Maryland (well, closer to DC actually) Summer Jazz Events

JN&P thanks to Jeff Antoniuk, sax player extraordinaire and jazz educator, for the following information about some jazz workshops-linked-with-festivals down DC way. Hey, Baltimore, it's only a short drive to any of these so go, enjoy, and support live jazz in our region!

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Maryland Summer Jazz Festival is just around the corner!

In addition to being one of the mid-Atlantic's most popular and highest rated adult jazz camps, we are growing as a festival too. This year we have four headliner concerts, each with different music and performers.

I'd love to see you at one or more of them. It would be great to reconnect and I know you'll enjoy the concerts. We have some major names from around North America, including some local legends joining us on stage. Write down the dates, and I hope to see you soon!

www.marylandsummerjazz.com

July 21 Kick Off Concert at Blues Alley

1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007

Featuring international trumpet sensation Ingrid Jensen with Jeff Antoniuk & the Jazz Update

at the nations premiere jazz club in Georgetown, Washington, DC. Hear originals by Jensen and

Antoniuk and covers by Freddie Hubbard, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and other greats.

Shows: 8 and 10:00 PM

Tickets: $25 plus tax and minimum.

Tickets are available from www.instantseats.com - THIS GIG WILL SELL OUT!

July 23 Free Outdoor Concert in Rockville Town Square

Co-sponsored by the City of Rockville, a free family oriented community concert

Featuring the Maryland Summer Jazz Quintet with some of the hottest jazz players

in the Mid Atlantic Region: drummer Frank Russo, bassist James King, Keyboard

player Jon Ozment and trumpeter Tim Stanley with saxophonist and band leader

Jeff Antoniuk. They’ll cover great tunes by Brubeck, Golson and Zawinul!

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

FREE!

July 24 Double Dose of Jazz at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church

10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD 20852

Attend the All Stars Concert or the Student concert or both with one ticket!

Featuring vocalist Alison Crockett, bassist Tom Baldwin and drummer Tony Martucci

with pianist Wade Beach, Antoniuk and Jensen. Hear inspired originals by Tom Baldwin

along with pieces by Oliver Nelson, Luiz Bonfa and Sonny Rollins and others! Our MC

is popular WPFW jazz radio host Candy Shannon.

7:00 PM Student Concert

8:15 PM All Stars Concert

Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door (if available), $5 for children 12 and under

Tickets are available in advance from www.instantseats.com

July 31 Double Dose of Jazz at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church

10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD 20852

Attend the All Stars Concert or the Student concert or both with one ticket!

Features guitarist Tim Miller, trumpeter Tom Williams and bassist James King with Antoniuk,

Crockett and Martucci. Look forward to tunes by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Chick Corea

and many more!”

7:00 PM Student Concert

8:15 PM All Stars Concert

Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door (if available), $5 for children 12 and under

Tickets are available in advance from www.instantseats.com

Don’t know which concert to attend? Come to all four or mix it up. Every concert is different with different players and tunes featured!

See the Faculty Page of www.marylandsummerjazz.com for artist biographies.

Updates from KCSM

Well, things are moving with light speed at "The Mother Ship" in San Mateo--KCSM Jazz 91. A new blog and a new Jazz Forum to invite listener inputs. KCSM is also on Twitter and Facebook!! So--Jazz Notes and Phrases will wind down its feeble efforts to post something often and drop back to the occasional "Something Important To Say About Jazz" mode of operation. I won't take down this blog--other social media go only so far now that blogs are common--but for the most part I'll do day-to-day updates on the Jazz 91 blog or forum.

I'm working on a piece centered on the wonderful interview Lee Thomas did the other day with violinist/composer Regina Carter. Wow, what a musician and what a wise, warm person!! So stay tuned!!

Fantastic interview with Jazz West's Wayne Saroyan on KCSM today!!

I was fortunate enough to catch Chris Cortez' terrific interview with Wayne Saroyan, webmaster and spiritual guide for Jazz West, the go-to website to get up-to-date jazz news from the Bay Area. I'm adding Wayne's blog to my blogroll!!!

Three Generations of Jazz Piano at Yoshi's

What a night it must have been at Yoshi's last night!! Here's a photo gallery of the evening, courtesy of Ronald Davis, showing not only the terrific trio of pianists, Denny Zeitlin, Jon Jang, and Taylor Eigsti but several of KCSM Jazz 91's great announcers--and the station manager Marilyn Lawrence! Thanks again to the artists and to Yoshi's for helping close the funding gap for KCSM!

A New Website Devoted to Supporting Live Jazz

While the Jazz Ambassadors are all devoted to keeping KCSM on the air and commercial-free, we never lose sight of the importance of supporting live jazz performances. Our man in Columbia, SC, JA Milton Cooley, just sent me this link to a website down his way that's all about live jazz. And note the modest level of support requested from viewers--$5. I'll add Skipp Pearson's site to the blog list on Notes and Phrases. Thanks, Milton!