7/262015///////////////////////////////////////2ND/////////////////////////////////ANNUAL ////////////////////////////CAMBRIDGE////////////////////////JAZZ FESTIVALft. NNEENA FREELON & RON SAVAGE

A TRIBUTE CONCERT TO

BILLIE HOLIDAY

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THE RON SAVAGE TRIO feat. NNENNA FREELONTOTH BROS. - EGUIE CASTRILLO - JOANNE BRACKEEN - LASZLO GARDONY

A TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PARK AT MITSIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE

FOOD! FUN! FESTIVITIES!JULY 26TH 2015 12-6PM

FESTJAZZ FREE! SECONDANNUAL

http://www.cambridgejazzfestival.org

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL

THE HYM INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC is a Boston-based real estate company that focuses on the acquisition, development and management of complicated mixed-use urban projects with major residential, commercial and retail components. HYM and its principals have a long and successful track record in planning, permitting, financing, constructing and managing complicated mixed-use developments in both Boston and Cam-bridge. HYM engages all stakeholders including landowners, local businesses, municipal departments, state agencies and elected officials. HYM is currently active on four major projects in the Boston and Cambridge areas that encompass over 9M sq ft of development.

For over 35 years, HYM’s principals have been working on real estate ventures in the Boston, New York and Washington, DC corridor. HYM has broad and strong working relationships with elected city officials, city staff, and neighborhood organizations in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville as well as the State of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Massa-chusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and other key agencies.

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WELCOME TO THE 2nd Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival! We’re very pleased to be able to provide our community this day of great, FREE jazz that attracts such a diverse audi-ence of jazz lovers, while also raising funds to provide college scholarships for aspiring musicians in Cambridge through the Johnny Hodges Scholarship Fund. Today, we’ll also announce the winners of the 2015 ‘Cammy’ Awards, which gives recognition to individu-als who work to improve the lives of our young people.

Through this annual signature event, we are able to fulfill our mission: to entertain and inform the community about the uniquely American Art of jazz through exceptional live performances, and to provide inspiration and scholarships to young music students. We could not do this without the financial contributions and in-kind services we’ve re-ceived from our generous sponsors and individual donors; the leadership and strategic guidance of our Board and Honorary Board members; the enthusiastic involvement of City of Cambridge and the local business community; the many dedicated volunteers who’ve donated so much of their time; and, last but not least, Forest City, who has pro-vided the perfect venue - University Park Commons at M.I.T.

On behalf of our Board, I’m extending a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has con-tributed to the success of this year’s festival and also to those of you who have come out to enjoy the performances today. If you like what you see (and hear) and want to make it possible for the Festival to become a permanent institution in the cultural life of our city, please visit www.cambridgejazzfestival.org to find out how you can get involved with a contribution that will help next year’s 3rd Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival to be an even more wonderful event.

–Patricia Washington, Board Chair of the Cambridge Jazz FestivalCJF BOARD MEMBERS

PATRICIA WASHINGTON Chair

RICHARD THORNE Vice Chair

DEBORAH AVANT Treasurer

LARRY WARD Executive Director

DAWN ANDERSON

JAMME CHANTLER

ROBERT COOPER

FERNA PHILLIPS

RON SAVAGE

CHERYL WATSON FISHER

CJF FOUNDING MEMBERS

RON SAVAGE Co-Founder

LARRY WARD C0-Founder

MARI BADGER

ELIZABETH BARTLE

DONNA DEANGELIS

ALESSANDRA FIX

KATHY KOSINSKI

RICK KOSINSKI

CAIA LEE

CJF HONORARY BOARD MEMBERSTERRI LYNE CARRINGTON MARJORIE DECKER ROBERT HURLBUTCARRIE GUSCOTTDAVID MAHERDENISE JILLSONROBIN LAPIDUS ALEXANDRA LEEGAIL ROBERTSCHARLES OGLETREEELAINE THORNEJASON WEEKSJULIETTE C. MAYERS

ERIC JACKSON is the host of Boston Radio’s best known jazz program Eric in the Evening, which airs on 89.7 WGBH Friday through Sunday, 9PM to 12 midnight and gestures the best jazz, in-depth looks at great artists and live interviews from the WGBH studios. Jackson also hosts live broadcasts from Scullers, Boston’s number one jazz club.

BRENDA ANN HENRY BROWN, an ordained minister and pastor at the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church (MABC) in Cam-bridge, Reverend Henry-Brown is also the Executive Director of the Project Manna Pro-gram at MABC. She has chaired the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship Com-mittee and served as co-chair for the Patient and Family Advisory Council at Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

RON SAVAGE & LARRY WARD, from their first two hour meeting that was supposed to last only 30 minutes, they knew they were destined to bring a jazz festival to Cambridge. They have combined Ron’s professional mu-sic experience and Larry’s organizing skills to co-produce the first Cambridge jazz fes-tival. They understand the importance and history of jazz and are on a journey to create a culture of jazz in Cambridge that is sustain-able beyond an annual jazz festival.

