Jazz Journalists Association's Seventh Annual Jazz Awards
Announces 2003 Discretionary Award Honorees
Poet Jayne Cortez to Give Invocation and Comic Al "Grandpa" Lewis
To Deliver Keynote Address
The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2003, the seventh annual presentation of honors to jazz musicians and their supporters by the organization representing more than 400 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media professionals worldwide will be held at B.B. Kingıs Blues Club and Grill in New Yorkıs Times Square area on Wednesday, June 25 from 4 to 7 PM. Doors open at 3:45 PM. This yearıs major sponsor is Pfizer Inc.
Artists set to appear at BB Kingıs are: Pianist Jamie Cullum, in his U.S. debut sponsored by Verve Records, Judi Silvano & James Williams performing "A Tribute to Mal Waldron," the New Jazz Composers Octet, the David Hazeltine Quartet and the Wallace Roney Quintet.
In addition, there will be a silent auction with photographs contributed by JJA photojournalists. Some are currently on view at
http://jazzjournalistsawards.com/auction.html
All reservations must be in advance as there is reserved seating. Reservations for JJA members, Jazz Awards nominees, jazz industry supporters and the general public can be made at
www.jazzjournalistsawards.com, courtesy of
www.JazzCorner.com or checks made payable to: JJA c/o Arnold Jay Smith, 436 State Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Besides purchasing tickets or making reservations at the Awards website, you can view more information, hear soundbites and learn more about the discretionary award recipients. Tickets for the Jazz Awards are $75 for the general public and jazz industry supporters. Nominees will get two tickets free, and may buy up to five additional tickets for $20 per ticket. JJA members may buy up to five tickets at $20 per ticket. JJA members and nominees must reserve and/or buy these event tickets in advance by going to
http://jazzjournalistsawards.com or by check as detailed above.
For the first time, the JJA is honoring jazz activists internationally for their humanitarian contributions to the art form. These Discretionary Awards honorees decided by the JJA board, will be presented in Jerusalem, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Monterey, California as well as New York City on June 25. More information about these honorees is posted on
www.jazzjournlaistsawards.com.
The 2003 honorees include:
o Arnie Lawrence, Jerusalem-based saxophonist and International Artistic Director of "God Bless The Child," working for the protection of all children in regions of conflict worldwide, and Anna Immanuel, Associate Director of GBTC.
o Barry Harris, pianist, educator and Director of the New York City Jazz Theatre Workshop.
o Dorthaan Kirk, Community Relations and Coordinator of Special Events, WBGO-FM, Newark, NJ.
o Dr. Robert Litwak, cardiologist, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC.
o Dr. Daniel Kane, chairman of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
o Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan), for recognition of his work to support jazz in the U.S. Congress.
o Davey Yarborough, Director of the jazz program at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington D.C.
o Dr. Lewis Marshall, "jazz doctor," Washington, D.C.
o Dr. David Hinkamp, Health in the Arts Program, Occupational Health Service Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago
o Jim deJong, About the Music consultant/facilitator, Jazz Institute of Chicago board member
o Dr. David Morwood, volunteer chief surgeon for 'Rotaplast' (Rotary International-sponsored medical missions to South America to operate on children with cleft lips and palates, Monterey, CA.
o Bruce Forman, guitarist and founder of Jazz Masters Workshops and The Music Performance Developmental Workshops, Seaside, CA.
In Washington, D.C., JJA Discretionary Awards "For Services To and Beyond Jazz" will be presented to Dr. Lewis Marshall ("the jazz doctor") and Davey Yarborough (Duke Ellington School of the Arts) at Blues Alley on June 28 during the scheduled performance of the Larry Willis band. Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) will receive his Award this fall, details to follow. Contact: Joy Chambers
bearnest@joychamberslaw.com
In Chicago, JJA Discretionary Awards will be presented to Dr. David Hinkamp (Health in the Arts, Occupational Health Service Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago) and Jim deJong (About The Music Consultancy/Jazz Institute of Chicago board member) at Hot House, the multi-cultural performance space, from 5:30-7:30 PM. This party is being co-sponsored by the Jazz Institute of Chicago, with music by Jazz Me Blues Band Jazz and Awards nominees Kurt Elling and Giacomo Gates. Contact: Fern Bogot or
fernbogot@earthlink.net
In Carmel, CA, JJA Discretionary Awards will be presented to Dr. David Morwood (volunteer surgeon for Rotary International-sponsored Rotoplasty medical missions to South America) and Bruce Forman (guitarist and founder of Jazz Masters Workshops and The Music Performance Developmental Workshops, Seaside, CA), at Jazz and Blues Company, the performance venue at radio station KRML-AM, Saturday June 28 -- music by Forman's student guitar ensemble, and Morwood's Monterey Jazz All-Stars. Contact: Bill Minor
bminor@redshift.com
Original paintings are being donated by E.J. Gold, of not-for-profit fine arts publisher Heidelberg Editions International, Nevada City, CA.
The longest running, comprehensive industry-wide jazz awards program benefits the d of the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA). Previously the JJA Awards have been presented at Jazz Standard, Birdland, South Street Seaport, the Knitting Factory and Alice Tully Hall The 2003 JJA Awards represent excellence and accomplishment in performance, recording, presentation and documentation of jazz during the year April 1, 2002 to April 1, 2003.
A gallery of photographs nominated for Jazz Photo of the Year is on display at
www.Jazzhouse.org. The complete listing of all the nominees suggested, as well as the final nominees, is available at jazzjournalistsawards.com.
Among the supporters of the Jazz Journalists Awards: Baldwin Pianos, Blue Note Records, BMI, Columbia/Legacy, Continuum Books, Festival Productions, Inc.,
www.Jazzcorner.com, JVC Jazz Festival, Pfizer, Inc., Verve-UK, Whole Foods (CA).
For more information, please contact Don Lucoff (dondlmedia@covad.net) or Lisa Hagani (lhagani@att.net).
For sponsorship opportunities concerning these 7th Annual JJA Jazz Awards, contact Suzan Jenkins (muzikmusette@aol.com)
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