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The Project and Fundraising Goal
Adam and the Jazz Mafia Orchestra have just returned from their Southern California, New York, and Canadian legs of the tour, and for each of them, and for the future of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene, the tour can only be described as transformative. Brass, Bows & Beats has now been heard by literally tens of thousands of new fans who have been inspired and delighted by the composition and the talents of everyone involved in performing it. From the Playboy Jazz Festival in Hollywood to the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Jazz Mafia has made its mark on today’s music scene. But our work is far from over! We want to especially acknowledge YOU, all of our supporters who have helped make this amazing dream a reality. The reports from Adam and the rest of the musicians are inspiring and heartwarming, and the positive reviews and new Jazz Mafia fans are proof positive that the music needs to be heard and shared. If you haven’t seen Adam’s blogs and photos from the tour, take a moment to stop by www.jazzmafia.com and catch up on the adventures and the triumphs!
Your support has helped us get to this amazing place, but we are reaching out to you because we are still in need of your help! We have made outstanding progress from our humble start this year, and were just awarded a small performance grant from The California Presenters, but we are still not at our goal. We need to raise money to continue to supplement the costs of the other BBB bookings we’ve been invited to perform: Aug 7th: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI We are almost there!! If you were meaning to donate and just haven’t gotten around to it, have friends who are Arts supporters who you can encourage, or are inspired and compelled to continue your support of Brass, Bows & Beats and to see us move forward with putting original San Francisco music back on the map, NOW is the time to give! You may make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal at the top of this page, or send your tax-deductible check made out to San Jose Jazz (please put in your memo line: Brass, Bows & Beats!) Send to: Yonas Media, ATTN: Brass, Bows & Beats, 1625 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2127 Know of a potential corporate sponsor, or someone who would like to host a fundraising event? How about a potential volunteer? Email erin@jazzmafia.com. From the entire Jazz Mafia family, thank you for supporting the Brass, Bows & Beats Tour. This Sunday April 18th marks the one year anniversary of the sold out premiere of Brass, Bows and Beats at the Palace of iIne Arts in San Francisco . As the entire Jazz Mafia mobilizes for our upcoming show at Yoshi’s on April 25th I want to take a moment to reflect on the past year relating to BBB.
As I spent most of 2008-2009 writing the music, collaborating with vocalists for Brass, Bows and Beats, it was unclear what the project was going to sound like and what kind of an impact it would have. After the first few rehearsals we all knew that we had something magical but still, we were faced with an ominous logistical undertaking and and even more challenging business model, since our band has about 45 people more than most. Much to our surprise, at the premiere, the music, the incredible commitment from the musicians and the support and response from the community far surpassed our wildest expectations and has propelled BBB into the national limelight. What we all thought was going to be a once in a lifetime event has turned into a way of life! Everyday dozens of us are spending hours and hours on the phone, in meetings, sending stage plots, scheduling rehearsals and most importantly booking more dates for BBB around the Continent!
In addition to the support from our listeners we’ve also gotten creative and thrown a series of fundraisers around the Bay Area to cover many of the astronomical costs involved with taking a 45-piece band on the road and we’ve raised over $20,000 so far! The success of BBB is already starting to help the other Jazz Mafia projects with major U.S. festivals also booking Shotgun Wedding Quintet/Symphony and Joe Bagale along with East Coast Tours for SWQ/Bagale/Supertaster/Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace this summer. With over 12 confirmed BBB dates this summer at many of the best festivals and many more in the works I have a feeling that by the end of this year we’ll have come a lot closer to our first and foremost goal which is to put San Francisco music back on the world wide map!
We’re also extremely excited to be collaborating on upcoming shows with Qbert (World renowned scratch DJ) Charli 2na (Jurrasic 5) and our previous guest artist Lyrics Born. Many other guest artists are in the works so please stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted!
Thank you for your continued support of Jazz Mafia and Brass, Bows and Beats….we hope to see you at the BBB show at Yoshi’s on April 25!
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