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SFJS Event Chair: James Chism

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Grand Opening Concert - Bienes Center for the Arts
Featured Artist: Maria Rivas
7 PM - $10 Advanced $20 Door

Known as one of the most versatile voices in Latin America and now North America, Maria Rivas skillfully combines American and Latin Jazz rhythms with lively yet sentimental music from around the world.  She interprets her music in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and performs her own blend of traditional standards as well as music and lyrics she has composed herself.

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

10:00
Open Registration

10:30 – 11:15 AM - Main Auditorium
Jaco Pastorius and his Influence on Jazz
Moderator: Bob Weinberg, Jazz Journalist (Jazziz Magazine, JazzBluesFlorida)
A panel of distinguished area personalities discuss the life and music of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius.
Panelists: Ed Bell (Radio Host and Producer, WLRN); Rick Doll (Jazz bassist); Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo (Jazz bassist); Randy Bernsen (Jazz guitarist); others TBA

10:30 – 11:15 AM - Dance Hall
Early Jazz Music Ensemble
Concert/clinic featuring: Paul Green, (clarinet and faculty professor at Florida Atlantic University); Mike Curtis, guitar; Don Coffman, ((jazz bass) is professor and associate chair of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the University of Miami Frost School of Music); Hank Bredenberg, trombone; Eloy Oliveros, drums; and Troy Anderson, trumpet

11:30 – 12:00 noon - Main Auditorium
Opening remarks: James Chism, Vice President Jazzonian, Bobby Ramirez, Founder/President Jazzonian

12:15 to 1 PM - Main Auditorium
A Versatile Approach to Jazz
Performance/clinic featuring: Bobby Ramirez (saxophone, flute, percussion, voice); Ryan Ellis (Piano, Band Director at Ferguson Sr. High School); Rick Doll (Bass); and Ivan Velasquez (Drums)

1:30 to 2:15 PM - Dance Hall
Elements of Jazz Rhythm
Performance/clinic: Sammy Figueroa
Other panelists TBA

1:30 to 2:15 PM - Main Auditorium
The Life and Music of Louis Armstrong
Lecture by Dr. Tim Walters, Director of Jazz Studies, Florida Atlantic University; and Professor Dave Gibble, Director of Jazz Studies, Palm Beach State College

2:45 to 3:30 PM - Main Auditorium
Jazzonian Young Jazz Leaders Honors Band
Guest conductor: Christopher Dorsey - Band Director at Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band

3:45 to 4:45 - Main Auditorium
Building a Concert Based Big Band Rehearsal Program
Christopher Dorsey - Band Director at Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band

3:45 to 4:45 – Dance Hall
Amazing Musicwomen
Concert/Lecture featuring: Joan Cartwright, (vocals, Executive Director, Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc); Roberta DeMuro (piano); Renee Fiallos (flute/voice)
Amazing Musicwomen is an historical lecture with songs, photographs and artwork that chronicle the lives of women who wrote and performed blues and jazz music, including Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, Lil Harding Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and others. Concert selections include compositions of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Cole Porter, Norman Mapp and Joan Cartwright

NOTES:
The South Florida Jazz Summit is a fundraising event produced annually by the Jazz Museum of Florida, Inc (dba Jazzonian), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All proceeds from this event go to the Jazzonian Young Jazz Leaders Scholarship initiative and community outreach jazz education programs under the aegis of the Jazz Museum of Florida, Inc.

MISSION:
The mission of the South Florida Jazz Summit is to bring the Jazz industry together; committed to empowering Jazz; thereby, serving as a cultural bridge--bringing people together for this higher purpose of preserving, advancing and celebrating this precious American artform that we love called Jazz; providing networking and educational opportunity; helping to energize the local Jazz scene; bringing awareness to area Jazz institutions and organizations; showcasing the best emerging young Jazz talent from great area schools, as well as helping to empower South Florida as a world class destination for live Jazz.

If you're excited about the positive impact that SFJS will have empowering Jazz, please help us by making a donation. Your name will be listed in the JAZZY Friends of SFJS webpage, and you will also be registered to attend the conference.