The 2012 South Florida Jazz Summit

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.

The Bienes Center for the Arts is offering a special discount to anyone who attends the Jazz Summit - take $5 off per ticket to any of their "January Jazz" concerts, which includes January 13 - Troy Anderson and the Wonderful World Big Bands "A Tribute to Louis Armstrong",  January 21 - The Perry Joslin Project,  and January 27 - Academy Award Nominee DANNY AIELLO and his Swinging Jazz Band. Visit www.bca-sta.org and click on the concert event you would like to purchase tickets to, then enter the code JAZZFRIEND to redeem.

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); and 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 Dave Gibbles, 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

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 others.

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.

WHAT:
The Jazz industry comes together at the South Florida Jazz Summit: An education and networking conference plus expo that creates an environment in which an effective coalition of South Florida's Jazz businesses and organizations will gather with the goal of empowering Jazz in the area.

The SFJS will feature educational panel discussions, performances by area professional musicians and school ensembles, seminars and workshops on various topics relating to the music and the business.

WHO:
Jazz musicians, Jazz media, Jazz radio, Jazz magazines, Jazz visual arts, Jazz orchestras, Jazz writers, Jazz journalists, Jazz websites, Jazz promoters, Jazz festivals, Jazz organizations, Jazz dancers, Jazz educators, Jazz clubs, Jazz seminars, Jazz schools, Jazz students, Jazz instruments, Jazz photographers, Jazz publishers, Jazz fans...EVERYTHING JAZZ!

2012 SFJS Celebrates Louis Armstrong
The 2012 SFJS will celebrate the music of Louis Armstrong. Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, Louis Armstrong was an American Jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance.

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.