Volume 40 • Issue 7 July/August 2012 Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. Jazzfest 2012 Brings it All Together Jersey Jazz coverage begins on page 30. Eddie Monteiro shared his musical universe, playing and singing at New Jersey Jazz Society’s 2012 Jazzfest at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown. Photo by Lynn Redmile. New JerseyJazzSociety in this issue: NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY Prez Sez . 2 Bulletin Board . 2 NJJS Calendar . 3 Chickie Announces Winner. 4 Jazz Trivia . 4 Prez Sez New Patron Level Benefits . 4 Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/NJJS Info . 6 By Frank Mulvaney President, NJJS May Jazz Social: Dave Bennett . 52 Crow’s Nest . 54 New/Renewed Members . 54 chool is out and from what I can gather on Sunday, November 4. We are planning on Change of Address/Support NJJS/Volunteer/JOIN NJJS . 55 there will be more jazz and blues to be having 16 to 20 musicians and singers that STORIES Sheard at outdoor venues this summer you know and love performing in four Jazzfest 2012 Coverage. cover than ever before, and almost all of it will be groups of fours and fives. This event will Anderson Twins. 8 benefit our scholarships and in-school Big Band in the Sky. 10 free to the public. Many of you will already Luna Stage . 12 have taken advantage of the revival of the programs, which are our largest discretionary Noteworthy . 14 Red Bank Riverfest in the first weekend of expenses. The Society has not needed to run Talking Jazz: Al Caiola . 16 a fundraiser in a long time, but its financial Dan’s Den . 26 June, which for me has marked the official Jazz Journeys . 28 beginning of summer. There is an amazing cushion has been dangerously depleted by G. Avakian Remembers T. Rosenkrantz . 34 amount of music at the northern Jersey shore 35% just since Jan 1, 2009 due mainly to REVIEWS with festivals scheduled for Long Branch, non-fulfillment of sponsorship, as well as The Minstrel . 36 Middletown, Point Pleasant and Asbury Park. rising administrative costs (like insurance), Book: Rosenkrantz Memoir . 38 Other Views . 40 There will also be weekly concerts on magazine publication costs and a decline in CD: Gordon Webster . 45 Thursday nights in Keyport and Long Branch advertising revenue. It might surprise you College Jazz. 46 that the Society receives very little in the way Caught In the Act . 50 and on Sunday nights in Long Branch. Up Jews for Jazz . 53 north there will be festivals in Augusta, of donations. You will see promotion for this historic event beginning with the September EVENTS Somerville, and Morristown. Downtown ’Round Jersey: Morris, Ocean . 56 Westfield, as it has for years, will have four issue of this magazine. Institute of Jazz Studies/ Jazz from Archives . 57 different bands playing in four different ■ We are committed to building strategic Somewhere There’s Music . 58 locations every Tuesday night beginning the alliances among the disparate segments of the The Name Dropper . 59 first week of July. Some of the most well New Jersey jazz community. Many jazz fans ADVERTISERS known singers and musicians on the scene are not fully aware of what is going on with Shelly Productions . 4 Jazz Arts Project . 5 can be enjoyed for the cost of gas to get there. organizations like the New Brunswick Jazz WBGO . 7 Westfield has about 50 eateries that do very Project, The Jazz Arts Project (Red Bank) and Shanghai Jazz . 9 well on Tuesday nights in July and August. the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation. Jazz in July — Budd Lake . 11 92nd Street Y . 12 ■ Plans are moving ahead nicely to celebrate Check out the media notices and support Arbors Records . 13 their events. Barron Arts Center . 15 the 40th anniversary of the NJ Jazz Society Riverboat Swing . 17 with an All-Star Jam and Reception at the ■ I have been promoting college jazz for six Roxbury Arts Alliance . 19 magnificent concert hall at Drew University years but have not convinced very many that Hibiscus. 21 PA Jazz Society . 23 Morris Libraries . 25 John Nobile SummerSwing Orchestra . 26 Jim Eigo Jazz Promo . 27 Stay tuned to www.njjs.org Sandy Sasso . 27 William Paterson University . 29 Marlene VerPlanck . 34 NJJS Bulletin Board WBGO PhotoBlog . 34 JHK: Montclair Jazz Festival . 35 Member Discount Claim your member privilege! Get free admission Philly Jazz Fest . 37 Salem Roadhouse Cafe . 39 to NJJS socials, discounts to music events, discounts from partners! Full Count Big Band . 40 NJJS Members Discounts Hibiscus offers NJJS members a discount of 10% off their check. Diane Perry . 41 The Berrie Center at Ramapo College offers NJJS members 5% off event tickets. Swingadelic. 42 Great CT Trad Jazz Festival . 45 FREE Film Series…Now on THURSDAY nights at 7 PM at Library of the Chathams. Resume in September. The Mill at Spring Lake Heights . 47 See calendar page 3 for details. Best of all? Free, free, free…invite your friends. Centenary Jamming in July. 49 LauRio Jazz . 