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The "Jammin' for James" Jazz Appreciation Month Fund Raiser Founding director of both the Georgia Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Duke Pearson Summer Camp, Professor James Hardy Patterson, is a recipient of many awards, including the Paul Mitchell Community Jazz Awards for Lifetime Achievement.
Professor Patterson, Assistant Professor of Music at Clark Atlanta University, a very dedicated, yet quiet and unassuming man, has served tirelessly, for 45 years in his artistic and educational support of Jazz and its preservation. His love of instructional presentation whether in the classroom or on the stage with his students, is clearly evident. Mr. James H. Patterson received his Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from Clark College and his Masters of Music from the University of Michigan. He is a Music educator, arranger, composer, conductor and performer. He has conducted orchestras for operas, musicals, small ensembles and soloists. He is Associate Professor of Music at Clark Atlanta University and is known internationally as the Music Director of the outstanding Clark Atlanta University Jazz Orchestra (performed in Africa, Europe and Caribbean). Mr. Patterson has performed as an extra and as a substitute player with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for many years, studio musician, auditioned as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, performed with the 7th Army Band in Stuttgart, Germany, performs with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, performed for the Trumpets Awards and plays regularly with many other professional groups in the area. He has his own Jazztet and has performed with Lionel Hampton, Duke Pearson, The Motown Band and many internationally known artists.
Mr. Patterson’s distinguished career includes many honors. He was the winner of the 1983 Bronze Jubilee Award, listed in the International Who’s Who in Music and Musician’s Directory, the Marquis’ Edition of Who’s Who in Entertainment and Who’s Who in the World. He was selected and named to Outstanding Young Men of America, Personality of the South and Community Leader and Noteworthy Americans. He was one of 18 finalists in the 1979 Conductor’s Competition at the University of Wisconsin. He is very active in numerous professional music organizations, a long time member of the Executive Board of the Atlanta Federation of Musicians – now Vice President, 148-462 of the AFM, a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy Awards) – and former member of The Board of Governors.
Having served as director of the CAU Jazz orchestra for more than 30 years, Professor Patterson, a profession musician, has represented Atlanta and Clark Atlanta University, by performing on campus, nationally and internationally, has recruited and trained countless young musicians and taught through the Atlanta public school system.
The Duke Pearson Jazz Music Summer Camp, on the campus of CAU, was created 10 years ago, to give the Atlanta youth, from middle to high school students, the opportunity to develop improvisational techniques on their instruments and benefit from Professor Patterson's years of historical information, performance experience and musical training in the Jazz art form.
This year's camp is June 11-15, 2007 in the Park Street Music and Arts Complex. The camp ends with a 90-minute Jazz Concert for parents and other guests.
How You Can Support the Duke Pearson Summer Camp!
The Duke Pearson Jazz Music Summer Camp, since its inception, has never received public financial support or grants. During the month of April, nationally celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month, there will be four fund raising opportunities spearheaded by SOJA, the Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts, Inc. The series of fund raisers, called "Jammin for James" will be in support of the Duke Pearson Jazz Music Summer Camp to collect donations for student scholarships, sheet music, instrumental supplies and general operating expenses. ALSO SEE: PRESS RELEASE Each evening's event will be free and open to the public but attendees are strongly encouraged to bring donations and checkbooks to support this fund raiser for the Duke Pearson Summer Camp.
Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts - SOJA Night at the 2006 Annual Emory Jazz Festival **Friday, February 10, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Concert followed by Meet-the-Artist Dessert Reception and CD Signing
with Baton Rouge alto saxophonist Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson and The Gary Motley Trio featuring Emory pianist Gary Motley and Michigan artists Paul Keller, bass, and Pete Siers, drums.
Concert Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center
Reception & CD Signing Location: Chace Upper Concert Hall Lobby, Schwartz Center Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322
*RESERVE YOUR TICKET NOW*
For the special SOJA member half-price ticket of only $5 (phone order processing fee may apply), mention "SOJA or Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts"** when calling the Arts at Emory Box Office at 404-727-5050 or buy in person Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Schwartz Center (temporary box office parking available in Allen Plaza).
Free concert parking after 5 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends in Emory parking decks. The Fishburne Staff/Faculty and Visitor Deck is next door to the Schwartz Center. For directions, maps, and parking information, visit www.arts.emory.edu.
