy!</font><br> </h2><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="articleTitle">New Sounds: Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins </h2> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Maria Kotovych / <a href="mailto:maria@vueweekly.com">maria@vueweekly.com</a></p> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">With her patrician bone structure and otherworldly crystalline blue eyes, Seattle-born Judy Collins should have been an unlikely ally for the struggles that defined the folk music in the early '60s, the labour and civil rights movements, but she not only applied her tremulous soprano and classical piano training to the genre revived by the likes of Woody Guthrie, she also displayed her gifts for lyrical eloquence and arrangements that bathed her messages in a quiet ecstasy of hope. </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At 69, Collins is still an active performer, but she's lent her songs and her Wildflower record label to a tribute album in support of the Jazz Foundation of America, an organization that fits in with the compassionate motif that has underscored her entire career, helping out aging and broke jazz and blues musicians. </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Born to the Breed slants towards the traditionalists, with many of Collins' best-known and loved songs given over to capable, if occasionally dull, homage by 15 emerging and established artists. </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Only one is even remotely far-out in its interpretation—a seven-minute overwrought odyssey inexplicably contributed by the singer of '90s rockers Puressence. Perhaps if the rest of the record had more peaks and valleys, it wouldn't seem as jarring, but with the balance of the artists faithful to Collins' more gentile renderings, it stands out, for the worse.</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The remainder of the artists represents a range of voices, eras and practices: Rufus Wainwright turns "Albatross" into a lovely Kate Bush-ish ethereal construction of swirling piano; Collins' contemporary Joan Baez tackles "Since You've Asked," lending what should be a love song an almost prickly contrarianism; and Leonard Cohen addresses the same song with only his voice, stripped down to nothing and delivering it as poetry rather than song. </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Iranian emerging folkie Ali Eskandarian, Pretenders' firecracker Chrissie Hynde, veteran songwriter Shawn Colvin and achy-voiced bluegrass workhorse Jim Lauderale all offer impeccable and distinct interpretations, while the irrepressibly awesome Dolly Parton sounds like she's having the time of her life on "Fisherman's Song."</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The absolute standout, though, is Jimmy Webb's elegiac rendition of "Fallow Way"—surely one of Collins' most beautiful songs, as close to a hymn as a secular work can be. In a gorgeously drawn analogy to winter, Collins talks of "learning to love the fallow way"—waiting for a spring of change and healing with a Zen certainty of its arrival and a careful ear to its lessons. It's the ideal song for this oeuvre, at once elucidating the intimate and personal heartaches but just as useful and powerful in a social justice context. Webb, an acclaimed songwriter and one of those musicians' musician-types, has remade it in that same spirit, buoyed by his worshipful singing swaddled in gently swelling piano. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">V</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Various artists</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins </span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (Wildflower) </span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-54746511716240123502008-10-01T18:02:00.001-04:002008-10-01T18:02:15.996-04:00NOLA Second Line<div dir="ltr"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/11-BEi848nI&hl=en&fs=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/11-BEi848nI&hl=en&fs=1</a>"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/11-BEi848nI&hl=en&fs=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/11-BEi848nI&hl=en&fs=1</a>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>Amy Merrill<br>Associate Director<br>Jazz Foundation of America<br>(p) 212.245.3999 x29<br>(f) 212.245.3994<br><br>This electronic message is confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or reproduction of this transmission is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please help us - notify us by electronic mail and please delete the message from your system. Thank you for your assistance.<br> <br> </div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-74829507937156547272008-09-30T12:25:00.001-04:002008-09-30T12:25:44.428-04:00Short Update from New Orleans<div dir="ltr"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="3" color="#804000" face="Gill Sans MT"> <div>Hello Good People:</div> <div> </div> <div>This will be short and sweet (well, "short" for me), because you and I are all exhausted from the daily wear and tear of the events each day, between Wall Street, the economy and the election, it has been rough for so many. Just want you to know that our thoughts go out to each of you in these strange and fearful times, but remember that somehow, and you never think it will when you are in crisis, but Life always has a way of working out.