Friday, May 9, 2008

A Jazz Festival

And somehow I came across one of those All About Jazz newspapers this past week, as I see them placed in stores, bars and restaurants throughout my travels in this city of New York City. And it is one of those newspapers, almost the only newspaper that is all about jazz and all jazz all the time. And in this weeks issue there is this full page ad for the JVC Jazz Festival in New York June 15-28. And it seems as if it is one of those really huge jazz festivals as there are a lot of performances taking place that week. And so I thought to repost their performances that include:

A Father’s Day Giftl KENNY BARRON TRIO Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, A Tribute to Alice Coltrane, featuring:RAVI COLTRANE, GERI ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN, JACK DeJOHNETTE, BRANDEE YOUNGER The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, A Celebration of 35 Years of Highlights in Jazz JACK KLEINSINGER BILLY TAYLOR, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, KEN PEPLOWSKI, BYRON STRIPLING, TED ROSENTHAL, WYCLIFFE GORDON, GENE BERTONCINI, JAY LEONHART and LEWIS NASH The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, JVC New York Debut! CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST Le Poisson Rouge, Make It Funky! MACEO PARKER LETTUCE Brooklyn Masonic Temple Presented in Association with boomBOOM Presents, Voices Beyond Boundries LIZZ WRIGHT RAUL MIDÓN The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG TAYLOR McFERRIN Prospect Park Bandshell Presented in Association with Celebrate Brooklyn! 30 Summers, New Trio New York Debut! BILL FRISELL TRIO with special guests Le Poisson Rouge, DOWNBEAT PRESENTS: JAZZ COMBOS JAZZ ENSEMBLE from THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBERACE JAZZTET GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY JAZZ ENSEMBLE Union Square Park – South Plaza Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series, The Real Thing: An Evening With JILL SCOTT Carnegie Hall, The Solo Piano CECIL TAYLOR GEORGE CABLES The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions, THE BILLY HART ACADEMY featuring THEO CROKER Rubin Museum of Art, Nouveau Bossa SERGIO MENDES ZAP MAMA Carnegie Hall, Celebrating 90 Years of Hank Jones HANK JONES with special guests The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, Genre Bending E.S.T. AETHEREAL BACE Le Poisson Rouge, Transcending Voices SIMONE KJ DENHERT Le Poisson Rouge, 50 Years of Bossa Nova JOÃO GILBERTO Carnegie Hall, A Taste of Genius BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Zankel Hall, 2008 Grammy® Award Winner, Album of the Year HERBIE HANCOCK and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring DAVE HOLLAND, VINNIE COLAIUTA, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, SONYA KITCHELL LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO Carnegie Hall, Dick Hyman & Friends DICK HYMAN, KEN PEPLOWSKI, WYCLIFFE GORDON, RANDY SANDKE, HOWARD ALDEN, JAY LEONHART and EDDIE LOCKE Zankel Hall, JVC Jazz Festival Salutes Art D’Lugoff and “SALSA MEETS JAZZ” PONCHO SANCHEZ Le Poisson Rouge, An Evening with CHRIS BOTTI Carnegie Hall, Presenting Ms. Tierney Sutton TIERNEY SUTTON BAND Zankel Hall, A JVC New York Exclusive! BAD PLUS 1 featuring KURT ROSENWINKEL The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, Turntables & Samples meet Jazz DJ LOGIC PROJECT MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO MOCEAN WORKER Le Poisson Rouge, Rising Stars ANAT COHEN QUARTET with special guests YUVAL COHEN and AVISHAI COHEN ESPERANZA SPALDING QUARTET The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, THE AARON GOLDBERG TRIO Rubin Museum of Art, A JVC New York Exclusive! SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN Le Poisson Rouge, BILLY HARPER QUINTET Studio Museum in Harlem, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Presents: THE NEW SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Union Square Park – South Plaza Presented in Association with the Union Square Partnership as part of their Summer in the Square concert series, The Soul of Jazz AL GREEN DIANNE REEVES Carnegie Hall, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RED EARTH: A MALIAN JOURNEY The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, A JVC New York Exclusive! SOULIVE with special guest JOSHUA REDMAN Le Poisson Rouge, TIM BERNE CRAIG TABORN Rubin Museum of Art, MOS DEF BIG BAND with special guest GIL SCOTT-HERON Carnegie Hall Co-Produced by Jill Newman Productions, Tangaria RICHARD GALLIANO TANGARIA 4TET Zankel Hall, CHARLES LLOYD, featuring JASON MORAN, REUBEN ROGERS and ERIC HARLAND The Concert Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, .

