JazzErie notes The Monthly Newsletter of JazzErie August 2010 Vol. 16, Issue. 6

16 Years Serving the Community 18TH ERIE ART MUSEUM & JAZZ FESTIVAL Frontier Park, Erie, Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8, Noon to 10PM

This year’s intriguingly personal composer…Sonny Blues and Jazz never lets himself or his listener down.” TIME TO Festival 8PM Sonny has collaborated with greats like Saturday night , , , JOIN/RENEW headliner McCoy Tyner, and Nat Adderly. He has Pam Tellers, Membership Chair is Grammy appeared on many recordings, his most Award winner, recent, his 19th, is “Last Night at Sweet Membership renewal is due by harmonica Rhythm.” August 31st, and we really need your financial support to continue with virtuoso, The rest of the Festival will offer many our sponsorship of performances, Sugar Blue. local bands. Noon, Saturday, Hal Walker, educational activities and other Jazz Not a typical the “pied happenings in and around the Erie bluesman, piper” of area. he offers an Northeastern ultra modern blues style. His numerous Ohio puts Mailings will be sent out shortly recordings include “” and ‘musical to our members. If you are not yet “” both with The Rolling skills into a member please consider joining! Stones. He has played with legends the pockets Our membership fees are modest and like , Brownie McGhee, of children.” the rewards are great! You will be and Bob Dylan. Sugar He is the master of guitar, piano, and sent a bi-monthly newsletter listing Blue has been called “one of the foremost harmonica…plus khaen, ocarina, Jew’s all the venues in and around Erie harmonica players of our times” by harp, and concertina with the African (many of them FREE), plus in-depth Rolling Stone Magazine. banakula. (Look them up!) He works articles about local musicians, clubs, The 8PM with arts councils in Ohio and is resident workshops etc. Sunday night musician at Kent State. You will be welcome to hang out headliner is the 4PM, Saturday, One World Tribe and listen to records with our JazzErie Sonny Fortune presents reggae and soul with the rhythms Discussion Group led by Master Quartet. Jazz of hip hop and funk. They are a multi reedman, artist, and educator, Charles writer, Nat Hentoff, cultural ensemble with members from Ventrello every month at the Erie Art says “Sonny is Africa, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Erie. Museum Annex - 20 East 5th St. the embodiment One World Tribe has been involved with Fill out the Membership of the sound of the Performing Artists on Tour of the surprise…and as an Application on the back of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. JazzErie News Notes. continued on pg. 2... For More Information: www.jazzerie.com Jazz & Blues Festival from pg 1... Children activities are included in 6PM, Saturday, Ron Yarosz and the the Festival. Hal Walker’s opening Jazz Erie performance on Saturday, Noon, is JazzErie is a com- Vehicle, a self proclaimed blues, funk, and rock band. Ron sings, plays the family oriented. Hal will also host a munity of music lovers and kazoo workshop, Saturday, at 2:30 in the musicians and, a member- Hammond B3 Organ, and harmonica. Jason Lewis is on bass, Ron Sutton, gazebo. WQLN will have a kids craft ship organization dedicated tent. to sharing with children, drums, and Eric Brewer on guitar. Ron adults and one another says, “(we) will play different styles if Festival merchandise will be available an awareness and love of asked.” and local vendors will serve up music, particularly jazz. JazzErie brings Noon, Sunday, Red Hot Rugcutters, sandwiches, hoagies, lemonade, and ice together people who want to listen to jazz, another Erie based band, will offer up cream. learn about it, play it and just live it. jump blues artists from the 30’s through Once again, the Art Museum is the 50’s. Larry Kownacki plays sax, enforcing its tent policy of last year. No Check out our website at Dan Reese provides vocals and plays the tents to be set up before 9AM Saturday. www.jazzerie.com for complete piano. Shawn Phelps, guitar, and John Plus it is against City of Erie ordinance to information on current and Musatto on