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| 44th Annual Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash June 22-23, 2018 Hilton Garden Inn Edison/Raritan Center Edison, New Jersey Schedule & Events Rare vintage videos each day: Admission free with Bash admission or $5 for each film show only. Friday 8:00pm: Rare film and TV clips by jazz collector and film historian David Weiner. Music researcher and film historian David Weiner presents two hours of rare film and TV clips, featuring jazz and pop artists from the 1920s to the present. Among the featured performers are soloists Louis Armstrong, Edmond Hall, Coleman Hawkins, Dave Tough, Benny Carter & more; the bands of Eddie Condon, Vince Giordano, Count Basie, Ambrose, Abe Lyman & Gene Krupa; and vocalists Elizabeth Welch, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Evelyn Dall, Bobby Darin, Buck & Bubbles & the Nicholas Brothers. Plus vintage musical cartoons, newsreel clips and Lobo, the Wonder Dog! 10:00pm: LOREN SCHOENBERG, Senior Scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, will present a listening session of recordings from the Bill Savory collection. Loren's presentation will concentrate on recordings, including of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, which, due to estate restrictions, could not be included in the recently issued Mosaic 6-CD set. Saturday 2:00 to 3:30pm & 4:30 to 6:00pm: Two separate film presentations: Will Friedwald's Clip Joint returns and California jazz film archivist and researcher Mark Cantor will make his first appearance at the Bash. Details TBA. WILL FRIEDWALD writes about music and popular culture for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & VANITY FAIR (and reviews current shows for THE OBSERVER and Citiview). He also is the author of eight books including the award-winning A BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE GREAT JAZZ AND POP SINGERS, SINATRA: THE SONG IS YOU, STARDUST MELODIES, TONY BENNETT: THE GOOD LIFE, LOONEY TUNES & MERRIE MELODIES, and JAZZ SINGING. He has written over 600 liner notes for compact discs, received ten Grammy nominations, and appears frequently on television and other documentaries. He is also a consultant and curator for Apple Music. MARK CANTOR With a vast archive of more than 12, 000 films and clips, Los Angeles music maven Mark Cantor's spectacular collection of jazz and blues performances is widely considered one of the world's premier collections of American popular music on film. Saturday 8:00pm: RON HUTCHINSON co-founder of the Vitaphone Project This year, in addition to some vintage early talkie shorts and cartoons, Ron will discuss and present the recently restored 1930 Technicolor Paul Whitman feature, KING OF JAZZ. The beautiful restoration features Whiteman, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Frank Trumbauer, Bing Crosby and The Rhythm Boys and pop tunes like HAPPY FEET, A BENCH IN THE PARK, RAGAMUFFIN ROMEO and I LIKE TO DO THINGS FOR YOU. write your comments about the article :: © 2018 Jazz News :: home page |