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August 2007 Special Edition

13 Years Serving the Community

RICHIE COLE/ GREG ABATE JAZZERIE MEMBERSHIP QUINTET TO KICK OFF JAZZERIE JazzErie is an organization of volunteers. There are no paid staff. All 2007-08 SEASON proceeds from concerts, memberships, The JazzErie Concert Season will Orchestra,” which includes tenor foundation grants and gifts go directly start on Saturday, September 15 with saxophonist Bobby Howell, trumpeter toward bringing great performers to a searing saxophone extravaganza, Jack Walrath, on guitar and Erie, supporting local jazz education the / Greg Abate Quintet, others. Their latest release, “Richie’s and providing information to members featuring drummer Carmen Intorre and Rose Garden” (Jazz Excursion Records), and the Erie community through our his trio. Cole and Abate, both bop-based, commemorates Cole’s stay-at-home website and newsletter. Membership internationally famous saxophonists, each passion for gardening. Another at- is open to everyone. Volunteers are with his own unique voice, will combine home activity: Cole and his wife give welcome! their talents with Intorre’s Cleveland- an annual picnic in August. Last year If you are already a JazzErie based rhythm section for an evening of 1,500 musicians and their guests came. member, August is the month to renew. adventuresome straight ahead jazz. The Performances included guests from If you’re not yet a member, consider the concert will be held in downtown Erie, at Russia, Finland and Germany. following benefits: Gannon University. Starting time is 8:00 PM. In addition to at least six CD’s by • JazzErie brings great artists and “Alto Madness,” Cole has appeared on co-sponsors many jazz events during over 40 other recordings, with cohorts the year. JazzErie brings you the Jazz ranging from to Boots Walk in July, co-sponsors the Erie Art Randolph. Museum & Jazz Festival, and co-sponsors the Erie Summerlong Jazz Cole is also an inveterate music Festival educator, giving frequent workshops • Members get reduced rates on many as he travels, and sponsoring an Alto JazzErie concerts. Madness Junior Orchestra for 10 to 16- year-olds. • Members receive a monthly newsletter with news of upcoming Richie Cole says of events and concerts, club news, plus Cole, “His live performances, seasoned interviews and in-depth commentary. Richie Cole, who hails from Trenton, liberally with madcap humor that has • JazzErie supports local jazz education NJ, where his father owned a jazz club, become his trademark, continuously in schools and the community. began playing saxophone at age 10. delight audiences that extend well beyond • JazzErie provides a monthly Jazz While in high school, he was tutored by hard core jazz purists.” Cole consistently Discussion Group, an evening of . Cole played with the big places high in readers’ polls conducted by fine recorded music and stimulating bands of , Down Beat and others. and , and worked as conversation. saxophonist for Manhatten Transfer in Cole’s front-line partner, Greg Abate, • Membership in JazzErie gives you the the ‘80’s. He has spent most of the past is already known to many Erie jazz fans, knowledge that you are supporting this 15 years leading his own bands. having appeared in Erie in a special vital art form in your community. concert at the papermoon restaurant in His most visible and popular band JOIN NOW!!! has been his seven-piece “Alto Madness Continued on pg. 4 .... For More Information: www.jazzerie.com REVIEW OF 2006-2007 Jazz Erie The best way to predict what you’ll get in the future