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Presents GROOVIN’ HIGH A Celebration of the BeBop Era MAY 24 - 27, 2001 Box 8038 The Crowne Plaza O. P. THE LOS ANGELES JAZZ INSTITUTETHE LOS ANGELES JAZZ Long Beach, CA 90808-0038 Redondo Beach & Marina Hotel GROOVIN’ HIGH The Los Angeles Jazz Institute is pleased to announce CONVENTION FACTS Groovin’ High-An All-Star Celebration of the Bebop Era taking place May 24-27, 2001 at The Crowne Plaza Hotel DATES in Redondo Beach, California. May 24-27, 2001 Groovin’ High promises to be one of the most outstanding jazz gatherings to ever take place in southern California. We are fortunate in being able to bring together most of the living giants PLACE of the bop era. The primary period that we are focusing on is The Crowne Plaza 1945-1950. This was one of the most important periods in the Redondo Beach & history of jazz due to the brilliant musical revolutions that exploded Marina Hotel during those five years. A number of concerts have been designed 300 North Harbor Drive featuring musicians who were part of the bebop revolution as well Redondo Beach, California as several repertory concerts performing important music from the 90277 era. There will also be film showings and panel discussions where the story of modern jazz will be told by the artists who created it. The special convention rate Full Registration is $300 if you order by April 15. is $134 per night. After that date, the full registration price will be $350. Hotel stay not included Full registrants will have reserved seating for all concerts. in registration fee. Seats will be assigned in the order received. Reserve your room now Send your check or money order to: by calling (800) 368-9760 The Los Angeles Jazz Institute P.O. Box 8038, Long Beach, CA 90808-0038 PRE- REGISTRATION If you wish to order by credit card or require additional $300 before April 15 information please telephone our ticket office at $350 after April 15 (909)593-4180 between the hours of 9am to 6pm. Includes reserved seating Between 1939-1949 Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Crowne Plaza. for all events. WILLIAM P. GOTTLIEB The toll-free number is (800)368-9760. photographed jazz performers to illustrate articles he was Be sure to mention you are attending the jazz festival to receive VENDORS writing for DownBeat, The the special discounted rate. We expect the hotel to fill up quickly Washington Post and others. especially since many of the musicians are from outside southern Tables are available. His photos, such as this Call (909)593-4180 one of Dizzy Gillespie, are California and will be staying at the hotel. We would encourage you for more information widely acknowledged to be to make your reservations right away. The deadline for receiving unsurpassed in capturing the the special rate is April 27. jazz personalities of that era. His book, The Golden Age of This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and hear TICKETS Jazz, is currently in its twelfth the creators of modern jazz together in one place at one time. Tickets are available for printing. To read some of Bill’s anecdotes and to view I hope you will be able to join us. each individual event all 1600 of his jazz photos, To order tickets by phone go to www.jazzphotos.com. The book and signed prints Sincerely, or for more information of his photos can be securely call (909)593-4180 ordered from this site. Ken Poston Los Angeles Jazz Institute GROOVIN’ HIGH Schedule of Events 11:15-12:15 PANEL 1 technique, he was also a brilliant composer whose works have been UP AT MINTON’S interpreted by a wide variety of PANELISTS: CECIL PAYNE, artists in many fields. IDREES SULIEMAN, LEONARD GASKIN Barry Harris is one of the As the new music was evolving foremost exponents of Bebop in various locations throughout piano. His early influences the country, two clubs in Harlem included Bud Powell, Tadd became central focal points: Dameron and Thelonious Monk. Minton’s Playhouse on 118th He grew up in the thriving Detroit Street and Clark Monroe’s jazz scene before establishing an Uptown House on 134th Street international reputation during both hosted after hours jam the 1950’s. PHOTO WILLIAM GOTTLIEB sessions that provided a unique joined forces at the Three Deuces THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2001 atmosphere for the young 3:30-4:30 PANEL 2 with a combo featuring Stan musicians to experiment with Levey on drums. The Three Deuces new ideas. The house band at 52ND STREET SCENE PT. 1 engagement ended in July and 10:00-11:00 FILM 1 PANELISTS: STAN LEVEY, Minton’s featured two important Dizzy went on the road with his SIR CHARLES THOMPSON, THE ROOTS OF BE BOP pioneers, Kenny Clarke and first big band in a