drums. Rounding out their sleep overnight in Frontier Park. Check upcoming events. style are some jazz standards and some the Arts Museum website for additional rockabilly songs. information at www.erieartmuseum.org/ 2010-2011 Board of Directors 2PM, Sunday, Dave Callaghan performances. President...... Dick Thompson and Hardbop is unique in that it has The fun begins Saturday, August 7, and Vice President...... Ted Ely a trumpet player, Dale Zimmerman. Sunday, August 8, at high Noon! Treasurer...... Rich Giardina Callaghan is on tenor sax, Mark DeWalt plays piano, and Dick Thompson, JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL Directors bass, with Tim Driscoll on drums. Paul Bates Charles Lute They feature music from the hardbop POSTER AND CONTEST Shamus Flynn John Marzalek jazz period of the 50’s and early 60’s, The creator of this Ed Goebel Scott Meier continuing the tradition started by Art year’s Festival poster, Rob Hoff Liz Scarpelli Blakely and the Jazz Messengers. Bryan Toy, says “The Charles Joy Pat Tellers 4PM, Sunday, Ahimsa Beat, which Al Lubiejewski Mary E. Watson scene depicted is labels itself, “original avant funk” was Michael Leal Allen Zurcher the site of the Blues formed by and is led by Erie’s Steve and Jazz Festival: Past Presidents Trohoski, bass. The group includes Frontier Park. The David F. Van Amburg 1994-1995 Frank Singer, guitar, Eric Brewer,electric Park is one of Erie’s (Founding President) guitar, Tony Grey,bass, Brad Amidon, under appreciated Atty. Al Lubiejewski 1995-1997 drums, and Joel Polacci , congas. resources. Frontier Park has over 225 Virginia M. Pelkowski 1997-1999 Saxaphonist Chelsea Baratz will join the species of trees, so the poster emphasizes group with hip hop and be bop with a R. Patrick Rodgers 1999-2002 this amazing variety by surrounding the Pittsburgh flavor. The band is influenced festival with foliage. The crowd which Steve Eidell 2002-2003 by Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ethnic is depicted represents Erie’s diverse fan Tom McLaren 2003-2005 Heritage Ensemble, The Stranglers, base for great music: Young and old, Carl Hultman 2005-2008 Generic Beat and others. black and Asian, white and Hispanic. The Ed Goebel 2008-2010 6PM Sunday, Pucho and His Latin people on the poster are not just a generic Soul Brothers bring together straight crowd . There are ten of Erie’s better JazzErie Notes is published in jazz modern jazz and Harlem style Latin performance months by JazzErie which is known musicians hiding in the crowd, music. His group covers classics from some of whom are great jazz or blues a subsidiary organization of the Erie Art Herbie Hancock to the Beatles and Duke Museum, a nonprofit organization. artists, but there are some folk and rock Ellington. They are credited with sixteen musicians in there too.” JazzErie Notes albums and have played around the Editor - Tom McLaren world. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find a life size version of the published by Green is again the color of this The Erie Art Museum for JazzErie summer’s festival, that is, environmental poster and identify the ten “better known printed by green. Partnering with Waste musicians hiding in the crowd.” Submit PIP Printing West Management, the festival encourages your answer with your name, address, 2827 West 26th St. • Erie, PA 16506 attendees to recycle what they bring. phone number and e mail at the JazzErie Deadline is the 15th of each month. There will be containers for recyclables. tent (where there will be a poster on Send articles to: Walk or ride your bike to the grounds. display) or e-mail to rwtqveta12191@ [email protected] A bike corral is available. If you hotmail.com. In case of tie, winner will or Box 8833, Erie, PA 16505 drive, consider donating $2 to the Lake be chosen by drawing. Prize is a pair Erie Arboretum to offset your carbon of jazz CDs. Contest ends Sunday at footprint. Last year’s festival recycled Midnight. nearly one ton of materials!!! Page 2 JazzErie Notes GRAMMY NOMINEE Jonathan Butler, Nancy Wilson, Al old on this 1955 session at The Café Jarreau, Jr., Luther Bohemia. KIRK WHALUM