Indholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2023 i JazzTimes

DR. JOAN CARTWRIGHT founded Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. in 2007, after touring as a Jazz and Blues vocalist and songwriter for over 30 years. Cartwright realized that she had worked with only six women musicians out of hundreds of musicians in the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Africa, and the Caribbean. She gathered women instrumentalists and recruited them to her nonprofit organization that promotes women musicians, globally. In 16 years, there are 423 members with 270 musicians and 73 men who support the organization’s mission to promote women musicians, globally. WIJSF produced eight CDs of songs from 48 women, proving that women create original music. “My mission is to raise consciousness about the marginalization of women musicians in the 80%-male-dominated music industry,” Cartwright explained. Her doctoral dissertation, Women in Jazz:…

It was the fall of 1974. I was attending college in the small New England town of Bridgewater, Mass. It was there that I found and developed an affection as well as an appreciation for jazz. I met a friend, Whitfield, who had an extensive collection of jazz albums. Any player from the late ’50s,[and] throughout the ’60s to the early ’70s — he had them on vinyl. Blue Note Records was the premier label at that time. I could not wait to get out of class everyday just so I could make it to the house and absorb as much jazz as my senses allowed. John Coltrane was the one who resonated with me the most. There was a place called Sandy’s Jazz Revival in Beverly, Mass. McCoy Tyner…

HARLEM’S NEW JAZZ SITCOM In the summer of 2016, after the premiere of the jazz film World’s Not for Me at the Harlem International Film Festival at MIST Harlem, Mickey Bass, Louis Hayes, and Gregory Charles Royal did what any musicians would do hanging out on the red carpet: they would tell a few lies and talk a lot of smack. This is particularly true for anyone who knew the late Jazz Messenger bassist, Bass, who died in 2022 at age 79. “Louise” and “Stuckie” as Mickey always referred to Hayes and Royal over their relationships that went back half a century, have always been captive to the banter, jokes, and dozens that Mickey dished out to them and the hundreds of musicians he encountered in his colorful life. As…

CLUES 1. Though from a big band, Maynard was a hell of a trumpet player a real 2. Harmony for them is known as 3. These 5ths are normally forbidden 4. Tootie played with them too. 5. Another kind of tet with a Another kind of tet with a trumpet and sax 6. Big Papa 7. They are often interchangeable 8. Not a tet with nine 9. Slide and Freddie had them for sure. 10. On a tight budget might scale down to one See answers on page 47. JAZZ CROSSWORD ANSWERS 1. MF 2. FOURPART 3. PARALLEL 4. MJQ 5. QUINTET 6. JO 7. PIANOANDGUITAR 8. NONET 9. OCTET 10. TRIO…

It was a beautiful evening in July, and I was part of an artist-in-residence program in the Swiss Alps. One evening, we were performing in a small club, and I mean small. I sat on my stool and didn’t budge. The stage area was so tight that people in the audience were bumping into us while we performed. I had hired a local horn player to sit in. He played beautifully, but was so big that people couldn’t get around him. After the first set, we took a break, and I remember he complained that he was hungry. Anyway, it was time for the next set, and he was nowhere to be found. We called him, no answer. We decided to go ahead and play. At least there was more…

BUT THERE’S HOPE! Out of the ashes often comes hope and a new beginning. We can be proud to have an organization in 2023 that is dedicated to Jazz’s survival—and in the Black Mecca! ENTER: Harlem Late Night Jazz KEEPING LIVE MUSIC ALIVE! MISSION Founded in 2016, Harlem Late Night Jazz is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to maintaining and growing a vibrant jazz scene in Harlem. Our mission is to “keep the music alive” in its mecca…. Harlem, NY. Harlem, once the home of world-famous late-night clubs and speakeasies, has lost many of its iconic clubs over the years including, Small’s Paradise, Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, The Sugar Cane Club, Jimmy’s Chicken Shack, and more recently, La Famille, St. Nicks Pubs, Lenox Lounge, Paris Blues and Showman’s Lounge. This crisis…

Musings About Mental Health & the Arts from “America’s Psychologist,” Dr. Jeff Gardere JazzTimes’ in-house shrink and “America’s Psychologist,” Dr. Jeff Gardere is a contributor to Good Morning America, FOX network, Today show, MSNBC and CNN. A Board-certified psychologist, Dr. Jeff was a longtime friend of the late, great Mickey Bass and is a pretty good crooner! ON TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2023, Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory about the devastating impact of The Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation. In it, he revealed that though the pandemic has contributed to loneliness, half of US adults reported experiencing loneliness, even before the pandemic. He determined that loneliness and isolation result in a disconnection that affects our mental, physical, and societal health. The physical health consequences of poor or insufficient…