Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Festival 2017 33rd International Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado (FAOT). Musical and artistic festival that has been held since 1984, is one of the most significant cultural events in the northern region of Mexico. Speakers musicians of international stature, and various activities are conducted in various locations around the state. This event aims to spread the music, especially operatic singing and the appreciation of the fine arts.
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THE NEW CONNECTION “This magazine is dedicated toward building tourism between AZ & Mex Dr Wm Doc Jones”
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IJD Foundation Donates Inst. to Rocky Point
Mayor Welcome Doc Jones to Alamos
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MUSIC PROGRAM ENDS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, GETS A BOOST WITH DONATED INSTRUMENTS By: Richard Scott
International Jazz Day AZ Foundation make good on its promise to donate music Instruments to the kids of Rocky Point
Families participate in making music Take a look inside the classrooms around the Civic Auditorium across from City Hall, and you will see a lot going on. And hear a lot going to. The Auditorium is home to Direction Arte y Cultura. That is the city department that offers ballet classes, organizes festivals, teaches language courses in English and French, and many more things besides. The building is known as Casa de Juarez. It is designed as a replica of the home associated with Mexican President Benito Juarez. Small rooms with heavy wooden doors line a courtyard here. Poke your head inside one room, and students are learning Classical Guitar. In another, a young horn section is working the theme to the Pink Panther. The newly built classroom building next door is in complete contrast, being modern with large glass walls. Inside, a group of litt-
le girls in grass skirts learn the finer points of Hawaiian dance. It’s graduation time around Rocky Point. Students of all kinds are starting Summer vacation. This past Sunday, the Escuala Municipal de Musica put on it’s big semester ending concert in the auditorium. Family and friends packed the place, as the school’s Concert Band performed. Light classics, Mexican Boleros, and yes, the Pink Panther were on the bill. The night included solo performances by students as well. Many budding pianists, singers, and violinists got an opportunity to shine.
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Welcome to Alamos Entertainment Magazine. As Publisher & CEO OF 504 Multimedia, I would like to congratulate Herbie Hancock, President Barack, Mayor Omar Salsa,UNSECO Director General Irina Bokova,& all the Jazz musicians that has supported the International Jazz Day Movement around the world .
Publisher Doc Jones & Int’l Jazz Day Ambassador Herbie Hancock
Alamos Mayor Omar Salas, & Wm Doc Jones,
International Jazz Day Foundation Alamos Executive Director-Carlos Palomares Hacienda de los Santos® offers its guests 23 guestroom, suites and villas; superb gourmet dining; an onsite Spa and much, much more. We invite you to explore our website… And begin to immerse yourself in your next—and most extraordinary—vacation experience.
Doc Jones & Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane Supports International Jazz Day Festival
ALAMOS MAYOR OMAR SALAS, WELCOMES DOC JONES TO VISIT HIS CITY, AND BRING THAT FLAVOR OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH HIM
A Jazz Perspective on developing the Flavor of New Orleans In Alamos Mexico In this debut issue of Alamos Entertainment Magazine, as a saxophone & keyboard player, also music educator I grew up in Chicago and now lives in Scottsdale AZ. Reflecting on why I have chosen Alamos Sonora Mexico as my new artistic home base for the 6th Annual International Jazz Day Festival, and how this city has changed my outlook on life and music-making across the southern Mexico border. Alamos Mexico has made my music blossom. I have been given the opportunity to travel to Sonora, perform my music and realize projects like Int’l Jazz Day Festival, Jazz and Urban Art Summit, and my K thru12 music curriculum program that I couldn’t do elsewhere in Mexico. This process began in June 2016 at the Arizona - Mexico Commission Summit in Scottsdale AZ, when I met two great men Jim Swickard and Max Rumbaugh that told me about Alamos and recommended I think about producing my International Jazz Day Festival there in 2017. I received an invitation to join Scottsdale Sister Cities on a students exchange trip in September to see what I thought about the idea. After meeting a delegation from Alamos and the Mayor as well as a few musicians, I knew this was the place to do it. I was completely taken by the experience. We put together a Jam session in the Playa in a short three days period during my visit, and the band was amazing; the audience warm, sincere, enthusiastic, and supportive; the culture and country is rich in feeling and nature. Alamos is a culture where music is part of life just like New Orleans, I remember thinking to myself I want to set up a division of our International Jazz Day AZ Foundation here, and that’s what I’m in the process of doing. Soon afterwards, I returned to Arizona and begin organizing an International Jazz Day Host Committee. Again, I was surprised at the interest I was getting from local residents in being apart of this committee and the planning of next years Int’l Jazz Day Festival it was great. After my first visits to Puerto Pensaco Mexico this year (2016) and producing their first International Jazz Day festival I fell in love with Sonora Mexico, so when Max and Jim invited me to visit Alamos I began thinking, man just maybe I will take my festival to Alamos, and the rest is history. In my two years of visiting and playing in Sonora Mexico, I have been able to do almost anything under the umbrella of New Orleans Jazz that I wanted to, like start my Keep Music Afloat Music Program where I raise instruments for young people in Mexico. I have been playing my own work and the music of friends, which encompasses everything from New Orleans Jazz, improvised, and standards. Perhaps my most important collaborator has been with my new best friend Max, together we are going to do great things for the cultural community in Alamos. Hold this date April 7,8, & 9th for Alamos 1st International Jazz Day Festival.
