Three Aces - Mesterhazy, Clark and Helm

Hubert Sumlin and Levon Helm both passed away this year.

JERSEY SHORE NIGHTBEAT – Bill E. Kelly

At first, I was to resume my weekly music column for the summer of 2012 with a preview of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center benefit at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, and I wanted to go to the show, get some photos and report on what happened.

Then came the tragic news that the great jazz pianist George Mesterhazy had died quietly in his sleep in his room above Cape May’s Merion Inn, where he played piano downstairs in the historic bar and restaurant. A memorial funeral service, probably New Orleans style, was to be held in Cape May Court House at the same time as the Stone Pony benefit. I would make neither.

Well, a review of the benefit was put off in favor of a proper tribute to George Mesterhazy, that would have been my column this week, but then something terrific happened – my former Ocean City, NJ friend and neighbor Dick Richards Boccelli was nominated, indicted and officially inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and took his 19 year old grand son and protégé with him to Cleveland for the formal induction services on the night before the Stone Pony benefit and Mesterhazy memorial tribute. If I had known earlier, I would have tried to make the Cleveland gig too, but I’m sure Dick will come back with some great stories and his grandson will have a few photos of the experience.

Then, while trying to decide which story to write about, while I was listening to a recording of an impromptu traditional Irish jam session in McReynolds Pub in Dungiven, Ireland, I got word from across the pond that Tony Summers and Robbyn Swan, who live in Ireland, were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in History for their book The Eleventh Day. As I worked as a research assistant with Tony on his book Not In Your Lifetime, and helped them as I could on The Eleventh Day, I was honored to get their email thanking friends and associates for assisting them.

One friend inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and another associate nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, if good things happen in threes I was waiting for some more good news, and still am waiting.

While I was waiting, and before I could even begin the tribute to Mesterhazy, Dick Clark died, and I thought, utt-oh, that’s not what I was expecting.

Being so close to the Hall through Dick and knowing Tony nominated for a Pulitzer, I really believed that good things were happening and great things were on the horizon, but the tide suddenly changed, and the recognition for past deeds was suddenly swamped by death – of Mesterhazy, of Clark, and here I wait for the third shoe to drop. And it didn’t take long.

As I type these words, the Public Broadcasting News reporter, at the top of the hour, announces that Levon Helm, the drummer and voice of the Band, had died of cancer.

George Mesterhazy, Dick Clark and Levon Helm – There’s Three Aces for you. Each made music their passion and left their mark on the music and the Jersey Shore.

They were each great in their own way - Mesterhazy for being the master pianist, Clark for recognizing and promoting the music, and Levon Helm for being the leader, drummer and voice of the best rock & roll band to play the Jersey Shore, and they will be remembered as such.

More to come on all these people. - BK

Charlie Grace Interviewed on Radio Times

Charlie Grace in England.

April 15, 2012 – WHYY Marti Masculane Radio Times Interview w/ Charlie Grace

Charlie Grace: …I was always a performer. In my particular case I wasn’t just a rocker’ like some of the guys were, I was a performer. I grew up in the nightclub industry. I saw people like Louie Prima, you know what I mean? Great movie stars, some of the best, Jack Teagarden, great musicians at the Old Latin Casino – Nat King Cole – just to mention a couple of them, and there were hundreds. You sit and you watch and emulate and you learn. It’s unfortunate for these young kids today because there’s nobody left to learn from. That form of entertainment is gone.

But I think I’m one of the last guys. I’ll tell you what happened….I did Nick & …, 5,000 people, you want to perform, that’s what you want. I was there in the afternoon, guy says, “Charlie can you do me a favor?” I said sure, anything you want. “I got fifteen hundred people in the park sitting in folding chairs, can you do a couple numbers?” Give me a mike and an amp. So I did an hour an half for the guy – music, comedy.

Most entertainers are one dimensional. I don’t care if the audience is a hundred years old or nineteen years old, I’ll entertain them.

MM: It sounds like you live for the stage.

Grace: Absolutly, when I’m off for a week my wife says “Go get a gig, you’re driving me crazy.”

MM: Do you practice a lot?

