Please remember to include:  day, date, time;  event;  group/performers;  venue name & address, contact info;  $ cover/min;  add'l helpful info  -- directions, reserv. req.  Thanks.  m_alford01@hotmail.com

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Third Thursdays, ongoing, 6-8 pm;  Golda Solomon programs & hosts Po’Jazz (Poetry In Partnership With Jazz);  Cornelia Street Café;  www.corneliastreetcafe.com;  $15 includes 1 drink; $10 (seniors & students w/ID)

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Every other Sunday, noon-2 pm;  Bunny Beck (pno);  The White Peach Restaurant, 1 South Kent Rd., Gaylordsville, CT (bet. New Milford and Kent, right off Route 7);  http://bunnybeck.com

FIRST MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 by Carol Sudhalter

1. Dotti Anita Taylor, pno: original composition, "The Morning After"

2. Fran McIntyre, reading from "Codependent No More"

3. Carol Sudhalter, recording w/vocalist Elena Camerin from Enzo's Jazz Club performance: "Easy to Love"

4. Rana Farhan (voc): CD track, "I Return", from own CD, "Drunk with Love"

5. Corinna Manetto (voc), CD track w/Ellis Larkin (pno), "Lucky Lucy" (orig.music and lyrics by Corinna)

6. Janet Bloom: reading of original poem, with exercise in Idetic Imaging

7. Meg Zboray (voc), "Break Me Down" (original tune)

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FIRST MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2008 by Carol Sudhalter

Pianist on all live tunes: Katie Cosco

1. Bari Hyman, vocalist - played a cut, "Speak Low", from her CD

2. Libby Richman, alto saxophonist, played "Black Orpheus" 

3. Marlene Sampson, vocalist - "We'll Be Together Again"

4. Mercedes Hall, vocalist, sent her CD, 'Pure Emotion' - we played "You've Changed"

5. Pauline Jean, vocalist - sang "Bye Bye Blackbird"

6. Carol Sudhalter, flute, and Elena Camerin, vocalist visiting from Venice, as an unaccompanied duo, on Cole Porter's "Let's Do It".

7. Elena Camerin, vocalist, - "Chega De Saudade"

8. Janet Bloom, member, showed DVD of her "Lucid Improvisations" method.

Also present: Antoinette Montague, Vocalist.

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST MONDAY NOV 5 2007 by Linda Presgrave

-Fran E. McIntyre - Vocalist - sang "In My Soliditude

-Lisi Pakulski - Vocalist - sang a lovely bossa

-Janet Bloom - vocal/imaging

-Yukiko Takemoto - vocalist/perf. artist - "Autumn leaves"

-Taeko Fukao - visitor -  - vocalist - There Will Never be another You

-Dotti Anita Taylor - president/Flute/piano - Autumn Leaves

-Rubiyana - flutist - played a cut from one of her CDs

-Linda Presgrave - host/pianist  - played an original :The Bird of Ceret

 

Before introductions - I shared with the group about a workshop at the APAP conference and how the presenter told us to find a way to grab the attention quickly of people to get across what we want people to know about us.  After everyone gave their brief introductions, I then had them write the name of each person in the room and what you learned about them.  It was very interesting what it revealed to all and they thought it was a good exercise!

 

Dotti did the raffle - Lisi won -- a book on Mary Lou Williams.

 

performances - Dotti and I accompanied everyone (see above)

At the end - I played a Blues in Bb and each person composed their own two bar chorus of blues - complete with thie own lyrics -- everyone really enjoyed this!

 

 

FIRST MONDAY OCTOBER 1 2007

1. Lisi Pakulski sang "Almost Like Being In Love", accompanied by pianist Katie Cosco. 2. Bassist Whitney Moulton announced the recent recording of a CD of her original tunes, soon to be mixed and released.

 3. Dotti Anita Taylor, played "Autumn Leaves" on flute.

4. Janet Bloom led us in an eidetic imaging experience.

5. Carol Sudhalter played (oops, I forget what I played!) on flute. 6. Dancer/singer Yukiko did a beautiful interpretive dance. 7. Mary Alford sang. 8. Marsha Heydt (saxophonist) played track #1 from her new CD. 9. Daniela Schaecter sent a file of her original composition, arranged by her for big band, with she herself on piano: "Incontro". 10. Diane Hoffman sent her CD, and we played an original of hers, "Farewell to Noelle".