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More about Warmdaddy*
"Warmdaddy" got involved in New York's jazz scene at age 14. He attended jam sessions in the city's famous clubs and participated in Harlem's Jazzmobile workshops, where he studied with Charles Daws and Roland Alexander and met Wynton and Branford Marsalis. At Branford's urging Anderson went to Louisiana to study with clarinetist Alvin Batiste. His big break came when Wynton asked him to tour with his septet. The group performed some of the defining late-1980s and early-1990s jazz revival music. Anderson taught and is now a clinician at the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies. He is the lead alto saxophonist with Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. His sound mixes traditional New Orleans jazz and a sweeping blues. Wes is joined by Emory's own Director of Jazz Studies Gary Motley, and two talented performers from Michigan who also got their start in music as teenagers, Pete Siers and Paul Keller.
*MORE 2006 EMORY JAZZ EVENTS
*Improvisation Class with Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson
*Public welcome to observe, Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., free, Schwartz Center, Tharp Rehearsal Hall Perspectives on
Performance: Master Class with Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson
*Public welcome to observe, Thursday, February 9 at 2006, 2:30 p.m., free, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall *
*2006 Emory Annual Jazz Festival Big Band Night with the Emory Big Band* Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 8:00 p.m., free, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall*
Emory Jazz Combos with Gary Motley, conductor
*Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 8:00 p.m., free, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
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Emory Big Band with Gary Motley, conductor
and special guest Philip Harper, trumpet*
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 8:00 p.m., free, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Atlanta resident, Philip Harper was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He first played trumpet at age ten under the tutorage of his brother and later studied at Hartt School of Music. At age 18 he moved to New York, where he recorded with "Little" Jimmy Scott, Jimmy McGriff, Betty Carter, Etta Jones and Bill Cosby. Between 1986 and 1988 he was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Later he formed The Harper Brothers and toured worldwide with his brother Winard on drums. Harper has made over 50 recordings.
Love and Understanding: A Tribute to George Howard Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
In 1999, the US Senate passed a resolution to designate March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The purpose of this resolution is to bring awareness of the importance of screening and preventing colorectal cancer, the second leading cancer killer in the United States.
Among any racial or ethnic group in the US, African American men and women have the highest death rate from colon and rectum cancer, about 30% higher than other racial groups.
These cancers among African Americans are more frequently diagnosed after the cancer has spread in the body. This is due to a lack of preventive screening for this disease.
The Atlanta Voices of the Colon Cancer Alliance, The Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts, Inc. (SOJA) and The JOCADA Museum of Jazz History of Douglasville, Georgia have joined together to bring awareness to colorectal cancer by celebrating the life of Atlanta’s fallen son, Jazz saxophonist, George Howard.
At the height of his career, after 19 years of performing and recording thirteen record albums, national and internationally known Jazz Saxophonist and Atlanta resident, George Howard was diagnosed with lymphoma. His condition quickly deteriorated and he unexpectedly died of colon cancer on Sunday, March 22, 1998, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 41 years old.
On Thursday, March 30th, at the George Howard Tribute, Atlanta area musicians, Dee Lucas & Friends, Sam Simms, Phil Davis, Sonny Emory, Darion Emory, William Green, Randy Hoexter, Mike Brown, Ron James, Joe Grandsen, and vocalist, Sharon North will play together to pay tribute to their good friend and mentor, George Howard. Also that evening, George Howard will be inducted into the JOCADA Museum of Jazz History.
The George Howard tribute will be at:
Saint Joseph's Hospital Auditorium
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., NE
7 PM Thursday, March 30, 2006
On a fairly pleasant, late March evening over 125 people gathered at the auditorium of St Joseph’s Hospital in North Atlanta to pay tribute to George Howard, a great jazz artist and friend . This evening marked a fundraiser for the end of Colon Cancer Month, the disease that took this life; but it was also a celebratory beginning for April’s Jazz Appreciation Month. George was stricken by colon cancer a decade ago and the tribute was a testimony to the richness of his contribution to the jazz musical art form.
The Southeastern Organization of Jazz Arts (SOJA) partnered with the Atlanta Area Colon Cancer Alliance, the JOCADA Museum of Jazz Arts, JamMates, and Saint Joseph’s Hospital to present this event. A total of fifteen local area musicians and vocalists, calling themselves Dee Lucas and Friends, teamed up to pay tribute to their friend, George. Many of the artist present had the pleasure of performing with Mr. Howard during his time in Atlanta. They lovingly played George’s tunes, other jazz favorites, and reminisced on the happy times they shared. It was a very receptive audience that included some of Mr. Howard’s family members who flew in for the event. Jade, George Howard’s daughter presented The JOCADA Jazz History Museum, in Douglasville, Georgia with a photo and other paraphernalia for the George Howard exhibit at the museum. These items will be on permanent display.
