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The LADY GOT CHOPS Women's Month Jazz Festival, an annual March celebration of Women's Month
was concieved in 2003.Hosted by
Jazz Spot club owners: Lillithe Meyers, Tiecha Merritt
and developed by bassist/webdeveloper Kim Clarke, it was originally created to give
women performers and bandleaders
a chance to be recognized for their valuable
contributions to the Arts..Seven of the festivals were solely held therein.
The Jazz Spot closed its doors permanently in 2009 after the 7th festival.
The 8th & 9th & 10th festivals were held in the following venues:
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JAZZ 966
BEAN RUNNER CAFE
DWYER CULTURAL CENTER
JAZZ STANDARD
CLOVERS ART GALLERY
ANTIQUE GARAGE
BOWERY WINE CO
MILES CAFE
5 C CULTURAL CENTER
ZINC BAR
THE PROPER CAFE
FASHION ROCK RENTAL HALL
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LAKSHMI HOLISTIC CENTER
SHRINE
VOELKER ORTH MUSEUM
NORTHPORT TASTING ROOM AND WINE CELLAR
LANGSTON HUGHES LIBRARY
EAST ELMHURST COMMUNITY LIBRARY
AFRO ART DESIGNS
NICK'S PUB
UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS
ST. MARKS ON THE BOWERY
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CALENDAR ARCHIVE
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL I (2003)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL II (2004)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL III (2005)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL IV (2006)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL V (2007)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL VI(2008)
LADY GOT CHOPS FESTIVAL VII (2009)
LADY GOT CHOPS Women's Month Music and Arts Festival (2010)
LADY GOT CHOPS Women's Month Music and Arts Festival (2011)
LADY GOT CHOPS Women's History Month Music Festival(2012)
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2009 Sponsor Page
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SUPPORT THE 10th Annual LADY GOT CHOPS Women's Month Jazz Festival
To date THE BEAN RUNNER CAFE - in Peekskill NY,Zinc Bar and Sista's Place
have committed to host dates.
Stay tuned.
We need your help. With support from our friends
we can continue the tradition of promoting
up and coming as well as well-established Women in the Arts.
Please visit Women In Jazz, Inc.
a 501 C3 charitable organization.Under the banner of Women's History Month-
through music performance,dance and visual arts,
our performers can have an outlet for their creative work, network with others
who are working and making it in the business ,
elders who have experience can share their stories, support art vendors, network
with venue owners, and have an outlet for extraordinary performance.
When we began 7 years ago it was a celebration with these ideas and a way to draw
traffic to the lovely and now defunct JAZZ SPOT CAFE.
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Former participants list Festival
1. Allison Crockett- vocalist educator
2. Allison Miller- drummer
3. Alva Anderson- viola/vocalist
4. Akua Dixon Turre- cellist/vocalist
5. Arlee Leonard-vocalist/seminar guest
6. Audrey Wright- saxophonist
7. Aziza Miller- vocalist /pianist /spoken word artist
8. Barbara Merjan- Broadway drummer
9. Bernice Brooks – drum/cable tv producer
10. Bertha Hope- pianist/arranger
11. Brianne Ford-pianist
12. Carol Sudhalter-saxophonist
13. Cathy Hope Harley- pianist/bassist
14. Charanee Wade-vocalist
15. Courtney Bryan-piano
16. Deanna Witkowski-piano
17. DeAriesha-drummer
18. Dee Ramey-drums
19. Della Griffin-drummer/vocalist
20. Debbie Kennedy- bass
21. Dinah Vero-pianist/educator
22. Dotti Anita Taylor- flautist/pianist
23. Emme Kemp- pianist vocalist
24. Gillian Harwin- bass/vocals/ bowed saw
25. Goussy Celestin-pianist/dancer
26. Irene Ishe-percusssion
27. Jane Getter-guitar