53 FREE Jazz Socials…ongoing. resume in September. Join us for music and mingling. Free for members, CTS Images . 55 $10 non-members (applicable to membership) with just a $10 venue minimum. Watch calendar page 3 for upcoming Princeton Record Exchange . 60 dates and details. Beyond the schmooze, there are some serious musical prizes raffled off at our socials!! 2_________________________________ July/August 2012 New JerseyJazzSociety Tell them you saw it in Jersey Jazz! they are missing out on some great stuff. communities and cultures and how music Matching Gifts The New Jersey Association for Jazz can help “unlearn” ingrained intolerance. Education (NJAJE) does a fantastic job of The program also included a screening of to NJJS promoting jazz in the school systems by a new documentary film, which retells the running large and small jazz ensemble universal story of jazz with particular focus Corporate matching gifts competitions. This year’s three division on its migration to India. It seems there is really add up! winners were Bridgewater-Raritan, a bit of controversy about the origin of the Please check with your employer to see if Princeton Studio and Newark Academy. first International Jazz Day. Documentary the company offers matches of dues and I attended the large school finals and was evidence has been found that in 1991, donations to NJJS. We are an eligible awed by the quality of the performances. D. Michael Denny, an NJJS director, 501(c)(3) institution. Funds sustain our Our state is blessed by so many amazing, conceived and promoted International scholarships and musical programs. talented and dedicated music educators. Jazz Day to be celebrated each year on For more information,contact NJJS ■ I was fortunate to be able to be able to the fourth Sunday of June. At this point Treasurer attend a program at the United Nations Jersey Jazz is an NJCSPJ it is unknown why the idea was not Mike Katz at “Excellence in Journalism” that was part of the celebration of the first institutionalized. Perhaps the full story will [email protected] Award-Winning Publication International Jazz Day on April 30. Two be told at a later time in this publication. or panels of scholars and notable musicians 908-273-7827. made presentations in five different I hope to see you often this summer at the languages on their personal perceptions many outdoor events especially Tuesday about the role of jazz in bridging nights in Westfield. JJ Jersey Jazz magazine seeks your help to cover jazz in Jersey as comprehensively as possible. Please help us expand our reach to all corners of the musical Garden State. Consider submitting a story or even a brief paragraph when you visit any venue featuring jazz. If you can include a high-res photo, even better. We’ll happily credit your work when we print it and you’ll have the satisfaction of spreading the jazz message and fulfilling your creative impulses! JJ for updates and details. Thursday September 27 Thursday October 25 Thursday November 15 FREE FILM — TBA FREE FILM — TBA FREE FILM — TBA Library of the Chathams Library of the Chathams Library of the Chathams 214 Main St., Chatham 7 PM 214 Main St., Chatham 7 PM 214 Main St., Chatham 7 PM Sunday October 14 Sunday November 4 Sunday November 18 JAZZ SOCIAL — TBA NJJS 40th Anniversary JAZZ SOCIAL Shanghai Jazz All-Star Jam and Reception Sherrie Maricle 24 Main St., Madison Drew University, Madison Shanghai Jazz 3 – 5:30 PM 24 Main St., Madison NJJS Calendar 3 – 5:30 PM July/August 2012 _________________________________ 3 New JerseyJazzSociety From the Desk of NJJS Launches Chickie the Jazz Dog New Patron Level Benefits he New Jersey Jazz Society is a non-profit organization with a And the winner is… Tnumber of ambitious programs and a finite level of resources. Event ticket sales and member dues cover only a fraction of our Chickie the Jazz Dog is pleased expenses, making it necessary to find sponsors and partners to help us make ends meet. Your donations in excess of basic member dues to announce that the winner are a great way of partnering with us, and very much needed. of Jersey Jazz’s May “Win This In an effort to encourage higher-level memberships, New Jersey Jazz CD” contest is NJJS member Society has defined several new categories of benefits for such donors. Fan ($75 – 99): acknowledgement in Jersey Jazz John Viola of Blauvelt, NY. Jazzer ($100 – 249): acknowledgement in Jersey Jazz, John receives a copy of 1 Pee Wee Stomp ticket plus preferred, reserved seating Jersey Guitar Mafia, Sideman ($250 – 499): acknowledgement in Jersey Jazz, 2 Pee Wee Stomp tickets, 1 Jazzfest ticket, plus preferred, featuring guitarists reserved seating at both events Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bandleader ($500+): acknowledgement in Jersey Jazz, 2 Pee Wee Stomp tickets, 4 Jazzfest ticket, plus preferred, Al Caiola and Lou Pallo.