December 2008
Welcome to the Georgia Straight Jazz Society Newsletter, keeping you up to date on the local and Vancouver Island jazz scene and informed about your Society.
AT THE JAZZ CLUB
Every Thursday 7:30 pm, at Courtenay's Elk's Hall, September through July. No cover. Musicians welcome to sit in on the final set jam.
- Dec 4 Jazz Club - Arrowsmith Big Band
- Dec 11 Jazz Club - Indigo Jazz
- Dec 18 Jazz Club - Georgia Straight House Band
- Dec 25 - Merry Christmas !
Schedule subject to change.
GSJS NEWS
Membership
Membership renewal time is approaching for many of you. Your membership keeps the Sociey running, the Jazz Club operating, the Sunday Concert Series happening and so much more. Thank You!
Watch for renewal info in your mail.
You can also renew your membership at the Thursday Jazz Club.
Membership form for new or returning members
Indiviual $15; Family $25; Student $5; Group/Corporate $100
JAZZ NEWS
Christmas Gift for a Jazz Lover
Looking for a gift a jazz lover will love? Here's one you can't get quite yet, but you can give the promise . . .
In December, Rhino Handmade Records is releasing a 5-CD boxed set tribute to Nesuhi Ertegun. He's the man who brought jazz to Atlantic Records in the mid '50s, introducing musicians like Charles Mingus, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Laverne Baker, Keith Jarrett, Joe Turner . . . an amazing list. From Jazz Times Magazine:
Hommage À Nesuhi contains 61 songs recorded between 1955-76 that spotlight the musicians Ertegun assembled to make the Atlantic jazz catalog the singular body of work it is. The music is arranged thematically on the five discs: Some Atlantic Jazz, Shades of Blue, Live, On the Edge and Some More Atlantic Jazz. The collection comes packaged in a deluxe 10” x 10” slipcase containing an 84-page hardcover book as well as a portfolio of 19 photo cards, each featuring a previously unpublished image of an Atlantic jazz artist taken by legendary photographer Lee Friedlander.
Read the whole article, including a song/artist list >>
Jazz Festivals
When the weather turns chilly it's pleasant to imagine being somewhere tropical, and even more pleasant if there's good jazz involved. There are great jazz festival in the Caribbean a lot of which, not surpisingly, take place this time of year. A sampling:
Mayan Riviera Jazz Festival ~ November, Mexico's east coast
Cayman Islands ~ December, known for a great vocal lineup
Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Fest ~ November, headlining Arturo Sandoval
Barbados Jazz Festival ~ January, smooth jazz
Panama Jazz Fest ~ January, Wayne Shorter headlining in 2009
Plans for next winter . . .?
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