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6OLUME s )SSUE .OVEMBER Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. Duke Ellington in undated publicity photo. Courtesy of CTSImages. NJPAC Celebrates Ellington Bandleader Vince Giordano will expand his popular Nighthawks big band to 17 pieces to perform classic music by Duke Ellington as part of this month’s NJPAC James Moody Jazz Festival. The special Saturday afternoon event on November 9 celebrating the music and life of the great Ellington includes a panel discussion led by Wall Street Journal arts critic Terry Teachout, author of the new biography Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, and the screening of rare film footage of the iconic composer/pianist. Story on page 26. New JerseyJazzSociety IN THIS ISSUE .%7 *%23%9 *!:: 3/#)%49 Prez Sez. 2 Bulletin Board ...................... 2 NJJS Calendar ...................... 3 Jazz Trivia ......................... 4 CD Winner ......................... 4 Holiday Special $5 off Event Tickets. 4 Prez Sez Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/NJJS Info . 6 September Jazz Social: Hashim . 46 By Mike Katz President, NJJS Crow’s Nest. 48 New Patron Level Benefits . 49 ovember has rolled unlike larger philanthropies (music programming, finance, Change of Address/Support NJJS/ Volunteer/Join NJJS. 49 Naround, which means that there is no requirement for a marketing, education, etc.) in New/Renewed Members . 52 next month will be the New large donation (although it which they feel they can make a NJJS/Pee Wee T-shirts . 53 Jersey Jazz Society’s Annual certainly would be welcome). contribution to the Society. 34/2)%3 Meeting, to take place as usual The flip side of that is that the Such letters can be e-mailed to NJPAC Celebrates Ellington. cover at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, on Society has no paid staff and me at [email protected] or to Elliott Big Band in the Sky . 8 22nd Princeton Jazzfeast . 10 Sunday, December 8 at 2:00 pm. thus we are a “working Board,” Tyson, nominating committee Talking Jazz: Maria Schneider . 12 The business portion of the meaning that all Board chair, at [email protected], or Dan’s Den ........................ 18 meeting is devoted to reports by members are expected to mailed to me at NJJS c/o Mike Noteworthy ....................... 22 the president and treasurer on Katz, 382 Springfield Ave., Suite NJPAC Moody Jazz Festival . 24 contribute some amount of Giacomo Gates November 17 Social . 24 the state of the Society and its their time and services to carry 217, Summit, NJ 07901, and Tony Graves at WBGO Gallery . 24 activities during the year about out the business of the should be received at least Vince Giordano/Ellington NJPAC . 26 to end, followed by an election 2 weeks before the annual Dick Oliver & His Orchestra . 28 organization. Our Board by the members present of members come from a wide meeting. Elliott and I will be 2%6)%73 nominees for the Board of glad to speak to anyone Other Views. 34 variety of backgrounds, Marlene VerPlanck at Trumpets . 41 Directors. Directors serve a including an attorney, interested in serving on the Book: Rosemary Clooney . 42 3-year term. The Board meets accountant, human resources Board. Caught in the Act . 44 monthly except in August, at director, actuary, information The Annual Meeting also has an the Morristown Best Western %6%.43 systems manager, etc. They all entertainment component, ’Round Jersey: Morris, Ocean . 50 Hotel, which provides us with share a common interest in jazz, which consists of two sets of Institute of Jazz Studies/ meeting space through the Jazz from Archives . 53 some are musicians and some music surrounding the business generosity of Boyle Hotels, the Somewhere There’s Music . 54 are not, and have varying session. This year’s musical The Name Dropper . 55 company that manages the degrees of knowledge of the guest is singer Sarah Partridge, hotel. Bill Boyle is a longtime !$6%24)3%23 music. We are actively searching who has appeared at Jazzfest WBGO ............................ 5 jazz fan and Boyle Hotels is a for new people to serve on the several times as well as being a Shanghai Jazz ...................... 7 corporate member of NJJS. William Paterson University . 9 Board, and anyone who is regular at Shanghai Jazz. I hope New Jersey City University . 13 The Board currently consists of interested in being considered many of you will join us, both Glenn Franke Big Band . 17 21 members. To serve on the should submit a brief letter of to be educated about the Society NJPAC Moody Jazz Festival . 19 Axelrod Performing Arts Center . 21 Board one has to be a member interest describing their and for some fine Ocean County College . 23 of NJJS in good standing, but background and the areas entertainment! The Jazz Cruise .................... 25 Chicken Fat Ball . 27 Unitarian Church in Summit . 