Vandross, George Duke, Quincy Jones Speaking about age, Benny Golson and Barbra Streisand. AT FIRST ASSEMBLY OF is now eighty one years old and still Born in Memphis July 11, 1958, he wailing, composing and recording. Don GOD IN ERIE was a pastor’s kid, and his warm, melodic Swift plays Golson playing his popular sax sound was born in the Baptist By Bob Protzman church. As a youngster at Texas Southern and often recorded jazz standard “Killer University, he fell under the spell of the Joe.” When late jazz saxophonist Arnett Cobb, one Here is a splendid contemporary they talk about of the fathers of the big, so-called “Texas album led by masterful bassist, composer, the soulful Tenor’’ sound. leader, Dave Holland. From the album saxophonist Whalum’s group at First Assembly “Pathways” Denny Kitchen chooses Kirk Whalum, of God is composed of brother Kevin, “Wind Dance.” The horns of this octet they’re speaking vocals; son Kyle, bass; Marcus Finney, of more than his include Chris Potter, , drums; Kevin Turner, guitar; Arlington Antonio Hart, Gary Smulyan and Alex sax sound and Jones, keyboards. style. Sipiagin. Erieite Jonathan Baker, a Christian Speaking of horns, this sextet Besides rapper/keyboardist known as Jehovah’s being an eight- Boy, will open the concert with a band features three of the finest: a sweet time Grammy comprising Corey Cook, drums; Patrick combination of tenor, trumpet and nominee and Lyons, bass; Matt Stewart, sax, vocals, trombone performed by Eric Alexander, one of the first and biggest stars of guitar; Brandon Chapman, guitar; Joe Rotondi, and Steve Davis. Rhythm contemporary or “smooth’’ jazz, the Donnell Philips, keyboards; Cedric by stellar David Hazeltine, John Weber 52-year-old Whalum also performs music Houston, bass, drums; Donald Lomax, and Joe Farsworth. The group calls that involves soul in the spiritual sense. drums. itself “One For All” and the album is In fact, Whalum has recorded Doors open at 5 p.m., performance at numerous albums with church themes, “Incorrigible.” These gentlemen are 6. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased dedicated to pursuit of the swing tradition including his most recent, “The Gospel in advance at: According to Jazz, Chapter III,’’ of the aforementioned Jazz Messengers. indicating that the CD is the third in a Sundance Records & Tapes (454- Thanks to Al Lubiejewski. 3848); Beacon Books (868-3203); series. Denny submits another choice, one Abundant Life Church of Erie (899- So it will be a mix of secular and 2638); Erie First Assembly of God (868- of the great baritone saxophonists, Pepper spiritual, jazz and gospel, when Whalum 4876); Believer’s International Worship Adams. He is joined by Zoot Sims, and band perform Aug. 5 in what is being Center Inc. (434-9992). Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, and Elvin billed as a “Worship Concert’’ at the Erie Jones on “Inanout,” and unusual blues First Assembly of God, 8150 Oliver Rd. during which the solos begin on bar five in Erie. JAZZERIE through bar four of the next chorus. An Whalum just might be the first- up tempo swinger that keeps you on your ever smooth jazz artist to play Erie. If DISCUSSION GROUP toes. The album: “Encounter.” so, he’s a solid first choice, having had By Charles Ventrello an impressive career, aside from the Al closes the evening with a two multiple Grammy nominations. trumpet front line of the startling Ray Many will know of him this way. Vega and Thomas Marriot. All that music He played the sax solo some say was with only three fingers. For more from the most listened to in pop music history these amazing brass virtuosi check out behind singer Whitney Houston’s smash the album “East West Tumpet Summit.” 1992 hit of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Because of the unpredictable Always Love You’’ from the movie “The frequency of the newsletter publication, Bodyguard.’’ remember we always meet on the third Whalum played with a Who’s As we assemble this evening, Thursday of the month, Erie Art Museum Who of contemporary jazz artists in the Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Annex, 7:30 PM. Check “Showcase” for 1980s-‘90s, beginning with keyboardist/ play in the background. I don’t mean composer/bandleader Bob James, who any departures from this schedule or call to suggest that one of the most robust Charles at 866-2731. helped take Whalum’s career to a new groups in jazz has produced a “music for level with a duet titled “Joined at the conversation” album. A group like this Hip’’ that earned the saxophonist his first JazzErie is a grateful Grammy nomination. defines presence: with Blakey are Kenny recipient of support Dorham, Horace Sliver, Doug Watkins Versatile, Whalum’s playing often from the Arts Council produced a fusion of pop, jazz, R& B and and, as Blakey announces, “a new star on gospel, and he worked with major artists the jazz horizon, Hank Mobley on tenor of Erie. in all those genres, including Babyface, saxophone.” Mobley is twenty five years

Issue No. 182 Page 3 DOCKSIDER The 1015 State St. • 454-9700 CONCERTS Live music every weekend call for details. & AREA EVENTS Jazz Line ERIE, PA THE BREWERIE www.jazzerie.com at UNION STATION Arboretum in Frontier Park, 6:30 pm Aug. 5 - The Night “Cruisers” Schedules below reflect information available at 123 West 14th St. • 454-2200 the time of publication, and are subject to change. Aug. 12 - Selah Praise Band Call club or sponsoring organization to confirm. Aug 14 9-12– The Heliotrops For additional sources on about upcoming events by the week, consult ERI Jams online magazine Aug 20 9-12 - The Breeze Band PITTSBURGH at www.erijams.com, or Spotlight, the weekly entertainment magazine in the (Thursday) Erie Aug 26-29 –Three Days of Music from Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Times News . 20 local bands Metropolitan St., Pittsburgh, PA 15233. ROMOLO’S Call 412/322-0800 or visit www. 1525 W 8th St. • 452-1933 BAY BREEZE LOUNGE mcgjazz.com. Many Free Summer 25 East 10th St. Aug. 6 – 3-6PM Richard Stadler Concerts 6-9PM NYC’s Greg Hatza 1st Friday of every month - Mary Alice Brown Pittsburgh Jazz Society Organ-ization www.pittsburghjazz.org ...Jazz at Rivers Aug. 13- Joe Dorris with Jim Lynch La BELLA BISTRO Casino hosted by Tony Mowood of Aug.27 – 3PM Solo Jazz Guitar 802 W. 18th (formerly Hector’s) • 456-2244 WDUQ (There is a charge). Frank Singer 8 GREAT TUESDAYS Ti MARTWONIS CLEVELAND 1325 State St. • 455-7766 Nighttown Restaurant,12387 Cedar Bayfront Parkway, Tuesday nights, 6:00pm Rd., Cleveland Hts., OH 216/795-0550 Aug 3 Katie Armiger, Kellie Lynn MATTHEW’S TRATTORIA www.nighttowncleveland.com. Aug 10 Red Elvises, Matty B and the 153 E. 13th St. • 459-6458 • 7-10pm For more information on Cleveland jazz Dirty Pickles Aug. 6- Paula Holmes, Vocals events, go to www.wruw.org and click Aug 17 Ray Jay and the Carousels, Frank Singer, Guitar Full Kilt on Northeast Ohio Jazz Calender. Aug. 13- Bruce Johnstone Duo Aug 24 Chubby Carrier and the Erie Summer Festival of the Arts Bayou Swamp Band Aug. 27 - Joe Dorris, Vocals Frank Singer, Guitar ERIE SUMMERLONG SCOTTY’S JAZZ CLUB JAZZ FEST 301 German St. • 459-3800 ERIE ART MUSEUM The festival is a result of a regional Call the club for current bookings. Front Steps @ 12 Noon collaboration between the organizations, Aug 4 – Hal Walker governments and institutions listed: COLONY PUB & GRILLE JazzErie, City of Erie, Erie Summer Aug 11 – Tommy Link 2670 West 8th St. • 838-2162 Festival of the Arts, Lake Erie Live jazz every Thursday: Aug 25 – G2 with Lindsay Vendetti Arboretum, Pa. Solders and Sailors Colony Club House Trio featuring Home, Lawrence Park Township, Girard Gene Leone GEM CITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE Township, Erie Poetry Society, Findley Lake Concert Series, Erie Zoological Aug 6 8:30PM Dan Rice Days, NELSON’S TAVERN Society, Erie Art Museum 1033 State St. • 454-4300 Girard Aug 27, 7PM Colony Plaza, August 2: Sound of Summer Music Call for information. W 8th St, Erie Series ALTO CUCINA Aug 31, 7PM, St. John’s, 7:00 – 8:00 PM: Dixie Doodlers 3531 West Lake Road • 835-3900 2216 Peach St St. Joseph Apt., 517 Maryland Ave (All the dates below are Saturdays.) ERIE FIRST ASSEMBLY August 7 & 8: Erie Art Museum, Blues and Jazz Festival July 24 – Reach