Season Program digital

The Jazz Club of Sarasota

2019 - 2020

SEASON

2019—2020
Season

Jazz at Two

25 Friday Afternoon Concerts....................................29
October - April

Jazz on the Water

Sarasota Jazz Cruise..............................................6,35
November & May

Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl.............................8,19

Multi-Venue Events in Downtown Sarasota
December & March

Monday Night Jazz Cabaret

10 Concerts at Florida Studio Theatre Court Cabaret........5
November - March

Joy of Jazz

3 Free Venice Concerts...............................................9
January - March

Sarasota Jazz Festival

40th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival.......................16 - 23
March 8-14, 2020
330 S. Pineapple Ave, Suite 111

330 S. Pineapple Ave, Suite 111
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.366.1552 Wed - Fri

Board of Directors Join Us
Ed Linehan
President And Enjoy More Jazz,
George McLain In More Places!
Vice President
TBD Welcome to the beginning of another
Secretary season of incredible Jazz here in Sarasota.
Peter Anderson But this isn’t just any year, it is The Jazz
Treasurer Club’s 40th anniversary year!
Directors The Jazz Club was founded in 1980 by
Mark Gruder the late Hal Davis, former publicist for
Prince Knight Benny Goodman and his wife Evelyn, who
Don Levine hosted a gathering of friends to listen to
Carlos Pagan Hal’s collection of jazz albums in their
Nancy Roucher* apartment at Pelican Cove. The group
Debbie Silver* quickly outgrew the apartment and then
Taylor Wald their development’s Community Room.
Dave Walrath* This season we will pay homage to Hal,
Lenore Walsh* Evelyn and the other early Jazz Club
Bob Weitz founders as we extend their rich legacy.
Our season of music and fun will begin in
Honorary Board early October when Al Hixon once again
Members kicks off the Jazz at Two series with a
Dick Hyman musical gathering of many of Sarasota’s
Bob Seymour* favorite local performers. By the way,
*Life Members this very popular Friday afternoon series
has been expanded to 25 performances!

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Enjoy More Jazz, In More Places!

On October 26th the Jazz Club will present its first evening
performance of the season with the five-time Grammy-
nominated arranger/orchestrator Shelly Berg at Holley
Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center. Shelly is well-
known in our community, having played in JCS festivals
and as the music director for The Jazz Cruise. The Jazz
Club is very grateful to Michael Lazaroff, President of
Entertainment Cruise Productions, for his sponsorship of
Shelly Berg’s appearance with us this year.
The popular Monday Night Jazz Cabaret series will
double to 10 performances during its second fall and
winter season. It will feature international artists Diego
Figueiredo, Chuchito Valdés and an array of artists
from Miami, Naples, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg
and Monterey, CA. We expect to continue our perfect
streak of sell-out performances at the beautiful Court
Cabaret at the Florida Studio Theatre.
This year’s celebration of Jazz will reach its zenith during
the second week of March at the 2020 Sarasota Jazz
Festival led once again by music director Ken Peplowski.
Our 40th Festival will feature the eight-time Grammy
Award winning group The Manhattan Transfer; as well
as performances by Dick Hyman, Clairdee, Houston
Person, Russell Malone, Charles McPherson, Terell
Stafford and many, many more. It will be a week you
won’t want to miss and that you will always remember!
Learn more about these events and many others in
this commemorative season program.

Very truly yours,

Ed Linehan, President

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Monday Season
Night
Jazz 2019 Paul Gavin & the Mosaic Band
Cabaret Diego Figueiredo
N ov 2 5:
Dec 09:

Dec 23: Valerie Gillespie Quartet

2020

Jan 06: Whitney James & La Lucha

Presented By Jan 27: The Dan Miller - Lew Del Gatto
Quartet

Feb 10: Chuchito Valdés

Mar 02: Marty Morell - M&M Latin Jazz
Ensemble

Mar 16: Zach Bartholomew Trio

Mar 30: Scotty Wright Quartet

John C. Court Cabaret Apr 27: Roy Gerson Quartet

Florida Studio Theatre

1st Street & Cocoanut Avenue

Box Office - 941-366-9000

www.floridastudiotheatre.org/box-office

All Seats Reserved

Single Event Tickets

Available November 1st
Members $35
Non-Members $39

Full Bar and Dinner Menu

6:30 PM Open for Dinner
7:30 PM Performance

JAZZ ON THE WATER
C r u i s eto the Beat of
Sunday Board 1:30
Latin Jazz by guitarist
Nov 3rd 2pm-4pm

Renesito Avich Cash Bar and
snacks available
Tickets: $35
for purchase.
For tickets visit
www.jazzclubsarasota.org/events LeBARGE CRUISES

Location:

LeBarge Cruises

on the Downtown
Sarasota Bayfront.

