March 2009Vol. 15, Issue. 3

15 Years Serving the Jazz Community

For More Information: www.jazzerie.com

notesThe Monthly Newsletter of JazzErie

It’s the time of year when we’re all a little tired – of the snow, of being bedazzled by internationally famous stars, of the snow, of the daily grind, of the snow -- just the time to settle back in a friendly local venue and enjoy the offerings of an array of truly excellent local talents.

Featured will be vocalists Marty O’Conner, Katie Chriest and Lydia Marks, plus a small group of young singers from the Collegiate Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble, all backed by a top-of-the-line quartet composed of Howard Hamme (piano), Stan Bialomizy (saxophones), Carl Alanakian (drums), and Harry Jacobson (bass).

The concert will be in the East Erie Turner’s ballroom, and you can make a night of it with dinner before the show by

• • SINGERS’ NIGHT • •Sat., March 14, 8:00 PM • East Erie Turners Club, 829 Parade St.

calling East Erie Turners (814/452-2546) for reservations. Payment at EET by cash or check only.

Tickets for Singers Night are: JazzErie Members $10; Non-Members $15; Students $5. Advance tickets for the concert are available at the following locations:

· East Erie Turners, 829 Parade St., 814/452-2546

· Erie Art Museum, 411 State St. 814/459-5477

· Glass Growers Gallery, 10 E. 5th St. 814/453-3758

· Lynch Music, Rte. 98 and 20, Fairview 814/474-2027 or 2970

· Mercyhurst College, Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. 814/824-2000

· Romolo Chocolates, 1525 W. 8th St. 814/452-1933

· World of Music, 1355 W. 26th St. 814/459-2585

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THE STARS:Guitarist and singer Marty

O’Conner hails from Wellsville, N.Y. but has spent most of the years since 1978 in Erie, and during that time has become one of the area’s most respected singers, incorporating a range of jazz, Brazilian, rock and pop styles into his repertory. He is an accomplished guitarist in a similarly wide range of classical and pop styles, and teaches guitar at both Mercyhurst College and Mercyhurst Conservatory.

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Jazz EriE

2009-2010 Board of Directors

President................................. Ed GoebelVice President ............................. Ted ElyTreasurer ..............................Liz Scarpelli

DirectorsRobb Hoff Charles LuteAl Lubiejewski John Marzalek Scott Meier Carl Hultman Sheldon Peterson Allen Zurcher Mary Watson Dick Thompson John Kytic Paul Bates Kathy Danielson J. Carter Rowland

Past PresidentsDavid F. Van Amburg 1994-1995 (Founding President)Atty. Al Lubiejewski 1995-1997Virginia M. Pelkowski 1997-1999R. Patrick Rodgers 1999-2002Steve Eidell 2002-2003Tom McLaren 2003-2005Carl Hultman 2005-2008

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music, particularly jazz. JazzErie brings together people who want to listen to jazz, learn about it, play it and just live it.

Check out our website at www.jazzerie.com for complete

information on current and upcoming events.

Marty took to music early in childhood and was a performing electric guitar rocker and singer by age 15. He attended the Hochstein School of Music in Rochester for three years, studying classical guitar, but along the way encountering Chuck Mangione, who taught at Hochstein and expanded Marty’s budding interest in jazz. Soon Marty and schoolmate Fred McCarthy formed a duo, playing acoustic music – primarily folk, country and classical – and it was in this format that Marty first performed in Erie, at Gannon’s Coffee House.

Marty continued his classical music studies at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, and while there fell in with a group of Berklee students who gave him a serious introduction to South American rhythms and melodies. In 1978, again with fellow musician Fred McCarthy, Marty landed gigs in Erie at Smugglers Wharf and Sherlocks, and this time stayed on, playing with rock groups and an extended gig at the Bel Aire. Aside from two years in Maine, he has remained here since.

During his career in Erie, Marty has released five CD’s, though none recently, and has worked with most of Erie’s finest musicians. He recently completed a brief reprise of his earlier gig at the Bel Aire, this time with bassist John Dauber, and continues to work private parties, in addition to his teaching jobs.

