KJAZZ With hosts Bubba Jackson, GuestJose Artist Rizo David & Special Benoit A Floating Jazz Fest to Normandy f April 10-20, 2022 SPECIAL SAVINGS UP $ TO 1,100 WHEN YOU BOOK EARLY Custom River Journeys by Earthbound Expeditions Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell and Miles Davis are just a few of the jazz heroes who are deeply beloved in France. Join us in celebrating their enduring legacy on this custom KJAZZ floating festival! APRIL IN PARIS! TEN DAYS OF JAZZ, ART, CULTURE AND HAUTE CUISINE WITH JOSE RIZO, BUBBA JACKSON & DAVID BENOIT KJAZZ globetrotters are embarking on their third private floating musical festival cruise: this time to Paris and Normandy. And, we’d love for you to join us and fellow public radio jazz lovers! We’ve chartered the first-class MS Amadeus Diamond just for all of us jazz-loving public radio supporters. We’ll hear a little gypsy jazz, Django Reinhardt style, throw one of our famous Latin jazz dance parties and travel back in time with music from Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole. Also featured are several onboard concerts performed by outstanding European musicians. The trip begins with two pre-cruise nights in Paris, once home to a plethora of American jazz performers, writers, artists and musicians, it’s the perfect place to witness the on- going love affair between Paris and jazz. And then to start our floating jazz festival, we’ll cruise up the Seine to experience highlights such as Claude Monet’s Giverny Gardens, the spectacular Mont St Michel, the D-Day Beaches of WWII and delightful Norman villages and historic towns. We’ll also savor the local culinary specialties the French are so famous for: creamy cheeses, crisp cider and other local delights. A good time is guaranteed – we hope you’ll join our floating jazz festival from Paris to Normandy! Jose Rizo and Bubba Jackson KJAZZ 88.1 on-air hosts Arc de Triomphe YOUR TRIP HOSTS & JAZZ ARTISTS Bubba Jackson Jose Rizo KJAZZ Host KJAZZ Host Bubba Jackson was born Jose Rizo was born in in Harlem, New York. As Guadalajara, Mexico a radio personality and and raised in Oxnard, Program Director he has California. He played worked as on-air host at trumpet in high school, but many of the top jazz stations around the country. The Los it was not until he was a student at U.C. Santa Barbara that Angeles Times Calendar section states “One of the best he developed his passion for jazz. In the late 70s, Jose was things about drive-time in L.A. is Bubba Jackson.” Bubba the founder of “Radio Chicano”, a student and community has been a concert producer, promoter, talent coordinator broadcasting organization based on the Santa Barbara and master of ceremonies. His festival experience includes campus at KCSB, where he served as program director for the Prince Hall Shriners’ Concert in Los Angeles, New two years. Rizo began hosting “Jazz on the Latin Side” Orleans and St. Louis, The Millennium Music Festival on KLON (now KJAZZ) in early 1990. He was intricately (Los Angeles), the Doheny Blues Festival, Big Time Blues involved on KLON’s “Latin Jazz Club Caravans” and served Festival, the Central Avenue Jazz Festival and many as a member of the Grammy’s Screening committee for others. Bubba Jackson is well-known and well-liked as an Latin Jazz. He has been the artistic director of the Luckman award winning radio and television personality, seasoned Fine Arts Latin Jazz Concert Series and involved in the concert producer and a skilled researcher with exceptional “Central Avenue Jazz Festival” since its inception. organizational skills. David Benoit Franck Amsallem Piano Jazz Artist / Programmer Over the last quarter Algerian-born, Franck century, composer and grew up in Nice, France. pianist David Benoit has He studied in the US at been a passionate musical Berklee College of Music innovator committed to and Manhattan School of the exploration of many different art forms on the American Music. In 2002, Franck returned to France and settled in landscape. A five-time GRAMMY nominee for his seminal Paris. He has performed in countless jazz festivals around contributions to the genre of contemporary jazz, Benoit has the world and has received high praise from the critics for also embarked on a multi-faceted journey into the classical his numerous recordings, both piano and vocal. Franck music world. This has led to guest pianist and conductor has composed pieces for big band and for string and spots with numerous top orchestras, four performances at chamber orchestra. Carnegie Hall (including one with Leonard Bernstein at the podium), a performance on the steps of the Capitol Building with the National Symphony for the annual PBS July 4th event, and the creation of his new orchestral work, Dolores Del Carmen, and chamber composition, Music for Two Trios. Denise King Gustave Lundgren Remembering Billie Holiday An evening with Django Reinhardt Vocalist