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Holiday

TROLLEY & PUB Ride the
CRAWL trolley
5:30-10:30

Live Music
6-10

December 4, 2019

The always popular Jazz Trolley and Pub Crawl
brings live jazz to downtown Sarasota.

Tickets (wristbands): $20 JCM / $25 NM ($30 day of)
online: www.jazzclubsarasota.org/ events

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Free ConcertS

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Centennial Park Gazebo
Venice Ave, Venice, FL
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Jan. 19th Ken Loomer
Feb. 16th Skip Conkling’S Dixie Mix
Mar. 22nd Bill Buchman & Art of Jazz

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CELEBRATING

By Jo Morello

How do you describe 40 years of bringing glorious jazz to our
community—and to jazz lovers from around the world—in
under 1,000 words? You can’t. And although a picture may
be worth a thousand words, there’s not enough space for the
thousands of photos that tell the story of the Jazz Club of Sarasota.
So let’s just jump in.

We’ll start with who we are. The Jazz Club of Sarasota is a volunteer-
driven, not-for-profit, Florida corporation dedicated to preserving
and promoting jazz, America’s original musical art form. Founded
in 1980 by Hal and Evelyn Davis, the Jazz Club has approximately
800 members and is growing. It presents over 80 performances
at 54 events throughout the year—mainly during “the Season”—
including the 40th Sarasota Jazz Festival, set for March 8-14, 2020.

The Club traces its origin to the
Davises and owes its continued
existence to the hundreds of
volunteers who have dedicated
untold hours of time and talent to
share the music they love.

In the late ’70s, Hal and Evelyn Hal and Evelyn Davis
moved to Sarasota from New
York, where he had been vice-
president of Gray Advertising and
publicist for Benny Goodman.
Missing their music, they invited
a few friends to listen to jazz
records with them. Thus was born

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the Jazz Club of Sarasota—but they yearned for live music.

They got their wish in November 1980. Hal called on his good friend,
acclaimed guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, to play for the Club’s first Member
Concert, which drew 280 people. Bucky played in return for airfare,
stayed at the Davis home, and even brought a bonus: his 20-year-
old guitarist son. John Pizzarelli made his debut here and has since
achieved stardom. That concert started a trend for the Club—booking
established talent along with emerging artists.

Many prominent musicians have
moved to Sarasota because of
the Club’s reputation “and also
because of our many Floridian
delights,” said area resident Dick
Hyman. Others have included
Bob Haggart, Jerry Jerome,
John LaPorta, Walt Levinsky,
Bobby Rosengarden, and Randy
Sandke. (Dick Hyman and Randy
Sandke are playing in the 2020
Festival.) We’ll publish a list of the
many musicians who have graced
our stages (many of them more
than once) in the January issue
of our newsletter, Sarasota Jazz
Sounds.

On May 26-28, 1981, the fledgling Jerry Roucher, president, 1990- 2000; Hal Davis,
organization held the first Sarasota founder; president, 1980-1990

Jazz Festival, the “Hall of Fame Jazz Stars,” in Holley Hall. Based on its

success, the Club added annual festivals to its slate of activities. It also

joined the Professional Alliance of Performing Arts and initiated new

programs—another trend that would continue over its lifetime.

Jazz has never been confined to concert halls, whether on New
Orleans streets, Chicago speakeasies, or churches, back porches, or
alleyways—nor is that the case in Sarasota. From its very start, the
Jazz Club has offered its music in schools, on the water, in parks, on
trolleys, at the movies—anywhere a cat can tap out a rhythm or play an
instrument. Most programs still endure decades later, even as the Club
adds new ones.

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THE JAZZ CLUB OF SARASOTA
1980 - 2020

Every year is momentous for the Jazz Club. For example, besides its
first concert (1980) and first Festival (1981), here are other highlights
through the first ten years of Club activities.

1982: Dedicated its Festival to Louis Armstrong, with his widow
Lucille in attendance.

1983: As membership grew to 850, moved its festivals to the Van
Wezel Performing Arts Hall; began a newsletter, and started Jazz
on the Water.

1984: Was a founder of American Federation of Jazz Societies.

1985: Opened an office.

1986: Joined the newly formed Sarasota County Arts Council, with
Hal Davis as the first president.

1987: Introduced Joy of Jazz and the Satchmo Award (page 36);
welcomed newcomer Jerry Roucher, founder of the Central Illinois Jazz
Festival in 1975, as assistant Club coordinator.

1988: Began Jazz in the Park.

1989: Named Jerry Roucher as executive vice president; hired first
Festival music director, John Clayton.