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LONDON JAZZ SUPERSTAR COUSIN ALICE TO PLAY ALAMOS MEXICO 1ST INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY FESTIVAL 2017 BY: IAN RITCHIE / ELIZABETH PETTIT
Seeing Cousin Alice perform is like being in the film Casa Blanca and being transported into a more entertaining era. Looking back, you remember her shows in the sepia tones creating an atmosphere of a sensual nightclub wherever she performs. A pioneer of the ukulele, in her case, a birds eye maple banjolele made in 1927 in the USA, and given to her by Winkie Thin, a Scotsman and a fine accordion player who she ran across while playing the streets for change and passers by “busking” the Costa Brava, the summer of 2000. She also plays a vintage pre-twenties alto saxophone. Her sound arrived as gifts, like a homemade alla puttanesca sauce, with all kinds of sweet tastes spices and flavors, and with an aroma and recipe that’s all it’s own. Her musical experience is genuine. It has been cultivated from moments across the world, inspired from the Caribbean islands, brought up with the blues gracefully poised and proud. Cousin Alice’s purest versatile instrument is her mellowed smokey voice, that can form tenderly into the blues or be delivered with rythmic riffs of calypso reggae. It complements her blues, her jazz, her swing. Louis Armstrong introduced the concept of the individual soloist, the concept of swing in 4/4 time with accents on the 2&4, as such, that required a higher level of musicianship, because it was up front, not lost in the jumble of sounds from the others in the band. Alice orchestrates that weave. She has been wowing audiences in Europe, Australia, Canada, USA and the Caribbean as well as more recently, Mexico for 15 years. Cousin Alice projects a playful wanderlust and charm. Her voice combines the husky tones of an Eartha Kitt or Tom Waits, at times, lighter and poppier. In contrast, as a song writer, her somber tone and lyrics, are reminiscent of a female Leonard Cohen.
Her wit and easy musicality have continued to draw high caliber musicians such as Martin Wheatley ( The Bryan Ferry Orchestra ), Danny Keane ( Charlie Winston ) and Ian Ritchie ( Roger Waters ) Gabriel Hernandez ( Buena Vista Social Club) as band members and collaborators. Having met Ian at a jam session he introduced her to the Jazz seen in London. . and the Cabaret n’ Burlesque circuit was where Cousin Alice was honed ...as the Musical interlude between the Sword Swallowers and the Nipple Tassle Twirling. Born in Southern England, with family roots in Wales, New Zealand and Barbados. Alice spoke Cantonese as a child, while with her family in Singapore, a language with 6 tonalities of linguistic intonation, an introduction to musicality all its own. As a youth, she frequented the marae in Maori culture rich in soulful tradition and lore that has given her a unique depth. This stunning performer is currently based in London and regularly plays the classier jazz and cabaret venues such as Boisdale’s of Belgravia, The Groucho Club, The Savoy and Volupte among many others. Her recordings can be streamed and downloaded from iTunes, Amazon and Spotify etc. Her song ‘Kukerichoo’ was covered by the acclaimed, Barberettes, Korean girl group who performed her song at the Super Bowl. Travelling the world with her gypsy fever runnin’ hot; banjolele and saxophone in hand, you might catch a set in Holders of Barbados, The Paris Cat in Melbourne, The Westport Festival in Ireland or even Birdland of New York. If she is appearing near you, I would recommend stopping whatever you are doing and hotlegging it to the club, theatre or festival. Prepare for a night of good times, swing, nostalgia and wit, not necessarily in that order. “It don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing” n’ Believe me … she’s got it.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF SCOTTSDALE SISTER CITIES MAX RUMBAUGH JR. AND SCOTTSDALE MAYOR JIM LANE
My Turn: Scottsdale’s relationship with Mexican sister city creates opportunity
Max Rumbaugh Jr.: AZ Central re print This fall, the Scottsdale Sister Cities program engages in our annual business and cultural exchange programs with Alamos, Sonora. Since 1969, these longstanding ties between Scottsdale and and the Mexican city have provided cultural understanding and economic expansion for everyone involved. Just last month, Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane hosted and chaired a session at the Arizona League of Cities and Mayors Conference where leaders of seven Arizona cities met with the leaders of their sister cities from Sonora, Mexico, to brainstorm mutually beneficial programs for both cities. A delegation of six city leaders from Alamos led by Alamos City Manager Lic. Victor Manuel Balderrama attended the event and met with other business and cultural leaders in Scottsdale to discuss ideas generated at the conference. A few of the highlights included: a discussion of medical-care cooperation and medical tourism with representatives of HonorHealth and Mayo Clinic. cultural exchanges, including a potential international jazz festival with Scottsdale Arts and Scottsdale Community College addressing water issues that are common concerns of both cities and states. Similar to Scottsdale, Alamos is a city filled with arts and culture and hosts some of the largest cultural festivals in northern Mexico, depending heavily on tourism as an economic driver. Mayor Lane and Balderrama had a lively discussion regarding opportunities to expand business and tourism among both cities and states, prompting another follow-up meeting as soon as mid-September. Meanwhile, over the course of the next two months, a delegation of eight Alamos high school students will travel to Scottsdale to stay in homes across our beautiful city. They’ll visit Scottsdale public schools, the Grand Canyon and engage in cultural and educational opportunities. In return, our Scottsdale students then travel to Alamos during fall break to experience living in Mexican homes, practicing their Spanish and learning about their wonderful cultural and educational offerings. Today, Scottsdale has eight sister cities including Alamos: Cairnes, Australia;
Kinston, Ontario; Interlaken, Switzerland; Haikou, China; Marrakech, Morocco; Killarney, Ireland; and Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. What began 47 years ago between the cities of Scottsdale and Alamos continues to support our mission: to build bridges and promote mutual international respect, understanding and cooperation — one individual, one community at a time. We invite you to join us by becoming a member and getting involved in our activities at http://scottsdalesistercities.org.
