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Jazz Improv LIVE! 2007 Convention Announces
Advance Registration
Discount till September 20
New
York, NY – July 11, 2007 -
The first
annual Jazz Improv® LIVE! Convention & Festival 2007,
The One International
Convention For Jazz Fans, announces a preliminary schedule of headline
events (see below for details). Taking place
this autumn
in New York, October 25-28, 2007, at The New Yorker Hotel and Manhattan
Center, at 34th Street & 8th Avenue in midtown Manhattan, right in the
heart of the jazz world, the
event will feature over 150 activities with
scores of
performances all day and evening. Leading and emerging artists include
McCoy Tyner,
Stanley Clark, Jimmy Heath, Pat Martino, Wallace Roney and many others.
Legendary jazz historians and authorities Ira Gitler, Dan Morgenstern,
George Wein, Ashley Kahn, Michael Cogswell (Louis Armstrong Museum), Loren
Schoenberg (Jazz Museum of Harlem) are among the list of experts who will
be appearing on panels,
workshops
and interviews about the music, history, recordings, and personalities.
Plus, for those who make music—musicians, students, hobbyists,
educators—there will be an entire event track focused on playing,
improvising, composing, arranging and the ins and outs of the music
business, lead by some of the industry’s foremost players. A partial list
of sponsors and exhibitors include: Virgin MegaStores, Jazzmobile, Jazz
Museum of Harlem, Buffet Crampon, Yamaha, Vandoren, Manhattan School of
Music, New School of Music, Five Towns College, Roberto’s Winds, Jody
Jazz, and more. To take advantage of Advance Registration discounts,
including a free bonus copy of Jazz Improv Magazine (300 pages with
CD), call 1-888-472-0670, or use the secure automated registration form
online at (
www.jazzimprov.com/live ), or by mail to: Jazz Improv Convention
Corporation, Murray Hill Station, P.O. Box 1813, New York, NY 10156. For
information on sponsorships and exhibiting, contact Jamie Cosnowsky,
jamie@jazzimprov.com, 212-889-0853.,
Thursday, October 25
Kickoff
party/performance exclusively for Jazz Improv attendees in-store at Virgin
MegaStores, Times Square location, NY with headliner to be named
Friday, October 26 (evening)
McCoy
Tyner - Stanley Clarke - Jack DeJohnette All Star Trio (evening)
Pat
Martino Quartet (evening)
Jimmy
Heath Big Band (evening)
Geri
Allen Trio (evening)
Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra w/Dave Liebman perf. Gil Evans’
Porgy & Bess (afternoon)
Bobby
Sanabria (afternoon)
Mark
Sherman with Joe Magnarelli, Allen Farnham, Tim Horner, Dean Johnson
(afternoon)
Saturday, October 27 (evening)
Stanley
Clarke Trio (evening)
Wallace
Roney Group (evening)
Jazz
Improv All Star Big Band & Guests (evening)
Roy
Haynes Quartet (evening)
Pat
Martino Guitar Workshop/Clinic (afternoon)
Stanley
Clarke Bass Workshop/Clinic (afternoon)
Sunday, October 28
Sunday
Brunch at Virgin MegaStores, Union Square
Other
events may be added
Virgin Megastores ( www.virgin.com/megastores ) will
feature concerts by headline performers (to be announced) at both the Jazz
Improv LIVE! kickoff party, Thursday evening October 25 at the Virgin
Megastores Times Square location (1540 Broadway, between 45th and 46th
St.), and at the Jazz Brunch at the Union Square location (Broadway & 14th
St.) on October 28. Performance will be open exclusively to convention
attendees. Advance registration to Jazz Improv LIVE! is suggested so that
attendees may obtain proper badges and credentials to ensure entry to the
opening event.
Jazz Improv LIVE! is the only international convention for
jazz lovers - uniquely designed for jazz fans - consumers - the segment
that represents the largest group of customers for jazz records,
products, and live performances. Unlike other events that require
membership fees, and exorbitant attendance prices, jazz fans can
experience four fabulous days of jazz at a very reasonable rate.
TO REGISTER
to ATTEND Jazz Improv LIVE! Convention & Festival 2007 and to take
advantage of the early-bird discount including a free bonus issue of Jazz
Improv Magazine & CD, call 1-888-472-0670, or use the secure automated
registration form online at <http://www.jazzimprov.com/live> . Jazz Improv
Convention Corporation, Murray Hill Station, P.O. Box 1813, New York, NY
10156.
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