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IAJE 2005 Conference Schedule

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Schedule
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday


Special Locations
Volunteer/Personnel Office: Long Beach Convention Center Room 203C
Silent Auction: Long Beach Convention Center Main Floor, South Lobby
Press/Media: Long Beach Convention Center Room 203B
IAJE Education Department Office: Terrace Theater Seaside Level 305
Backline Production: Long Beach Convention Center Room 104B
AAJC Hospitality Room: Terrace Theater Seaside Level 306A




WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5





Conference Registration
10:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m.
Long Beach Convention Center Promenade Lobby

IAJE Preconference - Membership Forum
Hyatt Regency Hotel



1:00 p.m. Opening General Session
David Baker, David Caffey, Chuck Owen, Bill McFarlin
Location: Hyatt Regency Ballroom



1:35 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions

  • Getting to Know Your IAJE Resource Team
    Chuck Owens, Paul Read
  • IAJE Education, Outreach & Publication Programs
    Greg Carroll, Sandy Nelson, Les Sabina
  • Jazz Advocacy Tools
    Laura Johnson, Suzan Jenkins, John Hasse
  • Maiden Voyage - First Timers in Long Beach!
    Lou Fischer, Rick Lawn, Ian Darrington<
  • Networking with the IAJE Board
    David Caffey, David Baker, Mary Jo Papich, Brian Copping



2:20 - 3:00 p.m.
Breakout sessions repeated



3:10 - 3:55 p.m.
Region/Section Breakouts
Lou Fischer, Art Martin, Paul Read, Ian Darrington, Brian Copping, Dick Dunscomb, Regional Coordinators
Location: Hyatt Regency Ballroom

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Closing Session
Mary Jo Papich & David Caffey


Location: Hyatt Regency Ballroom



5th Annual Gala
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Seaside Foyer & Ballroom, Terrace Theatre



Advance reservations required; no tickets are avialable at the door.
See
IAJE GALA for more information.





7:00 p.m.
Performance: Bill Watrous Big Band Presiding: Herb Wong, IAJE Resource Team Location: Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom.





Evening Concerts
Terrace Theater
8:00 p.m.

See photos at Evening Concerts.

Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble with Herbie HancockThelonious Monk Institute, Washington, DC. Program Director: Daniel Seeff. Guest Artist: Herbie Hancock. Dontae Winslow, trumpet; Gilad Ronen, sax; Arpad Olah, piano; Alan Hampton, bass; James Alsanders, drums; James Westfall, vibes.



Antonio Carlos Jobim Tribute. Flora Purim, vocals; Oscar Castro-Neves, musical director, guitar; Dori Caymmi, vocals, guitar; Charlie Bisharat, violin; Dave Liebman, saxophones; John Pizzarelli, guitar, vocals; Airto, percussion; Antonio Adolfo, piano; Brian Bromberg, bass; Alex Acuna, drums.



Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. Poncho Sanchez, congas; Serafin Aguilar, trumpet; Javier Vergara, sax; David Urquldi, bari sax; Francisco Trores, trombone; George Ortiz, timbales; Sal Vasquez, bongo; David Torres, piano; Tony Banda, bass.



11:00 p.m.
Clayton Brothers Quintet. Terell Stafford, trumpet; Jeff Clayton, sax; Gerald Clayton, piano; John Clayton, bass; Obed Calvaire, drums. Presiding: David Baker, IAJE Executive Board Location: Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom.



12:30am
Geri Allen Trio featuring Billy Hart with Special Guest Mary Stallings. Geri Allen, piano; Billy Hart, drums; Mary Stallings, vocals; Roger Rubien, bass. Location: Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom.





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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6





Conference Registration
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Long Beach Convention Center Promenade Lobby




8:00 a.m.
Meeting: IAJE Canada. Location: Renaissance Hotel Board Room 1



9:00 a.m.



Clinic: Connecting with Kids: Getting Children to Swing, Designing Developmentally Appropriate Jazz Activities. This session will focus on strategies musicians can use to adapt content and music for elementary school children, such as, using visuals, movement, singing, playing un-pitched percussion and Orff instruments, and other resources to help connect students with jazz. The session will be directed towards professional musicians but teachers will also benefit from ideas they can use to help musicians become more effective in school concerts and workshops. Clinician: Kimberly McCord. Presiding: Greg Carroll, IAJE Director of Education. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 201.



Panel: Social Services and Jazz: How to Take Care of Yourself on the Road and Home. Professionals in the field discuss the health and well-being of jazz artists. What steps can be taken by individuals to live longer, often without medical benefits? And what can jazz organizations do to preserve its greatest resources, the musicians who make the music? Moderator: Suzan Jenkins, JAI. Panelists: Chanda Rankin, Music Cares; Dorthaan Kirk, WBGO; Frank Forte, Englewood Hospital; Vanessa Rubin. Presiding: JAI Location: Long Beach Convention Center 103.



