Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Competition

The 5th Annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival - presented by the City of Temecula, Paul and Diane Garrett, and co-sponsored by Down Beat Magazine and KSDS 88.3 FM - is now accepting submissions for the “Chuck Niles Jazz Singer" and the “Chuck Niles Be-Bop" Awards Competitions. This year's events will take place in Old Town Temecula on July 10 through July 14.

“We have inherited Chuck's private music collection, and we are in the beginning stages of building the Temecula Valley Cultural Arts & Music Center, to be home to the Chuck Niles Memorial Jazz Library," said festival founder and CEO Jon Laskin. “To help bring attention to this project, and to help keep jazz music alive, we have created the Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Competition as a part of the Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival."

Chuck's widow, Nancy, and his daughter, Tracy, will serve as judges for the competition, with the finalists each awarded $500 to help defray the costs of performing at this year's festival on Saturday, July 12. The winner will also receive the “Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Certificate" as well as a day of recording at the Park Hill Music Gwen Gordy Studio.

Musicians and bands wishing to enter may do so online at Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award.

For more information call Jon or Jane Laskin at (951) 678-2517, or visit Temecula Jazz Festival on the web.