 

FIRST MONDAY AUGUST 2007

We were eleven great men and women: Janet Bloom; vocalists Stephanie Clark, Fran McIntyre, Cheryl Parker, Dee Walker; bassist Whitney Moulton; sax/flute Carol Sudhalter; flutist Chip Shelton; pianists Rom Ferri and Katie Cosco; and pianist/flutist/composer/arranger Dotti Anita Taylor!!

Welcome back, after many years, Cheryl and Dee!!

Performances:

1. Stephanie Clark and Rom Ferri, "I'm Old-Fashioned" (Jerome Kern); 2) Dee Walker (cassette tape), "Words to Music"; 3. Fran McIntyre (CD), "Sunny"; 4. Cheryl Parker (CD), "Then I'll Be Tired of You"; 5. Dotti Anita Taylor (bass flute) and Chip Shelton (Bb Flute), "A Snow Day" (live, original); 6. Katie Cosco and Carol Sudhalter, "Have You Met Miss Jones"; 7. Janet Bloom led us through an idetic imaging experience of an Eagle, which we played a piece about.

Very nice night! See you all Sept. 10 for annual meeting!

 

FIRST MONDAY APRIL 2007

Present were Sharon Paige, Janet Bloom, Catherine Sikora, Dotti Anita Taylor, Carol Sudhalter. Fran McIntyre stopped in briefly.

We listened to Sharon's rendition of "Give a Little Whistle" from Pinocchio, part of her work-in-progress to record the tunes of lyricist Ned Washington.  Also listened to Josephine Livoti's "Sweet Happy Life".

After that, this really interesting and magical thing happened. With some direction from Janet Bloom, who does some work with specific types of visualization and imaging, we took out our flutes (Dotti and Carol) and soprano saxophone (Catherine) and Sharon added in her voice, and following a verbal description of an image, we all played together a spontaneous reaction to that description, following each other's very visual musical lines into a blend of color and harmony and thought and feeling that has never happened before at a First Monday! It developed in a very natural way, into a complete piece. Then we did another. By that time, it was sad to have to go home!! We all hope to do more of this.

 

FIRST MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006

Performance and playlist:

1. Bassist Whitney Moulton, from new demo w/Carol Sudhalter, orig. tune "Greenville Madness"

2. Bassist Sherry Luchette (IWJ member, California), from cd, "My One and Only Love"

3. Vocalist Joan Crowe, CD,  "Caught a Touch of Your Love"

4. Vocalist Diane Hoffman, live, "Thou Swell"

5. Vocalist Carrie Jackson, live, "East of the Sun"

6. Vocalist Merci Monet, new CD, "Old Devil Moon"

7. Vocalist Marlene Sampson, "The Masquerade is Over"

8. Vocalist Jeannie Hudak, guest from Calif., live, "Straighten Up and Fly Right"

9. Flautist Dotti Anita Taylor, "Body and Soul"

10. Vocalist Keisha St. Joan, live, "Don't Blame Me"

11. Alto saxophone, Carol Sudhalter, "I Could Write a Book"

In attendance: Mary Alford, Janine Alondres

THANKS TO ALL!!!

Hello:)

Pleace check out our website: www.jcfk.no. We want to visit and colaborate with other similar project/cours/festivals with focus on girls (instrumentalists)and jazz, and we want participants from all over the world to our jazzcamp.

Jazzcamp for female instrumentalists

When: 9th to 14th of July.
Where: Trøndertun Folkehøgskole in Melhus, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
Who may attend: Girls, minimum 15 years old, who play an instrument and want to learn more about jazz and improvisation. Both beginners and experienced musicians.
Price: 3000 NOK (£370), incl. all workshops and seminars, board and lodging in a double room. Single room available for a higher price.

Teachers at the camp:
Maggi Olin (S), Sissel Vera Pettersen (N), Lisbeth Diers (DK), Nina De Heney(S).