29 Sheffield Lab ...................... 31 Stay tuned to www.njjs.org for updates and details. Arbors Records .................... 35 Sandy Sasso ...................... 36 Cadence Magazine . 37 Marlene VerPlanck . 38 NJJS Bulletin Board Jim Eigo Jazz Promo . 39 Rosalind Grant ..................... 39 -EMBER $ISCOUNT Claim your member privilege! Get free admission Full Count Big Band . 40 to NJJS socials, discounts to music events, discounts from partners! John Bianculli/Italian Bistro . 43 Shelly Productions . 45 .**3 -EMBERS $ISCOUNTS Hibiscus offers NJJS members a discount of 10% off their check. RVCC ............................ 47 The Berrie Center at Ramapo College offers NJJS members 5% off event tickets. Diane Perry ....................... 48 CTS Images ....................... 49 &2%% &ILM 3ERIES…Now on THURSDAY nights at 7 PM at Library of the Chathams. See calendar page 3 PA Jazz Society .................... 51 for details. Best of all? Free, free, free…invite your friends. LauRio Jazz ....................... 52 &2%% *AZZ 3OCIALS…ongoing. Join us for music and mingling. Free for members, $10 non-members WBGO Photo Blog . 52 (applicable to membership) with just a $10 venue minimum. Watch calendar page 3 for upcoming dates and details. Princeton Record Exchange . 56 Beyond the schmooze, there are some serious musical prizes raffled off at our socials!! 2 __________________________________ November 2013 New JerseyJazzSociety 4ELL THEM YOU SAW IT New Jersey Jazz Society membership makes a great gift! Plus, if you are already a member, in Jersey Jazz! a gift membership costs just $20! See page 49 for details! We are also looking for volunteers small measure due to the beautiful weather the sound quality leaves something to be interested in assisting in the areas that day as well as the music and food that desired, the performances are first rate. mentioned above without becoming Board were in store. The line-up assembled by Brubeck, of course, died late last year, but members. Often volunteer work is a Ed Polcer, who has been the musical Tony is still going strong at the age of 87, stepping stone to future Board membership. director for Jazzfeast since NJJS Co-founder and may well be the last of the great Anyone who feels he or she may have Jack Stine stepped down a couple of years entertainers I grew up with who is still alive, something to contribute as a volunteer ago, included a band consisting of Jazz let alone working. Indeed, it is arguable that should contact us at the same addresses Studies students at Princeton University, Mr. Bennett’s singing has never been better. mentioned above. and Alan Dale’s group, which has appeared An added bonus for those like me who at Jazzfeast for as long as I can remember, grew up in the metropolitan New York area Q Recently, several members have informed followed by bands headed up by NJJS during the ’50s and ’60s is that the emcee us that they continued to receive renewal favorites Mark Shane, Bucky Pizzarelli and heard on the recording was William B. notices after they had renewed their Bria Skonberg, all of whom turned in Williams, a/k/a Guillermo B. Guillermos, memberships, or that after having renewed, terrific performances enjoyed by all. for many years host of the Make Believe they did not receive new membership Ballroom on WNEW-AM, then the radio Q About two years ago tapes were cards. Since as mentioned above, we are home of big bands and standards (now discovered in a record company’s vault of all volunteers, sometimes there are delays in Bloomberg News). For those of you who a series of nightclub engagements of Ella updating membership and payment records. wax nostalgic about the station, there is an Fitzgerald, which were re-mastered and I want everyone to know that we are aware excellent website, www.wnew1130.com, released as 12 Nights in Hollywood, to much of the problem and are working to improve devoted to its history, that you will acclaim. This year, a similar discovery was the timeliness of recording payments in our enjoy visiting. JJ made, of tape of a concert given by Tony membership database and mailing new Bennett and Dave Brubeck in 1962 in membership cards once payments have been Washington, D.C., to thank a group of recorded. We sincerely apologize to any summer interns who had come to work for ,IKE THIS ISSUE members who may have been the federal government in the nation’s inconvenienced. of Jersey Jazz? capital during the Kennedy administration Have it delivered right to Q On September 15, we attended the annual (this music was very popular with college Princeton Jazzfeast in Palmer Square, and students during those halcyon years). your mailbox 11 times a year. were amazed by the record crowd that came It was released as Bennett and Brubeck: The Simply join NJJS to get out for this long-running free event, in no White House Sessions, Live 1962.