CULTURE AND HISTORY HOSTS FREE JAZZ CONCERT
Tax-deductible donations to benefit Southeastern Organization of Jazz Arts (SOJA) Atlanta, GA –The second of three SOJA jazz concerts features two of Atlanta’s top jazz performers—vocalist Oscar Sheppard and lecturer/saxophonist/poet Cliff Chandler—performing a benefit concert and celebration of the Auburn Avenue Research Library’s10th anniversary. The event takes place Sunday, April 25th at 4 p.m. at the Auburn Research Library on African-American Culture and History (101 Auburn Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303). No tickets or admission is required, but donations will be solicited for the purpose of supporting the fledgling not-for-profit Southeastern Organization of Jazz Arts (SOJA)—an organization with lofty goals regarding the reinstatement and development of jazz music in the Atlanta area and throughout the southeast. This concert is concurrent with Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), a month-long celebration initiated by Smithsonian Jazz (www.smithsonianjazz.org). Additional free concerts in this series, scheduled for April 18th and May 2nd, are covered in separate press releases. At the fore of JAM are two key proclamations: Jazz: A National Treasure – On December 4, 1987, the United States Senate approved Concurrent Resolution 57, designing Jazz a National Treasure. Public Law 108-72 – On August 18,2003, President George W. Bush signed a law which includes language strongly endorsing jazz and urging “musicians, schools, colleges, libraries, concert halls, museums, radio and television stations, and other organizations to develop programs that explore, perpetuate, and honor jazz as a national and world treasure.” Southeastern Organization of Jazz Arts (SOJA) SOJA’s mission is to encourage the growth of jazz through educational programs and performance, focusing on jazz’s history and continued development. As a means of advancing its mission, SOJA will initiate programs that will… • Provide educational experiences for people of all ages. • Create and present performance-based programs. • Provide outreach at the local, regional, and Southeastern levels. • Take an active role in supporting jazz-related art forms, such as film, painting, photography, dance, and historical displays. • Promote collaboration between various arts councils, universities, corporations, media, and other not-for-profit organizations. • Act as an advocate for jazz in any other appropriate forums consistent with building a larger and more aware jazz community. “SOJA has been on the drawing board here in Atlanta for the past year,” says SOJA Board President, Phil Clore. Clore has been affiliated with jazz in Atlanta for eight years through his work at WRFG Radio in Little Five Points. He also has a long history of dealing with non-profit organizations through his lengthy tenure with the Boy Scouts of America. “Jazz is in need of concerted support in order to survive and thrive,” Clore says. “It is not popular music, but we at SOJA maintain a firm belief that jazz will fare extremely well if people are educated via regular exposure through concerts and workshops. Once our funding is in place, we intend to turn things around in a very positive direction by putting jazz out there before the public. It’s such a personal and gratifying art form. We feel very strongly that the world would be a much better place with a greater appreciation for the arts and jazz in particular.” For further information or an interview regarding SOJA, contact Phil Clore at soja-org-events@comcast.net Telephone: 678-687-0421 OSCAR SHEPPARD www.oscarsheppard.com tel: 404-897-1895 Vocalist Oscar Sheppard earned the title, “The Smooth One,” long before smooth jazz was conceived in the early 1980s. Whereas smooth jazz relies heavily on formulaic R&B grooves and cloned instrumental sounds, Sheppard’s individual voice harkens back further to vintage crooners Nat “King” Cole and Johnny Hartman—wrapped up in a style all his own. Specializing in ballads from the pens of master songwriters Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and others, Sheppard also writes his own songs, several of which are included on his latest CD, “Kiddio.” CLIFF CHANDLER Email: Cduke23@aol.com tel: 478-745-0091 Cliff Chandler is a renaissance man of the new millennium. He is equally an author, poet, photographer, and musician. His 25 beautifully conceived, unpublished photographs of Duke Ellington will be the centerpiece of his one-man performance at the library. Chandler’s lecture will relay an insightful, personalized history into jazz’s greatest composer (while coincidentally celebrating Duke’s birthday in the month of April). Chandler may also don his saxophone for a couple Ellington numbers, aided by the “house” rhythm section of pianist Mike Blackburn and bassist Moffit Morris. ______________________________________________________ The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History A special library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History offers specialized reference and archival collections for the study and research of Black culture. The Library is a public facility with collections, services and programs free and open to the general public. Materials in the Auburn Avenue Research Library do not circulate. 