Clinic: Using Reason to Teach Improvisation Skills: Making Phrases out of Chords and Scales. Many students have difficulty making the leap from playing scales and arpeggios to creating musical lines in their improvisations. This presentation shows how students can use sequencing software such as Reason to apply theory skills in creating melodic phrases over different harmonic-progressions. Clinician: James Garrison. Presiding: George Hess, IAJE Resource Team Location: Terrace, Seaside 302.



10:00 a.m.
Meeting: Jazz Radio Workshop. Location: Terrace 308AB.





Clinic/Performance: Connecting With Kids: LIVE Concert For Elementary Students - Grades 1-6. California-based professional jazz combo JazzAmerica, led by Ann Patterson, will present an interactive concert for elementary school students. This session will demonstrate how children respond to specific “kid friendly" performance activities such as use of visuals, movement, singing, playing rhythm and mallet instruments, and other resources to help them connect with jazz. JazzAmerica will demonstrate what jazz is and how musicians use the basic elements of music to create it. The performance will also introduce students to the primary figures and major styles in the history of jazz. This session is the second of four related sessions for professional musicians, teachers and students and is sponsored by the IAJE Artist Outreach Network. Clinician: Ann Patterson. JazzAmerica personnel: Ann Patterson, saxophone; Willie Murillo, trumpet; Gerry Schroeder, piano; Karl Vincent, bass; Dean Koba, drums. Presiding: Greg Carroll, IAJE Director of Education. Location: Terrace, Seaside 301.



Clinic: Jazz Transcription for Strings: Unlock the Lessons in Your Record Library. This session will cover a step-by-step demonstration of jazz transcription, especially for strings. String players and educators at all levels will learn who, what and how to transcribe, locking into nuances of jazz phrasing, articulation, rhythm, and expression. Get the keys to this pedagogical powerhouse and unlock the lessons in your record library! Clinician: Tanya Kalmanovitch. Presiding: Renatta Bratt, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 101.



Clinic: The Jazz Choir: Dynamic Charts and Rehearsal Techniques. With participation of educators in attendance, all styles of vocal jazz blues, ballads, be-bop, Latin, jazz waltz, and swing will be presented with emphasis on effective rehearsal techniques and good programming. Clinicians: Ken Kraintz, Vijay Singh, Frank DeMiero. Presiding: Connaitre Miller, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 104C.



Clinic: Secrets of Bud Powell and Bebop. Want to thoroughly understand the improvisation techniques of Bud Powell and, more generally those of bebop players? Three Powell solo transcriptions will be performed and discussed by the clinician, who will also perform a tune implementing Powell's methods. Clinician: Toby Koenigsberg. Presiding: Chuck Berg, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 202.



Panel: The West Coast Jazz Sound Past, Present, and Future. Is there still a West Coast Jazz Sound? Veterans and newcomers talk about the unique aspects of playing jazz on the left coast, yesterday and today. Moderator: Don Heckman. Panelists: Clora Bryant; Gretchen Parlato; John Clayton; Herb Wong. Presiding: JAI. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 102.



Panel: Where We Play It. Discussion of the issues surrounding the emerging delivery systems such as digital, cable, satellite, and syndication, as well as issues of audience development and measurement. Moderators/ Facilitators: Scott Hanley, WDUQ; Nick Morrison, KPLU. Presiding: JAI. Location: Terrace, Seaside 308.

11:00 a.m.
Performance: Berklee Rainbow Band, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. Director: Phil Wilson. Guest Artists: Christine Rawson, vocal/ trumpet. Presiding: Don Gorder, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Terrace, Seaside Ballroom.



Performance: Studio One Ensemble, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. Director: John Carnahan. Guest Artist: Bob McChesney Presiding: Bob Babko Location: Regency Ballroom ABC.



Performance: Al Williams Jazz Society. Nolan Shaheed, trumpet; Charles Owens, reeds; Dave Bradshaw, keyboards; Nedra Wheeler, bass; Al Williams, drums; Tony Poingsett, percussion. Presiding: Chuck Berg, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 104 AB.



Panel: A Conversation with “Mr. Bongo" the legendary Jack Costanzo. This panel will show the difference between jazz and Latin styles when playing percussion, the right style and wrong style. Also a video with Marlon Brando playing percussion with me on the Edward R. Murrow Show Person to Person. Participants: Jack Costanzo, Lynn Willard, Mike Holvin, Rene Camacho. Presiding: JAI. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 201.



Panel: The Wonderful World of Licensing Jazz for Television. Prominent lawyers and industry experts discuss the business of licensing jazz for commercials, series theme songs, background uses and TV movies. You'll learn who chooses the music, what they look for, and what they pay. Moderator: Alan Bergman. Panelists: Fera Mostow, The Walt Disney Company; Joel Strote, Attorney at Law; Peter DiCecco, ABC TV. Presiding: JAI. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 103.



