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Exit 0 International Jazz Festival Swings Into Town Despite Hurricane Sandy Volume 41 • Issue 01 January 2013 Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. JazzJazz ReturnsReturns toto CapeCape MayMay Exit 0 International Jazz Festival swings into town despite Hurricane Sandy Story and more photos page 30 NEW DATE NJJS 40TH ANNIVERSARY JAM January 27 Drew University Singer Mark Murphy captivates his audience during an afternoon set at the Exit 0 International Jazz Festival in Cape May, November 10, 2012. Photo by Mitchell Seidel. See page 5 for details. New JerseyJazzSociety in this issue: NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY Prez Sez . 2 Bulletin Board . 2 NJJS Calendar . 3 Mail Bag. 4 Jazz Trivia . 4 Prez Sez New Patron Level Benefits . 4 Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/NJJS Info . 6 By Mike Katz President, NJJS NJJS Annual Meeting. 48 November Jazz Social. 50 Farewell, Colleague. 52 his is my first column as our new president, We welcomed as a newly elected director Joan New/Renewed Members . 52 Tafter my election at the Annual Meeting on Streit, a retired high school French teacher, and Crow’s Nest . 54 December 2. It is a great honor to lead this jazz pianist and singer. Re-elected directors were January Social: Monroe Quinn . 55 Change of Address/Support outstanding organization, and I look forward Caryl Anne McBride, Stan Myers, Al Parmet, NJJS/Volunteer/JOIN NJJS . 55 to a great 2013 for NJJS and its members! Marcia Steinberg, Elliott Tyson and Jackie STORIES About 70 members attended the Annual Wetcher. Exit 0: Jazz in Cape May. cover Meeting. While one might be tempted to Big Band in the Sky. 8 We also bid farewell to Andi Tyson as a Board Memories of David Allyn. 14 conclude that they all came to hear our officers’ member. Andi is known to everyone, having Dan’s Den . 15 reports, I suspect that they really were there to served most recently as Executive Vice President, Noteworthy . 17 hear our wonderful musical guests, trumpeter/ Talking Jazz: Jay Leonhart. 18 and prior to that as President and Treasurer. We Lost Masters: Eddie Durham . 24 singer Bria Skonberg and her trio — more will miss her on the Board, but she will remain WBGO Champions of Jazz. 32 about them later. Jazz Journeys . 34 active as a member and volunteer. Andi will be Radio Simulcast NEA Jazz Masters . 36 We began with outgoing president Frank succeeded as Executive Vice President by Stew Diane Moser 16th Anniversary . 37 Mulvaney presenting the Nick Bishop award, Schiffer, who has been a Board member for REVIEWS given to a member of the Society not on the several years and has contributed his talents in College Jazz. 38 Board, to recognize his or her contributions to Other Views . 40 many areas. Stew is a drummer who regularly Caught in the Act: H.Allen/S.Raney . 43 NJJS over the past year or longer. This year’s appears at venues in northern New Jersey. Maria Schneider at Jazz Standard . 44 honoree was Al Kuehn, one of the founding Book: John Pizzarelli . 46 members of NJJS and a co-producer of the Succeeding me as Treasurer is Larissa Rozenfeld. Sound of Music Paper Mill . 47 Chicken Fat Ball which takes place each January. Larissa is a CPA and we look forward to her EVENTS handling the myriad duties of that office, ’Round Jersey: Morris, Ocean . 56 After that, I presented a plaque to Frank in Institute of Jazz Studies/ recognition of his contributions as President and including keeping the books, preparing financial Jazz from Archives . 57 Vice President. Frank not only performed the statements and handling sales at our events. Somewhere There’s Music . 58 The Name Dropper . 59 usual duties of President, but also served as Remaining as Secretary is Al Parmet, and Sheilia liaison to the college jazz programs in the state, ADVERTISERS Lenga and Caryl Anne McBride are continuing Marlene VerPlanck . 4 attending many concerts and covering them as Vice Presidents of Publicity and Membership NJJS 40th Anniversary Celebration. 5 for Jersey Jazz. Frank and Kathy are moving to NJJS Pee Wee Russell Memorial Stomp . 7 respectively. WBGO . 9 California to be nearer to their children and Shanghai Jazz . 11 grandchildren. Our thanks to Frank for all of Finally, Mitchell Seidel will lead the Music Arbors Records . 13 his efforts, and we wish him and Kathy the Committee with the new title of Vice President- Swingadelic. 16 Ocean County College . 19 best in their new digs. Music Programming. In this key role, Mitchell Mayo Performing Arts Center . 23 RVCC Arts . 27 Jazzdagen . 33 Stay tuned to www.njjs.org Cadence Magazine . 35 Shelly Productions/Glen Rock . 