CO-FOUNDERS AND HOSTS\\\\\\\\\\

2014 CAMMY AWARD RECIPIENTS

Left to Right: Eva Martin Blythe, Executive Director of YWCA, Robert Hurlbut, Executive Director of Cambridge Community Foundation, Ron Savage, Founder, Ron Savage Institute for Music.Not Pictured: Richard Rossi, Cambridge City Manager

THE CAMMY is the prestigious award given to individu-als who have influence the lives of young adults.These recipients have demonstrated their commitment, ded-ication, and have given an inordinate amount of time to the various causes and concerns of young people. Each year, Cambridge Jazz Festival acknowledges those who are truly unsung heroes.

GALLUCCIO & WATSON, LLP is a proud sponsor of the 2014 Cambridge Jazz Festival Cammy Award.

THE JOHNNY HODGES FUND\\\\\\\\\\

THE CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL proudly sponsors The Johnny Hodges Fund, a scholarship designed to support the musical aspirations of Cambridge stu-dents. All proceeds from the festival in excess of costs go to support the Fund. You can also give to the Fund directly through a donation.

The Fund honors Cambridge native Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1906-May 11, 1970). Hodges played with Duke Ellington’s big band and is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant jazz saxophonists of all time.

All donations are fully tax-deductible. To donate direct-ly to the fund, you can give securely online. Visit our website for more information. You can also send a gift to:

The Johnny Hodges FundCambridge Jazz Festival

859 Massachusetts Ave. #6Cambridge, MA 02139

www.cambridgejazzfestival.orgcambridgejazzfestival@gmail.com

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THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS VOLUNTEERS!WE COULDN’T HAVE MADE CJF 2015 HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU.

////VOLUNTEERSDAWN ANDERSON

PHOTO/VIDEO COORDINATOR

DEENA ANDERSON

STAGE DIRECTOR

PAUL ANDERSON

ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR

DEBORAH J AVANT

PROGRAM BOOK, BANNERS AND TREASURER

CUBA BIRNBAUM

SECURITY COORDINATOR

ROBERT COOPER

PR COORDINATOR

ALESSANDRA FIX

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

KATHY KOSINSKI

VENDOR COORDINATOR

RICK KOSINSKI

VENDOR COORDINATOR

YOKO KOWATA

PR COORDINATOR

ROBIN LAPIDUS

DAY OF FESTIVAL MANAGER

CAIA LEE

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

RON SAVAGE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

MYESHA SLAUGHTER

VIP COORDINATOR

ANGELA WARD

SPECIAL FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

LARRY WARD

FUNDRAISER

PAT WASHINGTON

CHAIR OF THE CJF BOARD

Don’t forget to donate to keep the Cambridge Jazz Festival FREE!HTTP:// W W W.CAMBRIDGEJAZZFESTIVAL.ORG/BECOME-A-PATRON

Cambridge Jazz Festival is a 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to educating through jazz and providing scholarships. All proceeds from the festival in excess of costs go to support the Johnny Hodges Fund. All donations are tax-deductible.

EXHIBITIONS

PROGRAMS

MUSEUM STORE

MIT MuseumOpen DailyCentral Square Cultural District265 Mass. Ave. CambridgeWelcome!

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12:00PM

1:00PM

2:00PM

3:15PM

4:45PM

THE TÓTH BROTHERS

EGUIE CASTRILLO

JOANNE BRACKEEN

LASZLO GARDONY

RON SAVAGE TRIO FT. NNENNA FREELON

THE TÓTH BROTHERS\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Sometimes fans wonder how The Tóth Brothers came up with such an usual name for their band…well, that actually is their name, which comes from their Hungarian father…and from their Trini-dadian mother, they have inherited and appreciation for the distinctive sounds of the Caribbean. With Alexander a bass player and Anthony a drummer, they are unique in the jazz world – a rhythm section who are also brothers, and as such, are consequently able to fuse a seamless communication that produces a fresh and engaging musical sound.

///////////////////////EGUIE CASTRILLO

Grammy Award winner percussionist Eguie Castrillo has sizzled stages around the world with the infectious rhythm and electrifying perfor-mances of his mambo / latin jazz / salsa bands. His Mambo Mania Tour sold out New York’s Carnegie Hall.

An engaging showman, Eguie has performed and recorded with world music figures such as: Tito Puente, Donna Summer, Steve Winwood , KC and the Sunshine Band, Celia Cruz and Michael Brecker. He has toured extensively with the Arturo Sandoval Band, and also conducts music clinics and workshop tours around the world.

Eguie will be performing with his truly international “Latin Jazz Con-nection”, which features the new conga sensation Takafumi Nikaido from Japan, the outstanding young saxophonist Edmar Colón from Puerto Rico, the great bass player Flávio Lira from Brazil and the very talented and swingy pianist Santiago Bosch from Venezuela.

