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Connecting Jazz Lovers with Each Other & the Music! CPFJ Newsletter CENTRAL PA FRIENDS OF mid-JULY/AUG 2016 #41 36th Annual CENTRAL PA JAZZ FESTIVAL Riverboat Jazz Cruise w/ violinist DIANE MONROE - return of the JazzMobile Live recording session w/ TIM WARFIELD and JONATHAN RAGONESE Festival Jazz Party at River City Blues Club - Jazz Workshop Festival Concert with HOUSTON PERSON and RUSSELL MALONE at Mt. Gretna Playhouse Jam Session at Gretna Hideaway - Jazz Picnic at Indian Echo Caverns with 5 great bands River City Big Band and special guests at River City Blues Club COMPLETE INFO AND TICKET FORM IN THIS ISSUE! 2016 FALL CONCERT SERIES DR LONNIE SMITH LEON FOSTER THOMAS HARRY ALLEN HILARY GARDNER PAT MARTINO . pg. 2 - Exec. Dir. Letter pg. 9 - Fall Concert Series Preview - CPFJ T-shirts pg. 3 - Grants & Donors pg. 10 - Youth Band - Scholarships - CPFJ Online Store pg. 4 & 5 Central PA Jazz Festival 2016 pg. 11 - Dauphin county Jazz & Wine Festival pg. 6 - Steady Gigs pg. 12 & 13 - Festival Support Appeal and Application Form pg. 7 - One Time Only Events/Jam Sessions pg. 14 - Membership Application & Fall Series Ticket Order Form pg, 8 - Central PA Jazz Camp/Scranton Jazz Fest pg. 15 - Festival Ticket Order Form & Office Furniture Request The Vibe is published monthly at the Central PA Friends of Jazz, 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17112 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Central Pennsylvania . Friends of Jazz Our Festival and Concerts are fully booked for the rest of the year and thanks to our Music Chairman, . Tim Warfield, Jr., we have some wonderful music in store for you - here’s the scoop on this year’s Fest! 5721 Jonestown Road . Harrisburg PA 17112 CENTRAL PA JAZZ FESTIVAL . Thurs., Aug 11: Kickoff Concert at Strawberry Square and JazzMobile in various Harrisburg City sites TEL: 717-540-1010 . from noon to 5:30p.m. featuring our own CPFJ Youth Band - after playing the opening concert they will WEB: be making stops on the JazzMobile at the Broad St. Market and other venues in Hbg.; Riverboat Cruise www.friendsofjazz.org this year’s Cruise features a Philadelphia duo - (violinist) Diane Monroe and (pianist) Tom Lawton - City EMAIL: Island, Hbg.; tickets for this event are only available from the Riverboat Society’s website [email protected] www.harrisburgriverboat.com/jazzin $10 (there is no CPFJ member discount) Thurs., Aug 11: Live Recording Session at the new Susquehanna Art Museum’s Main Gallery at 1401 N Steve Rudolph 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA, Saxophonists Tim Warfield and Jonathan Ragonese will be performing - just two Executive Director saxophones - there will be some serious sparks flying! Tim was one of Jonathan’s main influences and we . Sheila Ross expect this event will not be for the faint of heart. The ticket price also includes a copy of the recording. Office Manager Call (717) 233-8668 for tickets $30 - seating is limited Fri., Aug. 12: Our JazzMobile with the Youth Band onboard will be in action again visiting East & West Shore sites from 1:30 to 6:30p.m.; Our annual Jazz Party will be held at River City Blues Club - four CPFJ Board of Directors: bands on the two floors off the River City Blues Club from 7-Midnight - Diane Wilson Bedford, Jim . Jon Abel McFalls, Dred “Perky” Scott, Joshua Davis, Todd Harrison, Ryan Kauffman, Kevin Myers, Peter Paulsen, Larry Marshall, Jonathan Ragonese and more will be appearing. Get your tickets early for this (Youth Committee) Dr. William Anderson popular event. Sat., Aug. 13: Jonathan Ragonese delivers a lecture/workshop on improvisation at the Harrisburg Art (Membership) . ; Kirk Reese’s Trio Festival Jam Session Paul Bratcher Association, 21 N. Front St. Hbg at 11a.m. leads our at the Hideaway in Mt. Gretna; we are happy to be partnering with Gretna Music to produce our Festival (President) Concert featuring Houston Person’s Quartet and the Russell Malone Quartet - the concert will be in the Oliver Fairley Mt. Gretna Playhouse again this year. Houston Person has been one of the most recognizable sounds in (Youth Committee Chair) the jazz saxophone world for many years. He will bring a quartet that features bassist Matthew Parrish. Dr. Paul Haidet Russell Malone will feature pianist Rick Germanson & drummer Willie Jones III in his quartet. (Newsletter) Sun., Aug. 14 Jazz Picnic at Indian Echo Caverns (Hummelstown PA) with 5 bands from 1-7pm. Mary Heltzel Guitarist Jay Umble will kick things off with Andy Roberts (piano), Steve Meashey (bass) and Theo (Marketing ) Umble (dr) - at 2:30 our Youth Band directed by Ron Waters performs - at 3:45 we welcome a great Mark Hunsberger singer from the Poconos, Nancy Reed, featured in her ensemble are some old friends of CPFJ - Steve (Treasurer) Varner at the bass, world renowned pianist Jim Ridl, and drummer Larry Marshall - at 5pm drummer Waverly Parker Peter Lazorcik heads a quartet with area veterans Tom Strohman, Kevin MacConnell & Andy Roberts (Festival) Mon., Aug. 15: River City Blues Club hosts the River City Big Band