36 WBGO Photo Blog . 36 NJJS Bulletin Board McCarter Theatre Center . 37 Sandy Sasso . 39 Jim Eigo Jazz Promo . 40 Member Discount Claim your member privilege! Get free admission Diane Perry . 41 to NJJS socials, discounts to music events, discounts from partners! Full Count Big Band . 42 Roxbury Arts Alliance . 45 NJJS Members Discounts Hibiscus offers NJJS members a discount of 10% off their check. John Nobile The Berrie Center at Ramapo College offers NJJS members 5% off event tickets. Summerswing Orchestra . 46 CTS Images . 47 FREE Film Series…Now on THURSDAY nights at 7 PM at Library of the Chathams. See calendar page 3 William Paterson University . 49 for details. Best of all? Free, free, free…invite your friends. Jazz in Bridgewater: Benny Goodman Tribute . 53 FREE Jazz Socials…ongoing. Join us for music and mingling. Free for members, $10 non-members LauRio Jazz . 54 (applicable to membership) with just a $10 venue minimum. Watch calendar page 3 for upcoming dates and details. Princeton Record Exchange . 60 Beyond the schmooze, there are some serious musical prizes raffled off at our socials!! 2 __________________________________ January 2013 New JerseyJazzSociety Tell them you saw it A New Jersey Jazz Society membership always makes a great gift! Plus, if you are in Jersey Jazz! already a member, a gift membership costs just $20! See page 55 for details! will arrange for the programming and CD, So Is the Day, which received excellent Boots Maleson on bass. Our thanks to logistics of all of NJJS’s musical events. reviews and reached # 7 on the jazz charts. David and Martha of Shanghai Jazz for The musical entertainment consisted of two In addition to being an accomplished hosting the meeting; we are blessed to have sets by Bria Skonberg, with Ehud Asherie on musician and possessing a beautiful singing such a great jazz venue out here in the piano and Sean Cronin on bass. This was a voice, Bria is a gifted songwriter — of the “’burbs.” truly international group with Sean, like 12 tracks on the CD, nine are her originals. I wish all our members the happiest of Bria, hailing from Canada, and Ehud being a A special treat during the second set was New Years, and hope that you will all come native of Israel. Bria grew up in Chilliwack, Warren Vaché, with whom Bria has been to the Anniversary Jam. Tickets are still British Columbia, earned a bachelor’s degree studying, sitting in on several numbers. available, and may be obtained as stated in in jazz performance from Capilano Bria is a rising star and we look forward the ad in this issue. The Jam is intended as a University in Vancouver, and moved here to her development as a major jazz artist. fundraising event to benefit our educational two years ago to advance her career in the Those who missed the Annual Meeting programs, including our college scholarships jazz capital of the world, New York City. have another opportunity to see her as and Generations of Jazz, and almost all of Jackie Wetcher and I first got to know Bria part of our 40th Anniversary Jam at Drew the musicians are performing without on a jazz cruise, and since then we have University, re-scheduled for January 27 compensation other than payment of their attended many of her performances. She as a result of Hurricane Sandy. travel expenses. Please appreciate their has appeared in prestigious venues such as After the meeting, the Board remained at donation of their time and talents, and the Iridium and Birdland, as well as at Shanghai for our annual dinner, with the reward them and NJJS by making your international jazz festivals and in numerous evening’s featured entertainment by the own tax-deductible contributions to events here in New Jersey, including Jazzfest great Marlene VerPlanck, accompanied by support jazz education. and Pee Wee. Earlier this year, she released a Warren as well as Tedd Firth on piano and See you at the Jam! 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! for updates and details. Sunday Sunday Sunday January 20 Sunday January 27 March 3 April 14 JAZZ SOCIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY JAM PEE WEE RUSSELL CO-PRODUCED CONCERT Monroe Quinn MEMORIAL STOMP Diva Jazz Orchestra Shanghai Jazz All-Star Players Birchwood Manor Mayo Performing Arts Center Madison Drew University Whippany Morristown 3 – 5:30 PM NOON – 5 PM 3 PM see p 55 Madison see ad p 7 see ad p 23 3 – 7 PM see ad page 5 NJJS Calendar January 2013 __________________________________ 3 New JerseyJazzSociety The Mail Bag NJJS Launches I’M LOOKING FOR anyone who collects old copies of the Jersey Jazz New Patron Level Benefits Journal.
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