Lydia Marks, always a fresh and outgoing presenter of American cabaret and jazz music, currently lives in Fredonia, N.Y., but maintains strong ties to Erie’s musical life. In addition to club appearances, including last July’s Jazz Walk at Matthew’s Trattoria with Charles Ventrello, Lydia was Artist in Residence at Erie’s Blasco Library in 2007, and sang at last year’s JazzErie Singer’s Night. She promises this year to include among her numbers the Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash tune “Speak Low,” modeled after Barbara Streisand’s “Back to Broadway” release.

Lydia will be singing later in March at the Ellicott Brewery in Fredonia, N.Y. (see JAZZ LINE) with Harry Jacobson and Howard Hamme, two of

her accompanists at Singers’ Night, and will be performing later in the year at the Lewistown, N.Y. Jazz Festival, with an all-star band of baritone saxophonist Bruce Johnstone, Harry Jacobson and pianist Mike Jones. This will be her second annual appearance at the Lewistown Fest.

Katie Chriest brings an expanding wealth of experience to the Singers’ Night gig, most notably recent excursions into composing and writing with her compatriots in the Heliotropes, one of the few jazz-related groups currently finding regular work on the local scene. Consonant with her varied interests and activities – as a teacher at Mercyhurst and Gannon (English composition), and at Behrend (kayaking), a writer for Showcase magazine, and a fitness nut – Katie’s singing is always alive, creative and swinging. She is establishing a serious presence on the Erie arts scene as a jazz-oriented, but “beyond category” musician.

Prior to her current work with the Heliotropes, Katie has worked extensively in a duo with guitarist Sheldon Peterson (also a member of the Heliotropes, the duo originating that name), and in a number of small ensembles, including Allen Zurcher’s “AZQ” Quartet, Gene Leone’s “Spa Quintet,” and “Touch of Class” with Stan Bialomizy and Howard Hamme. She has also appeared with area big bands.

Katie has been a regular and popular participant in JazzErie’s Jazz Walk, and in last year’s Singers’ Night.

Completing the vocal presentations for the evening will be a trio of singers from the Collegiate Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Heather Sitek, Brittany Barko, and Trenecia Carroll will bring the polish and pizzazz of that group to JazzErie fans at the East Erie Turners.

JAZZERIE 2008-09 PERFORMANCE

SCHEDULE:March 14, SINGERS NIGHT, 8

pm, East Erie Turners, 829 Parade. Program will feature local vocalists Marty O’Conner, Lydia Marks and Katie Chriest backed by an all-star combo, plus members of the Collegiate Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Admission for adults $15, $10 for JazzErie members, $5 for students.

April 17, 8 PM. Local bassist HARRY JACOBSON and ensemble will explore the history of the bass in jazz. Walker Recital Hall, Mercyhurst; $15, $10 for members, $5 for students.

April 24, 7 PM. THE NEXT GENERATION, date and location to be announced; $5. High school jazz stars of tomorrow present great ensemble work and solos with area tutors.

JazzErie is still working on additional Spring events. For further information as the season develops, consult: www.jazzerie.com, JazzErie News Notes, and the Erie Times-News Showcase.

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THE SUPPORTING CAST:“Music has always been my first

love,” says Howard Hamme, Erie’s premier vocal accompanist. He has worked with Amanda Post, Mary Alice Brown (The Billie Holliday Show), and at one time or another with most area instrumentalists and vocalists. Howard is the proprietor of Froess Pianos and Keyboards, 2558 W. 8th St. which has a 120-year history of providing pianos to the community and is currently the only remaining retailer of pianos in Erie. He has been with Froess for 50 of those years. He is also a piano tuner/technician.

Howard has been involved with music since early childhood, learning piano first, then sax and clarinet. A significant part of his musical education came during an Army stint in the ‘60’s, when he got to play with many great musicians attached to the 3rd Army Band. Howard can currently be heard some Thursdays at the Colony Club, where he fills in when needed for Gene Leone, and at other local venues where he often works with Stan Bialomizy and a variety of vocalists.