1990: Presented “Festival in Tribute to Dick Hyman,” with 35-piece
West Coast Florida Chamber Music Ensemble; welcomed 1,000th
member; began Jazz at Noon (now Jazz at Two); moved Member
Concerts to Sarasota Opera House; bought first computer and
copier; named Jerry Roucher as president, succeeding Hal Davis,
who died suddenly three weeks later.

Over the next decade, Jerry’s steady hand guided the Club to
continued growth. By 1997, the Festival talent roster approached 100,
membership had reached 2,500, and the Club expanded its Festival
concert to “Festival Week.” That year the Club also created Jazzlinks,
a fifth-grade curriculum combining social studies and music in Sarasota
County Schools. In 2013 this morphed into a program for eleventh-
graders in collaboration with Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. The
Club also put musicians in some schools and increased its scholarship
program. In 1998 it added a Jazz Caravan by Trolley to the Festival.

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A highlight of Jerry’s era
occurred in 2000 when
the Van Wezel closed for
renovations. The Festival
was held in a circus tent,
where music director
Dick Hyman entertained
audiences on a calliope.

Jerry retired as president Following the theme of “All in the Family” for the 20th Festival
in 2000, succeeded by in 2000, music director Dick Hyman assembled a band that
Bobby Prince, Jack Windt, included Bobby Rosengarden, drums; John Pizzarelli and Bucky
Wes Bearden, Gordon Pizzarelli, guitars; Bill Charlap, piano; Mark Rosengarden,
Garrett, Bill Beckman, drums; Neil Rosengarden, trumpet; Allen Mezquida, sax; and
Dave Walrath, Peg Pluto, Judy Hyman, violin.

and now Ed Linehan. Each one has made
unique and valuable contributions to the
success of the Jazz Club.

Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski Although membership dwindled for several
years after Jerry’s departure, the Club has
been rebuilding. Festival attendance has
picked up under renowned clarinetist Ken
Peplowski, now in his third year as Festival
music director. Audiences also appreciate
the Club’s practice of pairing established
performers with emerging stars, drawing
its talent from around the world. Recent

Festivals beautifully exemplify this
philosophy.

Recognizing that a strong membership Akiko Tsuruga (organ), Houston Person
base is vital to the Club’s financial (saxophone), and Jeff Hamilton (drums)
and artistic survival, President Ed perform at the 38th Sarasota Jazz Festival, “A
Linehan is spearheading a successful World of Jazz” (2018).
campaign to increase and diversify
membership by presenting more
styles of jazz in more settings, aimed
at younger audiences. He has shifted
Member Concerts to Monday Night
Cabarets and added Jazz on the
Bayfront. Under his leadership, in

Photos on pages 13 and 14 by Carol LoRicco. 13

Aaron Johnson and Roxy Coss 2019 the Club reshaped the Festival as a
jazz party. In addition to Jazz in the Park,
play at “Generations of Jazz,” the the Jazz Trolley Pub Crawl, and concerts
39th Sarasota Jazz Festival (2019). by young winners of high school jazz band
contests, the Festival includes five stages,
one for straight-ahead jazz and four other
stages for Latin, contemporary, and classic
jazz and blues.

Want to know more? Request a copy of
our newsletter, Sarasota Jazz Sounds.

Help us keep jazz alive! If you’re not a
member, join us! (application on page 39.)
Already a member? Thank you! Bring your
friends along, and please consider a donation.

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GREETINGS from the Sarasota
Jazz Festival Music Director

Ken Peplowski

elcome to the 2020 Sarasota
Jazz Festival - celebrating 40
years of America's greatest art
form! To honor this occasion, we present
some legendary musicians from past years
and some "first-timers" to the Festival.

Hall of Famers Dick Hyman and Houston
Person make return appearances. I'm
personally excited to bring one of the
greatest living alto saxophonists, Charles
McPherson to Sarasota along with trumpet
hero Terell Stafford, the great lady of song
Clairdee and guitarist extraordinaire Russell Malone!

Of course, Saturday night will be the Sarasota Jazz Fest debut of
the influential, innovative, entertaining and ever-popular Manhattan
Transfer! I may even play a few notes in there myself, along with
rapidly rising stars La Lucha, who have agreed once again to serve
as the "house" rhythm section!

Thank you all for your ongoing support. Put your troubles aside and
enjoy some of the greatest jazz performers in the world!

A special thank you to the Music Committee
for all their hours of hard work.