tour called LEONARD GASKIN, Many of the characteristics Thelonious Monk. By the early “The Hepsations of 1945”. Bird TERRY GIBBS, that came to define modern jazz 1940’s there were a number of stayed in New York and opened AL McKIBBON began evolving several years young musicians who became with his own combo at Clark After it’s initial incubation period prior to the emergence of what regulars at the sessions including Monroe’s Spotlite Club featuring at Minton’s and Monroe’s, Bebop we think of as bebop. During the likes of Charlie Christian, Sir Charles Thompson, Leonard burst upon the scene in 1943 this evolution a number of artists Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Gaskin and Stan Levey. By the when Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar were prime influences to the Max Roach, Cecil Payne, Idrees end of the year, modern jazz was Pettiford were booked at the new stylistic development Sulieman, and Leonard Gaskin. firmly entrenched on 52nd St. including Lester Young, Onyx Club on 52nd St. in New York. 52nd St. was the unofficial Charlie Christian, Jimmy 2:00-3:00 CONCERT 1 5:00-6:00 CONCERT 2 Blanton, Art Tatum, Buster headquarters of the jazz world Smith, Roy Eldridge, MISTERIOSO featuring a number of clubs BOPSTICLE COURSE Coleman Hawkins, Budd THE MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK mostly located between 5th and THE TERRY GIBBS QUINTET Johnson and Mary Lou FEATURING BARRY HARRIS 6th Avenues. By 1944 Gillespie WITH ALICE COLTRANE, Williams. Groovin’ High Although he was nicknamed the and Pettiford had split. Pettiford RAVI COLTRANE AND opens with a film “High Priest of Bop”, in reality stayed at the Onyx while Dizzy GERRY GIBBS presentation featuring Thelonious Monk’s unique took a new group across the Terry Gibbs is one of the modern artists who were style cannot be categorized. He street to The Yacht Club. His jazz pioneers and one of the significant in was part of the house band at bass player at the Yacht Club first to use the vibraphone in a the transition of Minton’s and was very important engagement was Leonard Gaskin. modern jazz setting. He was in Swing to Bop. in influencing the new directions Charlie Parker made his 52nd St. high demand during the bop era, that jazz was going. In addition debut in the fall of 1944 and by making his 52nd St. debut at The to his highly personal piano early 1945 Dizzy and Bird had Three Dueces in 1946 as a PHOTO WILLIAM GOTTLIEB member of the Bill probably the first writer to show the names of the featured artists De Arango Trio. that bop could be orchestrated inside fluttered against the He has led many for larger ensembles. awnings of the marquees, and outstanding groups if one were interested in the Besides being a prolific composer over the years which wonderful world of jazz, he might he was also a fine pianist and have featured an find there it’s principle stars in an bandleader. He worked regularly impressive array of improbable concentration.” at The Royal Roost with a group sidemen including —Ross Russell from Bird Lives. that included Fats Navarro Alice McLeod, the and Allen Eager. Many of his future Alice Coltrane. 2:00-3:30 CONCERT 4 compositions became modern This concert jazz standards. features a “together THE 52ND STREET ALL-STARS CECIL PAYNE, ALLEN EAGER, again for the first DON LANPHERE, time” reunion of IDREES SULIEMAN, SIR PHOTO WILLIAM GOTTLIEB Terry Gibbs and FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2001 CHARLES THOMPSON, Alice Coltrane making a 10:00-11:00 FILM 2 LEONARD GASKIN very rare appearance with Even though modern jazz special guests Ravi Coltrane 52ND STREET THEME By 1946 modern jazz, now called had taken up residence on and Gerry Gibbs. bebop, was a regular fixture at “The Street”, most of the several of the clubs on The Street. younger musicians worked 8:00 CONCERT 3 There were four clubs in particular as sidemen with the more DAMERONIA that featured the new music: established names or THE MUSIC OF TADD DAMERON- The Onyx, The Three Deuces, The were invited to sit in Spotlite and The Downbeat. In at any number of SLIDE HAMPTON-JIMMY HEATH- April, Dizzy Gillespie opened at sessions that took place BARRY HARRIS The Spotlite with his new big each night. This often WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: band for an extended engagement resulted in an incredible ALLEN EAGER AND which lasted several months. group of all-stars sharing CECIL PAYNE the bandstand. Tadd Dameron was a 11:15-12:15 PANEL 3 brilliant composer and arranger who was THE 52ND STREET SCENE PT. 2 PANELISTS: ALLEN EAGER, DUKE JORDAN, DON LANPHERE, CHUBBY JACKSON, IDREES SULIEMAN By the mid 1940’s the entire history of jazz could be heard while walking along 52nd St.