BoMuse News is a monthly newsletter from BoMuse Music. It presents items of interest related to jazz and advocacy for music education, as well as news of releases from BoMuse Music and the performing activities of Paul Combs. Thanks to the support of Gerry Barrett of gbswing.com, subscriptions to BoMuse News are now automated. To subscribe send a blank message to Bomuse_News-subscribe@gbswing.com. To unsubscribe send a blank message to BoMuse_News-unsubscribe@gbswing.com. No subject or body is required. If you live in New England we invite you to subscribe to nextevent-subscribe@gbswing.com, for notification of performances by the Gerry Barrett Swing Orchestra, The Special Edition Big Band and, of course, Paul Combs' Pocket Big Band and Jazz @ the Chit Chat events.

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Our long-awaited CD, "Live At Chit Chat" will be out in just a few weeks. We now have a catalog number for it, Sea Breeze Jazz SB-3073. Our plans at this point are for a small intimate "completion party" at the Chit Chat in December and a bigger "CD release party," somewhere in Boston after the Holiday craziness and the IAJE Conference are behind us. I'll keep you posted.

http://www.actonjazzcafe.com
http://www.seabreezejazz.com

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2. A few issues back I announced that the second part of my article "Gil Fuller Speaks," would be in the vol. 4, no. 4 issue of Jazz Improv Magazine. I did not realize that Eric Nemeyer, the editor, was saving it for the just released vol.5, no. 1. He did this for a good reason: this issue features Dizzy Gillespie and Pt. II of my article picks up where Fuller returns from WW II and starts writing from Dizzy's big bans of the mid and late forties. Jazz Improv has a new distribution deal and should be eeven more available. This quarterly is full of jazz lore as well as technical information for musicians of all levels and it is much less driven by big label releases than most of the other jazz magazines.

http://www.jazzimprov.com

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3. On occasion I put in a word for other performances featuring or organized by friends and associates of mine. Sometimes others misunderstand this and think that thisnews letter is available for general press releases. I am sorry, but I cannot fill this function and I hope you will forgive me for only mentioning people who are close to me. Even then, I only do it occasionally. That being said here are two plugs.

On Friday evening, as part of the Lexfest in Lexington, MA, my friend and long-time favorite drummer Stanley Swann has organized a big concert. Here is the lowdown on the whole thing:

Lexfest! Connecting Our Cultures Festival Fundraiser Concert Presents Valerie Stephens and The Kubota POWERJAZZ Unit; Friday October 1st 2004. The program starts at 7:30 pm and will feature Jazz, Samba, Spoken Word, Afro-Cuban and Taiko Drumming. It takes place at the Clarke Middle School, 17 Stedman Rd., Lexington, MA. Featured performers will be Valerie Stephens - Vocals, Yasko Kubota - Keyboards, Archie Kubota - Bass, Vicente LeBron - Percussion and Stanley C. Swann III - Drums. Tickets are $15.00 for Adults/ $12.00 for students and seniors. To get your tickets in advance or any questions contact Leona Martin at 781.863.3669 or e-mail Stanley Swann: sswann72@comcast.net.

http://www.lexington.americantowns.com/servlets/WebPage?actionid=1720&eid=37868&aid=42913

Anita Coelho, whom I have dubbed Madam Jazz, has been hard at work booking live performances of local jazz musicians, including yours truly. She has been presenting shows at the Green St. Grill, Ryles and the Zeitgeist Gallery. Anita works very hard at this, on top of her own day job and performances, and does it primarily out of her love for and belief in the music. For instance she organized the appearance last Tuesday of the Bergonzi, Gertz, Kaufmann Trio at Ryles last Tuesday. It was a terrific show and the trio's last mid-week in-town performance before they resume their Tuesday residency at the Acton Jazz Café. If you are interested in supporting local jazz I recommend that you drop Anita a line at info@medicimusica.com and get yourself on her mailing list. Also watch for the very cool MediciMusica.com site which will be up and running in the next few weeks.

