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June 17, 2011

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2012 JAZZWEEK SUMMIT MOVES TO DETROIT

Summit Will Be Held August 30-31, 2012 at Detroit Jazz Festival

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The 2012 JazzWeek Summit will depart its longtime home in Rochester, N.Y., for Detroit.

The Summit, which will mark its 10th occurence in 2012, will be held on August 30 and 31 in advance of the 33rd Detroit Jazz Festival.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring the jazz radio and record industry to the best free jazz festival in the world next year,” said Ed Trefzger, Editor and Publisher of JazzWeek, in making the announcement at the 2011 JazzWeek Summit. “We’re extremely grateful for the enthusiastic welcome we’ve received from festival Executive and Artistic Director Terri Pontremoli and all of the people involved in the Detroit Jazz Festival.”

The Detroit International Jazz Festival was founded in 1980 to bring people into the city and to provide all segments of the population with world-class entertainment. From 1980 to 1991, the festival flourished through a partnership with the highly regarded international jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland, sharing performers and commissioned poster art. In 1991, the festival merged with Detroit’s Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, where it resided until September 2005.

In March 2005, Detroit philanthropist and Mack Avenue Records Chairman Gretchen Valade emerged as a major sponsor of the festival. In January 2006, Valade founded the Detroit International Jazz Festival Foundation, which took over production and management of the festival. Valade also committed $10 million to establish an endowment that would provide much-needed seed money for festival operations.

The JazzWeek Summit, first held in 2002, is a gathering of jazz radio programmers and broadcasters – both terrestrial and internet-only – program producers, record promoters, record labels, artists and management to discuss the issues specific to jazz radio and promotion. The Summit has met all but one year since its inception and eight of those nine years in Rochester alongside the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.

“We’ve enjoyed being in Rochester all of the past several years,” Trefzger explained. “But to continue to grow the Summit and make it accessible and affordable for more to attend, we’re making the move to the Motor City. We look forward to seeing return attendees in Detroit and new faces as well.”

Details on the location and registration information for the 2012 JazzWeek Summit will be announced at http://summit.jazzweek.com/ in the fall of 2011.

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If you’d like more information about the JazzWeek Summit or JazzWeek.com, please call Editor/Publisher Ed Trefzger at 585-226-1968, mobile: 585-455-4850 or email ed.trefzger@jazzweek.com. More details on this year’s JazzWeek Summit may be found at http://summit.jazzweek.com/. The Detroit Jazz Festival website is at http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/

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2011 JAZZWEEK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT JAZZWEEK SUMMIT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Winners were announced in 13 different categories on Saturday morning, June 18, at the JazzWeek Summit’s annual awards brunch.

The annual Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award was given to longtime jazz promoter and industry advocate Dr. Jazz (Bob Cohen) in recognition of his years of heartfelt service to the jazz community.

The Duke Dubois award is given to an individual to recognize a long-standing commitment to jazz, jazz radio, jazz education and generous service to the jazz community. This person exemplifies mentoring and leadership skills for others in the industry. It was established in the name of Duke Dubois, a respected jazz radio promotion representative who died tragically in a fall. Duke encouraged the best from musicians and from those who programmed the music and he firmly believed in jazz education. He was a mentor to hundreds who have made their career in jazz.

Stations of the year and programmers of the year for large, medium and small markets and for internet-only stations, promotion company of the year, record of the year and label of the year were also recognized.

A complete list of winners is as follows:

Station of the Year, Markets 1-25: KSDS, San Diego
Station of the Year, Markets 26-79: WWOZ, New Orleans
Station of the Year, Markets 80+: KCCK, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Internet Station of the Year: taintradio.org
Programmer of the Year, Markets 1-25: Linda Yohn, WEMU, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Programmer of the Year, Markets 26-79: Brad Stone, KSJS, San Jose
Programmer of the Year, Markets 80+: Bob Stewart, KCCK, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Internet Programmer of the Year: Russ Davis, MOJA Radio
Promoter or Promotion Company of the Year: Groov Marketing and Promotion
Record of the Year: The Gate, Kurt Elling (Concord)
Label of the Year: ECM
Label receiving most airplay: HighNote/Savant
Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award: Dr. Jazz

Nominees are selected by JazzWeek subscribers, including: jazz radio programmers, jazz record company executives and independent jazz radio record promoters.

JazzWeek, celebrating its 10th anniversary in August, is the weekly online publication dedicated to jazz and jazz radio programming.

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If you’d like more information about the JazzWeek Awards, the JazzWeek Summit or JazzWeek.com, please call Editor/Publisher Ed Trefzger at 585-226-1968, mobile: 585-455-4850 or email ed.trefzger@jazzweek.com. More details on this year’s JazzWeek Summit may be found at http://summit.jazzweek.com/

The first 20 registrants will be entered into a drawing to win one free night of hotel accommodations*.

Welcome to the JazzWeek Summit 2011!

Who should attend the Summit?

Independent jazz artists; representatives of artists and recording labels involved in promotion, marketing, and artist relations;  radio hosts, managers, program and music directors; and journalists.

JazzWeek’s mission is to provide a knowledge base for promoting and programming jazz using new media, radio, print, the internet and other traditional and non-traditional avenues.

The JazzWeek Summit is a place to get artists, jazz radio, internet broadcasters, program producers, labels, management together. As with our past summits, we promise not to rehash the same old panel topics in a quick once-over-lightly session; there will be plenty of time to discuss and explore each topic.

The 2011 Summit will further focus on using social media to advance jazz.

Each year, participants have taken a lot of great information back with them, and put the summit’s ideas into action.

If you are planning on attending, be prepared to work. Have no fear, though, there will be plenty of activities and plenty of time to play.

This year the Summit returns once again to Rochester, N.Y., home of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, which will be celebrating its seventh anniversary. Both Downbeat and the New York Times have called the XRIJF one of the top four jazz festivals in the U.S. The Summit coincides with the final three days of this year’s festival, with theater, club, and free outdoor shows scheduled. Lineups for this year will be announced in early April.

The Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside will again host this year’s JazzWeek Summit.

Take advantage of early-bird rates — save up to $90 — and register today!

* The club pass for the XRIJF sold out prior to us reaching 20 registrants, so that drawing is no longer available.