Nancy Roucher - Chair Don Levine
Peter Anderson Ed Linehan
Carolyn Curry Carlos Pagan
Rosemary Heller Dave Walrath

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SARASOTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Sunday, March 8TH

Noon to 4 pm Phillippi Estate Park, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail
Jazz in the Park free concert

Wednesday, March 11th
5:30 - 10:00 pm Jazz Trolley & Pub Crawl

Thursday, March 12th

9:00 - Noon Burns Court Cinema, 506 Burns Ct, Sarasota
“Keep On Keepin’ On”critically

acclaimed documentary of jazz legend Clark
Terry PLUS live musical intro by Michael Ross &
Liston Gregory

6:00 - 7:30 pm VIP Reception

7:30 - 10:00 pm Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N Tamiami Trail
Main Stage Concert featuring

Ken Peplowski, Dick Hyman, Charles McPherson,

Russell Malone, Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman &

John O’Leary

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION VISIT:

www.sarasotajazzfestival.org

The Harold and
Evelyn R. Davis
Memorial Foundation

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Week at a Glance

Friday, March 13th

9:00 - Noon Burns Court Cinema, 506 Burns Ct, Sarasota
“Keep On Keepin’ On”critically

acclaimed documentary of jazz legend Clark
Terry PLUS live musical intro by Michael Ross &
Liston Gregory

7:30 - 10:00 pm Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N Tamiami Trail
Main Stage Concert featuring

Ken Peplowski, Clairdee, Terell Stafford, Houston

Person, Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman & John O’Leary

Saturday, March 14th

Noon to 5:00 pm 4 “Themed” Stages
Holley Hall

Blues - Bobby Blackmon, Betty Fox

Art Center Sarasota
Classic Jazz - Katt Hefner, Randy Sandke

Bayfront Community Center
Latin Jazz - Gumbi Ortiz, Frankie Pineiro

Cohen Hall
Contemporary - Jeremy Carter, Art Siegel

7:30 - 10:00 pm Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N Tamiami Trail
Main Stage Concert featuring

The Manhattan Transfer Janis Siegel, Alan Paul,

Cheryl Bentyne & Trist Curless

PLUS Ken Peplowski, Alejandro Arenas, Mark

Feinman & John O’Leary

SARASOTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

JAZZ Sunday, March 8th
Noon to 4 pm

in the PARK
SARASOTA

Phillippi Estate Park 5500 S. Tamiami Trail
F e s t i v a l w e e k starts off with a F R E E C O N C E R T

FEATURING

Riverview Jazz Ensemble
Don Levine Ensemble

Debbie Keeton Jazz Quartet

Bring your chairs
and suntan lotion!
Food truck on site.
NO COOLERS.

March 11, 2020

Ride the
trolley
5:30-10:30

TROLLEY & PUB
CRAWL

Live Music 6-10
The always popular Jazz Trolley and Pub Crawl
brings live jazz to downtown Sarasota.

Tickets (wristbands): $20 JCM / $25 NM ($30 day of)
online: www.sarasotajazzfestival.org

Thursday and Friday
March 12th - 13TH
Noon to 4 pm

One of the most critically
acclaimed documentaries of the
year....Depicting the friendship of
music legend and teacher Clark
Terry, 89 and Justin Kauflin, a
23-y­ ear­-old, blind piano prodigy.

PLUS live musical intro by
Michael Ross & Liston Gregory

Burns Court Cinema

506 Burns Ct, Sarasota

Tickets: $10 JCM / $15 NM
www.sarasotajazzfestival.org

SARASOTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

MAR 12th - 14th

Featuring

Music Director

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A cornerstone for great pop and jazz hits, The Manhattan Transfer has built
a legacy that began at the time of their very first recording 43 years ago. The
legendary quartet of Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel and the late
Tim Hauser, has been awarded 10 GRAMMY Awards of 20 nominations and
has been inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame. With sold-out world
tours and worldwide record sales in the millions, The Manhattan Transfer
continues to bring unique and extraordinary, melodic and jazz-infused vocals
to new and established audiences that span generations.

www.sarasotajazzfestival.org

Charles McPherson MAIN STAGE

“…..McPherson is one of jazz’s most commanding JAZZMunicip7al:A3u0ditPorMium
altoists. Given his undiminished improvisational
prowess and his wide-ranging intellect, it’s not
surprising that younger musicians often seek him
out for mentorship.”

— Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News

Alejandro Arenas Clairdee Mark Feinman Dick Hyman

Russel Malone John O’Leary Houston Person

Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the Terell Stafford
great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet
player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner.

Photo credits - Manhattan Transfer by John Abbott, Charles McPherson by Antonio Porcar,
Houston Person by Gene Martin, Clairdee by Dimitry Loiseau, Alejandro Arenas, Mark
Feinman, Russel Malone and John O’Leary by Carol LoRicco.

