On September 30, 2020, the Sac Jazz Coop will reach the end of its 2019 Fiscal Tax Year. Every year at this time, looking back at past activities, we prepare for our annual meeting and year-end obligations, thinking of you, our Facebook subscribers, along with members and donors. We take a moment to say once again, thank you for the support you have shown to this organization. Your generous donations to us in the form of various levels of memberships, show attendance, and followings have paved the way for us to accomplish goals that would have otherwise taken much longer, and in some cases, not have happened.
More and more funds have become less and less available for the arts. More and more people who might otherwise have helped cannot do so for various reasons. Donations and subscriptions, provided by many of you, have enabled this organization to continue its mission to protect the true cultural American art form.
Due to the generosity of members, musicians local and afar, and attendees, SJC remains one of the few regional organizations with a legal mission to preserve classic jazz. We have some exciting things on the horizon. While living under the impact of a world pandemic has forced us to look at new ways of carrying out business conduct, we have worked tirelessly to come up with some new things that we hope you will enjoy.
On behalf of everyone at the Sacramento Jazz Cooperative, we wish you the best as 2020 draws to a close, and that we wake to greet one another in the new year, with a new sense of resolve and renewed spirit. Thank you for keeping the music playing__
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Known as the High Priest of Bop, many exaggerated stories have been written about Thelonious Sphere Monk. Appearing to some to be noncommunicative, those close to him understood that he communicated through his music. Born on October 10th, 1917, Monk is probably one of the most misunderstood jazzmen ever to live. His music was as complex as he, sometimes dissonant and disturbing. But close listening told you all you needed to know. To “know,” he often referred to the word to describe himself, saying it was Monk spelled backward with an upside-down W. Still, critics and contemporaries alike questioned his strange chords and his inimitable approach to the music that lived within. Battling a long term yet episodic bipolar disorder, he was able to function for many years riding the pendulum between terrible suffering to himself and those who loved him and spreading the joy of an incredible musical ability, at which he worked hard. So that we may “Always know,” the Sacramento Jazz Coop proudly presents the Joe Mazzaferro Quartet in celebration of a Jazz legend, who, on October 10th, would have celebrated his 113th trip around the sun. With Joe Mazzaferro on trumpet, Nico Martinez on bass, Malachi Whitson on drums, and Sterling Cozza on piano.
This concert will go on sale on October 1st, 2020, and broadcast on or around October 10th through mid-November. The pre-recorded (not live-streamed) performance is made exclusively to select audiences and includes an interview with Joe Mazzaferro. For select viewing, please download your free Vimeo app to watch this and future SJC performances. Please consider your SJC tax-deductible membership or donation at www.sacramentojazzcoop.org.
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In June of this year, the world lost one of its most esteemed composers and arrangers of pop songs, film, and jazz. November 23rd would have been the 95th birthday of Johnny Mandel. He was not alone in the birthday celebration department, because on November 18th, arranger, lyricists, vocalist, and composer Johnny Mercer, would have turned 110. Mercer is said to have been one of the most successful songwriters of the 20th century. SJC proudly presents the Joe Gilman Trio, performing M, the music of Mercer and Mandel, featuring Joe Gilman on piano, Buca Necak on bass, and Steve Homan on guitar.
Tickets for this concert will go on sale in late October and run through November. The pre-recorded (not live-streamed) concert is made exclusively to select audiences and includes an interview with Dr. Gilman. For select viewing, please download your free Vimeo app today to watch future SJC performances. Please consider your tax-deductible membership or donation today by visiting www.sacramentojazzcoop.org.
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Tickets for the 2020 Vivian Lee Quartet Christmas Concert will go on sale 11/27/2020. The pre-recorded (not live-streamed) concert is made exclusively to select audiences that includes an interview with Ms. Lee, beginning November 27, 2020 and run through Christmas Day. With Joe Gilman, on piano, Buca Necak on bass, and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. For select viewing please download your free Vimeo app today for this and future SJC performances. Please consider your tax-deductible membership at www.sacramentojazzcoop.org.
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Sacramento jazz artist Carol Manson is appointed to the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Jazz Cooperative, Inc.
Originally from Berkeley, Carol started by playing violin in grammar school, then going on to sing in choirs at Berkeley High. After high school, Carol put away any thoughts of singing, getting a master’s degree in social work. She is a long time advocate for foster children and became a State official capping off a long and distinguished career as a Governor’s appointee. As for her music, after first finding her voice as a singer, following a health challenge, she had to find it again, and find it again, she did. Leaving her comfort zone as a choir singer to shine as a soloist, she won the 9th Independent Music Award (IMA) VOX Pop Award for the single “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.”
Other singing credits include being a part of the cast for the musical, Hallelujah City at the Benvenuti Performing Arts Center, and the Tower Theatre in Roseville. Carol was a key performer at the 2011 Legislative Back To Session Bash. She now has three CDs to her credits.
In her spare time, she manufactures handmade soaps under the trade name, Simon Sudz, named after her beloved, now departed Cocker Spaniel, Simon.
“As challenge after challenge has required small businesses to quiver and shake, and claw to find new and creative means to stay relevant, the Sacramento Jazz Cooperative has been no different,” quips SJC CEO Carolyne Swayze. “Carol comes to us at a time when we are at a crossroads, and we anticipate her skills and experience will be a tremendous asset to our Board as we work through extraordinarily difficult times.” ... See MoreSee Less
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