2004 officially celebrates the library’s tenth anniversary. Mission The Mission is to enhance and deepen an understanding of the African-American experience -- including its legacy, dreams, contradictions and opportunities -- in the United States and the world by providing library and related services essential for study and research by the general public, students and scholars on the culture and history of peoples of African descent. History Through the years the collection has steadily grown and has served as a research source for library users searching for information on the Black experience. It is a fitting tribute that this special library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System resides on the Avenue where it all began! • In 1921, the Atlanta Public Library opened the Auburn Branch of the Carnegie Library for Atlanta's Black citizens. • After numerous changes, the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History opened for service May 16, 1994, becoming the first public library of its kind in the Southeast. The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History can be reached at 404-730-4001
SOUTHEASTERN ORGANIZATION FOR JAZZ ARTS HOSTS THREE JAZZ CONCERTS
Welcome! We appreciate your support of jazz . No tickets or admission are required for today’s concert, but donations will be solicited for the purpose of supporting the fledgling not-for-profit Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts (SOJA)—an organization with lofty goals regarding the reinstatement and development of jazz music in the Atlanta area and throughout the southeast. This concert is concurrent with Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), a month-long celebration initiated by Smithsonian Jazz ( www.smithsonianjazz.org). THE EVENTS ARTISTS:
RIO NEGRO
www.rionegrojazz.com tel: 404-244-7544
The eight-piece horn band Rio Negro, anchored by pianist Kevin “Quino” Johnson, percussionist Broderick Santiago, and trumpeter Melvin Jones is comparable to the harmonious marriage of the vigor, freshness and edge of youth with the adeptness, dedication and maturity associated with experience. They combine contemporary vibes with the traditional jazz feel, adding dashes of Latin, funk, and R&B influences to both their original material and their arrangements of standard tunes. The result of this musical potpourri is a sound so catchy and new that you can't help but to be in awe. To put it plainly, these guys are great.
WILL CULBREATH PROJECT
www.willculbreath.com tel: 678-468-3621
What sets Will Culbreath apart from the rest is that his music has the old flavor of yesterday’s jazz, mixed, stirred, and served into today’s jazz scene. Will Culbreath is mainly known for his skill playing the Hammond B-3 (organ); he has the ability to make the instrument talk.
DAVE BASS
www.davebass.com tel: 404-876-4815
Dave Bass’ repertoire includes an organic blend of jazz, Latin styles, classic R&B, and Funk. Bass is a multi-instrumentalist whose saxophones, (soprano, alto & tenor), flute, and percussion combine beautifully with his expressive vocals, making him one of the more well-rounded jazz musicians in the Atlanta area.
CHARLES MARSHALL
www.jazzambassador.com tel: 770-987-2023
Charles Marshall is a saxophonist playing in the tradition of jazz greats John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Sonny Stitt. His Jazz Ambassadors spread the musical gospel by way of both performance and demonstration in classrooms throughout the Atlanta area. Their performances cover hefty sets of original material in addition to jazz standards by Ellington, Basie and others.
Atlantis Music Conference Where : The Sheraton Hotel (downtown) Sheraton Salon D
When : Thursday August 11, 2005, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
How to Build a Press Kit, Public Relations and Career Guidance in 2005 Sponsored by SOJA (Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts)
This panel will consist of the industry professionals that work behind the scenes to create successful careers and events in the Jazz music scene. Our panelists will offer practical guidance on managing one's own career in today's ever changing industry.
Moderated by *Tammy Allen
Phil Clore - WFRG 89.3 FM, Southeastern Organization for Jazz Arts, Co- Founder and Board President
Scott Fugate - Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, GM/PD/MD, SOJA Board Member
Ron Simblist, Artist Management JaWar - Music Industry Connection, LLC, Author/Songwriter
Alonzo Craig - The Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Program Arts Manager
Kim Litchenstein - Kimistry 101, Owner/Publicist
Debra Lewow - ARTS (Artist Relations and Tour Services), President
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