The 7 th Annual LADY GOT CHOPS
Women's Month Jazz Festival
@
The Jazz Spot Café
(aka the Jazz)
179 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
bet. Kosciuszko St. and DeKalb Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11221
Celebrating its 7th year in 2009, LADY GOT CHOPS features an international artist roster of Women: musicians, singers, writers and poets. In its 6-year existence, the Festival has not been underwritten by any organization. Through the persistent grassroots efforts of its dedicated co-producers, the Festival has grown exponentially each year. All events are presented at the JAZZ SPOT CAFE, an alcohol free, non-smoking environment welcoming all ages. The Festival was created to empower women instrumentalists. Although a marked increase in their numbers is evident in the jazz community, the assumption that work is and always will be available is a grave misconception. Audiences are not always built-into a venue. The Festival guarantees participating musicians a minimal remuneration which is distributed independently of patron attendance. Artists are encouraged to use the opportunity to be pro-active in building their career through expanding their audience. This method has worked on occasion in the past but in itself is not enough.
Your donation will help with: Promotion-$400 stamps,flyers, postcards
Extra wait staff-$ 600 for 6 performances
Musicians: 30 women x $60= $1800
Women in jazz @ night travel stipend 30x$10= $300
The LADY GOT CHOPS Women's Month Jazz Festival is co-produced by The Jazz (aka Jazz Spot) Lillithe Meyers,daughter Tiecha Merritt and conceptualist/ web manager,bassist Kim Clarke.
First 2 Friday & 4 Saturday evenings in the month of March 9PM-1AM The Jazz (aka Jazz Spot) is a cozy jazz café which is owned by an African American mother daughter team and celebrating it’s seventh year. The owners are dedicated to keeping Jazz alive as well as introducing it to the youth in the community. They present an outdoor summer series in an adjacent garden on Kosciuszko St. In conjunction with co-producer/ web manager/bassist Kim Clarke, The JAZZ will present:
ARTIST LIST 2009 f :
FRIDAY MARCH 6: "ANNETTE AGUILAR AND STRINGBEANS" LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
SAT MARCH 7:TBA WITH MAEVE ROYCE
MARCH 13" FREDDY HUBBARD TRIBUTE" WITH TRUMPETERS TANYA DARBY AND JAMIE DAUBER
SATURDAY MARCH 14: "THE BLUES SISTERS" ARONDA WAY AND ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE
QUARTET
SATURDAY MARCH 21: FLAUTIST ANDREA BRACHFELD AND PHOENIX RISING
SATURDAY MARCH 28: SOMEONE NEW SWINGS OUR WAY FEATURING TENOR SAXOPHONIST
CAMILLE THURMAN QUARTET
PORTALS OF SUPPORT:
1.FACEBOOK: THE MINIMUM AMOUNT IS $10 ON FACEBOOK AND FUNDS WILL BE SENT THRU "NETWORK FOR GOOD" TO "WOMEN IN JAZZ,INC" AND THEN TO THE FESTIVAL .
FACEBOOK CAUSES/NETWORK FOR GOOD/WOMEN IN JAZZ
You can also send a tax free donation as check or money order to
2.WOMEN IN JAZZ, INC
240 W 98th ST Suite 6E
New York ,N.Y. 10025
A 501C3 ORGANIZATION
or
3.The Jazz
Delwal Corporation
P.O.Box 25252
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11202
(PLEASE PUT "L.G.C. FEST" IN MEMO LINE OF CHECK OR M.O.)
