November 2009
Welcome to the Georgia Straight Jazz Society Newsletter, keeping you up to date on the local and Vancouver Island jazz scene and informed about your Society.
Annual General Meeting
December 3
Elks' Hall, Courtenay
6:30 pm
All Society Members Encouraged to Attend
Election of officers
Financial review
Past year review,
Plans for the coming year and more
Followed at 7:30 by the Jazz Club featuring Velvet Swing
AT THE JAZZ CLUB
Liam Grimm Bursary Fundraiser
The Thursday Nov 19 Jazz Club will be a very special night - it's the premier appearance at the Jazz Club by Campbell River's Wee Little Big Band, and the night we celebrate the memory of Liam Grimm. All proceed from the night go to the Liam Grimm Bursary, which is awarded to area students persuing post-secondary education in jazz. Come out and support the bursary, jazz education and the Wee Little Big Band!
Thursday Jazz at the Elks
7:30 pm, at Courtenay's Elk's Hall, September through July. No cover. Musicians welcome to sit in on the final set jam.
- Nov 4 - Cameron Wigmore Quintet
- Nov 12 - Jilli Martini and Friends
- Nov 19 - Liam Grimm Bursary Fundraiser - Wee Little Big Band
- Nov 26 - Arrowsmith Big Band
Schedule subject to change.
JAZZ NEWS
Your Brain on Jazz
Ever wondered what a musician on stage is thinking about when they're blowing a great solo? Maybe not much. According to a a study conducted by scientists funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (interesting irony in itself!):
"...when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring one’s performance is shut down...".
Of course that's not the whole story. The study using MRI scanning found other, albeit small, areas of the brain quite active. Areas having to do with the cost of a beer or the cute audience member in the first row? Find out more . . .