MLK Tribute 2013 This Weekend

This Weekend

Living Jazz Presents

In the Name of Love,
The 11th Annual Musical Tribute
honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Featuring:
Jennifer Holliday
Tuck & Patti
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Oakland Children’s Community Choir
Oaktown Jazz Workshops
Nikki Thomas (Master of Ceremonies)
Dana King (Presenting the Oakland Humanitarian Award)

Saturday, January 19, 2013

6 pm
Oakland Community Exhibition

Showcasing over 30 non-profits and businesses working to make a difference

7 pm
Concert

Paramount Theatre [directions]
2025 Broadway,
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets available in person and online

Reserved Seating
Adults: $15-45; Children 12 under: $8
Buy Tickets Online | Buy Tickets in person at Paramount Theatre Box Office

Living Jazz will present “In the Name of Love”, the 11th Annual Musical Tribute honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Holliday, Tuck & Patti and more.

In the Name of Love remains Oakland’s only annual non-denominational musical tribute to Dr. King. It is an extremely significant civic and cultural event for the city, bringing our diverse community together to pay tribute to Dr. King’s message of community, equality and inclusion. “In the Name of Love” showcases both international and local talent, children from Oakland public schools, local non-profits and businesses working to make a difference, and honors an outstanding humanitarian through the “Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award” presented by a prominent dignitary. The event embodies diversity, joy, and accessibility, and provides an intergenerational experience, using music at it’s core, to celebrate and honor the great teachings of MLK, Jr. Diverse members of our community leave feeling unified, inspired, and positive about our collective and personal potential.

Along with an extensive program, the MLK Tribute includes the Oakland Community Exhibition, a pre-concert event held in the Paramount’s lobby, providing exposure to non-profits and businesses doing great work in the Oakland community.

In 2013 we will feature the illustrious Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Holliday, internationally known guitar and vocal duo Tuck & Patti, the powerful 65-voice Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the 250-voice Oakland Children’s Community Choir (OCCC) backed up by the Oaktown Jazz Workshops, along with Special Guests. The presentation of the Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award, chosen in conjunction with the Oakland Department of Human Services, will be presented by a prominent dignitary.

OCCC, another Living Jazz program, is a music education program provided free of charge for Oakland public elementary schools with little or no access to the arts. This will be the final showcase of their work with over 250 1st- 4th graders under the musical direction of Melanie DeMore and accompanist Ben Heveroh.

Living Jazz is an Oakland based non-profit organization created in 1984. The mission of Living Jazz is to build community, cultivate creativity and enrich lives through the love of jazz. Living Jazz created Jazz Camp West in 1984, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in 1986, Jazz Camp Weekend and the Oakland Jazz Choir in 1992, “In the Name of Love” in 2002, the Oakland Children’s Community Choir in 2005; Jam Camp West, a music camp for youth ages 10-15 in 2008, and Jazz Search West, the Bay Area’s First Annual Jazz Talent Search in 2010.

“In the Name of Love” has been made possible through the generosity of Target Corporation; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, Oakland Fund for the Arts, Clorox Foundation, Thomas J. Long Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Downtown Oakland Association, Lake Merritt/Uptown District Association, R.O.O.F Foundation, See’s Candies, Marriot Hotel, BART, Oakland Tribune, KRON 4, KDYA, KBLX and Solstice Press.

10th Annual Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Save the date!  You will not want to miss this amazing annual musical tribute honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This 10th year we have moved the event to the Paramount Theatre to accommodate everyone who would like to attend.  Get your tickets early and reserve your seat here:  www.mlktribute.com

Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 7pm

Featuring:

Mavis Staples

Poplyfe

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Youth Speaks

Oakland Children’s Community Choir

Oakland Jazz Workshops

Telll a friend, help us sell out this event, the biggest musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Bay Area!

more info:

call:  510-287-8880

email:  info@livingjazz.org

Save-the-date NEXT JAZZ CAMP WEST:  June 23 – June 30 2012

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Living Jazz, formerly RCI, celebrates!

Living Jazz, formerly Rhythmic Concepts, Inc., has a new name and wants to celebrate

an amazing year of growth and change with you!

Living Jazz Celebration of Milestones, formally Rhythmic Concepts

Living Jazz invites you to a Special Celebration
with the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quartet
Saturday, October 22 • 7 pm

Piedmont Piano Co., 1728 San Pablo Ave., Oakland • www.piedmontpiano.com

This will be an evening of celebration, dancing, enjoying great friends, eating yummy food
and toasting to the future of Living Jazz

Our Entire Living Jazz Community is invited • All Ages are Welcome!

