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SV judge for Tanglewood’s Jazz Cafe
6.7.2010
To learn more -- read the below press release:
Jazz Café Video Contest Call for Submissions
Tanglewood Jazz Festival
September 4-5, 2010
http://www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org
The annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival will take
place September 4-5 at the summer home of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra in Lenox, Massachusetts.
For the first time, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival will host a video
contest for four performance slots in the popular Jazz Café.
Submissions may be made online May 6 through June 15. Winners
will be announced July 1. Jazz Café performances are presented prior
to each main stage concert in a relaxed, cabaret style setting and are
free with a ticket to the main stage concert.
Artists are asked to submit a link to their video and electronic press
kit though the music website, Sonicbids at
http://www.sonicbids.com/tanglewoodjazzfestival A ten. dollar
submission fee guarantees the artists consideration by the judges and
a status response from the festival’s judging panel.
Artists selected to perform will receive national publicity and
promotion for their appearance in the Jazz Café and a nominal travel
fee. Artists who have headlined at a jazz festival or similar event, or
in a large concert hall venue will not be accepted for consideration.
There are no restrictions on age.
The Jazz Café at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival has become a premier
venue for rising stars on the verge of national recognition, and has
been instrumental in launching the careers of many young artists
including Esperanza, Grace Kelly, Sachal Vasandani, and more.
The judging panel will consist of the following experts in the jazz
world:
James Gavin, author of the newly published book, Stormy
Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
which received a rave review by the New York Times Book Review.
Gavin has written features for the New York Times, Vanity Fair,
Time Out New York and Entertainment Weekly on subjects ranging
from Annie Lennox to the death of John F. Kennedy. He is currently
hosting and narrating a touring concert tribute to Lena Horne,
featuring jazz singers Rebecca Parris and Paula West.
Lois Gilbert, owner, Jazzcorner.com. Lois Gilbert founded
JazzCorner.com in 1996: the largest portal of official websites for
hundreds of musicians and organizations on the internet, as a way to
unify the jazz community. JazzCorner.com has been cited by the New
York Times, The LA Times and other major publications around the
globe as one of the top ten premier destinations for jazz on the
internet.
Christopher Loudon, jazz vocal writer for Jazz Times magazine.
When the rest of the baby-boomers were wrapped up in the Beatles
and the Stones, Christopher Loudon was discovering Sinatra,
Fitzgerald and Bennett. Since 2003, Loudon has critiqued upwards of
500 vocal albums and shaped about a dozen profiles in JazzTimes,
including Diana Krall, Jamie Cullum, Nancy Wilson, Curtis Stigers
and Dianne Reeves.
Jane Monheit, jazz vocalist. As runner up in the 1998 Thelonious
Monk Jazz Institute’s vocal competition, Monheit has, over the last
dozen years, become one of the world’s premiere vocal interpreters
and all around musical talents. A darling of jazz critics and a
recognizable face in the mainstream media, the photogenic raven-
haired beauty has also been a natural for numerous TV appearances
including “Emeril,” “The View,” “the Late Show with David
Letterman,” “Good Morning America,” and “Legends of Jazz” with
Ramsey Lewis. Her latest CD is The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me
(Concord 2009). She last appeared at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival
in 2008 with Mark O’Connor’s “Hot Swing.”
Steve Schwartz, host and producer, WGBH Boston. Steve Schwartz
has been part of WGBH Radio for twenty-five years, bringing a wealth
of jazz programming knowledge to the airwaves. Jazz on WGBH with
Steve Schwartz, which airs Fridays at 8pm on WGBH 89.7, provides
Steve a venue for his many talents as a producer and host. In addition
to his on-air duties, Schwartz produces the live jazz performance
series Live from Fraser Performance Studio, heard each month on
Jazz with Eric Jackson and occasionally, on his own program. This
series features live, in-studio performances by nationally known and
locally-based musicians.
Dawn Singh, Manager, Tanglewood Jazz Festival. After 20 years
specializing in jazz publicity, Dawn Singh began her Tanglewood
career in 2003 as publicist and jazz marketing expert. In 2008 she
was named manager of the festival and assumed the responsibilities
of programming and coordinating production and marketing duties
with the staff at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her extensive
background in the jazz field provides a broad knowledge of
performers, writers, and broadcasters as well as new talent and
trends in the music business.
Sachal Vasandani, jazz vocalist. A veteran of the Tanglewood Jazz
Café, Sachal Vasandani made his Mack Avenue Records debut in
2007 with the exceptional CD, Eyes Wide Open. This 12-song
collection of stirring originals and smart covers is an eye-opener to a
fresh, young talent who displays a singular, deep-brewed voice and
possesses an uncanny sensibility to straddle the fine line between jazz
and pop.
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