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Contact: Dr. Joan Cartwright, wijsf@yahoo.com, 954-740-3398 SEE FLYERS HERE

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On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at 12:30 p.m., ASALH South Florida, Inc. presents Lunch & Learn with Dr. Joan Cartwright with Blues Women: First Civil Rights Workers. This lecture discusses how Black singers in the United States of America emerged from Spirituals and Blues to develop Jazz.  Their free-spirited songs delivered messages of liberation, signaling to Africans in America that they could be free.” Besides being effective entertainers, “Blues women provided the primary means of healing of the human spirit with their musical dalliances that we can forever be delighted with and grateful for. The lecture concludes that Blues women Mamie Smith, Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, and Miriam Makeba were the first civil rights workers because their lives and songs symbolized liberty in its rawest form by tapping into the human spirit.

On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., Dr. Joan Cartwright, founder of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. will present her Amazing Musicwomen Lecture to college students. The women discussed in this lecture are Lena Horne, Pearl Bailey, Billie Holiday, Carmen McCrae, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Dorothy Donegan, Celia Cruz, Eartha Kitt, Ruth Brown, Betty Carter, and Nina Simone.

On Saturday, April 11, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., The Amazing Musicwomen Ensemble takes the stage, once again, to bring you the best of Jazz in South Florida. Vocalists Libra Sene and Meri Ziev are joined by Kim Jay on saxophone and EWI, and Blanche Williams on flute, bringing us her original Spoken Word. The band consists of Musical Director Roberta DeMuro on keyboards, Susan Merritt on bass, Julie Jacobs on drums, and Mari Bell on keyboards.

Libra, Meri, and Kim are members of the board of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization that promotes women musicians, globally, through events, concerts, performances, clinics, lectures, workshops, articles, interviews, newsletters, courses, contacts, research, history, archives, websites, film, audio and video recording, and recognition.

WIJSF, Inc. is the publisher of the new Musicwoman Magazine that first published in Spring 2019, and will publish, again, in Spring 2020.

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www.musicwomanmagazine.com

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The play is co-produced by Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes women musicians, globally. For more information visit the websites www.billiethemusical.info and www.wijsf.org 

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Abstract

Black singers emerged from Spirituals and Blues to develop Jazz. Their free-spirited songs delivered messages of liberation, signaling to Africans in America that they could be free. This paper discusses how Blues women were the first civil rights workers because their songs symbolized liberty in its rawest form by tapping into the human spirit.

Joan Cartwright is a renowned veteran of the Jazz and Blues stage for 35+ years. She is a vocalist, composer, and author of 11 books, including her memoir, In Pursuit of a Melody, and her touring and teaching experiences in 16 countries, poetry, women in music, and the Business of Music available at her book store. Her titles include Amazing Musicwomen, So You Want To Be A Singer? and A History of African American Jazz and Blues with interviews with Quincy Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Dewey Redman, Lester Bowie, and other noted Jazz musicians and aficionados. Joan holds a B.A. in Music and Communication from LaSalle University, in Philadelphia, PA; an M.A. in Communications from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL, and she is pursuing a DBA in Business Marketing at Northcentral University, Arizona.

In 2007, Joan founded Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to promote women musicians, globally. In 2014, WIJSF released its 4^th compilation CD of 10 fabulous female composers. Joan hosts a weekly Internet radio show MUSICWOMAN at www.blogtalkradio.com/musicwoman, featuring women who compose and perform their own music and men who support them. Joan has two CDs – Feelin’ Good and In Pursuit of a Melody. Also, through WIJSF, Joan produced four compilation CDs (2011 – 2014) with 10 songs each from members of the organization. Joan performs in concert and lectures around the nation and the world. In 2014, Joan was honored as the first Lady Jazz Master by www.bwijawards.com.

Visit Joan’s websites:

• www.fyicomminc.com
• www.wijsf.org
• www.joancartwright.com

Amazing Musicwomen is a staged concert, using biographies, songs, and a multi-media presentation, to chronicle the lives of women who wrote and performed blues and jazz music, including Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Lil Harding Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, and others. Selections include compositions of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Cole Porter, Norman Mapp and Joan Cartwright. Presented by Women In Jazz South Florida, Inc.

To book the Amazing Musicwomen Ensemble, send email to divajc47@yahoo.com or call 954-730-3398

PAST PERFORMANCES:

Saturday, February 2, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m., at the Bienes Center for the Arts, located at 2801 SW 12th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. will present Amazing Musicwomen Ensemble telling the stories of women in jazz and blues in America. Click this link for tickets. Scroll down to Amazing Musicwomen.

Sunday, March 10, 2013 @ 2-4 p.m. at the Sunrise Civic Center Theatre, 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, FL, the Amazing Musicwomen Ensemble telling the stories of women in jazz and blues in America. Tickets are available at the box office. For details go to this link.

PURPOSE:

The mission of WIJSF is to promote women musicians, globally.

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