OF GOD The 17th annual Erie Art Museum July 31 – Marty O’Conner 8150 Oliver Rd Blues & Jazz Festival offers two days Aug. 7 – The Heliotropes August 5 6PM Kirk Whalum of great music in a beautiful, family- Aug. 14 – Sam Hyman ..Grammy nominated Gospel and Jazz friendly outdoor setting, and its all free. Recording Artist There will be ten acts and workshops Aug. 28 – Bobby Remp $30 Call 868.4676 or 454.3848 over the two days, opening with a Page 4 JazzErie Notes Family/Children’s act on Saturday at more records are being produced in home opportunity to work with a variety of noon, followed by an assortment of jazz, studios the gap between creativity and artists including Heather Headley, Bebe blues and related music. Bring your technology continues to diminish. Still, & Cece Winans, Vanessa Williams, blanket and chairs and enjoy the day. it’s an exciting time for fresh ideas and Riss Palmer, Jordan Pruitt, Relient K, Saturday Headliner at 8 PM is new perspectives. Jazz will ultimately The Judds, Michael Bolton and many “Sugar Blue” and the Sunday Headliner benefit from it. others. Vanessa Williams’ project at 8 PM is the “Sonny Fortune Quartet.” My time at Berklee was an invaluable “The Real Thing” was a lot of fun; we experience that really helped diversify tracked at NRG Studios in LA with August 16: Sound of Summer Music Abe Laboriel, Abe Laboriel Jr. , Dave Series my musical palette and open several doors. . Berklee’s curriculum seemed Carpenter on another day, and cut 7– 8PM: Gem City Jazz Ensemble more relevant to professional music, strings with legendary arranger and conductor Jorge Calandrelli at Capital St. Mary’s Home 607 East 26th Street which I found refreshing. Upon taking my entrance exams I was able to test Studio B where Sinatra once recorded August 19- 22: Celebrate Erie into their highest required level of ear (yes, it gave me chills). This year I was A celebration in downtown training. This enabled me to graduate awarded a Grammy for my contribution Erie featuring music, food, art and a semester early. It also allowed me to as engineer to Heather Headley’s album, entertainment. Look for jazz on the pursue more advanced ear training such “Audience Of One” (Best R&B Gospel) jazz stage. Saturday is jazz day. Carl as jazz solo transcription and atonal and also received Grammy recognition Hultman and Jazz Friends along with solfège (don’t ask). Choosing not to for engineering the Heather Headley / other performers to be announced will be focus solely on guitar performance Al Green version of “People Get Ready” performing jazz. I applied and was accepted into the off the Various Artists album “Oh Production & Engineering program. Happy Day”. I’m continuing to do a There I learned everything from healthy amount of session work around the physics of acoustics, recording Nashville. McPherson Guitars recently UPDATE BY techniques, signal flow, running a added me to their endorsement list and recording session (from the standpoint I’m hoping to finish a solo acoustic JONATHAN CRON… of producer and engineer), mixing, the project in the near future if I can find RECIPIENT OF THE FLOYD basics of mastering, music business and enough spare time with an 11-month-old daughter and another baby on the way. WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP publishing, and even audio for film. During my time at Berklee I won three I’d like to thank JazzErie once FROM JAZZERIE songwriting competitions. I was awarded again for aiding my musical endeavors the Berklee Achievement Scholarship, and those of other young musicians. had my final production project featured Thanks also for educating the community on Berklee’s yearly production showcase about the great American art form that is CD, and graduated with honors. jazz music. Following graduation, I had the opportunity to play on a few tracking THE JAZZ AND BLUES sessions in Nashville for producer/ drummer Scott Williamson. He got me WALK WAS A hooked up with a studio internship at SOLD-OUT SUCCESS! Dark Horse Recording where I continued It has been a busy and exciting ten to gain experience as an assistant Thanks for your support! Thanks to