Pandemic Projects

The past two years have been life-changing on so many levels. The COVID-19 pandemic left artists in a quandary. Earning became impossible, since restaurants, night clubs, theaters, concert halls, and most other venues where music is performed closed down for over a year. Some went out of business. So many musicians died. I counted many among the 55 departed souls that I knew, who are gone.

Good things happened and I keep my eyes on the prize. To tell the stories of innovative musicwomen and musicmen, we published two annual issues each of Musicman and Musicwoman Magazines. www.musicwomanmagazine.com - www.musicmanmagazine.com

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Jazz Ain't Nothin' But Soul by Norman Mapp

Jazz is makin' do with taters and grits Standing up each time you get hit Jazz ain't nothin' but soul From 1968 to 1970, I visited every jazz room in New York City. I went from Slug's in the Far East on 2nd Street between Avenues A and B all the way uptown to Club Baron and Small's Paradise. In the Village, I was at the Blue Note, Village Vanguard and Village Gate. Every Jazzmobile was on my list of things to do, whether it was in Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan or Brooklyn. The memory that has stayed with me throughout my Jazz Excursion is the song given to me on a lead sheet by the composer Norman Mapp who also wrote "Mr. Ugly" and "I Worry 'Bout You". This was in 1983, at Freddy's on the lower east side, when I was petitioning the manager for a night to bring my band there. Norman handed me the song, after we had a long discussion at the bar about my two mentors Betty "Bebop" Carter and Joe Lee Wilson . Both of them recorded an...

Sisters in Harmony Photo Shoot and Book Expo in Coconut Grove July 22

Rome in July

From July 4-7, 2013, Fondazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne in Musica will host the WIMUST Conference in Fiuggi, Rome. I have the opportunity to attend but need to raise funds for my flight from Miami. Help me get to Rome by making a donation at GOFUNDME . And thanks, in advance, for your support. Joan Cartwright

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