BoMuse News, vol. 18, no. 6
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1. Unknown Dameron
2. Music at Grossmont College
3. Tri-C Festival
4. La Mesa Walkway/La Mesa Wine Works
5. Awards received by SDSCPA
6. JJA Awards and NEA Jazz Masters
7. Gigs
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1. Unknown Dameron, a CD of little-known and even never before 
recorded tunes and songs (7 to of 12 selections) will be available from Summit Records in just a week or two. I just bought a CD from them and the process was very easy. You can also come to one of the celebrations of its release that I will be giving, and purchase it there. The first will be at the Handlery 950 Lounge on Sunday August, 25, at 4:30. Joining me will be pianist Melonie Grinnell, bassist Rob Thorsen, and drummer Richard Sellers, who are all on the CD.
We still do not have an exact date for the release. I will send out an “extra” when the CD is available.
If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, go to my YouTube Chanel to see the promo video for the CD that John Brooks of Canis Lupis Productions made for me.
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2. One of the things that impressed me the most upon moving to California is the excellent community colleges we have here. I guess you could say my most recent alma mater is Grossmont College, which has an excellent music department. There are some good summer classes which you or someone you know might find very interesting, including Manny Cepeda’s class in Afro-Cuban Percussion Class for beginners. You can find out about all this on the Music Department’s Face book page. You can also find out about concerts at the school by following this page. Registration is done through the Grossmont College web site.
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3. Later this month I will be be at the Tri-C Jazz Festival in Cleveland OH. I have been asked to give a talk on Tadd Dameron in connection with the Tribute to Tadd Dameron featuring Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Dianne Reeves, on Friday June 28 at the Ohio Theater in Playhouse Sq. I will be in the Talk Tent at 4:45 on Saturday, June 29. After all my research trips to Cleveland, birth place of Tadd Dameron, I developed a love for the city, and I am looking forward to visiting it again.
The exact time and location within the Festival are still being determined. I will Include those in the “extra” announcing the availability of the CD.
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4. La Mesa Wine Works has been hosting small local jazz groups for a while now, but its location in an essentially commercial zone has made inaccessible except by car. Now the City of La Mesa has opened a walkway from the end of Spring Street to Center Street making access by foot from the Village and the La Mesa Boulevard Orange Line stop possible. The music starts a 1:30, so folks can catch a set or two, and sample the wines from San Pasqual and Wyatt Oaks wineries, before catching any other Sunday entertainment that might be on their calendar. They have a calendar where you can see who will be playing. I will be there with pianist Adam Wolff on June 26.
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5. Last month I reported on ensembles of young musicians from San Diego area schools going to New York for Festivals. I don’t fine any mention of awards for the the New York Music Festival at Carnegie Hall so we will assume it was a non-competitive festival, and the honor was in being accepted. I rather like non-competitive festivals and we are proud of any of our young musicians who distinguish themselves.
There were awards at the Essentially Ellington Festival, where Dr. John Reynolds was able to take his jazz band from San Diego School for Creative and Performing Arts. Bassist John Murray was cited as both an Outstanding Bassist and given the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award. Tiger Diep was cited as an Outstanding Alto Saxophonist, and Alvin Page received and Honorable Mention as a Tenor Saxophonist. It is not clear to me just what these titles mean relative to each other, but going to New York to play in one of only 15 bands from across the U.S., is in itself quite an honor. For you readers in the Boston area you will see, no surprise, that the band from Foxboro did quite well. You can see the awards here. Congratulations to all.
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6. More jazz related awards. The Jazz Journalists Association, annually gives out a wide variety of awards, including their Jazz Heroes awards, which acknowledge folks who are doing the good work of presenting the music on a local level. San Diego’s own Holly Hofmann is among the honorees this year, and she is a shining example of someone who regularly goes the distance to make a good space for the music to be heard.
The NEA Jazz Masters have also been announced. The National Endowment For The Arts seems to be continually under threat from those in government who do not understand the importance of a nation’s culture; so it is heartening to see that in this particular time this set of honors is still being given.
Lastly, there is the All About Jazz poll of 100 favorite jazz venues. The poll was based on a response of 4000 of the 191,000 folks who have joined AAJ, so it certainly is not scientific. However, It does let you know of 100 of all the places presenting jazz across the country.
Go see who has been honored in these sets of awards. If there are people or venues you do not recognize, read up on them find their music or schedules, and keep in mind that there are many more who are worthy of attention. Jazz never died, and is very much alive.
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7. Gigs
Witch Creek Winery has moved Dene Davidson’s Santa Cruz Sound & Co. from Tuesday evenings to Saturday afternoons 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. I will be playing with him on June 1, 8, and 22, Joey Carano will be there on the 15th and 29th. As mentioned above, Adam Wolff and I will be at the La Mesa Wine Works on Sunday, June 23, 1:30 – 4:30 PM. Please visit Events here at my Website for details.
If you are in Boston check the listings at Jazz Boston, visit the Facebook page for Jazz at the Tap, the Seacoast Jazz Society Web site, and now in Brookline, the Post Underground. In San Diego visit the Calendar section at Jazz88.3 and pick up a copy of the Troubadour, and where ever you are go join All About Jazz so you can receive their Jazz Near You notices.
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