MAX Rumbaugh & DOC JONES Takes NEW ORLEANS JAZZ TO ALAMOS Scottsdale, Ariz. — Scottsdale, Arizona, is nearly a thousand miles from Alamos in Sonora, Mexico, yet through a student exchange program under the direction of Scottsdale Sister Cities, students from three to four different high schools in each city have, over the past couple of months, still been able to directly experience each other’s cultures. This year, executive director of International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Wm. Doc Jones was invited to introduce the art form of New Orleans Jazz to the Alamos/ Sonora community. Doc Jones was also part of the committee formed to develop this year’s exchange along with former president of Scottsdale Sister Cities Max Rumbaugh Jr. and other members of the organization. M r Ru m b a u g h thought the addition of New Orleans Jazz to the exchange program would be another means of building bridges of understanding and goodwill. The students were in Alamos to make friends and share their culture. Mexican and American students love music. Having this outstanding jazz musician and educator accompany them not only added fun to the exchange, but provided a means, through music, for the students to communicate with one another. Doc Jones enhanced the student mission to build goodwill across the national border. It also implemented the missions of sister cities and the Arizona Mexico Commission.
Scottsdale’s Students Make This Jazz Across The Border Cultural exchange a Success: Arizona parents finds things are not as dangerous across the border in Mexico as the media portrays. Mexican parents likewise learn that their children are warmly greeted and enjoy American schools.
By: Doc Jones / Editor Sara Gronewold Scottsdale, Ariz. — Scottsdale, Arizona, is nearly a thousand miles from Alamos in Sonora, Mexico, yet through a student exchange program under the direction of Scottsdale Sister Cities, students from three to four different high schools in each city have, over the past couple of months, still been able to directly experience each other’s cultures. This year, executive director of International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Wm. Doc Jones was invited to introduce the art form of New Orleans Jazz to the Alamos/Sonora community. Doc Jones was also part of the committee formed to develop this year’s exchange, along with former president of Scottsdale Sister Cities Max Rumbaugh Jr. and other members of the organization. Mr. Rumbaugh Jr. thought the addition of New Orleans Jazz to the exchange program’s agenda would broaden students’ cultural educations. Parents of Scottsdale students had their concerns in regards to the exchange, wondering about the safety of their children crossing the border or drinking different water. Likewise, parents in Alamos were anxious about the possibility of their children being accosted by drug-dealing gangs on school playgrounds. These stereotypes are the sort that Scottsdale Sister Cities, International Jazz Day AZ Foundation, Arizona Governor Ducey, and Sonora Governor Palovich hope this program will help erase. “It caught fire with the students from Alamos and Scottsdale after Doc Jones and his band played for their party in Scottsdale back in September,” said Max, “and it seemed to just take off from there.” Beginning with the Alamos students’ trip to Scottsdale and including a meeting between Mayors Omar Salas and Jim Lane about the exchanges, the program has experienced one success after the other. This past week’s visit to Alamos by the Scottsdale delegation transformed the direction of the parents’ and students’ thoughts about Mexico. According to Doc Jones, “They realized that they and the Sonorans had common desires, expectations, and goals for their children in the areas of education, family values, and community social structures, and now music – good, old, New Orleans Jazz music.” Doc Jones established International Jazz Day AZ Foundation three years ago, following the leads of UNSECO and Herbie Hancock in hopes to develop a model day-of-Jazz celebration that could help use Jazz to promote peace around the world. This year, over 196 countries produced events to bring attention to America’s “original” art form, Jazz. The foundation’s long-term goal is to provide workshops and art consultants to school boards and communities in Sonora, spreading New Orleans Jazz for years to come. “Most importantly, we made new friends,” says Jose, a student from Alamos who participated in the exchange. “We understand each other, even though we speak different languages and have different customs. For me, in particular, it’s a way to move us to learn English in order to better communicate.”