</div> <div> </div> <div>Our trip to new Orleans was amazing. We only expected 50 musicians to show up and had nearly 100 of the greatest most beloved folks around. </div> <div> </div> <div>They all said it was the first time since Katrina that anyone or any group ever invited them all together and then asked them what kind of help they needed! </div> <div> </div> <div>It was beyond moving to see musicians ranging in age from 30 to 97 stand up and say what they had been going through and how Bourbon Street is barely giving jazz musicians the gigs. Nearly all the clubs we passed that night had rap, R & B, or bad Rock n Roll cover bands. The main thing we learned is that there really are hardly any clubs anymore where they can make enough money to support themselves and actually, to even be "allowed" to play jazz and blues! It was shocking. </div> <div> </div> <div>We were all shocked by the eye opening stories they heard and then the tour we gave them to the various houses and the great else musicians, one who at the age of 77, had to drag his boat without gasoline in it, by the rope and anchor through the street he lived on with the water up to his chest and went around saving all his elderly neighbors and one child who was in an attic with water up to his neck! It was an amazing story. He also said if it wasn't for our donors, he never would be able to still play his trumpet because he could no longer do those four-hour gigs--the one-hour school gigs were keeping his soul alive. Our entire staff came down and the musicians got to meet some of the folks they've been speaking to all this time for the first time. There was so much hugging and tears from men and women who never had the chance to express their gratitude in person, or who hadn't seen us for a long while. It was so touching and a bit overwhelming. </div> <div> </div> <div>All the musicians filled out solution cards and later spoke into the open mic, enlightening us in ways that will certainly help us to help them better. They said it was so therapeutic to do this that they wished we could do it each month, like an old town hall meeting for musicians. It was so important to band everyone together because that's the only way we can ever make change. </div> <div> </div> <div>Best of all, they <u>ALL</u> said that our Agnes Varis Jazz & Blues in the Schools gigs were what was keeping them able to keep their music and their hope alive.</div> <div> </div> <div>We adore you, our supporters, for changing the world and making one little corner of it more beautiful than you could ever know.</div> <div> </div> <div>Yours in Service,<br><br></div> <div>Wendy</div></font><br> </div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-13464111442696718812008-09-10T16:05:00.001-04:002008-09-10T16:05:46.985-04:00SPECIAL UPDATE ON NEW ORLEANS<div dir="ltr"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="2">September 3, 2008<br><br>Hello Good People:<br><br>Just wanted to let you know that we are getting more and more requests as the dust of Hurricane Gustav settles.We've been paying for hotels for<br> musicians and their children who had to flee and had nowhere to go,we have been giving emergency living expenses so folks could eat, (hotels have<br>no cooking facilities),we gave gas money so they could return home, and as they discover what else went wrong we will get more requests in the days<br> ahead. Many gigs and flights were canceled this week, so many musicians lost the little money they were supposed to have coming in – making it<br>impossible to pay their rent this month and many are without power and scared with other storms on the way.<br> <br>But as the NY Times headline read: "ESCAPED THREATS OF FULL SCALE DEVASTATION"<br>We were grateful.<br><br>Tonight, hundreds are lined up on roads waiting till midnight tonight to re-enter some of the Parishes. Evacuees on state-chartered buses: will be<br> brought back by the end of the week. Curfews remain in effect.<br><br>We heard from many people letting us know they were okay.We heard from single fathers with kids under the age of 8 who had no cars, and had to<br>take rides with other musicians and their families and are stuck without a way back or who are sleeping on floors of some of their out-of-town fans<br> who used to hear them on Bourbon Street and invited them to come and stay in Mississippi or Florida!<br><br>One of our favorite musicians and human beings from New Orleans had been on the road and was not allowed back into New Orleans. So we made<br> sure he was safe and flew him to NY for a gig.We were all together at this gig the night before the hurricane landed. It was an experience to be with<br>someone from New Orleans while this was going on. With all he had on his mind, he never mentioned until after it was over, that his 9 year old<br> daughter was stuck in New Orleans with his ex-wife. He was worried about her and he mentioned his dog was in the house alone. He had been on the<br>road and was not allowed back and he couldn't get thru by phone to his ex-wife!) He had not slept in over 20 hours. But not only did he play with Sweet<br> Georgia Brown, giving every breath in his body, but he played with the next band too and not once did he sit down till the entire gig was over. This is a<br>real deal old school musician. This is why we work so hard for the folks who work so hard for us – No matter what they face, they make us happy with<br> their music – and you never hear them complain. But this time, I heard fear from so many, for the very first time.<br><br>Turns out both his daughter and his puppy were fine. He left New York this morning but not without a home cooked meal from Sweet Georgia Brown<br> and the love and support from our staff thanks to each of you who keep us going.