WOMEN IN JAZZ ENSEMBLE performs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Joan Cartwright - 954-607-7471- wijsf@yahoo.com

MARCH 7, 2009 @ 3-5 p.m. - Admission $20

African American Research Library and Cultural Center
2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

Professional, world-renown vocalists Jus' Cynthia, Sandra Kaye and Diva Joan Cartwright work with a jazz quartet to rehearse their road show, WOMEN IN JAZZ ON TOUR. Students from Broward Schools are invited to fill the 300-seat auditorium at AARLCC, during two, one-hour rehearsal/workshops, where the 7-member ensemble will run through dialogue and music exploring the lives of 11 women who brought jazz and blues music to the forefront of American popular culture and around the world. The women they portray include Bessie Smith, Marylou Williams, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. is a non-profit organization that promotes women musicians, globally, through contacts, articles, interviews, newsletters, events, courses, clinics, workshops, lectures, research, history, archives, websites, film, audio and video recording, concerts, performances and recognition. Visit the website - www.wijsf.org

To reserve seats for your class, contact Ray Lockley at 954-625-2810 or email Alockley@browardlibrary.org and copy your request to wijsf@yahoo.com

This program is funded by a grant from the Friends of AARLCC.

About Women in Jazz on Tour.