Stan Bialomizy, “one of Erie’s hidden treasures,” is an occasional sideman in a number of nationally famous bands (including the Benny Goodman band, the Dorsey Brothers Tribute Band, and the American

Repertory band) where he is prized for his versatility, sight reading, creativity and musicianship, as well as being a prominent front-line presence in Erie’s clubs (same reasons.) In addition to

performing, Stan’s career was as a music educator in East Meadows, N.Y and at Long Island University. Stan was an organizational activist, and a member of

the Board of the New York State Music Association, and president of the Nassau Music Educator’s Association. He is a published arranger, composer, music editor and a clinician, and since returning to Erie in his “retirement” has served as a radio jazz show host, a teacher of reeds and piano and a vocal coach, while maintaining a busy performance schedule.

Drummer/percussionist Carl Alanakian is also more than a local star. Born in 1951 in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, then a republic of the Soviet Union, Carl was inspired by his professional saxophonist father, and took up drums at age eight. An avid fan of American jazz, Carl followed his musical muse to Moscow, where he moved with wife Irina in 1983. He supported himself playing in Moscow’s clubs while attending Gnesiny State Musical College. As a member of the house band at the Blue Bird Jazz Club in Moscow, Alanakian played with touring musicians Pat Metheny, Billy Taylor and others and performed in shows with many big name singers. Carl and his wife emigrated to the States in 1991, settling in Erie. He has continued his teaching and performing career here, playing with local greats Brown, Ronzitti, Pacy and Ventrello and visiting stars Buddy DeFranco, Dave McKenna, Buster Williams, Bruce Johnstone, Sonny Fortune and Don Menza. He recently performed with Michael Feldman at the Warner Theater and regularly works in summertime at Chautauqua. He can be heard on Thursdays at the Colony Club.

Bassist Harry Jacobson, also part of the Colony Club House Band, has settled into a busy career as a music educator at SUNY-Fredonia (NY), where he teaches classical and jazz bass and coordinates a Music Business curriculum, an interdisciplinary major covering producing, recording and legal issues. He says his own experience producing a CD for singer Lydia Marks (“Lovelight Shining” – 2005, CD Baby) was valuable preparation for the course. Harry is a member of the Erie Philharmonic bass

section, and a frequent presence on the club scene in Erie, Fredonia, Jamestown

and throughout Northeast PA and Northwest NY.

Jacobson will also present

his own performance skills and musicological explorations in next month’s JazzErie concert on April 17 at 8 PM at the Walker Recital Hall, Mary D’Angelo Center, Mercyhurst. The concert’s theme: a history of the jazz bass, from Oscar Pettiford to Christian McBride, with stops along the way for Charles Mingus, Charlie Hayden, Scott LaFaro, Stanley Clarke and Eddie Gomez. Highlighting the concert will be performances by Jacobson’s band, with a front line of saxophonist Allen Zurcher and trombonist Chris Dempsey, illustrating the musical periods, compositions and styles of these great bassists. Admission will be $15 for non-JazzErie members, $10 for members and $5 for students.

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COLONY PUB & GRILLE 2670 West 8th St. • 838-2162

Live jazz every Thursday:

Colony Club House Trio featuring Gene Leone

SCOTTY’S JAZZ CLUB 301 German St. • 459-3800

Live jazz from 10 PM- AM. $5 cover.

Fri., Mar. 6 Brian ButlerSat., Mar. 7 Attitude + with Steve Trohoske & Frank SingerFri., Mar. 13 The Heliotropes with Katie ChriestSat., Mar. 14 Rivers BandFri., Mar. 20 Ahimsa Beat with Steve TrohoskeSat., Mar. 21 String TheoryFri., Mar. 27 The Breeze BandSat., Mar. 28 Uptown Quartet with Dick Thompson

DOCKSIDER1015 State St. • 454-9700

Call for listings.

