June 2012 ISSue

FRIDAY, JUNE 157:00PM - 10:00PM - Marriott at Penn Square, Lancaster PA

Amy Banks Quartet (FREE)

FRIDAY, JUNE 157:00PM - 10:00PM - Marriott at Penn Square, Lancaster PA

Amy Banks Quartet (FREE)

SATURDAY, JUNE 16The Ware Center - 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster PA

10:00AM.

The�1926 Buster�Keaton silent film classic

with musical accompaniment

by The Reese Project ($$)

SATURDAY, JUNE 16The Ware Center - 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster PA

10:00AM.

The�1926 Buster�Keaton silent film classic

with musical accompaniment

by The Reese Project ($$)

11:00AM - 12:30 & 1:00PM - 2:30

11:30AM - 12:30PM

Workshops with various jazz artists

(flute) (sax)

(guitar) and more artists TBA

"The Listening Room" (FREE)

($$)

Ali Ryerson Jonathan RagoneseKen Gehret

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11:00AM - 12:30 & 1:00PM - 2:30

11:30AM - 12:30PM

Workshops with various jazz artists

(flute) (sax)

(guitar) and more artists TBA

"The Listening Room" (FREE)

($$)

Ali Ryerson Jonathan RagoneseKen Gehret

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3:00PM Concert

(dr) (bass)

(piano) ($$)

Ali Ryerson QuartetLarry Marshall Keith Mohler

Steve Rudolph

3:00PM Concert

(dr) (bass)

(piano) ($$)

Ali Ryerson QuartetLarry Marshall Keith Mohler

Steve Rudolph

4:30PM - 6:30PM

JAZZ Jam Session (FREE)

4:00PM 6:00PM

JAZZ Jam Session (FREE)

7:30PM - Concert ($$)

(bass)Donald Edwards Luques Curtis

J.D. Walter�QuartetOrrin Evans (piano), (drums),

CPFJ Youth All-Star Band opens�the concert

7:30PM - Concert ($$)

(bass)Donald Edwards Luques Curtis

J.D. Walter�QuartetOrrin Evans (piano), (drums),

CPFJ Youth All-Star Band opens�the concert

SUNDAY, JUNE 17Jazz Brunch at Carr's Restaurant11AM-2PM -

Tom Strohman Trio

SUNDAY, JUNE 17Jazz Brunch at Carr's Restaurant11AM-2PM -

Tom Strohman Trio

Tickets may be purchased from the Ware Center's Box Office,42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603,

(717)�872 3811 or http://muticketsonline.com/

Tickets may be purchased from the Ware Center's Box Office,42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603,

(717)�872 3811 or http://muticketsonline.com/

1 -�3PM Jazz &�Poetry Concert

The Poetry of with the

Rick Kearns - poet Patrick Murphy - trumpet, percussionTom Witmer - guitar Keith Mohler - bass FREE

DogStar Books 401 W Lemon St., Lancaster

1 -�3PM Jazz &�Poetry Concert

The Poetry of with the

Rick Kearns - poet Patrick Murphy - trumpet, percussionTom Witmer - guitar Keith Mohler - bass FREE

DogStar Books 401 W Lemon St., Lancaster

FEST 2012 FEST 2012

JUNE15, 16 & 17

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY AND THE CENTRAL PA FRIENDS OF

PRESENT

J D WALTER

ALI�RYERSON

AMY B

JONATHAN RAGONESE

THE REESE PROJECT

STEVE RUDOLPH

WORKSHOPS

JAM SESSION

FILMS

ANKS

THE WARE CENTER &

DOWNTOWN LANCASTER SITES

muticketsonline.com 717-872–3811

JAZZ FEST2012

LOOK InSIDe!Presidents Letter ... pg. 2 • Concerts, Clubs & More ... pg. 3

11th Annual CPFJ Camp ... pg. 4 • Whitaker Center Concert ... pg. 4Concert Review ... pg. 5 • Donor List ... pg. 5

JAZZ FEST 2012 ... pg. 6 • Concert Ticket Order Form ... pg. 7Membership Application ... pg. 7 • Jazz Jam Session ... pg. 8

Support JAZZ -

the Music of Freedom!

