01.05.2016 Views

CBJC Festival Magazine 2016

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium produces a Jazz Festival every year. 2016 brings our 17th Annual Festival. The Brooklyn grassRoots festival this year runs from April 15th until May 15. This years event was fantastic. View our magazine for a look inside.

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium produces a Jazz Festival every year. 2016 brings our 17th Annual Festival. The Brooklyn grassRoots festival this year runs from April 15th until May 15. This years event was fantastic. View our magazine for a look inside.

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

JAZZ! The Woman’s<br />

Viewpoint - <strong>2016</strong><br />

Bessie Edwards <strong>2016</strong> Chairperson<br />

Jazz! The Woman’s Viewpoint (JTWVP)<br />

part of <strong>CBJC</strong>’s 17th Annual Central<br />

Brooklyn’s Jazz <strong>Festival</strong> is planned for Saturday,<br />

April 15, <strong>2016</strong>, 1-4pm at Bedford<br />

Stuyvesant Restoration, 1368 Fulton St.<br />

Brooklyn, NY 11213.<br />

JTWVP is a program that celebrates women<br />

in Jazz. A panel comprised of female<br />

musicians, educators, industry executives,<br />

media personnel, and wives of artists<br />

come together to share their experiences<br />

with the intent of helping other women<br />

artists.<br />

On Saturday, April 16th , 2pm, Central<br />

Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (<strong>CBJC</strong>) will<br />

host its’ 17th Annual Jazz! The Women’s<br />

ViewPoint in the newly refurbished Skylight<br />

Gallery, now part of the Arts and<br />

Culture Center at Restoration at 1368<br />

Fulton Street, Brooklyn. An informative<br />

and musical day from 2-8:30pm will explore<br />

Jazz through the eyes of women. A<br />

Kick-off Reception at 2pm will feature JT-<br />

WVP All-stars followed by Jazz: Change<br />

is Coming! A Panel Discussion at<br />

2:30 PM. It is open to the public and will<br />

take a look at women in Jazz in the 21st<br />

century: their place in the field, their innovation;<br />

and their challenges. Panelists include<br />

award winning jazz vocalists, Jazz-<br />

20<br />

meia Horn, Vivian Sessoms and Ebony<br />

JoAnn. Moderated by Sheila Anderson,<br />

host, Jazz After Hours, WBGOJazz 88,<br />

this session features women who have<br />

survived and prospered in the business<br />

of Jazz. They use music to raise conscientiousness<br />

and highlight changes that will<br />

strengthen the voices of women and the<br />

survival of Jazz music.<br />

<strong>CBJC</strong> in collaboration with the Arts and<br />

Culture Center at Restoration introduces<br />

a Master Class with Geri Allen, world<br />

renowned composer, educator and Jazz<br />

pianist who will teach a master class and<br />

discuss the role of women in Jazz. To cap<br />

off the day, all attendees are invited to<br />

Jazz: The Woman’s Viewpoint Jazz Salon.<br />

Join Grammy and NAACP Image Award<br />

nominated artist Geri Allen and vocalists<br />

Ebony JoAnn and Vivian Sessoms at<br />

7pm $20 Tixs www.restorationart.org.<br />

For more information visit www.cbjcjazz.<br />

org or call 718-773-2252 Ext. 102.<br />

This event is a tribute to <strong>CBJC</strong> long-time<br />

supporter, Harold Valle and honors the<br />

memory of JoAnn Cheatham, Publisher<br />

of Pure Jazz <strong>Magazine</strong> whoserved as one<br />

of the first chairman of this event and<br />

help guide the JTHVP to new directions.<br />

JTWVP is a forum started by one of the<br />

<strong>CBJC</strong> founders, Rosalind Blair to cel-<br />

ebrate women in Jazz. Founded in 1999,<br />

the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium<br />

is an amalgam of patrons, entertainment<br />

venues, musicians, faith-based institutions,<br />

and community organizations.<br />

<strong>CBJC</strong> is a nonprofit corporation committed<br />

to preserving, promoting and supporting<br />

live music within the underserved<br />

communities of Brooklyn.<br />

Rosalind Blair, <strong>CBJC</strong> cofounder, created<br />

Jazz! The Women’s Viewpoint as core<br />

program of the Central Brooklyn Jazz<br />

Consortium. One of the primary goals of<br />

this event is to give women an opportunity<br />

to participate in the discourse of the<br />

music industry’s dynamics. Another aim<br />

is to give females an opportunity to share<br />

experiences. The panel is open to female:<br />

musicians, educators, industry executives,<br />

media personnel, and wives of jazz artists.<br />

JTWVP Panel Discussion, 2014

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!