The 2013 festival musicians will offer 4 workshops for local music students. Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar; Jonathan Russell – violin; Bria Skonberg – trumpet; and Adrian Cunningham – reeds & flute. These will be held at the Hilton Riverside on Friday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 6 pm. Those interested should contact Laura Crane – (910)297.7727 or Tina Jacobs – (910) 232.4719 for details.
NCJF online store announces pre-event sale
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Order your NCJF shirts, jackets, or other logoed items now and wear them to the festival in February! Check out the banner above the awning on our storefront for the special code that will enable you to get the sale price for your order – be sure to type the code in where asked.
Jazz Art Donation For 2013 NCJF Raffle
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It is a marvelous happening when an artist in one medium volunteers his or her art to help support an art form in another medium! This is exactly what happened when a gentleman from Vermont attended the North Carolina Jazz festival.
Paul Stone, a visual artist who creates beautiful images in both watercolor and oil, lives in Grafton Vt. And Topsail Island, NC. After attending a performance of the NCJF, he contacted one of our board members and volunteered to donate a painting for our annual festival raffle. This would be an oil painting created especially for the 2013 North Carolina Jazz Festival!
Mr. Stone has titled his artwork “Collaboration…an improvisation on a photograph by the late, great William Claxton”, 1927-2008, one of jazz’s most dedicated photographers.
NC Jazz Festival at Wilmington again given Top 20 Award!
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The North Carolina Jazz Festival at Wilmington has again been chosen as one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.
The Southeast Tourism Society is dedicated to the promotion of travel to and within Southeastern states, recognizing the importance of festivals, events and attractions in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The STS Top 20 Events publication receives extensive exposure in print media, web, and television and radio in the U.S. and Canada. Over 1,600 newspapers, magazines, radio & television stations, AAA’s and others receive the listings. The Top 20 Events are listed on the Southeast Tourism Society website www.southeasttourism.org and on their consumer website www.escapetothe southeast.com The Top 20 Events pages are consistently among the most visited pages on the STS sites.
We really appreciate this recognition and are proud to have received it every year since 2007.
NCJF Online Store
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over the years many of our jazz lovers have requested various shirts, sweatshirts, fleece vests, and other items sporting our NCJF logo.
We have found a company that will allow us to offer a large variety of quality items with our new North Carolina Jazz Festival logo with the ” @ Wilmington” addition – leaving no doubt of where this annual jazz festival is held!
These purchases can be made only through our online store, here on our website! Your choices will be custom made for you and will be sent directly to you, with a delivery time of approximately 2 weeks.
Be one of the first to show your support of jazz and the North Carolina Jazz Festival by wearing one of our attractive shirts or carrying your laptop, groceries or beach towels in one of our logoed bags! Look smart and at the same time help us spread the word about our great jazz festival here in Wilmington, NC.
Artwork to benefit the North Carolina Jazz Festival
March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This 8″X12″ wall plaque entitled ” 3 Horn men and a Wood-y” was created as a commemoration of the 2012 NC Jazz Festival. Local sculptress Justine Ferreri and her husband Guy have long been supporters of jazz and the North Carolina Jazz Festival. They have twice donated pieces of jazz art for our annual raffle, and now Justine has created this original kiln-fired clay piece, which has also been fired with 14 carat gold instruments, as a fund raiser for us. The plaque can be purchased for $75, of which $25 will be donated to the NCJF.
To order please contact Creations by Justine, 225 South Water St. – Chandler’s Wharf, Wilmington, NC 28401 or call 910-763-4545.
www.creationsbyjustine.com
Justine’s larger piece of “jazz art”, donated for our 2012 annual raffle to benefit NCJF, earned over $1,100 for our non-profit organization. We thank Creations by Justine for their generosity and continued support of live jazz and the North Carolina Jazz Festival.
Festival Promotional Video
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Check out the video of the North Carolina Jazz Festival & Get Your Tickets Now!
Festival Tickets Make Great Gifts!
December 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Give NC Jazz Festival tickets to your friends and family.
General Admission Tickets: Thurs. Evening (3 hr. concert) $35.
Fri. & Sat. Evenings (4 hr. concert) $50.
Military $25 – Students $15 each night
These may be purchased on line by credit card on the website. You may also purchase them at the Audio Lab,5732 Oleander Dr. in Wilmington.
General Admission reservations made for tables of 10 only, all others are first come /first seated. Seating for this event is cabaret style in tables of 10.
For more information please call 910-793-1111 or e-mail ncjazzfest@yahoo.com or sandyevans34@yahoo.com
KEEPING UP WITH OUR MUSICIANS
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is fun to see where the lives of those who touch us musically take them when they are not performing in Wilmington at our festival. You can check on many of them by going to their websites and see the interesting places they are playing and with whom—but here is one interesting tidbit that you might not know about.
The talented young violin prodigy, Jonathan Russell, who performed here for the first time in 2007, was asked back due to popular demand in 2008 and again in 2011, has really branched out in different directions with his amazing talents!
This summer when I was in NYC I went to a one woman show “One Night With Fanny Brice” (which by the way, was marvelous) the orchestra was made up of two musicians – a piano and a violin – yes, the violinist was Jonathan Russell! What a treat to see “our Jonathan” in that setting, and doing so well.
Another of his many interests is film scoring. He has studied film scoring with Julliard professor Sam Zyman and film composer Ira Newborn from NYU. He scored his first short film, “Radio Hate” at the age of 15. Most recently he received an additional music credit for the Bollywood film “Aarakshan”, which was directed by Prakash Jha. In July of this year, Jonathan wrote a demo for the new Hollywood Brass instrument library – the only non “in the house” composer to be asked to contribute. He is currently composing music for a streaming film, “Arella”, produced by Rubichouse, due to be released in early 2012. Jonathan’s latest credit is the scoring of a 25 minute short film Soul Keeper (poster below) which is being shown at the Burlington VT film festival in October 2011.
Jonathan created his own You Tube channel a year ago (jdrcomposer.com), which currently has well over 600 subscribers. To learn more about Jonathan visit his website www.jonathanjazz.com
To see him perform locally come to the North Carolina Jazz Festival on Feb. 6, 7 & 8, 2013, we are planning ahead so we are sure to have him here while it is still an option — who knows where the future will lead this talented young man!
NCJF SELECTED ONE OF THE TOP 20 EVENTS
August 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
We are pleased to announce that The Southeast Tourism Society has designated the North Carolina Jazz Festival as one of the top 20 events in the Southeast for February 2012.
Southeast Tourism Society is dedicated to the promotion of travel to and within the Southeastern states, recognizing the importance of festivals, events and attractions in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Their publication receives extensive exposure in print media, web, television and radio in the U.S.and Canada. Over 1,600 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, AAA’s and others receive the listings. The Top 20 Events pages are consistently among the most visited pages on the STSsites. www.southeasttourism.org and www.escapetothesoutheast.com.
We are proud to be chosen for this honor.
