“Ladies In Jazz Holiday Concert” | Nov. 28th, 2010

Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Leah Chase; New Orleans Ladies of Jazz Holiday Concert presented by Music Alive Ensemble

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MUSIC NOTES – New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine
Bazzle, and Germaine Bazzle will perform a special “Ladies in Jazz
Holiday Concert” in collaboration with the Music Alive Ensemble String
Octet and Jazz Quintet on Sunday, November 28, 2010 from 3:00 – 5:00
p.m. at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital
Hall (Lakefront Campus). Principally sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz
& Heritage Foundation, admission for the holiday concert is free but
RSVP is suggested by emailing [email protected] or visiting.

Under the direction of violinist Rachel Jordan and founded in
2002, the Music Alive Ensemble is a blend of professional classical and
jazz musicians, composers, arrangers and educators living in Louisiana.
This concert provides music lover an opportunity to enjoy some of New
Orleans most renowned jazz divas in Bazzle, Chase, and Jordan performing
some of your favorite holiday tunes:

Germaine Bazzle is often
referred to as one of New Orleans’ important jazz vocalists. After
graduation from Xavier University of Louisiana, Germaine began a
teaching career and entertaining in the same year, teaching during the
day and playing bass in a local traditional jazz band at night. After 12
years as a teacher, she left the classroom and began singing with
various bands in New Orleans. Three years later, she returned to the
classroom, but continued to perform with such jazz greats as Alvin ”Red”
Tyler, Peter “Chuck” Badie, Victor Goines, bassist/vocalist, George
French, pianist Ellis Marsalis, Emile Vinnette, Larry Siebert, David
Torkanowsky and many more. Germaine can be heard on her CD entitled
“Standing Ovation”.

Leah Chase is the product of a very fertile
creative environment. Her maternal namesake, Leah Sr., is an engaging
dynamo of activity and chief chef at “Dooky Chase” Restaurant. Her
father Edgar “Dooky” Chase was the leader of the “Dooky Chase
Orchestra”. Leah Chase graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans
with a degree in Vocal Performance. She completed one year of graduate
study at The Juilliard School in New York, before leaving to pursue her
true love – Jazz. Leah can be heard on her CD entitled “At Last” and
also on the Matt Lemmier CD “Portraits of Wonder”. Leah is currently an
Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of New Orleans, Tulane
University, and Loyola University.

Stephanie Jordan performed the
national anthem alongside Grammy Award winning saxophonist Branford
Marsalis and guitarist Jonathan Dubose at the 2008 NBA All- Star Game in
New Orleans. She has appeared live on NPR Talk of the Nation, Jazz at
Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Marians Jazzroom in Bern
Switzerland, St Croix Blue Bay Jazz Fest, Manship Theatre in Baton
Rouge, Duke Ellington Festival, Washington D.C., Chicago JazzFest
Heritage, Glenwood Springs, Co., the New Orleans Ladies of Jazz,
Adagio’s Jazz Club in Savannah, Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, Sweet
Lorraine’s in New Orleans and is a regular at the New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Festival. Stephanie has been inducted as a member of the New
Orleans Magazine All-Stars and has served as a ‘Jazz Ambassadors’ for
the U.S. Department of State.

Rachel Jordan, a Professor of
Violin at Jackson State University has served as adjunct faculty at
Xavier University, Southern University, and Dillard University. She was a
member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans. Ms.
Jordan received both her Bachelor of Music and her Master of Music from
the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
Maryland where she studied with the great Berl Sernofsky. She is
currently a member of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston,
Texas.

Music Alive Ensemble is dedicated to the ideal that music
as art communicates the breadth, passion and intellect of society.
Through concerts, artist demonstrations, and teaching workshops Music
Alive Ensemble provides musicians, composers and arrangers a platform
for artistic expression. Music Alive Ensemble perpetuates cultural
diversity and finds common ground through classical and jazz artistic
collaboration. “Our goal is to bring families into artistic venues in
hopes that the experience will educate and encourage burgeoning artists
and develop a supportive listening base for future generations of
musicians, ” adds Rachel.

The String Quartet will include Rachel
Jordan, Violin; Amy Thiaville, Violin; Marjorie Garnier, Viola; and Gary
Geslin, Cello while the Jazz Ensemble will include Mike Esneault,
Piano; Chris Severin, Bass, John Jones, Drums; Jonathan Bloom,
Percussion; Kent Jordan, Flute and Marlon Jordan, Trumpet.

The
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization was set up to be the nonprofit owner of the New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival – Jazz Fest (www.nojazzfest.com) – with a
mission to sow the seeds of our unique culture for generations to come.
Its goal is to make sure that the festival’s proceeds would be
redistributed into the local community. The Foundation’s mission is “To
promote, preserve, perpetuate and encourage the music, arts, culture and
heritage of communities in Louisiana through festivals, programs and
other cultural, educational, civic and economic activities.”

To
that end, the Foundation has developed numerous programs and assets and
is the prime sponsor of this event. Other sponsors include the
University of New Orleans, Kidd Jordan Institute of Jazz and Modern
Music, Metro Disposal Inc., The Law Office of Chip Forstall, Sylvain
Solutions, and Zawadi Giving Circle.

For more information, visit
www.musicaliveno.com or contact Rachel Jordan at (504) 915-9374 or via
email at [email protected].