Grace: I never practice at home at all. I can’t play the guitar in a room by myself, it bores me to death. I need an audience. And I learned on stage. You never stop learning on the guitar, it’s infinite. There’s a guy named Pacini, a great violinsts, but he mastered the guitar first, and nobody knows that. And he said there’s no end to the guitar. I thought I knew every cord ever written and I got a book with 1400 more. I was way behind. But you learn as you play. I studied. A lot of guys learn four or five cords and make a living doing it, which is fine, but I wanted to be perfect, and I’m not perfect and I’m not the greatest. There’s guys who can play me under the table. But give me a microphone, give me an audience, and most of the time I think they go home audience.

MM: We’ll be right back. We’re with Charlie Grace, today on Radio Times. He’s had a long career as a guitarist, performer, entertainer, as he days, he’ll be turning 76 in May, and he has a new album called “For the Love of Charlie,” and a hit song, “Baby Doll.”

MM: Charlie, we’ll play “Guitar Boogie,” which is recorded live at the Stockholm Globe, going back to 1975, and will show off you’re guitar playing.

Grace: Let me say this before you play it, that particular night, I didn’t know this man was recording it – old reel to reel, and after the show he gave it to me as a memento to take home with me. But I had a broken string, and that happens sometimes, you know? So I couldn’t get into the high strings, so I’m playing mostly rhythm and I want people to understand that. Usually goes down the tubes when that happens, you know you have a few thousand people out there and you’re alone on stage, what do you do?

MM: Well, we’re all ears, let’s hear “Guitar Boogie” by Charlie Grace.

[“Guitar Boogie”]

MM: Charlie Grace playing “Guitar Boogie” with just five strings. Not bad.

CG: The show must go on. We didn’t have two or three guitars to change back then. They didn’t even have an amplifier, I had to bring my own amplifier. They didn’t have amplifiers.

MM: Do you ever get nervous before a show?

CG: I was never nervous in my life before a show until I did a TV show. I was fine until the guy said, “Five minutes, Mister Grace,” and I said I’m ready. He said, “Tonight sixty-five million people are going to see you sing and play kid.” When he said that all the saliva dried up in my mouth, and I said how am I going to sing with my tongue clinging to the roof of my mouth? And it was live. If you make a mistake…. And I went out and I was perfect.

MM: Now what year was that?

CG: I was 21 years old, March or April of ’57, I was on TV with Wilt Chamberlain, the great Philadelphia basketball player, a wonderful guy, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Ben Blue and Senior West (/?). “It’s alright, It’s alright.”

I went home and the next day my grandmother, she was still alive, God bless her, she saw the show and you know what she says to me? “Don’t get a big head.” How do you like that for wisdom from a women who never went to school and worked all her life. “Don’t get a big head,” I’ll never forget it till the day they bury me.”

MM: Now we go to the phones, Gary from New York.

CG: I work with Charlie Grace and this is the only way I can contact him because he wasn’t returning my phone calls yesterday, and I wanted to tell him that his song “Baby Doll” is the number four CD single in New York this week….

George Mesterhazy RIP 1953 - 2012

George Mesterhazy RIP 1953 - 2012

The first time I saw George Mesterhazy play piano was on the stage at the Club Harlem. I was sitting with Chris Columbo, the leader of the house band that played out front in the lounge. We were the only white guys in the house, George on stage and me in the audience, and Chris Columbo was saying in his deep, husky voice, “That’s George, he’s the best, self-taught too.”

Around the same time I saw his name up on the marque at Arthur Prysock’s on Atlantic Avenue, and also caught him playing guitar in a band in a small Atlantic City club. Then when the casinos came in, Mesterhazy was everywhere, playing or sitting in with all of the bands who played behind the casino headliners.

Chris Columbo was the head of the Atlantic City musicians union, which was run out of a building in Pleasantville, and Chris was complaining that the casinos didn’t want to have to hire local musicians like him and Mesterhazy, but wanted to have recorded music at shows instead. Recorded music didn’t “push” you like real live music does, but Chris lost that battle before he died (at age 100), the casinos got what they wanted, the musicians hall was closed and boarded up, and many of the musicians left town.

