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Our Mission
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival Concert Series will be held each summer at venues around
the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Over time, the Festival will become a self-sustaining entity,
which raises money through consistent corporate sponsorship and special events. Proceeds
will support music education in Salem and fund the Festival.
Overview
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival will recreate and renew the city's vibrant jazz scene that began
at the Salem Willows in the 1920s, when Duke Ellington and other musicians from the Big Band
era played there. The Festival's aim is to build on that rich musical history by adding soul and
funk to the foundation of jazz laid down in the early '20s. Festival concerts will spotlight the
wealth of talented musicians on
Boston’s North Shore, and is expected to become one of New England's premier music
events.
On April 21, 2007, we staged our first fund raising event. This was a terrific success, having
sold out tickets to performances by Barrence Whitfield, The Boston Horns, Los Sugar Kings,
Eric Reardon and Catfish Lucy, with free food, auction items and a raffle. Our series continued
throughout the summer, culminating in the main outdoor music festival at the Salem Willows on
August 18.
The Festival
The first annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival was a hit! Some highlights:
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival Concert Series will be held each summer at venues around
the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Over time, the Festival will become a self-sustaining entity,
which raises money through consistent corporate sponsorship and special events. Proceeds
will support music education in Salem and fund the Festival.
Overview
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival will recreate and renew the city's vibrant jazz scene that began
at the Salem Willows in the 1920s, when Duke Ellington and other musicians from the Big Band
era played there. The Festival's aim is to build on that rich musical history by adding soul and
funk to the foundation of jazz laid down in the early '20s. Festival concerts will spotlight the
wealth of talented musicians on
Boston’s North Shore, and is expected to become one of New England's premier music
events.
On April 21, 2007, we staged our first fund raising event. This was a terrific success, having
sold out tickets to performances by Barrence Whitfield, The Boston Horns, Los Sugar Kings,
Eric Reardon and Catfish Lucy, with free food, auction items and a raffle. Our series continued
throughout the summer, culminating in the main outdoor music festival at the Salem Willows on
August 18.
The Festival
The first annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival was a hit! Some highlights:
- Over 5,000 people enjoyed Festival events throughout the summer
- Dozens of artists shared their music at 25 events
- Nearly 100 volunteers helped make the Festival a success
- 5 Festival Sponsors, 6 Charleshurst Sponors, and countless others donated goods and
services to the cause - 40 vendors sold arts and crafts at the Festival
- $2500 was raised for public music education programs in Salem.
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LA TIMBISTICA
website: http://www.berklee.edu/news/2008/04/0429.html
This all-star group is comprised of top scholarship students from Puerto Rico,
Israel, and the continental U.S. Thanks to their tracks "Puertorro" and "Electrik,"
they've been named this year's Best College Jazz Band in Down Beat magazine's
prestigious Student Music Awards. With graduation still ahead, this group has
performance and recording experience beyond their years. Leader and
percussionist Paulo Stagnaro performs on Paquito D'Rivera's Funk Tango CD,
winner of the 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Recording. Other members have
performed with Dave Valentin, Cachao, Danilo Perez, and Victor Manuelle, among
others, and recorded for XM Radio. They will headline later this year in the Tito
Puente Latin Music Series in Boston, and perform at Washington, D.C.'s Duke
Ellington Jazz Festival.
website: http://www.berklee.edu/news/2008/04/0429.html
This all-star group is comprised of top scholarship students from Puerto Rico,
Israel, and the continental U.S. Thanks to their tracks "Puertorro" and "Electrik,"
they've been named this year's Best College Jazz Band in Down Beat magazine's
prestigious Student Music Awards. With graduation still ahead, this group has
performance and recording experience beyond their years. Leader and
percussionist Paulo Stagnaro performs on Paquito D'Rivera's Funk Tango CD,
winner of the 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Recording. Other members have
performed with Dave Valentin, Cachao, Danilo Perez, and Victor Manuelle, among
others, and recorded for XM Radio. They will headline later this year in the Tito
Puente Latin Music Series in Boston, and perform at Washington, D.C.'s Duke
Ellington Jazz Festival.
The SJSF/Berklee Summer
Series is sponsored by:
Series is sponsored by:
And with the support of a
Grant from:
Grant from:
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