Panel: 167 Years of Jazz, Sammy Nestico and Gerald Wilson Speak Out. Jazz Legends Gerald Wilson and Sammy Nestico have been the foundation of the big band jazz writing for the past 60 years. Come hear them talk about their lives and music and the people they've known along the way. The most unique opportunity of 2005! Panelists: Sammy Nestico, Gerald Wilson. Presiding: JAI. Location: Center Theater.



Clinic: Making a Living as a Jazz Musician. How to carve out a successful and rewarding career in the world of jazz. Utilizing jazz skills to expand your possible job market. How to get work in composing, arranging, performing, conducting, publishing, A&R, film, television, teaching, writing. Clinician: Michael Wolff. Presiding: Bob Curnow, IAJE Past President. Location: Terrace, Seaside Foyer.



Clinic: Collegiate Trumpet Studio: Integrating Jazz Pedagogical Techniques in the Applied Studio. This session will cover integrating applicable techniques that improve the overall abilities of the classically trained trumpet player and yet have direct relationship to fundamentals essential in jazz improvisation. The discussion provides several examples of weekly practice regiments and one-hour studio lessons. Clinician: Darryl A White. Presiding: Orbert Davis, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Regency Ballroom DEF.







Clinic: Connecting With Kids: Dialog on Creating Interactive Concerts/Workshops for Children. This session will be a casual debriefing of Ann Patterson's Jazz America concert for children. We will lead a discussion on how musicians and teachers can develop similar school concerts and workshops including how to work with school music and classroom teachers; how to develop materials for teachers to help prepare students for the concert/workshop; and resources that are available to help create activities for primary and intermediate level elementary students. This session is the third of four related sessions for professional musicians, teachers, and students and is sponsored by the IAJE Artist Outreach Network. Clinicians: Kimberly McCord Laura Ferguson, Ann Patterson. Presiding: Greg Carroll, IAJE Director of Education. Location: Terrace, Seaside 303.



Clinic: Handheld Computers in Jazz Education. The Derby High School Band has had 100% retention since instituting a Palm program in 2001. Come discover new ideas and uses for the Palm in an ensemble setting. Attendees should bring a Palm O/S computer. A limited number will be available. Clinician: Brandt Schneider. Presiding: James Garrison. Location: Terrace, Seaside 302.



12:00 Noon
Meeting: Jazz Radio Consortium. Location: Terrace 308



Meeting: IAJE Past Presidents Council. Location: Hyatt, Beacon Ballroom A.



Performance: Long Beach Polytechnic High School Jazz Ensemble A, Long Beach, CA. Director: Chris Stevens. Guest Artists: Scott Lavender, composer; Andy Martin, trombone; Tom Kubis, saxophone; Wayne Bergeron, trumpet. Presiding: Jeff Benedict. Location: Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom.



Performance: Julia Dollison Group. Julia Dollison, vocals; John Strickland, sax; Martin Bejerano, piano; John Sullivan, bass. Presiding: Roger Spencer. Location: Hyatt Lobby Stage.



Panel: The International Language of Jazz: Cross Cultural Conversations. Jazz has become an increasingly international music. Musicians and executives from around the globe share their collective passion and vision for a future direction in jazz. Moderator: Tom Schnabel, LA Philharmonic. Panelists: Betto Arcos, KCSN; Dan Storper, Putumayo World Music; Oliver Lake. Presiding: JAI. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 102.



Clinic: Flying Solo: The Art of Solo Jazz Guitar. In this in-depth, hands-on clinic, the focus will be exclusively on all aspects of solo jazz guitar including: walking bass lines; reharmonization; integrating singles lines with chords; use of pedal points; rubato playing; and use of scales and arpeggios to compliment the melody. Use of dynamics and in-depth rhythmic concepts will also be discussed. Clinician: Mimi Fox. Presiding: Richard Smith. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 202.



The Jazz Choir Scat Soloist. New and innovative methods and materials will be presented to inspire novice and advanced scatters. All styles of vocal jazz literature will be used in this hands-on session. Clinicians: Kirk Marcy, Frank DeMiero. Presiding: Janet Tyler. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 104C.



Clinic: 4=1 Developing The Novice Rhythm Section. Basic techniques for developing young rhythm section players both individually and as a section. Getting the right sound, rhythmic/harmonic concepts of comping, bass line construction, and figures and fills for the drums are among the topics discussed. Assistance will be provided by a rhythm section. Clinician: Allen Carter. Presiding: Sherril T. Holly. Location: Long Beach Convention Center 101.







Clinic: Connecting with Kids: Jazz Latino/Ritmos Calientes for Kids: An Introduction to Essential Rhythms and Instruments of Latin Jazz for the Young Student. Move your body to a son montuno! Climb out of your chair and do the cha cha ch

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