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Bobby Blackmon
Betty Fox
Katt Hefner
Randy Sandke

www.sarasotajazzfestival.org

Gumbi Ortiz JAZZAFTERNOON
Frankie Pineiro 12:00 - 5:00 PM

Jeremy Carter
Art Siegel

Photo credits - Katt Hefner, Randy Sandke, Frankie Pineiro, Jeremy
Carter and Art Siegel by Carol LoRicco.

High School Band

CARES Competition

Attendees at last year’s Jazz Festival were treated to
performances by three of our area’s top high school
jazz ensembles. The thirteen high schools in Sarasota
and Manatee counties are being invited again this year to
compete for the opportunity of performing at a Festival
concert. The competition will take place on a weekend in
January 2020. Members of the Club and the general public
are invited to attend the competition, which is a wonderful
opportunity to see and hear the incredible musical talent of
our high school students.
Three certified band competition judges will critique each band
and make a final determination of ranking the bands. The
Club will offer cash prizes of $3,000 to first place, $2,000 for
second, and $1,000 for third. These cash prizes were utilized
last year to purchase instruments, buy musical arrangements
and otherwise enhance the schools’ jazz programs.
The top bands will also be offered the opportunity to perform
at the Jazz Festival or another Jazz Club event. The winning
students also receive admission to one of the evening
festival concerts. The entire jazz community benefits from
the participation and attendance of our next generation of
jazz performers.
Be on the lookout for information and details on the date,
place and time of the High School Jazz Band competition.

Scholarships CARES

The Jazz Club helps turn high school kids into young adults

seriously pursuing a career in jazz!

Our scholarship program’s goal is to provide the opportunity for
students to further their understanding of jazz music and/or develop
performance skills in the field of jazz. Residents of Southwest Florida
who are high school seniors or current college students are eligible to
apply for scholarships at www.jazzclubsarasota.org/scholarships.

There are sixteen outstandingly talented scholarship students, ranging
from freshmen to seniors in their undergraduate studies this year,
including a female vocalist. Both academically and musically gifted,
the winners have all been highly praised by their professors.

We provide a number of opportunities for the students to perform together for
both our enjoyment and theirs. These students understand how supportive
the Jazz Club membership has been and often express their gratitude.

A brief bio of one of our Sarasota
scholars for 2019-2020!
Blake Bennett, senior
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Instrument – trumpet

We have known Blake since he was a student
at Pine View School. His dual majors of Jazz
Music and Psychology benefit each other as
he has begun to focus on music cognition
in preparation for graduate studies in music
education. Selected to participate in the
International Trumpet Guild in Miami this summer and was also chosen to be a
teaching assistant at the Stanford University Summer Music Camp.

At FSU, Blake works closely with a leading Jazz educator, Scotty Barnhart.
Blake has been selected to perform in the highest-ranking bands at FSU and
his Junior Recital was brilliant, garnering praise from Leon Anderson, Director
of the Jazz program at FSU.

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CARES Jazzlinks

Jazzlinks brings history to
life for high school students through

collaboration with the Jazz Club of

Sarasota, Westcoast Black Theatre

Troupe and Sarasota County Schools.

The project, funded in part by a

grant from the Florida Arts Council,

illuminates important aspects of

African-American history through jazz

music, the lives of performers and

Joel King enjoys A Ticket A Tasket with Teresa historical events. Now in its sixth year,
Stanley as Ella Fitzgerald in Jazzlinks performance the focus is on the contrast between the
success of African-Americans during

The Harlem Renaissance and those in the South, struggling with the aftermath of the

Civil War and Reconstruction.

All Sarasota high schools and several in Manatee County participate in the project,
which includes a teacher workshop, classroom experience and performance. The
response has been enthusiastic and is reflected in the assessment of student
and teacher learning. Jazzlinks was originally created as a 5th grade curriculum
that was implemented in all Sarasota elementary schools in the early 2000s. In
2013 the state curriculum changed the focus of African-American history to high
school. The idea occurred to transform the original Jazzlinks unit into a dynamic
experience for 11th grade students. The Jazz Club approached Westcoast Black
Theatre Troupe (WBTT),
a thriving professional
theatre, specializing in
plays that promote and
celebrate the African-
American life. WBTT’s
sold-out shows have
featured themes, music
and content that resonate
with the original concept
of Jazzlinks.

Jazzlinks cast sings How I Got Over in Harlem Renaissance
performance.

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FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE

CABARET

3 shows for as little as $49!

That’s Amoré!

By Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins. Arrangements by Jim Prosser.

Celebrating the spirit and great songbook of Dean Martin.
Featuring hits like “Volare,” “Everybody Loves Somebody,”
and “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head.”

Outlaws and Angels

By Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins. Arrangements by Jim Prosser.

A rousing celebration of songs by the rugged outlaws
of country music and the angels who loved them.
Featuring such hits as “I Walk the Line” and “The Bargain Store.”