The teachers are professional musicians and pedagogues. They will be sources of inspiration and give lectures/workshops and lead ensembles of attendees in improvisational training. Performing music at evening jam sessions, internal concerts and the final concert will be emphasized.

Background

The idea of this camp and initiative comes from Kristin Andresen, saxophonist,and Nina Kristine Linge, guitarist. We are both students at the jazz division
of Institute for Music, NTNU, in Trondheim, Norway.

We make up two thirds of female instrumentalists at this jazz division, and we'd like to see a future with more girls to play together with. Today, the jazz is
on par with the stone age when it comes to equality. The reason behind this is complex: The image of the jazz, conservative traditions, lack of female ideals, etc. There has been a focus on females and jazz in the press recently, but there is a lack of an active arrangement with focus on girls. Positive and special treatment promotes equality, and this camp has the purpose of being both inspirational and motivating to recruit girls to the jazz scene. This camp
may change the minds of girls, parents, music and culture related schools,conservatories, change attitudes in the society, and in the long term enrich the jazz community with more female instrumentalists.
The camp will be an annual gathering, and it will function as a meeting point and give the attendees a bigger network.


Mvh Nina Kristine Linge (Norway)
Ninagitarina@netcom.no

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Special news:  IWJ Ohio member Debbie Gifford has been nominated for the 8th Annual Free Times Music Awards as "Best Jazz Musician".  Voting begins today and will continue until February 12, 2007.  You can cast your vote at www.freetimes.com and then click on the 8th Annual Free Times Music Awards Logo and it will take you to the ballot. Debbie is listed in the Jazz Category. Let's stuff that email ballot box!!!            posted 02/08/07

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New CD release: CAROL SUDHALTER, on ALFAMUSIC/RAI TRADE (dist.EGEA), Rome, Italy, October 2005, "SHADES OF CAROL", w/Andrea Tarozzi (p), Guido Giacomini (bs), Vittorio Sicbaldi (d), Olivier Berney (tpt)

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Magnets! (Kim Clarke's band) CD is available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/magnets; http://magnets.8m.net
Kim also constructs basic websites for people: http://downhomesites.8m.com; and makes and sells earrings: http://kimclarke.8m.com/bling.html

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"ANNOUNCING"
MS. CARRIE JACKSON'S CLASSIC JAZZ CD "IF I HAD MY WAY"
 Please go to: www.cjayrecords.com  C-Jay Records On-Line Store

Tomoko Ohno, piano; Steve Freeman, bass; Lennie Argese, guitar; Joe Ford, alto/soprano/sax; Herbie Morgan, tenor/sax; Dr. Yusef Ali, drums; Bob Braye, persussion
please call: 973-372-5409 or by e-mail at: info@cjayrecords.com

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September release of Andrea Wolper's CD, "The Small Hours," on the VarisOne.Jazz label.  To read (p)reviews and hear samples, visit Andrea's website at www.WordsMusic.com.

Andrea Wolper: Free download (holding at #2, 100 Most Downloaded Tracks!):
www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=1324

See photos of Andrea Wolper's May '06 German tour with Ron Affif and Ken Filiano; also beautiful Cape Town, '05: www.PictureTrail.com/AndreaW

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From Jan Leder:  US&V - "Urban Sound and Vision" - is a new company that brings event planning and marketing into a new era.   Check out their website by clicking here: http://www.usandv.com/ and when you find your way into their nightclub, you can hear my live performance of "Passage to Freedom" from the old Five Spot on W. 31st Street in the mid-1990'. Jon Davis on piano, Yosuke Inoue on bass and Art Lillard on drums.   

  I hope you enjoy this new site while you listen to Passage to Freedom.  Also, let me know what you think - feedback is always welcome.  Sincerely,Jan Leder www.janleder.info

 

 She also sends a free monthly newsletter that has great info; you can subscribe and/or read back issues www.daylle.com/monthly.html

Book tour info:  Saturday, September 17: New York City ‐ 3 PM
    Moderating an I Don't Need a Record Deal panel at CMJ Music Marathon,
Lincoln Center. http://www.cmj.com/marathon

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