Who Can Join JSJBF?
JSJBF is open to anyone interested in supporting Jazz and Blues!
There are different types of membership levels, all memberships come with a Subscription to our quarterly newsletter Jazz & Blues Notes as well as other membership benefits.
Our quarterly magazine! See the most recent issue here.
And the winners are...
First of all, thanks and congrats to co-chairs Gene and Pat for organizing three exciting nights of great music! Paul's Tavern's back-room was packed, enthusiasm was high, the bands were psyched, the beer was cold, and the music howled.
The IBC committee chose two nights of semi-finalist contestants, and from those performances selected the finalist bands. Short 25-minute sets (which match the set times in Memphis) allowed the performers to max out, putting lots of focussed energy into their short times onstage. Now, I wouldn't want to be the judge of this thing, because all those performances were FINE. You could get a little hint of how things were going, tho, by counting the number of dancing feet.
Our Foundation couldn't have been prouder of the member bands that participated in the semi-finals and finals. There were no losers in this competition. The closeness of the scoring shows that the judges had a difficult job tonight. The final totals were very close. Thanks to the judges -- Lou, Janet, and Russ.
Congratulations to the Matt O'Ree Band. They will be representing JSJBF in Memphis in January. Great job too by our second place finisher The Michael Packer Blues Band and our third place finisher The Shadetree Mechanics. And our thanks to all the other bands too. I hope you all enjoyed the night as much we, your fans, did. I look forward to seeing you all again in next year's competition.
Congratulations to all the contestants and our thanks for three nights of fantastic music & memorable good times. And best wishes to the winners, who are going on to the international IBC competition. Do us proud, folks!
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BandMatt O'Ree Band |
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Solo/DuoMichael Packer & Ed 'Little Fire' Johnson |
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Winning self-produced CD"'Rikers Island Blues'" by The Michael Packer Band |
Photos by Dennis M. Czund (Click on a photo for a high-resolution image)
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And the winners are:
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See our IBC pages for more info. Thanks to Paul's Tavern for hosting the event! |
ADVERTISEMENT and SPONSORSHIPS -- If you would like to Advertise in our upgraded Jazz and Blues Quarterly, get BANNER ads on our site, or SPONSOR any of the many upcoming events, please let us know QUICKLY! Deadlines are approaching for publication and press for many of the upcoming events.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS - Check out the new Classified section. Send your requests to be added to classified@jsjbf.org. We will put up an automated add/delete function if there is enough interest in the section.
BANDS: Send all Press Kits, including CDs to the P.O. Box below for consideration in upcoming JSJBF events.
More detail on JSJBF Band Membership is HERE.
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