is to look at what you got in the JazzErie is a com- immediate past. Here is a review of JazzErie’s offerings during the past year. munity of music lovers and musicians and, a member- ship organization dedicated CONCERT SEASON bass sax, with unusual stops in between, to sharing with children, including the F-mezzo saxophone. He International stars – adults and one an-other has performed worldwide with a striking array of virtuoso players, including an awareness and love of Guitar music, particularly jazz. JazzErie brings Regina Carter, Lester Bowie, Herbie giant LARRY toget-her people who want to listen to jazz, Hancock, Flip Phillips and the Detroit CORYELL was learn about it, play it and just live it. Symphony. He also appeared in “Kansas one of the true City.” Check out our website at innovators in the past 50 years of www.jazzerie.com for complete JazzErie co-sponsored appearances jazz – pioneering by saxophonist/composer DAVE information on current and jazz-rock in the upcoming events. PIETRO and his Banda Brazil at 1960’s with a Behrend College (April) and free hard-edged tone, drummer RASHIED ALI at the Erie 2007-2008 Board of Directors note-bending Art Museum’s Blues & Jazz Festival and phrasing (August). President...... Dr. Carl Hultman that owed as much to the blues, rock Vice President...... Ed Goebel and country as to his bop predecessors. Regional Stars – Treasurer...... Liz Scarpelli He appeared in December, at the Directors Ambassador, with bassist Mark Egan and In September, JazzErie brought you an elegant Joe Curlett Brian Sheridan drummer Paul Wertigo, each innovators evening of Robb Hoff Charles Lute in their own right. The multifaceted Al Lubiejewski Julie Masterson Coryell was as taken with Erie as John Marzalek Scott Meier concertgoers were with him, and returned with Cleveland Sheldon Peterson Allen Zurcher for a guest appearance at the papermoon guitarist BOB Mary Watson Dick Thompson in May. FRASER and John Kytic his trio. The Singer KEVIN MAHOGANY, concert was Past Presidents who Newsweek magazine calls “the held at Gannon David F. Van Amburg 1994-1995 standout jazz University. (Founding President) vocalist of his Fraser is well known to Erie and Atty. Al Lubiejewski 1995-1997 generation,” Cleveland fans for his work with Ernie Virginia M. Pelkowski 1997-1999 appeared at Krivda, and as an accompanist for many R. Patrick Rodgers 1999-2002 the East Erie top players visiting Cleveland. Turners Club Steve Eidell 2002-2003 in October. Tom McLaren 2003-2005 Mahogany JazzErie Notes is published monthly is a veteran by JazzErie which is a subsidiary organiza- of R&B, tion of the Erie Art Museum, crossover jazz and ‘60’s soul music, a nonprofit organization. and has focused in a more concentrated way on jazz in recent years. His credits JazzErie Notes include a role in the Robert Altman film Editor - Dick Thompson “Kansas City.” published by Singers KI ALLEN and LUCA PIP Printing West Multi-saxophonist MUNDACA provided outstanding 2825 West 26th St. • Erie, PA 16506 JAMES CARTER performances on a wintry night in came to Erie in March, February at the East Erie Turners Club. Deadline is the 15th of each month. performing at the Allen, frequently heard in the Cleveland Send articles to: Maennerchor Club. A area, carries a finely tuned jazz sensibility [email protected] frequent Down Beat into her vocal explorations. Mundaca, or Box 8833, Erie, PA 16505 poll winner, Carter is a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, came with a master of reeds from a portfolio of her own songs, many in the soprano sax to the fluidly musical Portugese.