Insert Your Face Here An Appeal from CPFJ Board President Amy Banks

Dear Members, Friends and Jazz Lovers,

With pleasure I reach out to you after a series of successful Spring concerts. Congratulations to our Executive Directors, members of the Board and our tireless volunteers whose commitment and tenacity are the driving force behind why we are still here today, presenting great music! As you may know, we have met and overcome a variety of challenges. For a while, many of you didn’t even think we were still in operation! Slowly but surely, however, we are rising from the dust to continue the legacy of supporting and presenting jazz. This very newsletter was “reborn” from our members’ need to “hold on to and read” about what CPFJ is doing. Many thanks to Paul Haidet and Amy Hall for producing a great newsletter that is meeting our memberships’ needs.

Our work is hardly done, but one of our biggest challenges is actually talent and manpower. On behalf of the Board of CPFJ, I ask you to search your hearts and minds and decide to become a volunteer for this organization. If you have a few extra hours a month we can put them to good use! Whether helping out in the office, organizing and/or hosting a fundraiser, assisting behind the scenes at a concert, hanging concert posters and advertisements, writing an article for the newsletter, enrolling new members or even heading a committee -- we have so much to do and so few to execute the tasks -- any help at will be a contribution.

With deep appreciation, I’m pleased to announce the newest members of our team: Tonya Mowery, serving as Secretary of the Board; Ben Goldsborough, serving as Youth Education Committee Chair; and Leslie Beamer, our new Volunteer Coordinator. They represent the latest members of our community who have stepped up to help us strengthen CPFJ. We are looking forward to their insight, time and talent!

We’ve still got big shows on the horizon: Jazz Camp & Jazz Fest 2012 this month; our Jazz Fest/Picnic in August; and our Fall Concert Series are coming soon. The time to help CPFJ is now. In the next newsletter, I’m looking to insert your name among the list of new volunteers. You may be thinking you’d like to participate in ways I haven’t even thought of, and that’s great, too!! Contact Steve and Andrea by email at friends@cpfj.org or give the office a call at 717.540.1010.

We look forward to seeing and working with you soon!

Warmest Regards,

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Concerts,�Clubs�and�More..............................June/July�2012

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whitakercenter.org | 717/214-ARTS

Come see two of the mostcommercially successful jazzartists — Brian Culbertson& David Sanborn — togetheron The Dream Tour.

Saturday, June 30, 8pm

Visit whitakercenter.org fortickets and more information.

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11th�Annual Central PA Friends of Camp

Accomodations:Resident�participants�stay�in�MessiahCollege�dorms�and�eat�in�the�College

Dining�Hall. Commuters�may�also�eat�inthe�college�dining�room.

Since its inception in 2001, CPFJ�has�collaboratedwith area�college�music departments tocarry out a�three day resident /commuter

Jazz Camp for students aged 12 - 21.

Currently held at Messiah College�in Grantham,PA�and organized by Dr.William Stowman &

Tim Warfield, Jr. the camp features world classperformer/educators teaching�students of

all instruments and voices.

Any students who seriously desire to furthertheir education and learn about jazz

improvisation are welcome.

June 13 - 15, 2012Jazz Camp Classes Include:

EarTraining

Small Groups

& Combos

Improvisation

Instrument

Master

Classes

Nightly Jam Sessions

Composition

& Arranging

Jazz History

Embracing�tradition....moving�it forward tocreate new legacies....

CPFJ Jazz Camp Fees:Resident:

Commuter:

tuition, room & board

tuition and meals

$350

$250

(includes instruction, housing and allregular meals�for 3 days)

(Includes instruction and all regular meals)

Tuition is kept low thanksin part to a generouscontribution from the

Olewine Family�Trust.

Would you like�to sponsor adeserving�student's camp tuition?

For more information, please callthe CPFJ Office 717-540-1010visit our website - www.cpfj.org

or email: friends@cpfj.org

2012 Guest�Educators

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Cyrus Chestnut &

Jonathan Ragonese

JazzTheory

A P P L I C AT I O N D E A D L I N E I S J U N E 6 T H

Shades of ‘TraneAs listeners, we go to jazz concerts for many reasons. Some are musicians, looking for new ideas to incorporate into their own playing. Some are intellectuals, reveling in the musicological sophistication and exchange of ideas happening on the bandstand. Some are romantics, there to tune in, feel, and connect with some part of their being that only swing can unlock. All of these goals rely on the fundamental paradox of jazz being a music that marries the comfort of the familiar with the uncertainty of the new. When these two are realized simultaneously, the result is sublime.