<br><br>Another beloved educator and bandleader who in Katrina, lost nearly hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of museum quality memorabilia of<br> original jazz musicians from New Orleans, recordings and writings that were irreplaceable that took him a lifetime to gather was stuck in Baton Rouge<br>where his Mom was in the nursing home. He managed to get the last reservation in the last hotel. This time around, he had all his horns with him–<br> many of which we were able to replace after the Katrina. He got the last reservation at a nearby hotel. He felt so lucky he had this hotel, (there was no<br>electricity, no air conditioning, the windows didn't open, there was no food since restaurants and stores weren't open the past few days!) He told me<br> there was nothing to eat- he had to get on lines outside at a Salvation Army truck that came thru once a day, only to be told they ran out of food both<br>days he waited! But he kept saying tome how he was so much luckier than most. He thanked us for helping to make that possible. He said the biggest<br> worry now are the hurricanes to follow, they are starting to get the folks worried about this one now.<br><br>We will be making a trip down to New Orleans at end of this month to host a big meeting for as many of the musicians as possible, to hear directly from<br> them what their biggest issues are and to discuss solutions and have them participate in their own recovery. For if you don't include the people you<br>are trying to help, you may miss something important. And as we always say,what we can't do alone,we can do together.<br> From all of us – thank you for helping to make this beautiful work possible.<br><br>It's hard to believe they need us again, now more than ever. I guess that means we need you now more than ever.<br><br>Wishing all only good news in the days ahead –<br> <br>Yours in service, <br><br>Wendy<br><br>Executive Director<br>Jazz Foundation of America</font><br> </div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-63683592924636045742008-08-19T11:56:00.001-04:002008-08-19T11:56:22.756-04:00Prostate Cancer Screening Update - Age Restriction<div dir="ltr"><p>We've just received new information regarding age range and the safety of doing a prostate screening. The US Preventative Services Task Force has determined that men age 75 and older shouldn't be screened for prostate cancer. Such screenings have been documented as leading to substantial physical harms and some psychological harms in men age 75 and older. <br> <br>If you are over age 70, please reconsider the screening. If you are over 75, you will unfortunately be unable to attend. </p></div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-9297111408433606272008-07-22T21:06:00.005-04:002008-07-23T16:15:19.366-04:00Prostate Cancer Screening in Sept.<div dir="ltr"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:navy;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:navy;" ></span></span> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" >Free Prostate <span class="nfakPe">Cancer</span> Screenings </span></span></u></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" >for uninsured jazz musicians</span></span></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" >Wednesday, September 10, 2008</span></span></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" > </span></span></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Meet at Local 802 Club Room below </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Jazz Foundation office,</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">322 West 48<sup>th</sup> St</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">, between 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th </sup>Ave. </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Lunch served at 11:30am</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bus boarding at 12 noon </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Expected return to New York by 4:30pm</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">You must RESERVE your spot for a <span class="nfakPe">screening</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Call 212.245.3999 ext 29 </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">or email <a href="mailto:amy@jazzfoundation.org" title="blocked::mailto:amy@jazzfoundation.org" target="_blank">amy@jazzfoundation.org</a></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;" >Deadline to register: 9/1/2008</span></span></i></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" >Transportation will be provided</span></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> for musicians who RSVP and reserve a seat on the bus only.</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bus will depart and return from Jazz Foundation offices </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">(322 West 48<sup>th</sup> St, between 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup>)</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Screenings will take place at Englewood Hospital & Medical </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Center in New Jersey.</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > </span></span></p></div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-16316590348184806322008-07-22T21:05:00.001-04:002008-07-22T21:05:20.345-04:00summer jam sessions<div dir="ltr">An Update:<br>the Jam Sessions will continue throughout the summer, each Monday night, from 7-10pm.<br>Hope you can join us!