When the Princess Grace Ballet Troupe of Monaco came in, they asked me why there wasn’t an orchestra and they had to dance to recorded music – it was something that they had never experienced before, and I couldn’t explain it to them.

In any case, I met up with George Mesterhazy again in Cape May, where I was living at the time and he came in to play with the Jazz Vespers at the church on Decater Street. The Vespers are a diverse lot of jazz musicians who convince the pastors of various churches to allow them to play jazz in church and with such great acoustics, its really a spiritual experience. I think George also was hired to play for the church choir but after playing at the church, he wandered across the street for a drink and get something to eat at the venerable Merion Inn, which has been on Decater Street for as long as anyone can remember. There he met the owner, who hired him to play the piano, and they hit it off so George moved in upstairs and helped manage the place.

The Merion soon became known for not only its good food but for the music, and all of George’s music and entertainment friends would stop in and occasionally jam with him, especially during the twice-yearly Jazz Fest.

Although George was often off touring with a jazz singing diva or recording with some superstar in New York, more often than not he could be found at dinner time playing the baby grand piano at the Merion in Cape May.

Press of Atlantic City

Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:07 pm | Updated: 5:28 pm, Fri Apr 13, 2012.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/george-mesterhazy-grammy-nominated-jazz-pianist-and-manager-of-merion/article_c358a9e0-859b-11e1-9e17-001a4bcf887a.html
By VINCENT JACKSON Staff Writer |

The southern New Jersey music community was in mourning Friday over the passing of well-known and Grammy nominated jazz pianist George Mesterhazy, who died Thursday.

Friends said Mesterhazy had died in his sleep of natural causes.

A jazz musician for the past 30 years, Mesterhazy, 59, was known for being the pianist and manager at the Merion Inn in Cape May.

Mesterhazy was born in Austria and his family came to America in 1959. He moved to Somers Point when he was a teenager and developed his love of music while he attended Mainland Regional High School. He was a self-taught pianist.

Mesterhazy’s piano playing was first heard in public at the now defunct Club Harlem in Atlantic City. He performed at every Atlantic City casino except the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and Revel.

Mesterhazy composed his own music and has done records with different jazz singers, including Paula West. In 1998, he accompanied jazz singer Shirley Horn on “Loving You,” which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The pianist also was a familiar face at the Cape May Jazz Festival, where he played multiple times. He also frequently performed in Somers Point, where played at the first annual Somers Point Jazz Society Benefit Concert in 2009.

A celebration of George Mesterhazy will be held on Sunday at the Middle Township Performing Arts Center, 212 Bayberry Drive, Cape May Court House. Doors open at noon for friends and family to gather. The celebration starts at 2 p.m.

Vincent Jackson:
VJackson@pressofac.com

Marine Mammal Stranding Center Stone Pony Benefit - Sunday

Marine Mammals Rock!
Marine Mammal Stranding Center Benefit at: Stone Pony

Date:Sunday, April 15 2012
Time:4 pm
Stone Pony
913 Ocean Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Box Office: 732.502.0600

Benefit Event for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center

Bob and Sheila have been doing great things at the MMSC for many years now, and there certainly isn't a more worthy charity that musicians and entertainers can support, especially those at the Jersey Shore where the Stranding Center has been maintaining their watch.

At one time Bob trained the dolphins to jump through hoops at Steel Pier in Atlantic City and recognized the need for such a service and facility and they have selflessly provided it for the past few decades, supported primarily through donations, sales of t-shirts, golf tournaments and the occasional fund raiser - and hell raisers like this one.

The Stone Pony is a great and historic venue for such a show, but I what I want to know is how come all of the acts scheduled to perform are from North Jersey and none, as far as I can see, are from the South Jersey Shore where the Center is located? Hopefully someday the South Jersey Shore bands will recognize that they too should contribute some of their time and talent to such a great enterprise.

