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Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help!
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 5:38 am
by 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!) 
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 5:40 am
by bluenoter
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 5:40 am
by bluenoter
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 7:19 am
by walto
Do you know anything about either of the groups for which this concert will be raising money?
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 7:45 am
by bluenoter
walto wrote: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)
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 10:32 am
by 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.
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 11:58 am
by bluenoter
walto wrote: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?)---
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 2:56 pm
by walto
Sure.
I note that you seem mad at me for asking what you know about these groups. I'm not sure why, though.
Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. help
Posted: April 3rd, 2014, 4:29 pm
by bluenoter
walto wrote: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!
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: April 5th, 2014, 3:22 am
by walto
How could I ever be mad at our Rita? 
Thanks for the info.
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: April 6th, 2014, 7:18 am
by bluenoter
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: April 18th, 2014, 5:27 am
by bluenoter
Schedule posted Thursday, April 17, at the Indiegogo fundraising page:http://igg.me/at/dolphysoundThe website:http://seedartists.org/
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: April 18th, 2014, 6:59 am
by Steve Reynolds
My wife and I should be there for the second night.
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: April 18th, 2014, 7:31 am
by uli
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: May 29th, 2014, 11:49 am
by bluenoter
Re: Dolphy: Freedom of Sound celebration/fundraiser—Pls. hel
Posted: June 8th, 2014, 10:48 am
by 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, bluenoter wrote: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.
________________________________________________________________bluenoter, in #117 of the YouTube Jazz Videos thread, wrote:Henry Threadgill & David Virelles - Take a Moment Video uploaded by crystalwaters7 on June 1, 2014crystalwaters7 wrote: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.
Thank you, walto! Please hold that thought.