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Omar Salas Presidente Municipal welcomed Scottsdale Sister Cities student delegation to City Hall in Alamos sonora,mexico
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MAESTRO RAMON ALCANTAR AND DOC JONES JOIN TOGETHER TO BETTER MUSIC EDUCATION IN ALAMOS
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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY AZ FOUNDATION KEEP MUSIC AFLOAT IN ALAMOS
Estudiantina bandleader Payo and Doc Jones held after school workshops this past September
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Katrine, Introduces Tony Estrada, to Int’l Jazz Day AZ Foundation’s Director Doc Jones and tells him about the Jazz Day Fest & Keep Music Alfoat Program,he loves it.
The Mueso Costumbrista de Sonora provides a comprehensive overview of this illustrious silver mining town in its golden age. Through pictures, dioramas, and displays of fashions, antiques, machinery and implements, the visitor will become acquainted with the lifestyles of the people who lived and worked in and around Alamos. The historic building that houses the Museum dates from the late 18th century, and was acquired and restored by the State of Sonora in 1984 with the goal of providing a showcase for the unique identity, accomplishments and traditions of the Sonoran lifestyle in the 19th century..
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CONGRATULATION SENIOR PALOMARES ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENT
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International Jazz Day Foundation is honored to announce it’s newly appointed Executive Director of its Alamos/Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Division. Senior Carlos Palomares will spearhead the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation’s Alamos/ Hermosillo efforts in this important part of Mexico. Work has already begun, through the collaboration of Scottsdale Sister Cities, Senior Palomares and William Doc Jones to utilize Jazz as a uniting force connecting people in Sonora Mexico to those in Arizona and visa versa; spreading unity, eventually all over the world. Doc Jones told The Associated Press by telephone ahead of this announcement, “It (Jazz) is the voice of many for those facing challenges around the world.” It has long been the desired hope and goal of Doc Jones, IJDF’s Founder & Chairman of the board, to extend the Foundation’s services and boundaries between Arizona and several parts of Mexico. Mission accomplished. With Doc Jones’ recent visit to Alamos and the efforts of Scottsdale Sister Cities, Bob Rink, Katherine, Callingham, Max Rumbaugh and Senior Palomares and many others, a resurgence of interest by local citizens, by school age youth as well as by Alamos’ Officials in New Orleans Jazz music has taken place.
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INT’L JAZZ DAY AZ/ALAMOS FOUNDATION TO KICK OFF SECOND CHANCE INSTRUMENT DRIVE FOR ALAMOS MUSIC STUDENTS International Jazz Day AZ /Alsmos Foundational is partnering with The Hotel Association to help share the power of music with children and promote music education throughout Alamos during the 2017/18 Second Chance Instrument Drive. July 3rd 2017 Thur April 2018 Int’l Jazz Day Festival: Second Chance Instrument Drive will collect instruments from Arizona throughout the Sonora Mexico. These instruments will be refurbished and distributed to qualifying schools and music programs around Alamos to support the next generation of Alamos young musicians. Visit www.keepmusicafloat.org to learn more about this community event and other ways to get involved. A vibrant music community starts with music education music makes a difference “With Music On Their Mind There’s No Time for Crime.” Early exposure to music education and appreciation yields lifelong benefits that can enrich our communities. Read what members of the International Jazz day AZ Foundation music community are saying about the impact of music education: “Music is one of the most important things in the world. It has the ability to communicate thoughts and feelings way beyond what words can communicate. One of the things that I have always loved about music is that it can appeal both to the intellect and the emotional side of human beings, and what can be greater than that, appealing to everything that has to do with our existence.” - Doc Jones, Jazz Musician and band leader with the International Jazz Day Ensemble “Music is intergenerational. I see it bringing people together to have a common experience. It brings families together. Without music programs and K-8 music education, the quality of music would not be particularly high and the interest level of the entire community would dip.” DR John Brown “Everybody should have access to an instrument, regardless of the country or your background or whatever. It should not depend on the economy of your family, or your socio economic status. It should be something of a second nature that people should just embrace.” - Andres Lopera, assistant band leader for Int’l Jazz Day Jazz Band
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY AZ/Alamos FOUNDATION to USE FUNDS FROM ALAMOS INT’L JAZZDAY FESTIVAL TO BUY INSTRUMENTS FOR IT’S “KEEP MUSIC AFLOAT IN ALAMOS SECOND CHANCE” INSTRUMENT DRIVE
A little help from the Doctor In amongst the children on stage were a number of grown ups too. “They are the Moms” says Nacho Ortega, who teaches bass and cello. “At first, the just waited around for their children to finish their lessons. Little by little they got excited by the music, and now some of them participate by playing congas, bass . . . They really want to be a part of this.” A very special part of the evening came when musical instruments were presented to the School. The project to get more instruments into the hands of kids who want to make music a part of their life, was the brain child of William ‘Doc’ Jones. A music educator and performer, Doc successfully brought the United Nations affiliated International Jazz Day Celebration to Rocky Point this past April. Along with two nights of great music on the Malecon from Doc, Nayo Jones, Carlos Rivas, and a number of local artists, an agreement was made to support local music education. Doc Jones, through the International Jazz Day Foundation, has worked to bring instruments to supplement the local music program here in Rocky Point. The first installment sees flutes, trombones, trumpets and more from donors. Nina Mier, Beatriz Salido, and Maria Conchita Peralta of La Direccion de Arte y Cultura received the instruments from the local representative of the International Jazz Day Foundation, Rick Nichols. Rick is the proprietor of the Satisfied Frog Restaurant. “When Doc first met with Mayor ‘Kiko’ Munro, one of the things he promised to accomplish was the delivery of these musical instruments” said Rick. “There will be more to come. The Foundation also plans to offer educational assistance to the fine teachers involved in this music program.” >Jazz, making music, and more to come Plans are underway to have a Jazz and Arts Summit next Spring in Rocky Point. This would bring together teachers and students interested in learning more about the art and mechanics of making Jazz Music. The International Jazz Day Celebration is also looking to return next year as well. The United Nation’s cultural arm, UNESCO, supported live performances around the globe on April 30th to honor Jazz as a unique and valuable part of the world’s cultural heritage. The highlight was a concert at the White House, hosted by President Barack Obama. Jazz luminaries performing included Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Aretha Franklin, and many more.