PERFORMING ACTS:

BOBBY BANDIERA
BOB BURGER BAND
featuring Lisa Bouchelle, Jimmy Leahey and Joe Bellia
NICK CLEMONS BAND, RAY ANDERSEN TRIO
JONNY B & THE BLUES BLAZERS withSANDY MACK
GUNSMOKE, MDMG
and acoustic performers
PAT GUADAGNO
Poppa John Bug, Dave Miller
Doors at 4 pm
Tickets: $20 in advance. $25 at the door
PLUS APPLICABLE SURCHARGES

ALL AGES ADMITTED
21 TO DRINK (IN BAR AREA)
More info at mmsc.org ormarinemammalsrock.com
Event Details
Date:Sunday, April 15 2012
Time:4 pm
Age:All Ages
Best Parking:913 Ocean Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712

We have scoured the planet and brought together a collection of the most talented and amazing musicians the Jersey Shore has ever seen.

More importantly, these bands have all donated their time and their great talent to help raise awareness and funds for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

Bobby Bandiera
Bob Burger
Jonny B and the Blue Blazers
Nick Clemmons
Lisa Bouchelle
Jimmy Lehey
Pappa John Bug
Pat Guadagno
Gunsmoke
Dave Miller
MDMG
Ray Anderson Trio

The Center, located in Brigantine, NJ is dedicated to responding to marine mammals and sea turtles in distress along all of New Jersey’s waterways and to the rehabilitation of these animals for release back into the wild.

In situations where animals may not be re-released, every effort is made to secure a proper, enriching facility to provide lifetime care. They are further committed to the well-being of marine mammals and to inspire responsible stewardship of our oceans through educational programs and collaboration. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private non-profit organization based in Brigantine, New Jersey.

Since the Center’s founding in 1978, staff and volunteers have responded to over 4,000 calls for whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles that washed ashore on New Jersey beaches. These animals range from a five pound Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle to a 25-ton Humpback Whale (both of which are endangered species).

Latest News
Chuck Wagner will be Hosting!
Hi Friends! I have some very exciting news!The very talented Chuck Wagner has agreed to Host/M.C. this wonderful charity event, and he'll be supplying the appropriate (or not so appropriate) amount of stupidity!

There will also be door prizes and silent auctions--a wonderful evening of great rock and roll for a great cause--The Marine Mammal Stranding Center!

Hope you can join us!
Iconic Musicians at an Iconic Rock Club
This event promises to be one of the hottest events of the season, and the best thing about it is that it is all for a great cause!

Come to The Stone Pony on Sunday, April 15th to listen to music from Bobby Bandiera, the Bob Burger Band (featuring Lisa Bouchelle, Joe Bellia, Jimmy Leahey, John Rogers), the Nick Clemons Band (Nick is the son of legendary Clarence Clemons of the E-Street Band), world-renowned blues band Jonny B and the Blues Blazers, The Ray Andersen Quartet, Pat Guadagno, Poppa John Bug, Dave Miller, Gunsmoke, and MDMG.

We will have a silent auction, featuring prizes that include a month membership to The Atlantic Club gym, sailing lessons, DJ services for a private party, a day fishing expedtion, fine wines, a Mercedes pedal car, drum skins from Southside Johnny, a day scuba expedition, photograph canvases from Mike Black, paintings by Megan Heath Gilhool, Carolyn Roche seaglass jewelry, website design with hosting for a year, jewelry by Donna Nova Diamond, eco-friendly gifts and a free home energy audit, a basket of goodies from Shore Chic...and so much more!!!

And if that isn't enough, you will get to hear Bob Burger perform original songs from his newly released CD, 'The Day After'. Five years after the release of his award-winning album, 'Surprise Party', Bob has released his fourth solo record on his independent BIG BRAVE MUSIC label and will be performing tunes from his latest album. If you are a Bob Burger fan, and who isn't, you can listen to samples from the CD, as well as purchase MP3's--and the CD at amazon.com: as well as on cdbaby.com, itunes, and at Jack's Music Shop in Red Bank.

