WHEN: Sunday, October 20, 2002; gates open at 11am
WHERE: Symphony Square at East 11th and Red River
TICKETS: Children under 12 free all day; $15 presale all day pass; $5-$20 at the gate
Diverse Arts Production Group are proud to present the Katz's Deli 14th Annual Austin Jazz and Arts Festival. Begun in 1989 as the Clarksville Jazz Festival, the 2002 Festival continues Diverse Arts' tradition of producing one of Austin's oldest and only jazz music events. Each year's festivities carry out our mission to present multidisciplinary, multicultural programs that stress artistic quality, education, and cultural appreciation.
The 2002 event is a collaboration of many local non-profit arts organizations including Epistrophy Arts, Women in Jazz, the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, and Pro-Arts Collective. These organizations' mutual support fulfills the vision of the founder and executive director of DiverseArts, Harold McMillan, for a greater jazz future in Austin.
On October 20 at Symphony Square, the Jazz Fest will showcase a variety of well-crafted programming of jazz music as an art form. A specific focus will be placed on female jazz musicians and vocalists. Locally acclaimed artists Pamela Hart and Tina Marsh will sing as part of the Jazz Fest's matinee program. The evening Great Guitars Concert includes Mimi Fox (San Francisco) and Leni Stern (New York), two of the world's most accomplished women jazz guitarists, appearing in Austin for the first time.
Leni Stern - Born in Munich, Germany, Leni started playing piano at the age of six and guitar at eleven. At seventeen, she formed her own acting company. Her radical productions sold out houses across Europe and attracted press and TV coverage. In 1977, she turned her attention to music and left for the United States to study film scoring at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Film scoring gave way to her love for guitar and in 1981, Leni moved to New York City to play in a variety of rock and jazz bands. In 1983, she formed a group of her own with Paul Motian on drums and Bill Frisell on guitar. Leni's 1985 Clairvoyant was her first solo instrumental recording. Eight albums and 12 years later, in 1997, she released Black Guitar, her first vocal full-length release. Finally the Rain Has Come, Leni's most recent album, was released earlier this year.
Contact Info: www.LeniStern.com.
Mimi Fox - Born in New York City, she started playing drums at nine, and guitar at age ten. She was inspired by the wide variety of music enjoyed by her family - show tunes, classical, Dixieland, Motown - and her own youthful inclination toward pop, folk, and R&B. When she was fourteen, she bought her first jazz album "because it was on sale." She had no jazz recordings and the one she chose had no guitarist, but she was "blown away" by it. That album, John Coltrane's classic Giant Steps, changed the course of her musical life. Fox began touring right out of high school. She moved to San Francisco in 1979, where she became a much sought-after musician. She is on the faculty of the innovative jazz school in Berkeley, California, and has appeared as guest clinician at the University of Connecticut, University of Oregon, the Britt Music Festival, and others. She has received numerous awards for her original scores for dance theatre and film. Her recording Standards (Origin Records) is a solo guitar tour de force, says Cadence Magazine. Throughout her career she has played with the likes of Charlie Byrd, Charlie Hunter, and the Turtle Island String Quartet, among others. Mimi Fox, fleet-fingered on both steel string acoustic and hollow body jazz guitars, is a compelling musician, prolific composer, talented arranger, inspired teacher, and dynamic leader of her own band.
Contact Info: [email protected]
Schedule of Events for Sunday, October 20 at Symphony Square
Jazz Brunch and Children's Hour
Griot Circle
Jazz Brunch
All-day children's programming, face painting, clown
Children under 12 free all day
Austin JazzStage Matinee Concerts
Grupo Fantasma
Gospel Showcase
Epistrophy Arts presents Spiritual Unity Quartet
Creative Opportunity Orchestra
Women in Jazz with Pamela Hart
Great Guitars Concert
Leni Stern
MiMi Fox
Cornell Dupree
W. C. Clark Blues Revue
(Note: artists and times subject to change.)
Admission
Pre-sale wristbands can be purchased for $15 and are good for all-day access to the festival. These wristbands will allow you to come and go as you please and can be purchased at the following locations: Waterloo Records (6th and N Lamar, 474-2500), Sound Exchange (21st and Guadalupe, 476-2274), 33 Degrees (4017 Guadalupe, 302-5233) and Mitchie's Fine Black Art (5706 Manor Rd, 323-6901).
For the Jazz Brunch and Children's Performances, 11am to 1pm, you may purchase a ticket for $5. This is an incredible value for anyone with a small budget. For the Austin JazzStage Matinee concerts, from 1 to 6pm, tickets are $10 at the gate. These tickets allow festival goers to stay all day, but there are no in-and-out privileges. If you only wish to attend the evening Great Guitars Concert, from 6 to 10pm, tickets are $20 at the gate. With this ticket, guitar fans may stay all day and have in and out privileges.
For more information contact DiverseArts at 477-9438 or [email protected]
DiverseArts Production Group is dedicated to helping promote and expand cultural awareness and appreciation of the arts in Austin, Texas, and has been doing exactly that since 1994.
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DiverseArts is umbrellaed by Women and Their Work and supported in part by the City of Austin under the auspices of the Austin Arts Commission, Texas Commission on the Arts, volunteerism and private donations.
Additional support comes from Katz's Deli, Austin Radiological Association, IBM, Attorney Anthony Smith, The Shiflet Group, Friends of the Forest, Nokoa, the Austin Chronicle and In the RA Studios.
The Austin Jazz and Arts Festiva is underwritten by Katz's Deli, and supported in part by Austin Downtown Arts Magazine, the Austin Chronicle, Austin Radiological Association, Trudy's Restaurants, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Capitol Credit Union, and the Downtown Austin Alliance.
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DiverseArts Production Group / 1705 Guadalupe St. #234, Austin, TX 78701
512.477.9438 / www.diversearts.org
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