I experienced jazz’s fundamental paradox in all its burning glory on Sunday night. Ben Goldsborough and the Mechanicsburg High Jazz Band kicked off the evening with a program of venerable standards that included “St Thomas,” “I Remember Clifford,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” and my personal favorite, Oliver Nelson’s “Stolen Moments.” Comfort and familiarity indeed, and a welcome program, given all of the pop and rock arrangements that seem to be the rage these days among many a high school “jazz” concert.

As Warren Wolf and his quartet (Allyn Johnson – piano, Kris Funn – bass, John Lamkin III – drums) took the stage and eased into the program with Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday”, my sense of comfort deepened, especially with Warren’s nods to the melody of “Autumn in New York”, and Allyn Johnsons’ “Hi Fly” reference toward the end of a wonderfully blues- and gospel-drenched solo. Yes, in a way, this concert felt like putting on your favorite sweater as the band made its way though timeless tunes by Monk, Mal Waldron, Johnny Mandel, and Johnny Green. Just ease on into the comfort …

While comfort in and of itself is, well, comforting, there needs to be more. There needs to be that elusive spark, that “thing” that gets us to turn off the stereo, get up off the couch, and come to hear the music live. This band was really good at living. John Lamkin III and Kris Funn locked into the groove and swung mightily with the kind of joy and abandon that you see on the playground when school finally lets out for the summer. Allyn Johnson’s work was strongly rooted in the church, and gave the band an earthy grounding that helped to move mind, body, and soul. And Warren… well, now I understand why the critics are calling him the next big thing. The amount of raw talent here was staggering. He is right up there with the greats – Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Roy Ayers, and onward. With staggering speed and sensitive dynamics, he proved himself to be a master at drawing the audience in to the songs.

But wait, there’s more -- in my concert notes, I have the word “urgency” written four times. When these guys got rolling, there was the kind of boiling, churning energy that I normally associate with John Coltrane’s great quartet. On the original compositions in particular, there was a tension, a drive, a restlessness in communicating a message that belies the turbulent times that we find ourselves in. I found my mind wandering back to a similar age when the US was in Vietnam, the civil rights movement was exploding, and jazz musicians were recording pieces like “Tanya” (Dexter Gordon), “Search for the New Land” (Lee Morgan), and “A Love Supreme” (Coltrane).

Maybe this present age is like the sixties. Maybe reincarnation does exist. Maybe we have found a new Trane, embodied in an unassuming vibraphonist named Warren Wolf. -PAUL HAIDET

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Our first Festival of the summer will be held in Lancaster, PA., June 15-17 in the Ware Center and other Downtown venues. Once again, we have taken the opportunity to join forces with the Ware Center and use their first-rate performance space. We hope you attended our February 2012 concert with Cyrus Chestnut there – what a magnificent evening! JazzFest 2012 highlights many of the great musicians from our area and welcomes home J.D. Walter, one of the groundbreaking jazz vocalists on the international scene. Friday evening, 6/15, The festivities begin at the Marriott Penn Square, 25 S. Queen St. Our CPFJ Board President, Amy Banks, will entertain with her Quartet from 7-10pm. There is no charge for this event.Saturday, 6/16 is the only day with ticketed events and all events are in The Ware Center, 42N. Prince Street, Lancaster.

• Saturday morning, the activities get started at 10am with a showing of the Buster Keaton silent classic “The General” with original musical score and performance by The Reese Project. Tickets: Adults $6 & Students $4.

• At 11:30am & 1:00pm, several workshops hosted by jazz musicians are offered: Ali Ryerson – flute; Jonathan Ragonese – sax; Ken Gehret – guitar; and our CPFJ Vice President, Keith Thomas, will host a “Listening Room” from 11:30am – 1pm with CDs and records from his vast collection. The musicians’ workshops are ticketed, but the Listening Room is free.

• Ali Ryerson, internationally acclaimed jazz flutist, will perform at 3pm with her Quartet. Tickets: $15 Adults and $10 for students. Keith Mohler, bass; Steve Rudolph, piano; and Larry Marshall, drums are featured.

• Our traditional Jazz Jam Session will run from 4p.m. till 6p.m. – all aspiring jazz musicians are welcome to sit in.

• The 7:30 evening concert opens with our CPFJ Youth All-Star Band directed by Ron Waters. J.D. Walter, featured guest vocalist, is a native of Central PA who has been living in New York City and touring the world for several years. He returns home with his exciting New York band – pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Donald Edwards. J.D. is setting new standards for vocal performance and his band members are some of the finest musicians in jazz today. Don’t miss this stellar event!! Tickets are $25-adults; CPFJ Members $20 & Students $10.