Sponsor Info
Please consider sponsoring this event.
Various options are listed below, or contact us with your unique idea!
Sea Turtle
($250 - $499) Sponsor
Benefits Include:
MMSC quarterly printed newletter The Blowhole
A Seal Adoption kit
20% Discount at MMSC Gift Shop
Harbor Seal
($500 - $749) Sponsor
Benefits Include:
"Cupid the Seal" T-shirt
Acknowledgement in MMSC Newsletter
The Dolphin
($750 - $999) Sponsor
Benefits Include:
Special Invitation to accompany staff members to a beach release of rehabilitated animals back to ocean.
The Whale
($1,000 - $2,500) Sponsor
Benefits Include:
Private Tour of Rehabilitation Facility for up to 6 people.
Sponsors NAME / LOGO prominently displayed in MMSC Museum. (17,000 visitors a

http://www.mmsc.org/home.html

Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Mission Statement
Rescue, Rehabilitate, Release, Preserve

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is dedicated to responding to marine mammals and sea turtles in distress along all of New Jersey’s waterways and to the rehabilitation of these animals for release back into the wild. In situations where animals may not be re-released, every effort is made secure a proper, enriching facility to provide lifetime care. We are further committed to the well-being of marine mammals and to inspire responsible stewardship of our oceans through educational programs and collaboration.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private non-profit organization based in Brigantine, New Jersey. Since the Center’s founding in 1978, staff and volunteers have responded to over 4000 calls for whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles Jersey beaches. These animals ran from a five pound Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle to a 25-ton Humpback Whale (both of which are endangered species).

MMSC60-266-0538
3625 Brigantine Blvd. Brigantine, NJ 08203

http://www.mmsc.org/strandings/membership-form.html

Dan Fogel

Jazz Organist Dan Fogel at the Jockey Club

Somers Point Jazz Fest - March 8 - 11

For tix go to: www.spjazz.org.

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Venissa Santi Quintet
Venissa Santi-vocal; Tim Thompson-trumpet; John Stenger-piano; Madison Rast-bass; Francois Zayas-drums & percussion
Mission Point Church 900 W. New York Ave., Somers Point, NJ 7 – 10 PM
Luke O’Reilly Quartet
Luke O’Reilly-piano; Nimrod Speaks-bass; Anwar Marshall-drums; Dean Moore-alto saxophone
Gregory’s Restaurant 900 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ 8:30 – 11:30 PM

Friday, March 9, 2012
Mulgrew Miller Trio
Mulgrew Miller-piano; Ivan Taylor-bass; Rodney Green-drums
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 8 PM and 10 PM
Keith Hollis Quartet
Keith Hollis-drums; Frank Strauss-piano; Korey Riker-tenor saxophone; Dean Carrigan-bass
Gregory’s Restaurant 900 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 8 PM and 10 PM
Sheryl Bailey Quartet
Sheryl Bailey-guitar; Mike LeDonne-piano; Gary Wang-bass; Joe Strasser-drums
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro -dining room sets at 9:30 PM and 11:30 PM

Saturday, March 10, 2012
Walt Weiskopf Sextet
Walt Weiskopf-tenor saxophone; Andy Fusco-alto saxophone; John Mosca-trombone; Joel Weiskopf-piano; Doug Weiss-bass; Jason Brown-drums
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 8 PM and 10 PM
Three Blind Mice
Victor North-tenor saxophone; Lucas Brown-organ; Wayne Smith-drums
Gregory’s Restaurant 900 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 8 and 10 PM
Jimmy Cobb and Cobb’s Mob
Jimmy Cobb-drums; Rick Germanson-piano; John Webber-bass; Javon Jackson-tenor saxophone
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro – dining room sets at 9:30 PM and 11:30 PM

Sunday, March 11, 2012
Tim Horner Quintet
Tim Horner-drums; Jim Ridl-piano; John Hart-guitar; Marc Mommaas-tenor & soprano saxophone; Martin Wind-bass
Gregory’s Restaurant 900 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 2 PM and 4 PM
Grant Stewart Quartet with special guest Hilary Gardner
Grant Stewart-tenor saxophone; Hilary Gardner-vocal; Tardo Hammer-piano; Joel Forbes-bass; Phillip Stewart-drums
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ sets at 4 PM and 6PM

This program is made possible in part through the New Jersey State Council of the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts through the Local Arts Grant administered by Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.

SOMERS POINT – Jazzheads from around the country will attend the 14th annual Cape Bank Jazz @ the Point festival March 8-11. In the spotlight will be world-class musicians and homegrown talent, and local establishments will be center stage.

Performers from all over the world will be featured over the four-day festival. Some, like drummer Keith Hollis, will practically be performing in his own backyard.