$45 per person (includes dance lesson, food and wine)

This Living Jazz fundraising event will help us fulfill our mission of building community, cultivating creativity, and enriching lives through the love of jazz.

TIX: Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ 800-838-3006
For more info: 510-287-8880

Save-the-date NEXT JAZZ CAMP WEST:  June 23 – June 30 2012

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Tina Smelser – Student Spotlight

The Pause
by Tina Smelser

It seems that lots of folks I know
are busy rushing to and fro
This being in a constant hurry
can lead to anxiousness and worry
Never slow and always quick
might even make a person sick
The stresses that this pace is causing
could be decreased by merely…pausing

(These thoughts may not apply to you
you’ll sense if they are ringing true
If you’ve no trouble saying “halt”
you’ll take them with a grain of salt)

In these next lines I’d like to make
a case for stopping for a break
It doesn’t have to be that long
you could just stop to sing a song
One slow breath in, one slow breath out
might help to turn your mood about
(You’re getting skeptical, I fear
stop and take a deep breath here)

We all get angry, that’s a fact
stop. Count to ten before you act
To sense your life and the beauty in it
you’ll need to pause at least a minute
A longer pause has greater power
what if you stopped for one full hour?
Our ancestors were wise, I’d say
they paused upon the Sabbath day

Nature’s wonder can be seen
while pausing from your day’s routine
Like buds in spring and leaves in fall
while pausing from your cell phone call
And chirping birds amidst the trees
while pausing from your DVDs
Or ocean tides that flow and ebb
while pausing from the world wide web

If interactions cause frustration
take some time for contemplation
If your life’s a complex mess
and every choice you second guess
a time out for a short retreat
may make things seem more clear and sweet
You might attempt a break quite radical
your pause could be a year’s sabbatical

You know, it actually is quite healing
to stop and feel what you are feeling
To live within a deeper layer
try using pausing time for prayer
A short break from an urgent goal
might reconnect you to your soul
Can you still sense the inspiration
you tasted on your last vacation?

Ahhh, to stop and smell the rose
and bliss, when tired, to stop and doze
There is so much that you can glean
from all the space that’s in between
When margins in your life are wide
you take its challenges in stride
When margins in your life are tight
each challenge makes you want to fight

I hereby grant you full permission
to schedule in an intermission!

Save-the-date NEXT JAZZ CAMP WEST:  June 23 – June 30 2012

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Kyle Blase – Student Spotlight

Inside Out – A personal Profile

My personal story by Kyle Blase

I have always felt my journey as a musician started at Jazz Camp West.  Since 2002, where I received a scholarship to attend, I haven’t missed a single one. When I first arrived I thought I knew what music was, that I owned the music and was in control of it. I was quickly broken down with positive and honest critiques and learned, with some hard lessons, that it was about the sound first and not always about me.  Then teachers like Faye Carol and Kellye Gray picked me up out of the dis pare of my first Jazz Camp Wednesday and told me I could sing.  I realized that this was the first time anyone had ever said this to me. I felt the love and I was hooked.

Jazz Camp is so intense and hands on that a week at camp is like a year of practice. If you allow yourself to grow in that week the growth is often astronomical. The connections with the jazz community I have made are priceless and I treasure them so much. Almost all my friendships in life have been forged at Jazz Camp and I always find myself counting the months and days until I can go back. For me Jazz Camp is real life and the rest of it all is waiting in a metaphorical train station just to get back.

My life has only improved since first going to Camp.  I have become a better singer, flutist, guitar player and teacher because of my timethere.  I have also picked some new things up along the way, Beat Boxing, Salsa Dancing, Hand Percussion, Vocal Percussion, Body Percussion, Looping, Steel Pans, Samba Rhythms, how to count in a band, having good stage presence,  and much much more with the countless classes I have taken over the years.

Currently I teach to thousands of little kids in dozens of schools around the Bay every week with a business I own with Denise Blase, I teach beginning and intermediate guitar and voice privately, I am Faculty and Production Manager at Jam Camp West, I am Production Manger at Jazz Camp West, I
am co-producer and founder of Jazz Search West, from time to time I produce and book shows and I have a healthy gigging life. I don’t kid myself to think I have accomplished this all on my own. I know that Jazz Camp and Living Jazz has had a profound impact on me and I wouldn’t be the person I am today with it…

Come say hi to me this Monday August 22nd at Yoshis where I am producing the “Faye, Gray and Washington” show…

In love, Kyle

Save-the-date NEXT JAZZ CAMP WEST:  June 23 – June 30 2012

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