Light My Fire

By Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins. Arrangements by Jim Prosser.

With hits by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones,
and more, Light My Fire celebrates the musical soundtrack
of one of America’s most turbulent and electrifying decades.

Pictured: Mike Backes and Nygel D. Robinson
in That’s Amoré! Photo by Matthew Holler

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Veterans Concert Simon and Garfunkel: Homeward BounD
Sunday Nov 10, 2019 | Monday Nov 11, 2019
Holiday Concert A Christmas Carol the Concert
Sunday December 15, 2019 | Monday December 16, 2019

Valentine’s Concert Simply StrEIsand: Barbra Streisand Tribute
Sunday February 9, 2020 | Monday February 10, 2020
Grand Finale Concert The Choice is Yours
Sunday March 29, 2020 | Monday March 30, 2020

Sunday Matinee Series Riverview Performing Arts Center, Sarasota 28
Monday Evening Series Neel Performing Arts Center, Bradenton

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Music you love –Musicians you know

Jazz at Two Unitarian Universalist Church
3975 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota
2019- 2020 Season
2-4 pm

TICKETS Sold at the door

$10 for Jazz Club Members
$20 for non-members

Oct 11 Al Hixon’s Jazz Jam Jan 10 James Suggs Quartet
Oct 18 Eddie Tobin & Friends Jan 17 Bill Buchman’s Art of Jazz
Oct 25 Billy Marcus Trio Jan 24 Mary Rademacher with Eddie Tobin
Nov 1 Bob Miner Quartet Jan 31 Danny Sinoff Music
Nov 8 Melanie Massell Music Feb 7 Sarasota Jazz Project
Nov 22 Steve Martinucci Quartet Feb 14 Al Hixon’s Underheard Herd
Nov 29 Joe Bruno’s Dixieland Hot Dogs Feb 21 Kitt Moran Quartet
Dec 6 Synia Carroll Jazz Feb 28 Fred Johnson & Michael Ross
Dec 13 Dick Hamilton West Coast Sextet Mar 6 Skip Conkling’s Dixie Mix
Dec 20 Mark Moultrup Quintet Mar 20 Jerry Eckert Trio
Dec 27 Jazz Club’s 2019 Scholarship Mar 27 Lorri Hafer Quartet
Recipients Apr 3 Brian Post Ocean’s 11 Band
Jan 3 Rodney Rojas New Profiles Jazz Apr 17 Tom Ellison Quartet

Thank You to all our 2019 Jazz Club Volunteers

William Aronis Cheri Glaser Sharon Mashanic
Carline Ash Frank & Ellie Gooch
Joani Barr Bill Jones Sharon Newman
Madison Barr Judy Jones
Louise Brassard Jan Jung Mae Noll
Les & Mary Brown Pauleene Kirschenbaum
James Baxley Judy Landes George & Sheri Remias
Carolyn Curry Susan Leavis
Catherine Cyrus Carole Lee Joyce Rosenthal
Barbara deClamecy Irwin & Sandy Livon
Amanda Dickerson Brad & Carol Loricco Dennis & Yvette Schoeller
Elsa Fierens David & Elizabeth Martin
Debbie Silver-Heller

Saretta Sparer

Roger Spivack

Patricia Tunberg

Elizabeth Wechsler

Chris Weiss

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A Special Thank You
to all our Donors!