Born and raised in Atlantic City, Hollis began playing the drums when he was 9 years old in his father’s church, Friendship Outreach Ministries in Atlantic City. He said Monday that he is grateful to be performing in the festival.

“I’ve always played in church. In around 2000, I really started getting out, gigging around here and playing jazz,” Hollis said. “I am meeting a lot of musicians – meeting people that I didn’t know existed – some really great players.”

Hollis has performed in Atlantic City’s Jazz on the Beach series sponsored by the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, and on Friday, March 9 he will be returning to Gregory’s Restaurant and Bar, where he played in the Blue Moon Winter Jazz Series last year.
The Keith Hollis Quartet will perform sets at 8 and 10 p.m. featuring Hollis on drums, Frank Strauss of Manayunk on piano, Korey Riker of Philadelphia on tenor saxophone, Dean Carrigan of Atlantic City on bass and guest Scott Lerner of Cherry Hill on guitar.
Hollis said that musically he is inspired by both pianists (he plays that as well) and drummers. He cited the fusion jazz band the Yellowjackets as his primary influence and said the band will perform a lot of “groovy, funky, fusion-y jazz.”

“I’m a huge fan of the Yellowjackets. I’m not trying to be like the Jackets, but I love that type of jazz. Whenever I get that opportunity to put a band together it so happens it is always the Yellowjackets sound,” he said.

Hollis said that for him it is all about the music. He gave thanks to the “loving creator for the gift of music and my dad, Raymond D. Hollis Sr., who was one of my biggest fans, may he rest in peace.”

“I’m grateful to be a part of the musicians circle in this area; I am really grateful. I’m looking forward to playing more music with as many great musicians in the area as I can,” he said.
Hollis is working on his first album, expected to be released next month. He said people can find him on Facebook to see where he will be playing next.

According to Somers Point Jazz Society President Nick Regine, the festival depends on the local community to support a national audience.

In its first year, Gregory’s and two restaurants that are no longer in town, the Pearl Restaurant and Brownie’s by the Bay hosted the festival. Each year the event is played at various venues throughout Somers Point.

“I love jazz. I’ve been a fan of jazz since I was in high school,” said Walt Gregory, co-owner of Gregory’s.

He said his 70-seat venue is reminiscent of the old smoky jazz clubs. During the festival, a Cajun menu will be featured.

“I think it’s going to be fun. With the food, people come in, sit down; when it’s too late to eat dinner but want they to snack on something, we’ll make these plates where more than one person can eat off of them,” Gregory said.

Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro owner Dan Anderson said that in his second year as host, music will be in the dining room in addition to the ballroom. Last year music was played in ballroom and the loft upstairs.

He said the daily special during the performances will be $5 for any of five types of appetizers.
“This year we’re adding more specials, drink specials, appetizers and things like that,” Anderson said.

Regine said in addition to the host venues, nearly 40 businesses will support the festival by advertising in the program book.

“Walt has been there forever. Dan is a new guy, and his heart is definitely in the right place,” he said Tuesday.

Anderson said he and his staff are looking forward to the festival.
“It’s really exciting for my wife and I and our team here. We’re happy the Jazz Society stuck with us and had the confidence in us to host it again. It’s a great event for the city of Somers Point.”

For information see www.spjazz.org.

Howlin' for Hubert Benefit Feb. 24

"Howlin' For Hubert" A Benefit For The Jazz Foundation Of America
Howlin' for Hubert: Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America

howlinforhubert@eventassociatesinc.com

Friday, Feb. 24 http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000483A12BEDBFB?artistid=1688298&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=4

8 pm Apollo Theater NYNY

Eric Clapton
Keith Richards
Ivan Neville
James Cotton
Shemekia Copeland
Buddy Guy
David Johansen
Dr. John
Jimmie Vaughan


Doyle Bramhall II
Gary Clark, Jr.
Billy Flynn
Barrelhouse Chuck Goering
Steve Jordan
Danny Kortchmar
Keb' Mo'
Todd Mohr
Robert Randolph
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Larry Taylor
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks
Jimmy Vivino
Willie Weeks
Jody Williams
Kim Wilson

Where's Billy Hector?