Special Edition Page 2 Sponsorship – COMMUNICATIONS

Local Stars – JazzErie’s website (www.jazzerie. com) gives a monthly update on local Local talent concerts and clubs featuring jazz, plus reigned supreme organizational information and links to in JazzErie’s related websites. annual Jazz & Blues Walk in JazzErie News Notes is a monthly July. Ten great newsletter, mailed to your home (or soon, bands at ten if you choose, to your email address) fine downtown During 2006-7, JazzErie had the with news about upcoming concerts and eateries made a pleasure of sponsoring the JAZZERIE club appearances, interviews with local unique evening ALL-STARS. This aggregate of jazz figures, reviews and more. for the many talented high school hopefuls from the hundreds of patrons who enjoyed Erie area was spearheaded by three high ALL THIS FOR THE PRICE this event. Pictured singer KATIE school band directors: Dave Hetrick OF ONE MEMBERSHIP!! CHRIEST entertained both at the kickoff (McDowell), Chuck Lute (Collegiate For more information, reception at the Erie Art Museum Annex, Academy) and John Marszalek (Ger. visit www.jazzerie.com. and later in the evening with the AZQ McLane) Their goal was to send an all- quartet at Scotty’s. star high school band to the Montreux JAZZERIE THANKS THE Jazz Festival in Switzerland – to listen, The DIXIE DOODLERS and soak up atmosphere and knowledge, FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS the JAZZERIE ALL-STARS both and to perform as part of the Festival FOR THEIR SUPPORT performed at Jazz at the Zoo in June, program. They succeeded! another event co-sponsored by JazzErie. Gannon University, 109 University More on the All-Stars later. Square. MacDonald, Illig, Jones and EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Britton, Attorneys, 100 State Street, Suite 700. Workshops – Glenwood Beer, 2177 W. Grandview During the past year, JazzErie has Boulevard. presented workshops by leading jazz Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts musicians who are visiting the Erie area. Center, Mercyhurst College. Workshops are geared to students and Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street. aspiring musicians and provide both THE JAZZERIE DISCUSSION Glass Growers Gallery, technical information about the craft and GROUP is an informal (everyone 10 E. 5th Street. practical advice about life as a musician. interested is welcome) group of new World of Music, and old jazz fans. It is led by Charles 1355 W. 26th Street. Presenters during 2006-7 included: Ventrello, an artist and one of Erie’s elite Froess Pianos and Keyboards, 2558 saxophonists. The group meets once a W. 8th Street. • Baritone saxophonist CLAIRE month, currently on the third Thursday Romolo Chocolates, DALY (DIVA, accompanying Aretha at 7:30 PM at the Erie Art Museum 1525 W. 8th Street. Franklin and Rosemary Clooney, Down Annex, 20 E. 5th St., and promises “great Lynch Music, Rte. 9 & Rte. 20, Beat poll winner), recorded jazz (bring your own favorite Fairview. disc), latest music news and stimulating Erie Book Store, 137 E. 13th Street. • Drummer JOE HARRIS (Dizzy dialog.” Gillespie’s , Lester Young, Ella Raven Sound, 2617 Peach Street. Fitzgerald, Bobby Hutcherson, Quincy JazzErie performances are supported in Edinboro University of Jones), part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Pennsylvania, Edinboro Arts, a state agency funded by the Common- Penn State Erie, The Behrend • Drummer ROGER HUMPHRIES wealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment of the Arts, a federal agency. College, Wesleyville (Horace Silver, Stanley Turrentine, Ray Lake Erie Fanfare, 113 W. 10th Charles, Richard “Groove” Holmes), JazzErie performances are also funded in part by The Erie Arts Endowment of the Street. • Guitarist BOB FRASER (Ernie Arts Council of Erie. Coors Beer Krivda, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Grover Scott Enterprises/Ambassador Washington). Center, 8040 Peach Street East Erie Turners Club, 829 Parade Street. Mercyhurst College, 501 E 38th St. Page 3 Erie Jazz Notes Continued from pg. 1 .... clubs and began recording. His 2004 Drummer Carmen Intorre is a newer CD “Evolution” was nominated for a arrival on the scene. He, too, appeared February, 2006. Grammy. Abate is also an educator, in Erie in 2006 at a JazzErie concert He wowed the teaching at Rhode Island College and featuring young trumpet star Dominic crowd and his conducting workshops and master classes Farinacci. Intorre is a graduate of musical cohorts throughout the US and abroad. Julliard’s new Jazz Studies program, and with his down- has already made a name for himself to-earth manner Critics say: “Abate is not content by joining Joey DeFrancesco on tour, combined to rely on stock riffs and standard including a gig on the Ramsey Lewis with fine chord progressions. Rather, the sharp TV jazz series as DeFrancesco’s and Dr. tuned musical angularity of his phrases and the often Lonnie Smith’s accompanist. sensibilities. startling pauses in his fast-moving lines Abate also give his work a feeling of constant * * * * * * * conducted a invention and creativity”—Howard Workshop Reich, Chicago Tribune. High powered jazz, master for aspiring performers, comfortable surroundings. musicians and interested fans during that “Greg Abate is one of the most And that’s just the season opener. visit. appealing saxophonists on the scene Negotiations are in the works with an today. He is mature with an abundance array of equally talented musicians to fill Abate (pictured above) also carries of gentle self-confidence. The result out the once-a-month concert season. a substantial resume. He turned 60 this is that he plays music with sweetness summer, but that doesn’t seem to be and daring.”—Jim Merod, New Jazz As said, during slowing him down. He tours 150 days a Recordings. his first visit here last year, Erie year, and just returned from a European is becoming a “jazz oasis,” with a Festival tour which included Paris, receptive, knowledgeable jazz audience, Innsbruck, Florence and Montreux, then increasingly known to the top tier of on to a tour of England. traveling jazz musicians who inhabit the troposphere of international jazz talent. Abate completed four years at Berklee, then played lead alto for the Ray Charles Orchestra for two years, leaving to start his own group. He played tenor with the reconstituted Artie Shaw Orchestra in the late ‘80’s, then toured

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