• The entire Saturday ticket includes the 10am film, the Ryerson concert, and the evening concert. Day Pass Prices: $40 – adults; $30 CPFJ Members; $20 Students. The workshops are ticketed separately and all tickets are available at www.muticketsonline.com or from the Ware Center’s Box Office – phone 717-872-3811. We also offer tickets from the CPFJ web site, www.cpfj.org, the ticket order form in this Newsletter, or call the CPFJ office at 717-540-1010.

• Sunday morning, 5/17, Carr’s Restaurant will host a brunch from 11am to 2 pm with live jazz by woodwind wizard Tom Strohman’s Trio, featuring his talented son Greg on trombone and piano. The menu is ala carte and the event is for diners only!

• From 1pm – 3pm the DogStar Bookstore, 401 W. Lemon St – 717-823-6605 will feature a Jazz and Poetry concert with poet Rick Kearns and the Con Alma Trio – Keith Mohler, bass – Patrick Murphy – trumpet and Tom Witmer, guitar.

JAZZ FEST 2012

Please note: In August, we will also be hosting a small festival in Harrisburg. Details to be announced soon!

JAZZ FEST 2012 - Sat., June 16th - Ticket Order Form

MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGESALL MEMBERS�receive�the�CPFJ�newsletter�describing�concert�artists,�club�dates�and�more.

ALL�DAY�SATURDAY�TICKETSATURDAY�NIGHT�CONCERT

Membership Application

Friday's Festival event at the Marriott is FREE - Saturday is the only day that is ticketed - you may also purchase online from the Ware Center

at muticketsonline.com or by calling 717-872 – 3811 - you may also order from the CPFJ Office 717-540-1010 or www.cpfj.org

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Central Pennsylvania Friends of

5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17112

June 2012 ISSue

THE CPFJ RECEIVES GRANTS FROM

THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

PA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

DAUPHIN COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS

THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT FUN

June 13 - 15CPFJ JAZZ CAMP

June 15 - 17JAZZ FEST 2012

August TBAHarrisburg Festival/Picnic

Details Inside!

Don’t Miss Out...

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MEMBERS! We need to stay in touch! Many of your email addresses are out of date.Please forward your current e-address to: friends@cpfj.org THANKS!

Come to Jazz Fest 2012

and stay for the weekend!

Lancaster Marriott @ Penn Square

717-239-160Rooms from $159

(1 block from Ware Center)

Lancaster Arts Hotel717-299-3000

Rooms from $165300 Harrisburg Avenue

Cork Factory Hotel

717-735-2075Rooms from $125

480 New Holland Avenue

Spend some time in beautiful Central PA!

The Vibe will be available online and via email! If you are willing to receive your copy electronically, send us your email address with “EMAIL ME” in the subject line to friends@cpfj.org

PASSINGS...Alvin “Al” Jacobson - 84 - one of the premier jazz saxophonists of the area – toured with Blue Barron & Clyde McCoy and was a member of the Steve Rudolph & Buzz Jones Big Bands.

Edward J. “Eggie” Myers - 91 – saxophonist, lifetime member of Musicians Local 269 (Harrisburg) and longtime member and supporter of CPFJ.

Our sympathies to their families – they will be missed.

Letters to the EditorGot an opinion about some aspect of Jazz? Want to comment on something you read in The Vibe or communicate with other members of the CPFJ? How about sharing your great ideas for CPFJ activities? WRITE US! We’ll consider your thoughts for our “Letters to the Editor” column. Everything is fair game, as long as it connects to jazz or the activities of the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz. Email your letters to friends@cpfj.org, or mail us at: 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg PA 17109. Please include “Vibe letters to editor” in the subject line or on the envelope. We look forward to your thoughts!

The CenTral Pa Friends oF Jazz & The allen TheaTer PresenT a

Jazz JaM session!!Monday, May 14Th 6 - 9 PM

M.J.’s CoFFeehouse aT The allen TheaTer,

36 e. Main sT., annville Pa (717) 867-3545

all asPiring Jazz MusiCians welCoMe To siT in. $5 Cover Charge (PerForMing MusiCians geT in Free)

droP in For The MusiC, The Food & The Fun!

The CenTral Pa Friends oF Jazz & The PaTio aT The hilTon harrisburg

PresenT a Jazz JaM session!!

Thursday, June 28Th 6 - 9 PM1 n. 2nd sTreeT harrisburg, Pa

(717) 233 - 6000.no Cover Charge!