co years since I was awarded the JazzErie engineer. After several months I began chairs Liz Scarpelli and Mary Watson, Floyd Williams scholarship. The road to get first engineering work, produced the many volunteers, Erie Art Museum from aspiring musician to industry several independent projects. Studio and Romolo Chocolates! professional often has one zigzagging owner Robin Crow had me producing and somewhat haphazardly but when you playing guitar on his own solo album. look back you begin to see order in the At the same time I was also playing and chaos, the building blocks that form a writing with fellow Berklee alum, Will career. With album sales plummeting, Champlin, son of Bill Champlin from studios closing their doors, and record the band Chicago. This led to several labels rethinking their business models collaborations including a brief tour with from the ground up it’s truly a daunting MTV star Cheyenne Kimball’s road band. time to enter the music industry. About a year later I got a job working Shrinking budgets have made versatility for Grammy-award-winning producer essential for survival and as more and Keith Thomas. Since then I had the

Issue No. 182 Page 5 THE SHOEBOX LETTERS BY DAVID VAN AMBURG, FIRST PRESIDENT OF JAZZERIE

(Part One of a Series on Jazz Erie’s No Jazz To Be Found He ran a Friday night coffee house. He Beginnings) From the 1930s to the early 60s, the big brought in national jazz musicians. He sponsored more concerts and musicians FAULTY MEMORIES OF THE bands toured the country, and Rainbow than anyone. And he did it quietly, for EARLY DAYS OF JAZZERIE Gardens hosted them all. Numerous local clubs had live jazz. Jazz journalist, Bob our community - because it was the right The Short Version Protzman, now back in Erie, remembers thing to do. I raised my hand. Under his breath I it as a great scene. Charles Ventrello didn’t move to Las heard Phil Papotnik groan, “Oh, no!” About the only local jazz I heard in Vegas to play behind And that was the beginning of JazzErie. the mid 60s was Hawk Amendola’s band the “Rat Pack”. He What Are We Doing Here? playing for high school dances. Glenn chose to teach and raise his family in Erie. And Tom McLaren sent me an email Miller and his band stayed with Peter and throughout the 70s and recently asking if I would write a few Ann Mahler when they were in the area. 80s, he led Concourse, words about how JazzErie got started, no Maynard Ferguson passed through a few one of the few groups more than 400. My responses were: times. But by the late 1960s, jazz had pretty much disappeared. that kept jazz alive here. In the process, 1. I probably shouldn’t because I’m he nurtured a lot of younger musicians, likely to rock somebody’s boat. Every Where was the music? A few fringe like Dave Blaetz. week for the past 15 years I’ve been aficionados were into acoustic or electric Floyd Williams was a drummer of thankful that you folks continue to keep blues. There was a succession of coffee national reputation. JazzErie alive, and I sure don’t want to houses catering to folk/acoustic music, He taught music at sink that boat. some of which we were involved in, but that’s another story. Allegheny College. 2. Every memory is faulty. We may be And Passion was his in the same room, but we live in different As the 70s moved into 80s, the only middle name. I once universes. We remember shared events regional musicians I knew eking out a hired him to play for differently. Who’s to say my recollections living were in lounge acts that traveled a regional Rotary are correct? But those of you who the Holiday Inn circuit. With rare dinner meeting and know me, know that I have a computer exceptions, the only musicians playing he took over the permanently attached to my arm. So I locally were top-40 rock cover bands. meeting with a 45 minute lecture on jazz. sorted through its 1.5 million files and Remember, we’re in the middle of the JazzErie was the brainchild of these found a few hundred that chronicle our foundry region, and Detroit is our capital. three gentlemen. early days. By the early 90s, Gene Leone and the Whoops, 500+ words already. No more 3. A few