JOANNE BRACKEEN\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

JoAnne Brackeen, who’s become known as a ‘musical Picas-so’, has been called “a visionary of extraordinary depth” by Tony Bennett, and “a pianist-composer of phenomenal ca-pacity” by the legendary Bill Evans, is consistently ranked by critics as one of the best jazz pianists in the world.

Her writing is remarkable for its creativity, stylistic range, emotional depth, and whimsical spirit. Her playing is “vir-tuosic and wholly unpredictable, dense and richly detailed, rhythmically advanced and consistently, effortlessly swing-ing.”

She started out playing bebop in the 1950’s with the likes of Dexter Gordon and Charles Lloyd. In 1969 she ‘broke the glass ceiling’ as the first woman in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messen-gers, then played with Joe Henderson and Stan Getz before leading her own groups and touring around the world as a solo performer.

Joanne has recorded 25 albums as the lead performer and has truly arrived at the cutting edge of elegance and accom-plishment. She has often been described as the twenty-first century jazz genius. To witness her in performance is to be enchanted by the whole history and future of jazz.

//////////////////////LASZLO GARDONY

Laszlo Gardony, who originally studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest is a critically acclaimed artist who has brought his soulful improvisations and compositions to audiences in 24 countries and is a former first prize winner at the Great American Jazz Piano Competition,

Gardony has been featured with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and The Smithsonian Institute’s “Beyond Category” Traveling Duke Ellington Exhibit, and performed with David “Fathead” Newman, Eddie Gomez’ Per and Ran-dy Brecker.

He has been praised by Dave Brubeck for his “fluid pianism” and by The New York Times for the “uniformly high quality of his compositions, harmonic complexity and emotional content”. Jazz Review has put him in “the highest pan-theon of performers” All About Jazz Magazine found him to be “on par with Bill Evans”.

More than a gifted improviser, Gardony is a cagey musical architect who understands that “shape is paramount. Without shape, regard-less of what you create in your solo piano play-ing, it’s not going to connect. The idea is to tran-scend the sense that here is a pianist and here is a listener. It’s more of a joint journey.”

THE HEADLINER FOR THE CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL, Cambridge native Nnenna Free-lon has performed with jazz legends Ray Charles, Ellis Marsalis, Al Jarreau, George Ben-son, Earl Klugh and Ramsey Lewis. She is winner of the Billie Holiday Award from the Academie du Jazz and the Eubie Blake Award from the Cultural Crossroads Center in New York, and has been nominated twice as “Lady of Soul” by the Soul Train Awards.

Nnenna has also dedicated herself to educating young people about jazz. She toured the US for four years as the National Spokesperson for Partners in Education. Her “One Child at a Time” (from her “Soulcall” album), which she wrote to bring greater attention to the needs of children’s education in the arts, has become an anthem for countless organiza-tions, including the United Way.

At the 43rd annual GRAMMY Awards telecast from Los Angeles, she inspired an enthusi-astic standing ovation from 20,000 music industry insiders and other celebrities when she took to the stage. She receives similar reaction for her ongoing concerts, television and special event performances such as the prestigious headline spot for ActionAID, Sir Elton John’s International AIDS fundraiser.

Recently, Nnenna triumphed in composer Laura Karpman’s undertaking of Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama” at The Apollo Theater and at an astounding Hollywood Bowl concert with opera superstar Jessye Norman and the indie phenom band The Roots. She also wowed audiences at SRO shows at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with the Duke El-lington inspired “Dreaming The Duke,” with classical star Harolyn Blackwell and pop-jazz-crossover pianist Mike Garson.

NNENNA FREELON\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

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DRUMMER RON SAVAGE is the chair of the Ensemble Depart-ment at the Berklee College of Music, and is a Co-Founder of the Cambridge Jazz Festival. Ron and his trio will be col-laborating with Nnenna Freelon to perform a salute to Billie Holiday at this year’s Festival.

Ron has previously performed with Ms. Freelon, and also Art Farmer, Christian McBride, Marian McPartland, Mark Whitfield, James Williams, Phil Woods, and Joe Zawinul and the Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra and has made recordings with Christopher Hollyday, Cecilia Smith, and Patrice Williamson.

His work with the Johnny Hodges Scholarship fund is only the latest evolution of his dedication to bring education and opportunities to young musicians. He is also founder of Abundant Life Music Instruction, which currently pro-vides lessons on half a dozen instruments to 40 students, 30 weeks a year, with families paying as they are able. Sav-age and his wife, Lois, hold fundraising events and seek out sponsorships to provide for ALMI’s operating expenses.

Forest City congratulates the Cambridge Jazz Festival on its return this year, and wishes continued success for the future!

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3rd Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival in 2016.

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