Schedules below reflect information available at the time of publication, and are subject to

change. Call Club to confirm.

THE BREWERIE at UNION STATION123 West 14th St. • 454-2200

Sat., Mar. 7 String Theory 9 PM – 12 AM

Thurs.-Sat., March 26-28, 6 pm - 1 am“Arts & Drafts,” a three-day free festival of folk/rock/blues and jazz music. Call 459-2200 for specific listings and performance times.

ALTO CUCINA3531 West Lake Road

835-3900

Call for current listings.

CONCERTS & AREA EVENTSERIE

Sun., March 1, 8 PM Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Kahil El’ Zabar (percussion), Corey Wilkes (trumpet), Ernest Khabeer Hawkins (sax) at the Erie Art

Museum, 411 State St. 814-459-5477

Fri., March 6 7 – 9:30 PM Ahimsa Beat with Frank Singer at Urarro Gallery, 152 West 12th.

Sat., March 21, 2 – 4:30 PM and 6 – 9 PM Dave Callaghan’s Hard Bop Quartet will perform at the Wine on the Lake Festival, at the Erie Bayfront Convention Center. Admission: $20 afternoon, $25 evening, $10 designated driver.

Sat., March 28, 8 PM “Swing City” Erie Philharmonic concert with singers Rich Roland, Raymond Sage, Hilary Gardner, Amy Cervini. Warner Theater, 811 State St. 814-452-4857.

Weds., Apr. 22 -- 7:30 PM. Jazz Mandolin Project. Multimedia project celebrates Earth Day with video, narrator and musical accompaniment to focus on “How Much Land Does A Man Need,” Tolstoy’s short story. Adults $20, Seniors/Students $15, Youth $12.50, Mercyhurst students $10.

MEADVILLEBosco’s Restaurant & Bar continues to offer a Jazz Jam every Tuesday, 8 – 11 PM. Musicians are encouraged to sit in. For more information, contact Dan Hallett 814/336-1580.

Fri., March 6 6:30 – 8:30 PM Reach, with Dan Hallett. Mardi Gras Bar & Grille, 945 Market St.

Fri., March 13 7 – 9:30 PM Uptown Quartet. Artist’s Cup Café, 231 Chestnut St.

Fri., March 27 10 PM – 1 AM Dave Callaghan Hard Bop Quartet Otters Pub, 257 Chestnut St.

FREDONIA, NYFri., March 6 Dave Callaghan Hard Bop Quartet, Ellicott Brewery, 34 W. Main St. 716-679-3435

Fri., March 27 Lydia Marks with Harry Jacobson, Howard Hamme, Ellicott Brewery (see address & phone above.)

PITTSBURGHManchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Call 412/322-0800 or visit www.mcgjazz.com.

Sat., March 7, 7:00 and 9:30 PM The Heath Brothers Quartet, saxophonist, arranger/composer Jimmy Heath pairs with brother Tootie Heath in a concert resplendent of the past 50 years of jazz. Tickets $39.50

Mon., March 9 Damon Meader and the Duquesne University Jazz Band. General admission $10, Seniors & students $5.

Sat., March 14 7 and 9:30 PM Grammy-nominated vocalist Tierney Sutton backed by Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt and Ray Brinker. $39.50

Apr. 4 Blue Note Records 70th Anniv.Apr. 16-19 Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz BandApr. 24 Luciana SouzaMay 7-10 John Pizzarelli

CLEVELAND30th Annual Tri-C Jazz Fest, sponsored by Cuyahoga Community College. The Festival, with many big names, also features a number of free events, as well as jazz performance education events for high school students.

Fri., April 24, 8 PM George Benson, a tribute to Nat “King” Cole. Allen Theater, Playhouse Square, Tickets $45 - $60.

