President's Newsletter To The JCS Membership and Friends December 1, 2019 Best Viewed On Your Computer

Introducing the 2020 Sarasota Jazz Festival March 8 - 14

Ed Linehan, President

What's Inside: 1. President's Message 2. Upcoming Events 3. 2020 Sarasota Jazz Festival This Is A Long One!

What A Difference A Year Makes!

Dear Friends and Members of the Jazz Club of Sarasota, It was just twelve months ago that I first wrote to you about a range of serious financial and membership challenges faced by the Jazz Club. While we still have a long way to go, I would say that we have turned the corner and we are moving in the right direction. Your response to our call for help has made the difference and it continues to make the difference. Just last month we announced the need for sponsors for the High School Jazz Band Competition and for Two Master Classes to be held during Festival Week. It is my pleasure to share with you that the Master Classes are now fully sponsored, and that the High School Competition is nearly half sponsored. We still need to raise another $4,500 there, so if you know anyone.... The column to the right lists the major pluses and minuses of the past year. With your support this year will be even better! After you check out the upcoming events below, take you time to learn about the Jazz Club's 40th Annual Festival in March. It's going to be amazing! Ed

Membership Now 854 Up 95% (Goal 1,000 by March) Scholarship Fund Surpassed Goal - $22,000 Festival Relocated to Downtown Site Multi-Theme Jazz Party Introduced at Festival Monday Night Jazz Cabaret Introduced with All Ten Performances Sold Out! High School Jazz Band Competition Reintroduced Partnership with Entertainment Cruise Productions (The Jazz Cruise) Renewed and Expanded Arbors Records Becomes Festival Event Sponsor Jazzlinks Program Continued in High Schools Despite Loss of State Funding Development Efforts to Establish New Sponsorships Falls Far Short of Goals Festival Costs Associated with Hotel Pushes 2018-19 Annual Budget Into The RED

Upcoming Events:

Every Friday in December Tickets Sold Only At The Door

Monday December 9 Click Image for Tickets

Monday December 23 Click Image for Tickets

Monday January 6 Click Image for Tickets

Monday January 27 Click Image for Tickets

5 More MNJC Events Starting In February Can Be Found on the Jazz Club Website

SARASOTA 40TH ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL MARCH 8 - 14

Presented By Entertainment Cruise Productions

Additional Major Sponsors

Here's The Festival Who, What, When, Where, How!

Director of Main Stage Music: Ken Peplowski

Municipal Auditorium - 801 N. Tamiami Trail

Thursday March 12 7:30 PM Dicky Hyman with Russell Malone Charles McPherson Ken Peplowski La Lucha

Friday March 13 7:30 PM Clairdee with Houston Person Terell Stafford Ken Peplowski La Lucha

Saturday March 14 7:30 PM The Manhattan Transfer  also Ken Peplowski La Lucha

Click Here for Thursday Night Dick Hyman Tickets Tickets $45 - $80 $10 Discount for Members

Click Here for Friday Night Clairdee Tickets Tickets $45 - $80 $10 Discount for Members

La Lucha CD Release Click Here for Saturday Night The Manhattan TransferTickets Tickets $65 - $100 $10 Discount for Members

RESERVE SEATS IN THE SECTION OF THE AUDITORIUM THAT YOU WANT! Tickets Are Available In 9 Sections For These Events, Plus "The ALL WEEK VIP Combo Package" Section. You Reserve Seats In A Specific Section When You Make Your Ticket Purchase. You Will Be Guaranteed Seats In That Section, But Not A Specific Seat. Seats Priced According To Location in The Auditorium.

Come To the Saturday Afternoon "Jazz Party"

4 Stages - 8 Bands 1 Ticket For Everything! Saturday March 14 Noon - 5 PM

Blues Stage Holley Hall see map below

Bobby Blackmon Noon - 2:20

Betty Fox Band 2:40 - 5 PM

Classic Stage Art Center see map below

Katt Hefner Noon - 2:20

Randy Sandke 2:40 - 5 PM

Contemporary Stage Cohen Hall see map below

Art Seigel Noon - 2:20

Jeremy Carter 2:40 - 5 PM

Latin Stage  Bayfront Center see map below

Frankie Pineiro Noon - 2:20

Gumbi Ortiz 2:40 - 5 PM

Click Here For Saturday "Jazz Party" Tickets 1 Ticket Gets You All 8 Bands

Jazz Party Stages A Very Short Walk Apart

Art Center Sarasota

Food Trucks and Beverages Available Municipal Auditorium Bayfront Center Holley Hall and Cohen Hall

Other Festival Events

Sunday March 8 ...….........….. Noon to 4 PM Phillippi Estate Park .... 5500 S Tamiami Trail

FREE Concert Jazz in the Park Food Trucks Bring Chairs No Coolers Allowed

Riverview H.S. Jazz Band ... Don Levine Ensemble Debbie Keaton Band

Wednesday March 11 ...…... . 5:30 to 10 PM

Click Here For Jazz Trolley Pub Crawl Tickets

Thursday March 12 ...…. . . .9 9:30 to Noon

Click Here For Thursday Concert and Film

Friday March 13 ...…. . . .9 9:30 to Noon

Click Here For Friday Concert and Film

Friday March 13 ...…. . . .9 Noon to 1:30 PM

Founders Luncheon Michael's On East Honoring Hal and Evelyn Davis Davis Family Members Will Be In Attendance More Information To Follow

Saturday March 14 ..…. . . .9 Time and Details To Be Announced

Terell Stafford Master Class

Terell Stafford, acclaimed trumpet player based in New York, has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player, he combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford is the Director of Jazz Studies and Chair of Instrumental Studies at Temple University, founder and band leader of the Terell Stafford Quintet, and Managing and Artistic Director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP). Stafford is renowned in the jazz world as an educator, performer and leader and has received countless award nominations and accolades.

Saturday March 14 ..…. . . .9 Time and Details To Be Announced

Janis Siegel Master Class

Over the years, Janis’ unmistakable voice has become one of The Manhattan Transfer's most recognizable trademarks. She sang lead on some of the Transfer’s biggest hits, such as “Operator,” “Chanson D’Amour,” “Twilight Zone,” “Birdland,” “The Boy from N.Y.C.” “Spice of Life”, ”Ray’s Rockhouse”, “The Shaker Song”, “Mystery”, and co-wrote and sang lead on the Grammy winning “Sassy”. She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of the charts for the group’s acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, seven charts for the group’s Grammy-winning album Brasil, and won a Grammy herself in 1980 for her arrangement of “Birdland.” In 1993, she and her Manhattan Transfer colleagues received their honorary doctorates from the Berklee School of Music, and in 1999 they were among the first class of inductees into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

Does Not Include Founders Luncheon or Master Classes

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