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4. The second annual New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA) Fall Conference will take place in Portsmouth, NH on Sunday October 24 and Monday October 25. There will be workshops on various topics during the days and perfromances during the evenings Topics that will be covered in the workshops will include restoring instrumental studies in the public schools, reaching and developing young audiences, the www.nejazz.com site and nominations for the New England Jazz Hall of Fame, among other issues. On Sunday night there is live jazz at the Pressroom, in Portsmouth with the Jimm Howe trio and featured guests Scott Mullet, tenor sax and Austrian trumpeter Stjepko Gut. For the party-hearty crowd there will be a shuttle down to Haverhill, MA to catch the last set of the Pocket Big Band. On Monday night there is a concert at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, with Clark Terry, Shawnn Monteiro and Jimmy Woode. Conference fee is $50 and there are packages that include a room at the Sheraton in Portsmouth. Call 617-567-6354 or e-mail nejazzhall@att.net for more information or to register.

http://www.nejazz.org

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5. There was some confusion about this announcement. Many thought that Ellis Marsalis, Jr., noted jazz pianist and father of Wynton, Branford, Delfayo and Jason, had passed. Fortunately this is not the case. It was his father who died after a long an distinguished life. Our condolences and sympathy goes out to the Mrasalis family. Here is an obituary courtesy of Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ellis L. Marsalis Sr., the patriarch of a family of world famous jazz musicians, including grandson Wynton Marsalis, has died. He was 96. Ellis Sr., who died Sunday, was involved in the civil rights movement through ownership of a motel in suburban New Orleans whose guests included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., New York congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and musician Ray Charles.

He was born in Summit, Miss., and had lived in New Orleans since 1921. In 1936, he became the first black manager of an Esso service station in the city. Marsalis opened the Marsalis Motel near the Mississippi River in 1943, a converted barn that featured a restaurant, lounge and swimming pool. The motel's business dwindled after civil rights legislation in the 1960s allowed blacks to stay at formerly all-white inns. The motel closed in 1986 and was later demolished.

Ellis L. Marsalis Sr is survived by his son, Ellis Jr., is a prominent New Orleans pianist and music professor who mentored crooner Harry Connick Jr. a daughter and seven grandchildren, four musicians: Wynton, the trumpeter; saxophonist Branford; trombonist Delfeayo and drummer Jason.

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6. The Schedule

Sat Oct 2, 7:00 PM, Paul Combs/Mark Michaels Duo La Boniche, 143 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA 978-458-9473

Sun Oct 3, 7:00 PM, The Pocket Big Band, Chit-Chat Lounge, 103 Washington St., Haverhill, MA 978-374-9710

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Fri Oct 8, 9:00 PM, The Pocket Big Band, Acton Jazz Cafe, 452 Great Rd., Acton, MA 978-263-6161
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Sun Oct 10, 7:00 PM, The Special Edition Big Band, Chit-Chat Lounge, 103 Washington St., Haverhill, MA 978-374-9710

Sun Oct 17, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Paul Combs/Don Hemwall Duo, Jazz Brunch, Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Rd. (2-A) Shirley, MA. 978-425-4311

Sun Oct 17, 7:00 PM, The Pocket Big Band, Chit-Chat Lounge, 103 Washington St., Haverhill, MA 978-374-9710

Sat Oct 23, 7:00 PM, Paul Combs/Mark Michaels Duo La Boniche, 143 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA 978-458-9473

Sun Oct 24, 7:00 PM, The Pocket Big Band, Chit-Chat Lounge, 103 Washington St., Haverhill, MA 978-374-9710

Sat Oct 30, 7:30 PM, Troy Neilsen/Paul Combs Duo, Glory, 19 Essex, Andover, MA 978-475-4811

!!PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN START TIME!!
Sun Oct 31, 6:00 PM, The Pocket Big Band, Chit-Chat Lounge, 103 Washington St., Haverhill, MA 978-374-9710

http://www.chitchatlounge.com
http://www.actonjazzcafe.com

As always, thank you for supporting live music.

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