Sat., April 25, 1 PM Women in Jazz, with Marion Hayden, Mt. Zion Congregational Church. FREE

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Sat., April 25, 7:30 PM Buddy Guy with special guest John Scofield and the Piety St. Band, Allen Theater, Playhouse Square, Tickets $25 - $45

Sat., April 25, 8 PM. Latin Night with Eddie Palmeri Y La Perfecta II and special guest Grupo Fuego, Tri-C Metro Auditorium

Sunday, April 26, 4:00 PM Johnathan Batiste Quintet, East Cleveland Public Library, FREE (Debut Series)

Sunday, April 26, 8:00 PM Sachal Vasandani, Nighttown Restaurant, Cedar Rd., FREE (Debut Series)

Mon., April 27, 7:30 PM Ernie Krivda Trio (the Detroit Connection) play Dexter, Trane & Sonny: A Tribute to the Jazz Tenor Sax Giants of the 1960’s. East Cleveland Public Library, FREE

Tues, April 28, 11 AM – Noon. Oberlin Clinic with Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble. Various locations. FREE

Tues., April 28, 8 PM Eddie Baccus, B-3 organ master, at Karamu House. FREE

Weds., April 29, 8 PM Premier of “Crossing Bridges,” original jazz composition by Cecelia Smith and students. Ohio Theater. Tickets $20.

Thurs., April 30, Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, with Randy Weston, Tri-C Metro Auditorium. Tickets $30. (NEA Jazz Masters Concert.)

Thurs., April 30 & Fri., May 1 8 AM – 5 PM, High School Jazz Fest: Clinics and master classes under the tutelage of Artists in Residence Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet), Bill Pierce (saxophone) and Tri-C jazz faculty members Ernie Krivda, Joe Hunter and Dave Sterner. Registration: $250 per combo/ensemble. Some scholarship help available.

Fri., May 1 8 PM Dave Brubeck and Kurt Elling, Allen Theater, Playhouse Square. Tickets $40 - $60.

Sat., May 2, 1-4 PM Downbeat Ivitational featuring Tri-C high school and college bands, Berklee College of Music Quartet, Eastman School of Music Jazz Ensemble and special guests Bill Dobbins (piano), Bob Breithaupt (drums), and Sean Jones (trumpet.) Tri-C Metro Auditorium. FREE

Sat., May 2, 8 PM Dave Koz with Joe Sample & Randy Crawford, Allen Theater, Playhouse Square. Tickets: $25 - $40.

Sun., May 3, 1 – 4 PM Tri-C Jazz Fest SoundWorks, featuring Sean Jones playing music of McCoy Tyner. East Cleveland Public Library. FREE

For more information, visit the Tri-C Jazz Fest Official Site. For tickets to individual events, call 216/241-6000; for package deals, call 216/987-4400.

Nighttown Restaurant,12387 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Hts., OH 216/795-0550 www.nighttowncleveland.com.

Sun., March 1 NE Ohio Sextet featuring Helen Welch. 7 PM $20 cover.

Fri., March 6 & Sat., March 7 Dominick Farinacci Quintet with Strings. 8 & 10 PM, $20. cover.

Thurs., March 12 Annie Sellick, Nashville jazz vocalist. 8 PM $10 cover.

Thurs., March 26 Hot Club of Detroit with special guest Frank Vignola. 8 PM $20 cover.

OTHER CLEVELAND EVENTS:Weds., March 4 Eric Friedlander (cello). 7 PM Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. 216/421-7340. Admission.Sun., March 8 Glenn Holmes Trio, Glenn Holmes (bass), Drene Ivy (piano) & Paul Samuels (drums.) Cleveland State University, Drinko Hall, 2001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 4 PM FREEWeds., March 11 Singer Diane Schuur and the Akron Univ. Jazz Ensemble, EJ Thomas Hall, University of Akron. 7:30 PM. AdmissionSun., March 15 Electric bassist Victor Wooten and J.D. Blair. House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland Admission www.hob.comTues., March 24 Ralph Lalama and ensemble. Youngstown State University, Leonardi Legacy Concert. 8 PM. www.fpa.ysu.edu

Want your upcoming performance or special events listed in Jazz Line?