28. Jocelyn Pleasant-drums
29. Judith Insell-Staake- viola
30. Kathryn Farmer- organist/vocalist
31. Keisha St.Joan- vocalist
32. Kim Clarke- fest-co-producer/bassist
33. Kim Thompson-drummer
34. Kit McClure- bandleader/sax
35. Lakecia Benjamin- alto sax /bandleader/arranger
36. Linda Oh Mahan- bassist
37. Lisa Parrot-saxophonist/bandleader
38. Louise Bethune- vocalist
39. Luciana Padmore-drummer
40. Maeve Royce-bassist
41. Mala Waldron- pianist/vocalist
42. Mamiko Watanabe- pianist/arranger
43. Marlene- Rice- violinist
44. Meilana Gillard-sax
45. Melissa Slocum-bassist
46. Miki Hayama- piano
47. Mireya Ramos-violin/vocalist
48. Miriam Sullivan- bass
49. Naomi Johnson-vocalist
50. Niki Mathis-vocalist/producer
51. Nicki Parrot-bass
52. Nioka Workman- cellist
53. Olivia Sci- drums
54. Rachel Eckroth-piano
55. Rachel Z- pianist composer/bandleader
56. Rebecca Levinson-piano
57. Roberta Piket- piano
58. Sara Towns-piano
59. Sheryl Bailey- guitarist/educator
60. Sylvia Cuenca-drums
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61. Tara Thierry-bassist
62. Tia Fuller- alto sax/band leader
63. Toli Almasi Reid-trombone/bandleader/spoken word artist
64. V.daNeesa Monk – bass/trumpet/vocalist
65. Annette Aguilar- percission/ band leader
66. Nikki Denner-piano
67. Jennifer Vincent-bass
68. Cristelle Durandy -vocals
69. Jackie Coleman-trumpet/leader
70. Bomi Choi-drums
71. Andrea Brachfeld-flute/leader
72. Chiemi Nakai-piano
73. Tanya Darby-trumpet/leader
74. Jami Dauber-trumpet/co-leader
75. Sheila Early-drums
76. Jacqueline Acevedo-congas
77. Antoinette Montague-vocal/ leader
78. Aronda Way-vocal/co-leader
79. Camille Thurman- sax/vocal/leader
80. Vivian -chekere
81. Vaughnette Bigford-voc
82. Annette Aguilar-perc
83. Flame, Jasmin Song and Mary Wormworth
84. Okaru Lovelace-voc
85 Marilyn Kleinberg-voc
86. Pam Fleming-tpt
87. Cybthia Hilts-piano
88. Kelly Powers-piano
89. Brianne Ford-piano
90. Adela Dalto-voc
91. Joan Cartwright-voc
92. Jocelyn Pleasant-drums
93. Kim Kalesti-voc
94. Lucy Blanco-voc
95. Noriko Ueda -bass
96. Amanda Ruzza- bass
97. Jocelyn Pleasant-drums
98. Camille Gainer-Jones -drums
99. Katie Cosco-piano
100.Adesuwa-vocal
101.JAn Leder-flute
102 Yayoi Ikawa-piano
103 Mireya Ramos-violin/vocal
104 Whitney Marchelle-voc
105 Andrea Brachfeld-flute
106 Myra Casales-percission
107 Sumi Tonooka-piano
108 Shanelle Jenkins-trumpet
109 Lina Bloch-sax
110 Rhonda Denet-voc
112 Claire Daly-Sax
113 Beareather Reddy-voc
114 Sharel Cassity-sax
115 Madame Pat Tandy-voc
116 Yunie Mojica-sax
117 Lady Cantreese-voc
118 Carmen Lundy-vocal/pianist/composer
119 Bathabile Mthombeni- guitar/voc
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Enjoy the Poem of Living Jazz Legend Bertha Hope : "SILENCE YOUR BONES"
Silence Your Bones - by Bertha Hope
Silence your bones in this enclosed space. Take a deep breath.
Deeper than that. And drink in, in the safety of this loving place,
the presence of women delivering their messages of women ways and women skin,
women words, women melody, women flesh, women old and women older.
Lady Got Chops after lady does laundry, the cleaning, the cooking, the shopping,
the planning, earning the degree, changing the job, earning the money,
changing the baby, going back to school, in no particular order, and Lady Got Chops.
Not all ladies do all that, but all ladies do some of that.
And Lady Got Chops womenstyle making good times roll by,
inventing pleasure out of pain.
Silence your bones and let these women have their blues with you.
Sweeten your tea with their grace. And drink in.
Dare to be transformed in this hour we share together.
Silence your bones in this enclosed space.
FESTIVAL REVIEWS:
NYC JAZZ Meetup 4
NYC JAZZ MEETUP 3
NYC JAZZ MEETUP 1
NYC JAZZ MEETUP 5
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