Spring 2013 Newsletter - South Jersey Jazz Society

SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY!
MARCH 22, 2013
Quarter Notes
Pat Martino Trio
Headlines Jazz @ the Point
One of the greatest jazz
guitarists, Pat Martino, brings his
talents to the Cape Bank
Jazz@The Point 2013 this April.
Ticket Information on Page 2
Festival Quick Guide on Page 4
Martino leads another all star
group of performers in Somers
Point Jazz Society’s annual festival
featuring some of the best-known
jazz musicians both locally and
nationally.
Performances
Thursday, April 11
Rina Terry
The Festival is held at three
locations in Somers Point and
runs from Thursday evening, April
11, through Sunday afternoon,
April 14.
For tickets go to our website
www.spjazz.org
John Colianni Trio
Friday, April 12
Tom Guarna Quintet
Jim Ridl Quartet
Pat Martino
Pat Martino, A True Jazz Legend
!
Kate Davis Trio
Saturday, April 13
Danny Walsh Quintet
Pat Martino, who was born in Philadelphia, is a true jazz legend.
He began his professional career at age 15 after moving to New York
City. He played with many great jazz musicians and made many
recordings as a band member. An icon before his eighteenth birthday,
Martino began touring as a leader in 1967 and signed for Prestige
Records when he was twenty.
Pat Martino Trio
In 1980, Martino underwent brain surgery for a nearly fatal
aneurysm. After surgery he lost some memory of the guitar and his
musical career. He recovered and learned to play the guitar again with
the help of friends, computers, and his old recordings.
U-Dig! Fuze-muzik
He returned to his career in 1987. Among his awards Martino was
named 2004 Guitar Player of the Year, Downbeat Magazine's 2004
Reader's Poll. His European tour this summer includes stops in
Barcelona, Paris, London and other major European cities.
P. O. Box 329
Somers Point, NJ 08244
609-927-6677
www.spjazz.org
Ayako Shirasaki/Noriko Ueda
Duo
Sunday, April 14
Rhenda Fearrington Sextet
Somers Point Jazz Society
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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY!
MARCH 22, 2013
Fifteen Years of Jazz at the Point
The Somers Point Jazz Festival
started in 1998 as a small Sunday
event featuring jazz performances
at three local restaurants. It was
originally organized as a fund
raising event for the Somers Point
Foundation for Education, a
nonprofit support group for the
local public schools. It was one of
many such special events held
during the year.
In 2000 with the help of
members of the local jazz
community and corporate
sponsorship from Cape Bank,
Shore Medical Center, and others
it transformed itself into a threeday event that featured both
Ticket Information
All-event weekend pass – $60
$80 after April 11
Admission to all venues all
weekend!
Friday Evening Ticket – $30
$40 after April 11
Admission to all venues on Friday
Saturday Evening – $30
$40 after April 11
Admission to all venues on
Saturday!
Sunday Matinee – $20
$30 after April 11
Admission to both venues on
Sunday!
Thursday performances are free!
Donations accepted!
Tickets will be mailed after March 1.
For more information call
609-927-6677
Order Online at www.spjazz.org
!
evening and afternoon
performances.
Simon, Jeannie Bryson, and many
more.
In 2004 the event became the
signature event for the newly
formed Somers Point Jazz Society.
At that point it grew into a fourday event that featured some of
the best-known jazz musicians
both locally and nationally.
The Somers Point Jazz Society
is proud to be an active partner in
making our community a better
place to live. We have donated
nearly $30,000 to support the
music and arts program in our
local public schools. We have been
active in presenting jazz education
programs through out South
Jersey, and we have supported
local special events such as
Bayfest, Good Old Days, the
Shore Medical Center Building
Campaign, Summer Concert on
the Beach Series and others.
Some of the artists that have
appear at this event included:
Mulgrew Miller, Earl May, Conrad
Herwig, Richie Cole, Jimmy
Bruno, Paul Bollenbeck, Jimmy
Cobb, Eric Alexander, Vincent
Herring, Howard Alden, The
Caribbean Jazz Project, Marlon
Jazz@The Point
Thursday Student Workshop
Somers Point Jazz Society
Education Committee, chaired
by Michael Pedicin, will
conduct a High School Student
Workshop on Thursday, April
11, as part of Jazz@The Point.
Music students from area
high schools including Egg
Harbor Township High School,
Ocean City High School,
Mainland Regional High
School and St. Augustine Prep.
will participate.