and special guests Cathy Chemi Mark Swartzbaugh (voc) & Harrisburg native saxophonist Rob Middleton who currently plays with the Birdland Big Band. (Marketing) We hope you will take advantage of these performances and enjoy the diversity of our 36th Festival!! Keith Thomas . (Vice President & Concessions) 2016 FALL CONCERT SERIES: Tim Thompson Fri., Sept. 9 Ft. Hunter Park, 5300 N. Front St., Hbg. - Friends of Jazz Night at the Dauphin County Jazz and Wine Festival is our first Fall Series Concert w/ Dr. Lonnie Smith’s Trio & a great young quintet (Youth Committee) Leon Foster Thomas Tim Warfield, Jr. lead by rising star steel pan player ! Sun., Oct. 9 - NYC saxophonist Harry Allen leads a traditional quartet with very special guest vocalist (Artistic Director) . Hilary Gardner at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center’s “Capitol Room” - a new venue for CPFJ that is Youth Band Director: one of the few big band ballrooms remaining in Central PA - 3pm. Sun., Nov. 27 - legendary guitarist Pat Martino bring his Trio to Wyndridge Farm in Dallastown. Ron Waters . Please remember that our $150 Sponsor Membership entitles you to two tickets to all 6 annual concerts - The ViBE three in the fall and three in the spring - a great entertainment bargain! Tickets to the three day Steve Rudolph - Editor Dauphin Co. Jazz & Wine Festival are included with your Sponsor or corporate Memberships. See our Sheila Ross - Contributing Editor Membership page (14) in this issue or go online for complete details. Paul Haidet - Contributing Editor . Our thanks to those of you who answered our “Send a Kid to Camp” appeal - thanks to your generosity, Volunteer Coordinator we will had fourteen scholarship students this year. We thank Ben Olewine and Kristen Olewine Milke of Leslie Beamer the Olewine Family Trust for their generous grant to underwrite the Camp and are grateful to Penn National Insurance, the Hall Foundation, and several private donors for underwriting student tuition. We sent an appeal to everyone on our list asking for help in funding our annual Central PA Jazz Festival - please give generously or purchase an ad for your business in the program book - there is a form in this issue for your convenience on page 13. As always, we hope you will share some of your time and help us by volunteering - there are many ways you can help the Friends of Jazz - PLEASE CALL! Support JAZZ - . Thanks to all for your continuing support of CPFJ! the Music of Freedom! Steve Rudolph, Executive Director, CPFJ 2. The Vibe is published monthly at the Central PA Friends of Jazz - 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17112 GRANTS Children’s Home Foundation DONORS Cultural Enrichment Fund Dauphin County Commissioners Debbie Abel & Josh Millman - Dave Allard & Mardi Saw yer - Allen Theater / Skip Hicks David M. Armesto, M.D. / Armesto Eye Associates - William & Dorothy Anderson Lois Lehrman Grass Foundation Dorothy Andrews - Matthew Babb - Betty A Baker - Donald Barber - Kathryn T. Bard Rosemary The Hall Foundation Barrett & Howard Ulan - Leslie & Ken Beamer - Carl B. Bear - Alan G. Beavers - John Bell The Bill & Beverlee Lehr Fund TFEC Gerald A. Bennett - Karen Best - A. Anthony Bianchi - Louise A. Bianco - Augy & Viola Bish The Olewine Family Trust Janice R. Black - Susan Blickstein - Richard Bowman - Eugene Borza & Kathleen Pavelko John Bottonari - Melvin & Vivian Brock - Ronald W. Brown Steve & Gretc hen Brownley Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Timme Buffington - Truman & Beth Bullard Joseph Bunecicky Richard Burns - Michael Byrne & Penn National Insurance Annette Dragas - Dr. Josie P. Campbell & Isaac Davis - CARillo, LLC - William P. Carter Premier Wealth Management James J. Caulson - Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit - Janine Chaney - David Chapman & Carole Swendsen - Doris Chapman - Lonnie Chase - Cyrus Ches tnut - James Cooper Shearer Family Fund - R. Scott Shearer TFEC Marianne Corl - Karen Critchfield - Leesa Crnogorac & Alan Rockman - Kimberly Crostley Tom & Donna Weik Charles Culbertson - Doug Darmstaetter - Robert L. Daub - Pete r B. Daubenspeck - Robert H. Davis The Wells Foundation Davis Law Offices - Shirley A. Dearing - Patrick Dearing - Carl "Chick" DeFebo, Sr. Steve & Kelly Delaveris - Russell & Beatrice Dick - Jon M Edmonds - Terry Gaillardet-Fabiano Robert O. Fairley Leon and Francine Feinerman - Adrienne Fields - Carmen Finestra CORPORATE MEMBERS Genevieve Fitzgibbon & Christopher Wonders - Alarie O. Fleming - James Flinchbaugh K. Eugene Appleby Deborah R. Fontaine Michael Freshwater - John Frymoyer - Joseph A. & Joyce Gehl - Jeremy Gill Armesto Eye Associates Cheryl Faul Gingerich - Nancy Gippert - Susan Goldy & Joe Quattrocci Perform Group LLC Charles & Mary Goonrey - Donald Grabowski - Lois Lehrman Grass - Michael Greenwald Anthony Grigonis - Peggy Grove - Warren E. Guenther - Terry Guerrisi - Alfred B. Guion Premier Wealth Management Emily Guilliams - Francis Haas - Paul Haidet & Mary Lynn Fecile - The Hall Foundation Michael & Linda Shank John A. F. Hall - Linda & Skip Hardy - Thomas P.