words from me? Not likely. gents in the Spa Quartet, and a few other space. My farewell letter when I passed on the groups were still swinging, but you were presidency to Al Lubiejewski required hard-pressed to find much live jazz. Next month, Back To The Meeting a special 8-page newsletter insertion, And into the vacuum charged Floyd. Want to comment or ask a question as it was 5,700 words long. (I haven’t The Real Founders on JazzErie’s “birth”? Email David at even finished this introduction, and I’m [email protected] already at 210! Half-way to Tom’s limit, From the day he and I haven’t said a thing.) arrived at the Erie Art Center in 1964, But who can turn Tom down? So we John Vanco has given agreed to a few articles. Here’s my story. non-stop support to Yours is probably different. music, musicians and everyone else. Page 6 JazzErie Notes This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Jazz JAZZ-FM Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional On The Radio (88.5 & 104.9) arts funding partnership, Mercyhurst College Pennsylvania Partners in the WQLN FM (91.3) “Erie’s Jazz Station” Arts (PPA). State funding The Source for Jazz for the arts depends upon an www.erieradio.com annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Monday thru Thursday Monday-Friday 6-10AM and and support from the National Monday-Thursday 3-6PM Endowment for the Arts, a federal 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Helen Wigger agency. PPA is administered in Jazz Flight - Rob Hoff this region by the Arts Council Friday Monday-Friday 10AM-2PM 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Jeff Fox Bop‘n the Blues - Al Lubiejewski Monday-Friday JAZZERIE THANKS THE 10:00 PM - Midnight FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS Deep Blue - Jason Gibbs 6PM to 2AM Tony Mowed FOR THEIR SUPPORT Monday 2PM “Jazz at Lincoln Saturday Gannon University, 109 University Center” with Wynton Marsalis 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Square. Saturday Swing Session Tuesday 2PM “Jazz Profiles” MacDonald, Illig, Jones and -Bill Garts Britton, Attorneys, 100 State Street, with Nancy Wilson 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM Suite 700. Lush Life - Aubrey Dillon Wednesday 2PM and Sunday Glenwood Beer, 2177 W. Grandview Sunday 7PM “Night Lights” Boulevard. Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts with David Brent Johnson 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Center, Mercyhurst College. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street. Riverwalk - (Network) Wednesday 3PM “Jazz At The Hurst” with Glass Growers Gallery, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 10 E. 5th Street. Mercyhurst College Students “Jazz, Ballads & Blues” World of Music, with Al Lubiejewski Thursday 2-4PM “Jazz 1355 W. 26th Street. 9:00 – 10:00 PM Variations” with Tonia King Froess Pianos and Keyboards, 2558 Sunday Night Jazz - W. 8th Street. Romolo Chocolates, Phil Atteberry Friday 3-6PM “Everything Jazz” with Bob Protzman 1525 W. 8th Street. 10:00 – 11:00 PM Lynch Music, Rte. 9 & Rte. 20, The Third Set - Gary Finney Saturday 8AM Fairview. 11:00 – 12:00 PM “Latin Jazz Perspective” Erie Book Store, 137 E. 13th Street. Jazz Cruise - Kathy Carducci with Tony Vasquez Raven Sound, 2617 Peach Street. Edinboro University of Saturday 1-3PM “Jazz Deluxe” Pennsylvania, Edinboro CLASSY 100 with John Pizzarelli Penn State Erie, The Behrend WXKC-FM (99.9) College, Wesleyville Saturday Lake Erie Fanfare, 1218 E. 38th St. Sunday 3PM-Midnight Scott Hanley Coors Beer 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Scott Enterprises/Ambassador Jazz Tracks Sunday 1-2PM “Jazz Scene” Center, 8040 Peach Street with Jake Longwell East Erie Turners Club, Sunday 2PM-7PM 829 Parade Street. WRIE-AM (1260) Bob Studebaker Mercyhurst College, 501 E 38th St. Sunday Second Hand Rose, 351 W 26th St. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Sunday 8PM Frank Corapi Big Band Jump “European Jazz Stage” RockErie Sunday 9PM “Jazz Odyssey” Builder’s Hardware with Chris Kuborn 2002 W. 16th Street

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