TRI-STATE JAZZ SOCIETY
Proudly Presents
Jazz with a youthful twist
The youth learning program of the Potomac River Jazz Club
The CAPITAL FOCUS JAZZ BAND
Under the direction of Dave Robinson
Sunday Feb. 21, ] 2:00 p.m. running 3 1/2 hours until 5:30 p.m.
Brooklawn American Legion Post
11 Railroad Ave at the end of Browning Rd
Brooklawn NJ 08030
$20, $15 members, $10 students and first time guests of members
The Capital Focus Jazz Band (CFJB) has performed at receptions for the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State and many other dignitaries. Performance venues have included the White House, the Capitol, the Kennedy Center, the National Mall, the Pentagon, the Smithsonian, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Bourbon Street and Preservation Hall (New Orleans), jazz clubs in New York, London and Amsterdam, and a variety of jazz festivals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
The band was also featured in live performance on NBC’s “Today Show”, and on Bravo’s “Artsbreak”. The band’s performance at the Louis Armstrong International Jazz Competition in Sainte-Adresse, France, won a special judges’ prize, placing ahead of several adult bands. The band was one of five young groups selected from hundreds of international applicants to spend ten days (all expenses paid) studying with the top names in jazz at the prestigious Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy in the mountains of Colorado. CFJB also took First Place in their Division, and all of their Division's Best Soloist medals, at the Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival in Sacramento. ---http://www.prjc.org/cfjb/ (Potomac River Jazz Club website)
The director Dave Robinson, has also founded the Traditional Jazz Educators Network (TJEN), an organization dedicated to perpetuating the traditional jazz idiom by promoting and facilitating the teaching of traditional jazz history and performance techniques to young people.
TSJS Phones: 856-232-1463 (NJ), 610-268-5930 (PA), 302-762-3335 (DE)
Email: info@tristatejazz.org
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