<br><br>Cheers,<br>JFA Staff<br></div> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-14536906721911227352008-06-03T21:18:00.002-04:002008-06-03T21:21:40.924-04:00JUNE 9th Jazz Jam Session<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JUNE 9th, 2008</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">House Rhythm Section Musicians</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Bertha Hope - host/piano</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Zeke Mullins - piano</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Billy Kaye - drums</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Bob Cunningham - bass</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">John Ore - bass</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Jam Starts at 7pm, and swings till bout 10pm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">Bring your voice/instrument. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">One of the best Jams in new york, and it's' FREE!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-72082702408615885152008-06-03T19:20:00.003-04:002008-06-03T19:22:06.276-04:00press of JFA GALA - At APOLLORecent Press From ABC NEWS<div><br /></div><div>http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4980963&page=1</div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-50257931242426446462008-06-02T16:33:00.002-04:002008-06-02T23:43:52.011-04:00Our 7th Annual - Great Night in Harlem<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our </span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">7th Annual Great Night in Harlem Benefit</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Gala was a HUGE success!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone that supported this great cause!!!!!</span></span><br /></div></span>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-41039375447199291732008-06-02T16:15:00.002-04:002008-06-02T16:18:16.314-04:00JAM SESSIONS!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Every Monday (for the exceptions of Major Holidays) the Jazz Foundation of America hosts a free jam session open to the public. It starts at 7pm, and swings till 10pm. <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">No Cover!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">No Minimum!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bring your horn/voice and sit in!!!</span></span></span><br /></span><br /></span></div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-70809456588711373512008-02-20T22:52:00.001-05:002008-02-20T22:52:38.408-05:007th Annual Great Night in Harlem announced!We're proud to announce our 7th Annual Great Night in Harlem Concert, hosted by Bill Cosby and Danny Glover. <br>May 29, 2008<br>Apollo Theater <br>253 West 125th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave.)<br><br>Bill Cosby • Danny Glover • Randy Weston<br> Frank Foster and his Loud Minority Big Band<br>Jimmy Heath • Phil Woods • James "Blood" Ulmer<br>Nnenna Freelon sings Billie Holiday • Davell Crawford<br>From Joe Cocker's Band: Gary Brown • Frank Wess<br>Cecil Bridgewater • Eric Lewis • New Orleans Blues Queen: Thais Clark<br> with Dr. Michael White's Original Liberty Brass Band<br>along with 60 legendary jazz & blues musicians...<br><br>Our past concert CD was nominated for a Grammy. This will be a night of living<br>history that will literally save the lives and homes of hundreds of great performers<br> who already spent their lives making us rich with their music.<br><br>THE EVENING'S PROGRAM<br>Gala Dinner at the Apollo Tent<br>6:00 - 7:30pm<br>An intimate private dinner for corporate sponsors, patrons and celebrities who purchase tables or dinner seats<br> <br>Concert at the Apollo Theater<br>8pm<br><br>VIP After Party<br>10pm<br>For major sponsors and patrons<br><br>Tickets:<br>DINNER AND CONCERT<br> $1500 Gala Dinner & Apollo Concert Gold Circle seating<br> and VIP After Party<br> CONCERT ONLY<br> $500 Apollo Concert Gold Circle: Orchestra seating and VIP After Party<br> $250 Apollo First Mezzanine seating<br> $100 Apollo First Mezzanine rear seating<br> $50 Apollo (Seats in the Heavens) Second mezzanine<br> Ticket Sales, contact the Jazz Foundation:<br> 212-245-3999 Ext. 28<br><br> Attire: Business or Festive<br> Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-58289024086881636822008-01-09T17:33:00.001-05:002008-06-03T00:12:12.110-04:00Cecil Payne<div class="Section1"><span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">CECIL PAYNE MEMORIAL TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 AT </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">ST.</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> PETER’S CHURCH </span></span><span><span style=" ;font-size:18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">On Sunday, January 20 at 6PM, baritone saxophonist </span><b style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Cecil Payne</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> (</span><i style=""><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Dec. 14, 1922 - Nov. 27, 2007) </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">will be honored in a jazz memorial at St. Peter’s Church, </span><st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">619 Lexington Avenue</span></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">, </span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">New York</span></st1:city></st1:address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:18;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <i style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Saint Peter’s Jazz Vespers at 5PM will precede the Memorial.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">It is the day the Church has its "Blessing of the Musicians."