Contact me at 814/734-4344 or rwtqveta12191@hotmail.com. Information must be received by the 15th of the month preceding publication (March 15th for the April issue). -Dick Thompson, ed.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

JAZZERIE THANKS THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

FOR THEIR SUPPORT

Gannon University, 109 University Square.MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton, Attorneys, 100 State Street, Suite 700.Glenwood Beer, 2177 W. Grandview Boulevard.Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center, Mercyhurst College.Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street.Glass Growers Gallery, 10 E. 5th Street.World of Music, 1355 W. 26th Street.Froess Pianos and Keyboards, 2558 W. 8th Street.Romolo Chocolates, 1525 W. 8th Street.Lynch Music, Rte. 9 & Rte. 20, Fairview.Erie Book Store, 137 E. 13th Street.Raven Sound, 2617 Peach Street.Edinboro University ofPennsylvania, EdinboroPenn State Erie, The Behrend College, WesleyvilleLake Erie Fanfare, 113 W. 10th Street.Coors BeerScott Enterprises/Ambassador Center, 8040 Peach StreetEast Erie Turners Club, 829 Parade Street.Mercyhurst College, 501 E 38th St.Second Hand Rose, 351 W 26th St.Frank CorapiRockErieBuilder’s Hardware 2002 W. 16th Street

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JAZZERIE DISCUSSION GROUP

by Charles Ventrello(Ed. note: Charles is experiencing

an unusual run of medical ailments, first a severe back infection and most recently a dislocated wrist bone requiring surgery. When I sympathized, Charles said, “ I can’t wait until tomorrow.” I asked, “Oh, what happens tomorrow?” “I don’t know!”

The January JazzErie Discussion Group meeting was canceled because of terrible weather. In lieu of meeting notes, Charles submits the following:)

Bandstand requests for tunes from notable people:

“Time After Time” – requested by Albert Einstein,

“Darn That Dream” – Carl Gustav Yung,

“What Am I Here For?” – Albert Camus,

“Can’t We Be Friends?” – Rodney King,

“Don’t Blame Me” – Richard Nixon,

“Stardust” – Carl Sagan,

“Fly Me To The Moon” – Alice Cramdon,

“I Cover The Waterfront” – Cristo,

“Killer Joe” – Joseph Stalin,

“Let’s Get Lost” – Christopher Columbus,

“Dancing On The Ceiling” – Fred Astaire,

“Who Cares?” – John Paul Sartre,

“Take Five” – Alfred Hitchcock,

“There Will Never Be Another You” – Dr. Frankenstein,

“Speak Low” – Danny DeVito.

Next meeting of the JazzErie Discussion group will be Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 PM, Erie Art Museum Annex, 20 East Fifth St. Great recorded jazz, stimulating dialogue and latest music news.

This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Arts Council of Erie.

JazzErie is a grateful recipient of support from the Arts Council of Erie.

LOSSES“Another generation is passing,”

wrote Gene Lees in his 2003 account of the lives of some great mid-20th century musicians (Friends Along The Way, Yale University Press, 2003). Now yet another generation is leaving us – this time, some of the really old guys who took good care of themselves, but time is finally having its way.

Louie Bellson with Christian McBride & James Brown.

Drummer Louie Bellson died on Feb. 14 at age 84. Bellson played with Duke Ellington (I remember hearing him with the Ellington band in Minneapolis in 1950), Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and a host of other mid-century greats, including his wife, singer Pearl Bailey. The son of Italian immigrants (his family name was originally Balassoni), Bellson was early fascinated by drums and developed his two pedal-operated bass drum technique as a teenager. In 1994 he was named a “Master of Jazz” by the National Endowment of the Arts, who noted his ranking “among the foremost big-bad drummers of the swing and post-swing eras.”

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Two musicians from the band of Chuck Mangione died in the commuter plane crast in Buffalo last month: Rochester native Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett were on the plane on their way to a gig in Buffalo.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

A JAZZ MUSICIAN DIES AND GOES TO HEAVEN. He is told, “Hey, man, welcome! You have been elected to the Jazz All Stars of Heaven – right up here with Bird, Satchmo, Miles, all of the jazz greats. We have a gig tonight. Only one problem – God’s got this girlfriend who’s a singer.”

