WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2008 AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH
International Women In Jazz (
http://www.internationalwomeninjazz.com/
) and Midtown Arts Common will present their second annual jazz festival
honoring super jazz legends Celia Cruz, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peggy
Lee, and living jazz legends Sarah McLawler, Marian McPartland, and
Carline Ray at ST. PETER'S CHURCH (619 Lexington Avenue, NYC - 212-935-2200
-
http://www.saintpeters.org/
), Friday, April 4th through Sunday, April 6th. The festival will
include a live jazz jam with college students and other musicians;
a business management panel discussion, "What Is Jazz?"; workshop
for youth; concerts featuring dynamic bands led by women jazz musicians;
and major concerts Saturday and Sunday evenings.
FESTIVAL EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, April 4th
6:00-10:00 pm - Reception and live jazz with Jazzberry Jam. Jazz
jam session with Dona Carter Trio, past IWJ Youth in Jazz Awardees,
college jazz musicians and others.
Saturday, April 5th
9:30-11:30 am - Panel Discussion: "Manager and Agent To Have or
to Have Not"
1:00-2:30 pm - "What is Jazz?" workshop with Lauren Hooker and Bertha
Hope
1:00-1:45 pm - Joan Cartwright and Jazz Hotline (IWJ Band)
2:00-2:45 pm - Jan Leder Quartet (IWJ Band)
3:00-3:45 pm - Pauline Jean Quartet (IWJ Band)
4:00-5:30 pm - Panel Discussion with living legends Sarah McLawler,
Marian McPartland, and Carline Ray
7:00-7:45 pm - Mary Foster Conklin Quartet (IWJ Band)
8:00-9:00 pm - Catherine Russell and Carline Ray Quartet Ð Vocals
and Bass
9:15-10:15 pm - Mayra Casales Octet Ð Congas, Timbales
Sunday, April 6th
5:00Ð6:30 pm - Jazz Vespers with Lil Phillips Trio (IWJ Band)
7:00-7:15 pm - Marian McPartland Ð Piano
7:15-7:30 pm - Sarah McLawler Ð Piano, Vocals
7:45-8:45 pm - Myrna Lake Band - Vocals
9:00-10:00 pm - Akua Dixon Quartet with special guest Steve Turre
BandÐ Cello, Trombone and Shells
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