Puerto Penasco’s performance was one of many in Mexico. Crowds filled the Malecon to listen, dance, and enjoy the near perfect weather. Vendors, visual artists, street food and more made the night distinctly ‘Rocky Point’. Home town Jazz legend Armando ‘Kennedy’ Noriega sat in with Doc’s hand picked New Orleans flavored group. Mr. Noriega is known as one of the best Jazz artists that Mexico has produced. His appearance, and the crowds appreciation, really brought home just how universal the music is. The Latin Jazz of Phoenix’s Carlos Rivas brought many ‘salseros’ out of their seats to dance. Vocalist Nayo Jones was a festival highlight, engaging the audience with her charismatic stage presence, and her powerful, subtle and commanding voice. She is Doc’s daughter, and has established her self as a musical presence through touring, and as part of the New Orleans Jazz scene. As the last notes of the night’s music subsided at the Civic Auditorium, students and their parents lined to to hug, and take photos with German Esquer. He is the director of the music program, and is there to conduct, play piano, and sing along with the chorus. There is a true affection between the students to their ‘maestro’. You get a real sense of appreciation for all of the hard work he, and the other instructors put in.
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Summer is here, so the program shuts down till the Fall. But when it resumes, there will be more instruments in the hands of kids who have caught the ‘music bug’. The prospect of more training, and instruments coming to town is exciting for the kids in the cities music program. Find out more about International Jazz Day at www.JazzDayaz.com Got a banjo sitting in your closet from Junior High? You might like to consider supporting a new generation looking for good ways to spend their time. To donate an instrument, contact Doc Jones at wijo2341@AOL.com or Rick Nichols at nicholsvideo@gmail.com
SCOTTSDALE SISTER CITIES DELEGATION VISIT HOSPITAL TO ASSET IT’S NEED
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GOVERNOR CLAUDIA PAVLOVICH
FOUNDER & CEO DOC JONES
ESTUDIANTINA(S) of ALAMOS The Estudiantinas are a benchmark of the January music festival called FAOT (Festival de Alfonso Ortiz Tirado). FAOT is put on by the Sonoran Cultural Institute. Year after year it celebrates Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, in this southern city of the state of Sonora. With 23 years of experience and fifteen active members, the Estudiantinas parade through the narrow streets of Alamos dedicating serenades to beloved Alamos characters such as Maria Felix and Tirado. These music parades are called callejoneadas. According to Rafael Jesus Figueroa Ju “El Payo�, director and accordionist, the Estudiantinas have traveled to many Mexican cities as well as California and Arizona in the United States. This musical spectacle passing through the alleys of poplars, after which Alamos is named, combines double steps, Latin American music and even songs from singers/songwriters Vicente Fernandez and Joaquin Sabina.
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I heard of a tour that the Estudiantina de Álamos had made to San Francisco and Los Angeles. It would be wonderful if this organization of young men could retrace de Anza’s steps in California. Just think, Estudiantina de Álamos performing in San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. It would make a beautiful poster. Natural sponsors would be these cities’ Historical Societies. Cultural roots are most clearly understood through music. Wherever these young men stroll singing they are Álamos ambassadors.