$5000 and over Under $500

Anonymous Gifts - Jazz at Two Marty Adams Jim Linker
Arbor Records
Les & Karen Bunch Peter Anderson Brad & Carol LoRicco
The Harold & Evelyn R. Davis Foundation
Sarasota County Tourist Development Lurline Asianian Steve Ludmerer
The Jazz Cruise
Darrell Ayers Marc Mannino
$1000 to $4999
Leonard & Cindy Balistreri Scott & Holly Martin
Dr.’s George & Janet Allgair Denny & Maryanne Bloomer Dave & Liz Martin
Skip & Beverly Conkling John McDermott
John Coughlin Irma Blumenthal
Elsa Fierens Gene McGowan
Blue Grassfield Jerry & Gay Bowles
Gulf Coast Banjo Society Peter & Martine Moscovita
Gulf Coast Foundation Edward Braddock
Michele Laracy-Bowen Mark Moultrup
Seidman Family Foundation Bob & Mindy Butler
Wagnor Realty Leonard & Nancy Murphy
Lenore Walsh Karen Camp
David Murray
$500 to $999 Amanda Dickerson
Carlos Pagan
Anonymous Gifts - Jazz Festival Rose Dickherber
Anonymous Gifts - Jazz in the Park Charles Pierce
Anonymous Gifts - Jazz on the Water Lance Disley
Anonymous Gifts - Joy of Jazz Paul Pietroski
Ben & Nancy Boyum Anita Dunlap
David Decker Zada Pirollo
Lori Aberle Gentile Sandy Fink
Pamela Hahlbeck Julie Planck
Joyce Koppel Traude Geipel
Ed Linehan & Synia Carroll Peg Pluto
George & Dee McLain Linda Glover
Purmort & Martin Insurance Lou & Trudy Rizzi
Debra C Silver Mark Gruder
Robert & Ruth Stoppart Linda Rosenbluth
Joe Guggenheim
Joyce Rosenthal
David & Judy Helgager
Gary & Kathy Hendricks Nancy Roucher
Ivan Rubin
Gretchen Hickok
Peter J. Ryan
Doris Hurwitz
Peter Simms
Piper Jaffrey
Steve & Paula Smith
Judy Jones
Cynthia Smyth
Jan Jung
Dorothy Spelman
Raymond Keller
Robert Stoll
Mary B. Kilanoski
Liz Sutliff
Prince Knight
Hal & Shirlee Vanderbash
Roger Knipper
Taylor Wald
Philippe Koenig
Sandra P. Waller
Gerald Krumbholz
Dave Walrath
John Lamb
Frank Weder
Patricia Lavin
Gisela Weinland
Susan Leavis
Bob & Vern Weitz
Don Levine
James Whitman
Melvy Lewis
Jack Windt

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Synia Carroll

Thank You Jazz Club of Sarasota
Here’s to 40 More Years!

Nov 9 Fire House Cultural Ctr.
Nov 11 Florida Studio Theatre
Dec 4 Trolley Pub Crawl
Dec 6 “Jazz At Two”
Dec 31 New Year’s - Private
Jan 4 American Stage St. Pete
Jan 12 Forgartyville
Feb 17 Valentines at FST
Mar 11 Trolley Pub Crawl
Apr 10 Palladium Side Door
Apr 13 Florida Studio Theatre

and much more...

www.syniacarroll.com

for more dates & information

It’s the Lil & Louis

by Jo Morello

oaring ’20s!...and “Hot Miss Lil” is a star!
Barely twenty, she’s already a band leader,

R arranger, composer, singer — and usually
the only woman in Chicago’s hottest bands. As
pianist with King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, she’s
unimpressed when “Little Louis” Armstrong, a pudgy
bumpkin with a cornet, arrives from New Orleans, but the
shy “Satchelmouth” wins her over. Lil becomes his friend,
mentor, co-composer, arranger, manager and wife. LIL & LOUIS
is a unique love story about “the First Couple of Jazz.”

iWntarticghuijnagzzloavnedstothreya, bteurrshtiisntgorwyitchomsoengasliovfethine ethrais!

Directed by Chuck Smith

First Presbyterian Church of Sarasota

Fellowship Hall - 2050 Oak Street

January 21 - 25, 2020

Evening shows at 7 p.m. Matinees:

Lil & Louis Wed., 1/22, at 1:30 p.m.
Sat., 1/25, at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets and more information at
www.LILandLOUIS.com

JAZZ ON THE WATER

Cruise

to the Beat of the
Hot Club of SRQ

Sunday Board 2:30

May 3rd 3pm-5pm

Tickets: $35

www.jazzclubsarasota.org/events

Location: Cash bar and snacks
available for purchase.
Marina Jack II
Marina Jack II
on the Downtown
Sarasota Bay front
behind Marina Jack
restaurant.

The Jazz Club of Sarasota
941.366.1552 Wed-Fri
www.jazzclubsarasota.org

Four Decades of

Satchmo Awards

CARES Named in honor of

Louis“Satchmo”Armstrong

THE SATCHMO AWARD
The Jazz Club of Sarasota created
its most prestigious honor,
The Satchmo Award, in 1987
to honor those who have
made a “Unique and Enduring
Contribution to the Living
History of Jazz...Our Original
Art Form.”
The Harold and Evelyn R. Davis
Memorial Foundation sponsors
The Satchmo Award, which was
created by Hal Davis, founder of
the Jazz Club of Sarasota.
The Satchmo commemorates the contributions of jazz great
Louis Armstrong, nicknamed “Satchel Mouth” or “Satchmo.” The
award was designed by Frank Eliscu, a sculptor and art teacher
who also designed the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy.
Stay tuned for information on our 2020 recipient and presentation.

The Jazz Club of Sarasota, founded in 1980, is dedicated
to preserving, promoting, presenting and educating
people about jazz, America’s original musical art form.