Faculty participating
include Michael Pedicin,
moderator; Michael Natale,
brass; Ed Vezinho, woodwinds;
Jim Ridl, keyboards; Andy
Lalasis, bass; Vic Stevens,
drums, and Tom Giacabetti,
guitar.
The schedule features:
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Student master classes,
improvisation and ensemble
instruction with guest
clinicians
11:30 a.m. - noon
Clinician performance
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
High school band
performances
This workshop will be held
at the Mission Point Church,
900 West New York Ave.,
Somers Point, NJ.
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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY!
MARCH 22, 2013
Somers Point Jazz Society Pays
Tribute To George Mesterhazy
Friends, fans, and family of George Mesterhazy
gathered on March 10, at Sandi Point Coastal
Bistro to honor George as the recipient of the 2013
Jazz Master Award.
George’s friends spoke of
their admiration for him as
a musician and a person.
Each of the nine speakers
shared stories about how he
had influenced their lives.
Many told how they first
met George, how they had
shared his passion for
Bernadette Matthews music, how he had helped
presenting Jazz Masters shape their musical careers,
award to Vicki Watson and how much they loved
him by using anecdotes
both humorous and serious.
George Mesterhazy
A few of the "iends, fans, and co#eagues
who paid tribute to George and expressed
how much they miss him.
The event also featured the final performance
of The Winter Jazz Series featuring The Barry
Miles Trio: Barry Miles, piano; Tim Lekan, bass,
and Bob Shomo, drums. Their music served as a
tribute to George as each had worked with him.
GEORGE MESTERHAZY BIOGRAPHY
Mesterhazy arrived in the
United States in 1958 after his
family fled communist rule in
Hungary. After a sponsor in the
United States agreed to take in
the family, the Mesterhazys
settled in a Hungarian
community in Schenectady,
N.Y. The parents were singers,
and George showed musical
ability at an early age. He took
up accordion and violin “for
Hungarians, that’s almost a
requirement” then trumpet,
organ and guitar. By junior high
school he and his older brother
were leading rock bands.
!
By high school, the family
had moved to Atlantic City,
N.J., and Mesterhazy quickly
got a job playing piano in the
house band at the Strand Hotel,
which became the Golden
Nugget and is now the Atlantic
Club Casino.
Young George learned all
his instruments by teaching
himself, or by osmosis, he says.
“It was hanging out with all
these artists ... Wild Bill Davis,
Richard Groove Holmes, Gene
Ammons, Pat Martino.” The
amiable teenager befriended all
of them.
Nominated for a Grammy
for his arranging work on 1997’s
Loving You, with Shirley Horn
(on which he also played).After
switching to piano and
becoming a professional
musician, he relocated to Los
Angeles, but eventually became
well known in the area of Cape
May, N.J. He also played with
Les Paul, Bernadette Peters and
others.
Mesterhazy also ran the jazz
piano program at Rowan
University, taught privately and
managed Cape May’s Merion
Inn.
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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY!
MARCH 22, 2013
Quick Guide to Jazz@The Point
Rina Terry
Damitrias Papas
Jim Ridl
Ayako Shirasaki
Pat Martino
John Colianni
Kate Davis
Tom Guarna
Rhenda Fearington
Noriko Ueda
Danny Walsh
Performance Dates and Locations
Thursday, April 11
Rina Terry
Saturday, April 13
Danny Walsh Quintet
Mission Point Church
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Gregory’s Restaurant
Sets 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m
John Colianni Trio
Pat Martino Trio
Sandi Point Ballroom
One set 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Sandi Point Ballroom
Sets 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m
Friday, April 12
Tom Guarna Quintet
Ayako Shirasaki/Noriko
Ueda Duo
Gregory’s Restaurant
Sets 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m
Sandi Point Dining Room
Sets 9:30 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
Jim Ridl Quartet
Sunday, April 14
U-Dig! Fuze-muzik
Sandi Point Ballroom
Sets 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m
Kate Davis Trio
Sandi Point Dining Room
Sets 9:30 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
Gregory’s Restaurant
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Rhenda Fearrington
Sextet
Venues
Mission Point Church
900 West New York Ave.
Gregory’s Restaurant
900 Shore Road
609-927-6665
Sandi Point
Coastal Bistro
Dining Room and
Ball Room
908 Shore Road
609-927-2300
Sandi Point Ballroom
Sets 4:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m
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