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On this evening the Estudiantina de Álamos was playing on the steps of Old Hospital ruins left standing as part of a restoration into a hotel. A bus load of Copper Canyon tourists were being entertained and dining. And then a murmur swept through the bustling patio, heads turned and whispers followed. Carroll O’Connor, actor and Álamos home owner, had entered the room which rose in a standing ovation. I remember little about these women other than: left to right, she lived in Los Angeles and had a flirtatious air, the redhead was part of the last Almada family to live in Las Delicias, the third women was an interior decorator from Connecticut and the youngest was married to a political big wig in Mexico City. All the women had friendly smiles, easy laughs, moments of bitter and sweet remembrance and multiple changes of clothes for an enjoyable day and evening in Álamos courtesy of a dedicated Museo staff. In Alamos, once an Almada always an Almada. Estudiantina de Álamos performs before a packed Plaza as a film crew captures the event. It is a big day in the Plaza. A TV crew has come to town and is filming a music concert. Estudiantina de Álamos, a crowd favorite, is performing. They will also back up several other acts. The bandstand is surrounded by adolescent girls and an scattered smiling mothers
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Doc jones,max Rumbaugh, Janet Anderson Owner of the Hotel Colonial The International Jazz Day planned for Alamos in April 2017 is to provide one weekend where the natural musical talents of Sonora are merged with the American art form of New Orleans Jazz. The musical event is based upon the belief that music can build better understanding and friendships across the USA and Mexico (specifically Arizona and Sonora) border. The people of both states speak primarily different languages, but all can enjoy communicating with one another through music. International Jazz Day in Alamos will feature professional talent for the event, both local and international. It will also showcase up and coming local talent. The performances will be held in various sites in the city. In conjunction with the performances there will be workshops for young and adult musicians, teaching the concept of blending their natural musical instincts with that of Jazz. International Jazz day is an event established in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). After visiting Alamos in October, 2016 jazz musician and event organizer, William “Doc” Jones found encouragement from the citizens and leaders of Alamos to conduct an International Jazz day in Alamos. Doc has created a committee of local citizens, members of Scottsdale Sister Cities and Jazz musicians from New Orleans to plan the event. After covering the costs of the event, remaining funds will be used to support music education in Alamos.
Doc Jones & Max Rumbaugh, Alamos Int’l Jazz Day Festival Producers,welcome Janet Anderson to the Jazz Day Host Committee
Welcome to the Alamos Hotel Colonial The Hotel Colonial, built in 1875, is located in the heart of Alamos, one block from the Plaza de Armas, and a half-block from the Palacio. Hotel Colonial is a small, elegant retreat for travelers seeking an authentic Old Mexico experience. Welcome to a place where fellow travelers, artists and photographers can hone their talents and expand their worlds. Small and intimate, this boutique hotel is an elegant oasis in the social and cultural center of Alamos. Within the block, the you will find five different restaurants that offer diverse cuisine. Beautifully appointed rooms with fireplaces, air conditioners and wireless Internet services. Complimentary Hot Breakfast served with Kelley’s Premium Coffee roasted in house. Try our special Espresso, Cappuccinos, and Lattes!
The Influence of the Jazz Festival Experience on Tourist Behavior Festival tourism has received increasing attention from researchers, and has reached a critical mass with a sufficient level of articles to merit dedicated subject journals such as Festival Management and Event Tourism. Recent literature has focused on tourist motivation for festival attendance. However, limited studies examine the impact of tourist experience on their postevent behavioral intentions. This study examines return intentions toward both the festival and the host location. Music festivals can enjoy high attendance figures and can draw attendees from a broad geographic base. The provides an opportunity for the host location to leverage awareness realized through festival attendance. An empirical examination of festival attendees post-event behavioral intentions will illuminate tourist motivation to return to a similar event and also the location itself. Background Festival tourism has attracted growing attention from the scholarly community. A destination development perspective attributes the growth of festivals to build revenue during shoulder or low seasons (Ritchie & Beliveau, 1974). Research has documented that the events are drivers for tourist demand that helps ensure visitor demand year round (Getz, Anderson, & Sheehand, 1998). Included in the area of festival research is the phenomenon of music tourism, which is often integrated and encompassed into several types of festivals. While music is typically a key feature at festivals, it can also become the organizing theme In this case, the event will be termed as a music festival.
Music festivals have been a key aspect of music tourism. These festivals organized around live music performances are unique special events that can attract visitors from an expansive breadth of demographics (Bowen & Daniels, 2005). This provides an opportunity for the host community to work together in expanding the tourist base of destinations. Music festivals will expose tourists to locations and destinations that they may have not been able thinking of visiting otherwise. Therefore, the music festival as a special event functions as a unique driver for the event host community that can build post-festival tourism awareness. Various aspects of festival tourism are discussed in the academic literature including place marketing, urban development, social change, consumer behavior and tourism (Matheson, 2008; Lee, Petrick & Crompton, 2007; Quinn, 2006; Prentice & Andersen, 2003; Formica & Uysal, 1998; Saleh & Ryan, 1993). A primary area is the examination of motivation for festival attendance. Consumer motivation has received considerable attention in tourism literature related to events and festivals (Backman, Backman, Uysal, & Sunshine, 1995; Crompton & McKay, 1997; Formica & Murrmann, 1998; Getz & Cheyne, 2002; Gibson, 2004; Lee, Lee & Wicks, 2004; Mohr, Backman, Gahan & Backman, 1993). However, despite the expansive examination of tourist behaviors, little has been done to determine how the experiences of the festival or event shape future behavior towards both the event itself and the host location Empirical evidence supports a relationship between tourist satisfaction and attitude and behavioral changes (Lehto et al, 2003). In this context, satisfaction increases the possibility of a repeat visit to a place where the tourist has had a memorable experience (Lehto et al, 2003). It is important to establish a distinction between behavioral intentions in a tourism context and in general business. In the case of a tourism product, the return visit may not mean a literal repeat use of a product or have identical expectations. Alternately, a repeat purchase in product-based industries means the consumer will purchase the same product and expect the same product utility. In tourism, the connotation of repeat purchase can be much broader. It could mean new and different expectations of utility (Lehto et al, 2003). This is especially true for a special interest tourism product such as a musical festival. For example, a music buff may visit a destination for the first time as a result of the pull of a musical event. A repeat visit from this tourist can mean either a second time patronage to the same musical event, or an individual visit to the destination and its vicinity for other attractions and experiences. This latter scenario could be the direct result of exposure to the area as a result of attending the music festival, and can be further influenced by their satisfaction at that event. Study objective
PUERTO PENASCO MAYOR KIKO MUNRO IS WELL RECIEVED
“With Music on Their Mine There’s No Time For Crime” Doc Jones
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THE 1ST INT’L JAZZ DAY FEST IS COMING TO ALAMOS SONORA MEXICO The highly anticipated International Jazz day Jazz Festival in Alamos will be a total success. The 1st Int’l Jazz day annual festival will bring together hundreds of jazz lovers from Arizona for three days of jazz performances by award-winning artists. The festival took place April 7-9, 2017 with events at Plaza as will as a few hikte. This year’s line-up feature some of the best in jazz and is expected to draw over 1,000 festivalgoers to Alamos to watch artists perform at 7:00PM. This year’s roster featured Universal Recording Artist DOC & Nayo Jones, Mugil MAMBO, Mario Abney,“One of the joys of producing the first and Cousin Alice. International Jazz Day Jazz Festival in Alamos, will be getting to bring in name talent like Cousin Alice, while also creating a spacefor our local jazz musicians to shine, said Doc Jones, Executive Director at International Jazz Day AZ Foundation. “Our goal is to keep growing this festival so Alamos will becomes as well known for jazz as it is in New Orleans.
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HEADLINES ALAMOS 1ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY FESTIVAL 2017
In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated April 30th as International Jazz Day. 2017 marks the 6th Annual International Jazz Day, with celebrations set to take place across the globe (jazzday.com), including alone the southern Border. On April 7th , 8 and 9th, jazz will make its mark on Alamos Mexico with the stellar performances of Nayo Jones, along with music educator and jazz promoter Doc Jones of the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation, Mario Abney and Cousin Alice, offering the perfect fusion of blues & Jazz with touches of Class. Jazz is no stranger to Alamos, thanks to Hotel Owner and Jazz lover Suzanne Chartrand she produced the first jazz fest. Smithsonian Institute has deemed “Jazz Appreciation Month” (JAM). Save the Date! April 7,8 & 9th – More info coming soon! visit www.alamosjazzfest.com Photo By: Bruce Talbot
Get the celebrity treatment with worldclass service at Hacienda de los Santos I did. “This is the CEO & Founder of International Jazz Day AZ Foundation my stay at the Hacienda I truly was treated like the Celebrity i am” Doc Jones This beautiful hotel is located in a restored hacienda in Alamos and features an on-site cinema, free Wi-Fi and spa services. Hacienda de los Santos is decorated with historic artifacts and offers a pool. Each rustic room at this property comes with a fireplace, a nightstand and a private bathroom with a shower and toilet. Some rooms feature a working desk. The hotel’s on-site restaurant serves local cuisine all day, and a wide variety of tequila is served at the bar. There is an Argentine steak house within 0.9 miles and a local market just 2,300 feet away. Activities like mini-golf and biking are offered at the property, and there is a scenic lookout within a 5-minute drive. Alamos City Centre is less than 1.2 miles from Hacienda de los Santos, while Ciudad Obregon International Airport can be reached within a 1.5-hour drive. This property is also rated for the best value in Álamos! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city. We speak your language! Hacienda de los Santos has been welcoming Booking.com guests since Aug 20, 2013
International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Jazz & Arts Education Summit In Alamos To Be Held In March, 2017 The first IJDF Jazz & Urban Arts Education Summit in Alamos, in Sonora, Mexico, will convene during a weekend in March, 2017. Jazz and art educators in Sonora and Arizona are invited to attend, instruct, and perform at this event. Its purpose is to provide both educators and students with intensive and detailed techniques regarding jazz and urban art, via the instruction of dedicated professional professionals. This summit is not the first of artistic collaborations between Arizona and Sonora. For the past year, International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Executive Director Wm. Doc Jones and board members have been working with Arizona musicians and artists towards the initiation of a comprehensive Jazz Studies program somewhere in Alamos Mexico. Doc Jones is also working with artist Katherine Callingham regarding the exciting possibility of developing of her Urban Art program in Alamos. International Jazz Day AZ Foundation has also shared its events with the community of Puerto Peñasco. In April 2016, IJDF, Doc Jones, Lalo Gonzalez, and the Mayor of Puerto Peñasco, Kiko Munro, brought the First Int’l Jazz Day Festival in Rocky Point to huge crowds for a remarkable two-day event. The plan to bring more jazz programs to the area was then set in motion, with hopes to gain approval of the city and state government to create a certified Jazz Studies program at Municipal School of Music in Puerto Peñasco. March 