JazzOn The Radio

WQLN FM (91.3)The Source for Jazz

Monday thru Thursday9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Jazz Flight - Rob Hoff

Friday8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Bop‘n the Blues - Al Lubiejewski10:00 PM - Midnight

Deep Blue - Jason Gibbs

Saturday8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Saturday Swing Session-Bill Garts

11:00 PM - 1:00 AMLush Life - Aubrey Dillion

Sunday

6:00 PM - 7:00 PMRiverwalk - (Network)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM“Jazz, Ballads & Blues”

with Al Lubiejewski9:00 – 10:00 PM

Sunday Night Jazz -Phil Atteberry

10:00 – 11:00 PMThe Third Set - Gary Finney

11:00 – 12:00 PM Jazz Cruise - Kathy Carducci

CLASSY 100 WXKC-FM (99.9)

Sunday9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Jazz Tracks

WRIE-AM (1260)Sunday

7:00 PM - 9:00 PMBig Band Jump

WERG-FM (90.5)Gannon University

8:00 - 11:00 PMDan Jones, “Mr. J”

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WMCE-FM (88.5 & 104.9)Mercyhurst Collegewww.erieradio.com

Programs hosted by nationally known figures.

Mondays, 2 PM – “Jazz at Lincoln Center” with Wynton MarsalisTuesdays, 2 PM – “Jazz Profiles” with Nancy WilsonWednesdays, 2 PM – “Jazz Inspired” with pianist Judy CarmichaelThursdays, 2 – 4 PM – “Jazz Variations,” with Tania King.Saturdays, 1 – 3 PM, “Jazz Deluxe,” with John Pizzarelli and his trio, and wife Jessica Molaskey.Sundays, 1 – 3 PM – “Jazz Variations” with Tania King. Jazz, blues and world music.

Hours devoted to regional jazz hosts will include:

Monday through Friday, 6-10 AM and Mondays through Thursday, 3 – 6 PM: Bonnie Grice, a name familiar to Ohio NPR listeners – author, librettist, flautist, actor and aspiring singer.

Mondays through Friday, 10 AM – 2 PM: Jeff Fox, Associate Professor of English and Japanese, and working musician (sax, guitar & bass). 20 years in jazz radio.

Monday through Friday, 6 PM - 2 AM: Rony Mowed, president and founder of Pittsburgh Jazz Society, 40 years of involvement in jazz radio, receiving many awards.

Fridays, 3 – 6 PM—“Everything Jazz” with Bob Protzman.

Bob is well known to most Erie jazz fans, as a radio host, a highly knowledgeable and passionate

advocate for jazz music, a journalist, a guiding voice on JazzErie’s Performance committee, and a former editor and frequent contributor to this newsletter. Bob returned to Erie in 1998 after a 40-year career in journalism, much of it in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. During this period, Bob established a national reputation through the quality of his work, and his exposure as a writer/reviewer

for Downbeat magazine.

Bob began his newspaper career in Erie with the Erie Morning News, and began his broadcasting

career in that same period, working at a number of stations as opportunities arose. He has hosted jazz shows ever since – in the Twin Cities and Erie. For the past 3+ years, Bob has been a radio host at WQLN, and has now joined WMCE’s all-jazz radio format.

Read more about Bob’s career on WCME’s website, www.erieradio.com, and read some of Bob’s articles on www.jazzerie.com.

Saturday, 3 PM – Midnight: Scott Hanley, long-time public radio activist, reporter and director, jazz buff Hanley also performs as a trombonist & ensemble vocalist.

Saturday and Sunday, 3 PM – midnight: Bob Studebaker, also from Pittsburgh. Active in public radio since 1980. Teaches “History of Jazz” at Carnegie Mellon’s Academy for Lifetime Learning.

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