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Year Winner Birth/Death Contribution to Jazz

1987 George Wein 1925 - Founder of the Newport Jazz Festival

1988 Milt Hinton 1910 - 2000 “The Dean of Bass Players”

1989 Ella Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996 “The First Lady of Song”

1990 Duke Ellington 1899 - 1974 Pianist, Composer
1991 Harold Davis 1916 - 1990 Publicist, Founder of The Jazz Club
of Sarasota
1992 Lionel Hampton 1908 - 2002 Vibes, Percussionist
1993 Gerry Mulligan 1927 - 1996 Saxophonist, Arranger
1994 Dr. Billy Taylor 1921 - 2010 Pianist, Educator

1995 Marian McPartland 1918 - 2013 Pianist, NPR’s Piano Jazz

1996 Joe Williams 1918 - 1999 Count Basie Vocalist, “Every Day I have
the Blues”

1997 George Shearing 1919 - 2011 Pianist, Composer, “Lullaby of Birdland”

1998 Dave Brubeck 1920 - 2012 Pianist, Composer, “Take Five”

1999 Bob Haggart 1914 - 1998 Dixieland, Bassist, Composer

2000 Jerry Roucher 1937 - 2013 Jazz Club President 1990 - 2002

2001 Dick Hyman 1927 - Pianist, Composer, 2017 NEA Jazz
Master

2002 Jerry Jerome 1912 - 2002 Saxophonist, Big Bands

2003 Bucky Pizzarelli 1926 - Guitarist
John Pizzarelli 1960 - Guitarist, Vocalist

2004 John LaPorta 1920 - 2004 Saxophonist, Clarinetist

2005 Cleo Laine 1927 - Vocalist, Actress
John Dankworth 1927 - 2010 Musician, Composer

2006 Pete Fountain 1930 - 2016 Clarinetist, New Orleans Jazz Legend

2007 Peter Appleyard 1928 - 2013 Vibes, Percussionist, Composer

2008 Marsalis Family New Orleans Jazz Family
Branford, Wynton, Ellis & others

2009 James Moody 1925 - 2010 Saxophonist, Flautist, Vocalist

2010 Four Freshmen 1948 Harmonic Vocalists, Musicians

2011 John Pizzarelli 1960 - Guitarist, Vocalist

2012 Svend Asmussen 1916 - 2017 Violinist, “The Fiddling Viking”

2013 John Lamb 1933 - Bassist, Duke Ellington Orchestra
Educator

2014 Ken Peplowski 1959 - Clarinetist, Saxophonist

2015 Lillette Jenkins- 1925 - Pianist, Vocalist
Wisner

2016 Wycliffe Gordon 1967 - Trombonist, Composer, Educator

2017 Anita E. Berry 1930 - Established The Jazz Cruise in 2000

2018 Jeff Hamilton 1953 - Dynamic, Versatile Drummer

2019 Houston Person 1934 - Tenor Saxophonist, Record Producer

2019-20 Season

at the

Venice Performing Arts Center

December 8, 2019 7:00 p.m.

justiAcen seeveekniinngg of
music

Jazz
Divine April20,2020
7:00 pm Peter Madpak,
Artistic Director
featuring
Mass in Blue Online: TheVeniceChorale.org
by Will Todd VPAC Box Office: 941-218-3779

Tickets: $20-$25, $5 students M-F, 10 a.m. -2 p.m.
Group Discount: 10+, $5 off each
regular priced ticket

JAZZ CLUB OF SARASOTA

MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION

one person per form

It’s Your Way to Support Jazz in Sarasota

Membership $75.00 per person for 12 months based on the date of enrollment

When you join The Jazz Club of Sarasota, you help to support our lively organization and
you receive several benefits including reduced admission to most of our events, a weekly
email of jazz happenings in the area, and a newsletter published three times per year.

Please remit check to: Jazz Club of Sarasota
OR Pay Online at: 330 South Pineapple Ave. Suite 111
Sarasota, Florida 34236

www.jazzclubsarasota.org

MEMBERSHIP DUES $___________

In addition to membership, I would like to support young jazz $___________
musicians with a donation to the scholarship fund. $___________

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED

Name: _________________________________________________________________
Street Address: __________________________________________________________
City: ________________________ State: ______________ Zip: ___________________
Phone Number: _________________ E-Mail Address____________________________

_______I would like to volunteer for the Jazz Club of Sarasota

Please also list any special expertise (i.e., tech, speaking, etc.).
_______Membership
_______Jazz at Two
_______Jazz Festival or Outdoor Concerts
_______Office Help _____________________________________________________

The Jazz Club of Sarasota, official registration SC-03656, meets all requirements specified by the Florida
Solicitation of Contributions Act. The Jazz Club of Sarasota does not contract professional solicitors and 100%
of funds received go directly to programs of the organization. A copy of the official registration and financial
information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free, (800-435-7351),
within the State. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the State.

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