2017, the Int’l Jazz Day AZ Foundation will be in Alamos to experience the product of its hard work, but in order to pull off a summit like this, there are significant needs, such as underwriters to sponsor food and lodging for the participants. IJDF, 504 Multimedia, and 602 Jazz Magazine will help support some of the artist-based and teacher-based costs. IJDF will provide significant one-week extensions for two of its Senior Scholars, Doc Jones and Katherine Callingham. The artists themselves delved aggressively into this project and made their own sacrifices. All of them being college or university professors, several submitted grants to have their travels compensated by their own universities and jazz and art programs, others were able to receive just enough money to meet the cost of the trip, and at least two artists will attend completely at their own expense. These artists display through their enthusiasm the severity with which serious jazz educators pursue musical opportunities. IJDF’s first Jazz & Arts Education Summit is part of the future wave for promoting causes related to American-based jazz music and art education, as well as those subjects’ relationships with the rest of the world. Furthermore, through this summit, ties between Arizona and Sonora will continue to strengthen. For more information, contact Doc Jones at 602-524-7998, 504tvmag@gmail.com or www.jazzdayaz.com. OUR HISTORY For the last five years, every April 30th, the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation has successfully organized the Jazz AZ Festival. This day has become a signature event for the state of Arizona and is very connected to the music education community and UNESCO. IJDF books well-known jazz musicians from all over the United States, including, of course, many of its own local Arizona musicians. The festival in 2017 will be on an even grander scale than before, and the foundation calls for the help of jazz and art lovers to make this year’s festival the best yet. The Foundation also will be producing the 1st Alamos International Jazz Day Festival.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION We’ve always valued our commitment to music education and have shown this through various mediums. We have had musical groups give presentations in assemblies at Arizona schools for no charge, performed jazz workshops for high school jazz bands from around the state, and donated funds to local charter school music programs, such as the Academy of Excellence. Next year, to celebrate the 6th Annual Int’l Jazz Day, we are bringing musicians to Alamos Sonora to make it the 1st Int’l Jazz Day in Alamos Mexico. Fortunately, the Jazz & Art Summit in March will lay framework for our efforts to present New Orleans jazz music to the Sonora area. We’ll be working with jazz educators in Alamos to develop an all-year program and to also bring our most successful concert series, “The Flavor of New Orleans,” to the area over the next 36 months. SPONSORSHIP As is the case with many festivals and non-profit corporations, the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation cannot cover our costs on ticket sales alone. We hope you will consider the possibilities of sponsoring our 2017 Jazz Day, sponsoring our educational programs for young musicians and artists in Alamos, or taking out an ad in either our new Alamos publication or 602az Jazz Magazine. We are a non-profit 501 C-3 organization, so your sponsorships are tax-deductible. Please feel free to get in touch with us, and we will send you a complete sponsorship package. We truly wish to partner with many more local businesses and individuals to make our programs, summits, and festivals even more successful and beneficial for all involved in the future.
GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA OFFICE Juan Ciscomani has been with the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (THCC) since 2011, initially joining as membership director and more recently serving as vice president. Mr. Ciscomani leads all of the THCC’s outreach efforts with members, sponsors, community leaders and three affiliate Hispanic Chambers in Sierra Vista, Douglas and Nogales. He has been instrumental in increasing the chamber’s membership, growing businesses and strengthening southern Arizona relations with Mexico. “Juan’s strong ties and positive relationships with the Southern Arizona community will be immensely valuable to our administration,” said Governor Ducey. “His longstanding commitment to civic leadership, coupled with a tested record of success in business growth, will be vital as we continue to improve our economic competitiveness in Southern Arizona and throughout the state.” Mr. Ciscomani has served on the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board since 2012 and recently completed his term with the Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments. In 2011, he was one of 25 leaders selected by a statewide search for the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy Fellowship. After completing college, Mr. Ciscomani was one of twenty scholars in the United States selected by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute to participate in a Public Policy Fellowship Program in Washington, DC. He also led the University of Arizona Take Charge America Institute’s outreach and youth financial literacy efforts in 2006. A Tucson native, Mr. Ciscomani graduated with honors from both Pima Community College and the University of Arizona. “I look forward to working with Governor Ducey and our region’s diverse stakeholders to improve the economic competiveness of Southern Arizona,” said Juan Ciscomani. “I thank the governor for entrusting me to serve this role and I’m ready to put my experience to work on behalf of this administration and our state. The Office of The State Of Arizona in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico: From export novices to the export professionals, the Arizona State Office in Sonora may help any businesses achieve export goals in Mexico efficiently and economically. Services include export assistance including first hand market information, partner searches, contact facilitation, participation in trade events, trade missions and customized trade matchmaking services
You don’t need a sixth sense to perceive that Juan Ciscomani will likely hold other public positions after this one....
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Karen Ogle, Consul General of the United States in Hermosillo, Sonora Christopher Teal, Consul General of the United States in Nogales,
We love Jazz and Support America’s True Art Form, and Int’l Jazz Day AZ Festival Photo : By Doc Jones
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