Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help!

[bluenoter]

(Don't blame the organizers of the project if you hate the purple. It was a black-and-white ad;
I made it purple!)

[bluenoter]

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/jazz-festival-to-honor-eric-dolphy/


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://seedartists.org/

[bluenoter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Lj3HyrMpw

Please help make it happen! The Indiegogo fundraising page:
http://igg.me/at/dolphysound

The website:
http://seedartists.org/

[walto]

Do you know anything about either of the groups for which this concert will be raising money?

[bluenoter]

Do you know anything about either of the groups for which this concert will be raising money?

The Jazz Foundation of America, sure. The other one, not really.

Do you want me to find you links or blurbs (later, though), or will you do it your own self (if you want to)? The latter would probably be better, because I don't know what due diligence would be for you.

Several jazz musicians have already contributed to the Indiegogo campaign (as did I); one can see the list of contributors. And IMO, getting RetailMeNot as the project's first sponsor is quite a coup.

Edit: From SeedArtists.org,
~ Our Partner: The Jazz Foundation of America
~ Our Partner: Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music (MADLOM)

[walto]

I'll do it myself. I just thought since you were doing a little hyping for them you might have some interest in/prior knowledge of the beneficiaries.

[bluenoter]

I'll do it myself. I just thought since you were doing a little hyping for them you might have some interest in/prior knowledge of the beneficiaries.

Walto, the Jazz Foundation of America is a JazzCorner client and charity partner/beneficiary. Lois Gilbert has been hyping JFA for, like, 20 years! And a brief look at info. about MADLOM was all I personally needed before plunking down my generous $10 donation to the Dolphy project and starting to spread the word.

I really think we each have to do our own due diligence, perhaps after being provided with places to start. So I posted places to start (were they not helpful as such?)---

Edit: From SeedArtists.org,
~ Our Partner: The Jazz Foundation of America
~ Our Partner: Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music (MADLOM)

[walto]

Sure.

I note that you seem mad at me for asking what you know about these groups. I'm not sure why, though.

[bluenoter]

I note that you seem mad at me for asking what you know about these groups. I'm not sure why, though.

Walto, here's the short answer, and the less-short answer is on its way to you in a PM:

♪♫ I ain't mad at you,
Don't you be mad at me,
I ain't mad at you,
Don't you be mad at me,
One and one is two,
Two and one is three. ♪♫

In #2 and #3, I hope to convey why I've been psyched about having the Dolphy celebration take place. Folks, please take a look at #2 and #3 if they said "under construction" when you arrived at this thread. Thanks!

[walto]

How could I ever be mad at our Rita?

Thanks for the info.

[bluenoter]

How could I ever be mad at our Rita?

Thank you, walto! Please hold that thought.

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Here's an Indiegogo widget that's automatically updated to show the progress
of the Dolphy project's fundraising campaign. It's clickable, too.

Edit: No more widget, but the final total was $12,377 raised, 35% of the $35,000 goal.

[bluenoter]

Schedule posted Thursday, April 17, at the Indiegogo fundraising page:
http://igg.me/at/dolphysound

The website:
http://seedartists.org/

[Steve Reynolds]

My wife and I should be there for the second night.

[uli]

Schedule posted Thursday, April 17, at the Indiegogo fundraising page:
http://igg.me/at/dolphysound

The website:
http://seedartists.org/

looks great!

[bluenoter]

In the New York Times on May 27:
Jazz Enigma of the ’60s Has an Encore:
A New Focus on Eric Dolphy, in Washington and Montclair


(The Indiegogo fundraising campaign has ended.)
Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/3841236
The Dolphy celebration's website: http://seedartists.org/

[bluenoter]

I deleted my post pleading for rides to/from the Dolphy fest from/to just about anywhere else. In the end, I didn't go. As I posted on another site,

One of the festival organizers answered my phone call, gave me an idiot-proof plan for local public transportation on Friday, and even called me back to correct himself. (No plan for Saturday would have been idiot-proof, and the organizers hadn't followed through on providing a shuttle.) But after much agonizing, I decided not to spend 10+ hours on buses and trains to attend a 3½-hour concert.

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Henry Threadgill & David Virelles - Take a Moment

Video uploaded by crystalwaters7 on June 1, 2014

This piece was composed by Henry Threadgill and it was performed by himself (flute and bass flute) and David Virelles (piano) at the "Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound" celebration series, presented and produced by Seed Artists and curated by Pheeroan Aklaff. This piece is a dedication to the memory of the great Eric Dolphy. Performed at the Memorial Auditorium of the Montclair State University, NJ, on May 30th, 2014.

The post containing the video is here.