Denise King was born and raised in Guitarist Gustav Lundgren Philadelphia where she is one of Sweden’s most was exposed to R&B as a prominent jazz guitarists child and discovered jazz right now. He was born in at twelve years old, thanks to an uncle who was an avid jazz Stockholm 1980, started to play guitar at age 12 and stud- fan and record collector. Denise spent many hours listening ied music in Stockholm, Bollnäs and Svalöv between 1996- to her favorite jazz musicians and singers learning lyrics and 2000. Gustav started to play at clubs around Stockholm at phrasing. After a lengthy career in the medical field and age 16 and made his first tour to Spain with his own trio at working as a family-planning counselor, King started singing age 19. Between 2000-2012 Gustav toured worldwide with at club gigs around Philadelphia and eventually switched different jazz groups. He has recorded over 60 albums as careers. In 2008, King relocated to Paris and began touring a side man and 22 as a leader. Gustav Lundgren has been extensively in Europe. She currently has a four CD working with names like: Jimmy Rosenberg, Chris Cheek, contract with Azzurra Records. Denise King has delighted Jorge Rossy, Doug Weiss, Antoine Boyer, Bill McHenry, audiences worldwide. among others. Hermon Mehari Peter Horsfall A tribute to Freddie Hubbard A Louis Amrstrong Evening Trumpeter Hermon Mehari Trumpeter Peter Horsfall is a Missouri native, who is is an acclaimed trumpet currently based in Paris. In player, vocalist and 2010, Mehari graduated songwriter based in from the University of Mis- the UK. A vibrant and souri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance where, formidable presence on the London jazz scene, Peter has as a student, he earned early acclaim as one of the founders developed a reputation as a consummate bandleader and of Diverse whose debut album reached the Top 40 on the an innovative producer. Peter’s latest album Nighthawks Jazzweek Radio Charts. Mehari has won numerous awards in received critical acclaim, including a four star review in prestigious international competitions. Mehari released his the Guardian. Described by All About Jazz as ‘one of the own debut album, “Bleu,” in 2017. In addition to perform- year’s most original releases’, the record was featured on ing, Mehari works as an educator, participates in clinics BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and Jazz FM. In addition to around the world and maintains an active touring schedule. his solo projects, Peter is also a member of the Kansas Smitty’s House Band and leads the traditional jazz ensemble Basin Street Brawlers. Sacha Boutros Matthew Brumley Vocals Earthbound Expeditions Currently recognized Matthew Brumley is the by music critics, peers, founder of Earthbound celebrities, and musical Expeditions and has been legends, Sacha is one leading and creating of the top jazz artists public radio and museum performing today. An innovative and creative entrepeneur, adventures worldwide for 25 plus years. After completing solo artist, musician, producer designer, composer, artist his undergraduate studies at the universities of Copen- and humanitarian, Sacha has gone from a few US festivals hagen and Moscow, he went on to attend the graduate to touring the world and back. Her recordings have hit the program at the London School of Economics. He has lived Top 10 charts in Japan, and she received several Grammy in Copenhagen, Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Jose, nods for best Jazz and Latin Jazz albums in 2008 ad 2013. Costa Rica. Listen to Matthew’s travel segment at KNKX – NPR Public Radio, Seattle. Reserve your space today. Call 800-723-8454 or visit www.earthboundexpeditions.com YOUR FLOATING JAZZ JOURNEY BEGINS DAY 0: APRIL 10, 2022 – DEPART USA afternoon with Monet, Manet, Cézanne and Renoir at the Your floating Jazz adventure begins. An optional group flight acclaimed Musée d’Orsay. Enjoy an included jazz concert at departs from Los Angeles for the City of Light – Paris! a local club this evening with your hosts! Sleep in the heart of Paris (B) DAY 1: APRIL 11 – ARRIVE IN PARIS Our journey through Paris and Normandy officially begins DAY 3: APRIL 13 – BOARD THE MS AMADEUS DIAMOND in the historic heart of Paris. This afternoon enjoy a This morning, relax, visit a market, tour the Picasso welcome lunch with your KJAZZ hosts and your Earthbound or Rodin Museum or take a stroll down the iconic Expeditions guide. Sleep in the heart of Paris (L) Champs-Élysées. This afternoon, we’ll board the 1st class, privately chartered, MS Amadeus Diamond! DAY 2: APRIL 12 – EXPLORE THE CITY OF LIGHT After breakfast dive into France’s past by visiting the After checking into your cabin, learn about the history of jazz historic center of Paris, including the Ile de la Cité, in Paris: a city that continues to be closely associated with the Notre Dame and the Left Bank.