JVC Jazz Festival New York 2008
2-for-1 Club Program Participating Clubs: The Blue Note, Birdland presents:

Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O'Farrill, PAQUITO D'RIVERA, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Arturo O'Farrill, The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe, KURT ELLING, Andy Farber & His Orchestra with vocalist Hilary Kole

Cachaça, Iridium Jazz Club presents: PAT MARTINO,LES PAUL, MINGUS LEGACY, KENNY WERNER TRIO + TOOTS THEILMANS, LES PAUL, THE MINGUS LEGACY, ROGER DAVIDSON TRIO, FREDDIE HUBBARD AND FRIENDS

Smoke presents: CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ), SMOKE JAM SESSION, HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT, FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES, MICHA PIATIGORSKY TRIO, DIMITRI KOLESNIK & ANDREI KONDAKOV "FIVE CORNERS" FEATURING ERIC ALEXANDER, JIM ROTONDI, CHRIS WASHBURN & SYOTOS BAND (AFRO CUBAN & LATIN JAZZ), SMOKE JAM SESSION, HAMMOND B3 ORGAN GROOVES WITH MIKE LEDONNE QT, FREDDIE BRYANT PRESENTS: WORLD JAZZ SERIES, "MANHATTAN VIBES" CHRISTOS RAFALIDES : VIBES, SERGIO SALVATORE : PIANO, MIKE POPE : BASS, VINCE CHERICO : DRUMS, JUDY BARNETT'S JAZZ-A-TERIA

Have a great jazz day.
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勤)今(13)日發布 酒店上班重大訊息,包美及子公司璞建設合 寒假打工計以100億元價格出售集團所擁有亞百貨大樓B1、B2、1~2F及6~1 暑假打工4-1F,共14個樓層、約12826建坪予邦人壽,其中勤處分收益約14.14億元 酒店PT,璞建設處分利益約28.4億元,勤美可依持股比例60.88%認列。


勤表示,集團早在2006年3月起 禮服酒店,由旗下璞真建設開始購買亞百貨的不良債權,後又陸續在2007年底向台產資產管理股份有限公司以21.82億元取得1~2F產權;2008年3月透過法院公開標售,以37.168億元 兼差取得6~14-1F共10個樓層的產權;其後又在2008年5月法院公開標售B1及B2兩個樓 打工層時,以16.69億元承受而取得其所有權,並在2009年4月開出第一張美的發票。


美說,耗時3年多的整合,終讓 台北酒店經紀亞百貨大樓成為一棟沒有不良債權陰影的商業大樓,並以處分的方式實現其整合利益,可以看出美轉型成多 酒店經紀角化的地產開發商的苦心及整合能力。


美指出,環百貨大樓地處 酒店打工辦公室租金最高區域之ㄧ的敦北商圈,又因松山機場及小巨蛋,有著極高的國際能見度;加上施工中的捷運松山線、及即將開幕的台北金融中心及東方文華 酒店兼差酒店,實為台北市內獨一無二的地標性的建築。


勤表示,以100億元的價格處分 酒店兼職給邦人壽,對勤集團來說,除可以獲取不錯的整合利益,更樂見新東家得以繼續享有及整合敦北商圈發展未來的 酒店工作增值空間,可以說是一個雙方都滿意的結果。


原環生活購物廣場自6月中開始舉辦亞結束的更喝花酒名大拍賣,該檔次將在8月23日告一段落。雖然勤已將大樓出售,但仍將在8月底斥資千萬進行大樓交際應酬局部修繕及改良,美原負責該棟樓管理的子公司—勤正物業管理公司也仍將繼續負責該棟樓的現場管理及招商,粉味商場部份將依工程進度封館至多一週後,9月4日再度開幕正常營運,原辦公室承租戶及進駐廠商的營運及權益不受到影響。


在獲利認列的部份,勤可認列直接持有B1及B2的處分收益酒店喝酒約為14.14億元,璞建設所有的其他12個樓層預估處分利益約28.4億元,勤可依持股比例60.88%認列。


勤表示,董事會同時通過美集團、璞真建設將 酒店先捐出1000萬元響應莫拉克颱風台灣災民的急難救助。
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