<br /><br /></span></span></i><b style=""><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Featuring Randy Weston, Jimmy Heath, Ronnie Cuber, Ben Riley, Benny Powell, Gil Noble, Phil Schaap, Howard Johnson’s Bear-Tones, Marcus Belgrave, Eddie Locke, Richard Wyans, Frank Wess, Leonard Gaskin, John Ore, </span></span></i></b><b><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">the Baritone Orchestra, and more.</span></span></i></b><b style=""><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Cecil Payne was one of the bebop era´s strongest baritone saxophonists.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Payne began to perform on </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">bari</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> sax in 1946 with a brief stint with Roy Eldridge´s Big Band. Payne soon joined the most progressive big band of the era, Dizzy Gillespie´s, where he made his reputation as a fluid player on a sometimes cumbersome instrument and played on the orchestra´s groundbreaking recordings, including Cubano-Be/Cubano-Bop. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Payne later freelanced in NYC with Tadd Dameron and Coleman Hawkins (´49-´52), and with Illinois Jacquet (´52-´54). Payne had remained highly active during the decades since; even though his eyesight had begun to fail him, his songful sax, flowing lines and warm tone remained fully intact well into his 80's. He was a childhood friend of Randy Weston's and they remained very close to this day. His friend Art Bailey was a major influence in his musical comeback and his life in the Greater Philadelphia area.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Payne was living in </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Philadelphia</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> by the 1990s but he toured the country with the tenorist Junior Cook before retiring.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">As his health improved, thanks to the attention and care of the Jazz Foundation, Cecil came out of seclusion and started to play again in </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> with Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Joe and John Farnsworth, John Webber and others he loved dearly.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Minoru Odamaki was very helpful as well setting up gigs in </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> and even driving him to gigs two hours away.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Now in his 80's, Cecil had the chance to play the annual </span><i style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Great Night In Harlem</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> Benefit Concert for the Jazz Foundation at the Apollo, where he was reunited with many old friends, seeing one another after all those years, like Quincy Jones, Ron Carter, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Candido, Ray Baretto, Clark Terry, Frank Wess and so many others. After this, Cecil found time to perform in the local nursing homes in the Somerdale area, entertaining elderly patients for free. The onset of cancer forced him to retire for the final time in late 2005.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The Jazz Foundation became very close to Cecil, and found other ways to make his life easier, as did his landlord Bucky Buchman, who knew and loved Cecil for over 20 years. Bucky, along with his assistant Tony Bassett and Ian Greenan, who lived close by, watched over him like he was part of the family. This past year Cecil spent in a nursing home with this extended family looking in on him several times a week. Never complaining about the pain of his cancer, never a negative word, just the same optimistic Cecil who would say, “The Sun is Up and so am I, it's a good day.”</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Last year Cecil said, "I want to go home." He said he was tired and ready. He said, "It's time to go." That morning in November, he got to do just that. </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">He passed at 6:30 AM, and he did not die alone. The sun came up that morning and Cecil rose with it. "Love and Bebop," Cecil Payne ... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:10;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">He is survived by his sister Carvil Payne, niece Nia Mathis and cousin Marcus Belgrave.</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The family has asked if you wish to make a donation, please do so in the name of the Jazz Foundation of America, so they can continue to take care of jazz and blues musicians in crisis, and help them to live again, knowing they are not forgotten. </span><a href="http://www.jazzfoundation.org/" title="http://www.jazzfoundation.org"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">www.jazzfoundation.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12;"><a href="http://www.jazzfoundation.org/" title="http://www.jazzfoundation.org"></a></span></span><span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-39791854658718964792008-01-09T17:29:00.001-05:002008-06-03T00:12:43.390-04:00Irene Reid<div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:7;"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Arial;font-size:32.