Jazzmouth 2009

The 5th Anniversary of Jazzmouth 

We welcome your financial support!

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JAZZMOUTH FESTIVAL

c/o The Press Room

77 Daniel Street

Portsmouth, NH 03801 

Thursday, April 23

5 PM -The Music Hall "Scene @ Five" Presenting Jazzmouth's Pre-Show

              • Live Jazz by The Chris O'Neil and Keith Foley Duo

              •  David Amram accompanying readings of Latin American Poetry 

in the newly designed Beaux Art styled lobby.

7 PM - Jazzmouth Film Night at The Music Hall, presenting the NH Premier of Cachao: Uno Más*. If you are a lover of Latin music, or simply a lover of music, you don't want to miss "Cachao: Uno Más", a documentary about legendary Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez. 

The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, 436-2400

Friday, April 24

11  AM - Coffee Break Poetry Reading at Breaking New Grounds, (Free) featuring favorite New England poets, including  Liz Ahl, Neil English, Cleopatra Mathis and Pat Parnell.

Breaking New Grounds, 14 Market Square, 436-9555

6 PM - Dinner, Discussion and Poetry (Free admission, Sponsored in part by the NH Humanities Council) presented by the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program, a tribute to Robert Dunn, readings by John Perrault, Dudley Laufman, Elizabeth Knies, John-Michael Albert, Cicely Buckley, Mark DeCarteret and Walter Butts at The Spring Hill Tavern at the Dolphin Striker.

The Spring Hill Tavern (downstairs at The Dolphin Striker), 15 Bow Street, 431-5222

8 PM - Jazzmouth Jazzfest at The Press Room Featuring:
    •  Bob Dorough Trio - legendary bebop vocalist/pianist (Miles Davis collaborator, composer  of "School House Rock")
    •  Larry Simon & the Seacoast Allstars "1960's Latin Boogalo" Show
      •  PMAC Youth Jazz Ensemble

The Press Room, 77 Daniel Street, 431-5186

Saturday, April 25

11  AM - Young Writers Beatnight at RiverRun Bookstore (Free - Sponsored in part by the NH Humanities Council), provides an opportunity for teen writers to read their work with live musical accompaniment and personal mentoring from, special guest David Amram and Larry Simon.

RiverRun Bookstore, 20 Congress Street, 431-2100

1 PM - Poetry Workshop at the Portsmouth Public Library (Free - Sponsored in part by the NH Humanities Council),an exploration of poetry as social witness led by poet and scholar Maren Tirabassi and several guest instructors, including Ayanna Morris, Ryan McLellan and Kathy Wurtz.  Suitable for all levels.

Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Avenue, 427-1540

1 PM - Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow Street, (603) 433-4472 - Featuring  Bob Dorough  - Music and Conversation with School House Rock composer suitable for all ages. 

4 PM - Reading at RiverRun Books (Free) with poets Henri Cole and Janie Fink.

RiverRun Bookstore, 20 Congress Street, 431-2100

8 PM - Jazzmouth Extravaganza at The Music Hall, Mose Allison,-Jazz singer/pianist and composer of countless timeless masterpieces, Former United States Poet Laureate Donald Hall, David Amram, special guests and old friends, Tim Veilleux, Cara Losier and Andrew Periale accompanied by The Larry Simon Ensemble.  

Tickets on sale at www.themusichall.org.

The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut Street, 436-2400

Sunday, April 26

11  AM - Poetry Jazz Brunch at The Library Restaurant, featured poets include Alice Persons (Editor, Moonpie Press), Nate Amadon (host, North Star Cafe open mics), Jay Davis, the 2008 National Slam competitors Matt Biondi, The Colonel and Rollergirl, our Seacoast Set Heidi Therrien, Cody Laplante, Sarah Osgood and George Jack, all reading original work with accompaniment by The Larry Simon Ensemble, over a fabulous buffet. 

$22 and reservations are strongly suggested: 431-5202.  Doors open at 11AM.  Please plan to arrive and be seated before 11:30AM performance begins.  Buffet will be served before performance.

The Library Restaurant at the Rockingham, 401 State Street, 431-5202

April 23 - 26, 2009 - Jeremy Heflin's Jazzmouth Photography Exhibit will be on display upstairs at The Press Room during the entire festival. 

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* Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), often known just as "Cachao" was a Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1918. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won several Grammy Awards, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He was, in his last years, the most important living figure in Cuban music, on or off the island. According to Cuban-music historian, Ned Sublette, he was "arguably the most important bassist in twentieth-century popular music", innovating not only Cuban music but also influencing the now familiar bass lines of American R&B, "which have become such a part of the environment that we don't even think where they came from." (Lala.com)In the late 1950's, he brought another breakthrough to Latin music with descargas: late night Havana jam sessions that merged Afro-Cuban rhythms, Cuban songs and the convolutions of jazz. The mixture of propulsion and exploration in those recordings has influenced salsa and jazz music ever since. (NY Times)In many respects, the career of Israel "Cachao" López embodies the story of Latin music in the twentieth century. Cachao wrote the first Afro-Cuban mambo, in 1938.