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Irene Reid</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style=" font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-style: italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normalfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">September 23, 1930 – January 5, 2008</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style=" font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-style: italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normalfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normalfont-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Irene Frances Reid</span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Harlem’s First Lady</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">was born on September 23, 1930 in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Savannah</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">, </span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Georgia</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> to the late Irene and Eugene Redfield.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">She started singing in the choir at the first </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Byran</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Baptist</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Church</span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Savannah</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">, where she accepted Christ.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">In 1947, she migrated to </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">New York City</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> and entered the amateur contest at the famed Apollo Theater.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">That goddess of soul, lady of song, won the contest for five consecutive weeks.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">She met and married James Raymond Reid Sr. and they toured the </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">North</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Coast</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> together.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">From 1961-62, she toured with famed impresario Count Basie and his orchestra.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Affectionately known as the “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Vamp from Savannah</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">,” Irene was inducted into the Savannah Hall of Fame in 1994.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">She received an honorary degree from Georgia Southern University for her inclusion in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Savannah</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">’s Coastal Jazz Association Hall of Fame in 2002.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">On November 23, 1994, the singer who had also come to be known as the Queen of Soul and the Blue Diva appeared at the renowned Carnegie Hall.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">She also appeared in “The Wiz” on Broadway and shared stage billing with such music legends as Sarah Vaughn, Brooke Benton, Roy Hamilton, Carmen McCrae, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King and others.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Irene Reid leaves to cherish her memory her five children: her daughter Gwendolyn Reid, and her sons Michael Leon Redfield, James Raymond Reid, Gregory Reid and Bernard Redfield, as well as many beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren and her fans worldwide.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">She leaves us her music and wonderful memories.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">We will all miss you, Sister.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Our world will never be the same. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Funeral Services: Thursday, January 10th, 2008</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-font-weight:normalfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The Greater </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Zion</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hill</span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Baptist</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><st1:address st="on"><st1:address st="on"><st1:street st="on"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi- font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">2365 Frederick Douglass Blvd</span></span></span></st1:street></st1:address><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span> <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi- font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">New York</span></span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">NY</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><st1:postalcode st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10027</span></st1:postalcode></span></span></st1:place></st1:address><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-font-weight:normalfont-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">6:30 PM</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div>Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-30491884051752004302008-01-04T15:39:00.000-05:002008-01-04T15:40:09.068-05:00Network For GoodDonate Link added: http://www.networkforgood.org/pca/Badge.aspx?BadgeId=109002Jazz Foundation of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641286847632763122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579997465257645419.post-48920399222812614392007-12-05T18:38:00.001-05:002007-12-05T18:38:51.519-05:00Welcome!Welcome to the Jazz Foundation's new blog! 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