UPTOWNJAZZDALLAS.COM ONLINE The online magazine to Dallas’ first world-class International Jazz Festival and social network APRIL 2010, ISSUE 1, VOL. 1
SAVOR DALLAS GREAT TASTES Uptown Jazz Dallas was proud to particpate as a corporate sponsor of the 6th Annual Savor Dallas. This year’s event took control of the Dallas Arts District with the popular Arts District Wine Stroll (Friday evening). Wine and food enthusiasts sampled flavors at the Dallas Museum of Art’s SeventeenSeventeen Restaurant, Nasher Sculpture Garden, Meyerson Symphony Center, Winspear Opera House and the Wyly Theater. Saturday’s event schedule moved to the Sheraton Dallas Hotel (this year’s host hotel) and included early morning and afternoon seminars featuring wine and chocolate pairings and more. The exlcusive Reserve Tasting starred the most premium brands and was held in the
photos by Kent Bryant for UJDLive Productions
hotel’s 38th floor Chaparral Ballroom. During the Reserve Tasting session, Savor Dallas presented it’s Lone Star Awards which honors the greatest names in wine, food, spirits and the arts (photo top right, Texas Spirit Award winner, Patrick Esquerre (right) and Jim White (L) Founder of Savor Dallas).
Pictured right are Seth Box, Director of Education for Moet Hennessy USA and Keith Hill, Founder of Uptown Jazz Dallas, LLC.
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EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT: SETH BOX | MHUSA Keith Hill (pictured left), Founder of Uptown Jazz Dallas, LLC, sat down with Moet Hennessy USA’s Director of Education, Seth Box (pictured right). The exclusive interview took place at Savor Dallas’ International Grand Tasting in the VVIP Room, which exclusively showcased Moet Hennessy’s wines, champagnes and spirits. Seth Box talks about why Moet Hennessy considers Savor Dallas one of the events that they must support with their best presentations. He also shared news of Hennessy Cognac’s new premium brand release Hennessy Black. Now available in some locations. See the “exclusive” interview on UptownJazzDallas.com or on our Livestream channel. FOR MORE ON MOET HENNESSY VISIT: www.MHUSA.com
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FEATURED MOET HENNESSY BRANDS
CHOPIN POTATO VODKA Premium Polish vodka made from potatoes. Now celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Poland’s celebrated composer Frederic Chopin. www.chopinvodka.com Price 39.99 750 ml
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HENNESSY BLACK COGNAC Hennessy Black is a highly versatile, decidedly different new premium cognac from the world’s leading cognac maker www.HennessyBlack.com Price 49.99 750ml
DOM PERIGNON CHAMPAGNE Considered by the makers as an assemblage. The wine maker’s process of a perfect balance of black and white grapes sets each vintage apart from the rest. www.domperignon.com Price range 159.00 to 359.00
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SPECIAL MOMENTS SAVOR DALLAS 2010
Savor Dallas Lone Star Award Recipients
Moet Hennessy VVIP Room Staff
Mr. & Mrs. Troy Dungan, Guest and Vickie White of Savor Dallas
The Marc Toussaint Combo
Flavor abounding at the International Grand Tasting
Keith Hill sampling Finlandia cocktails
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SOFT-LAUNCH
UPTOWNJAZZDALLAS.COM As the exciting business developments continue that will culminate with the launch of Uptown Jazz Dallas’ International Jazz Festival, we’re excited by the response to our strategy to introduce the global entertainment platform and social network, UptownJazzDallas.com. Our social network is the central component to the Festival’s goal of making the festival an international platform while also position the network as the go-to online destination for information relating to music, food, fashion, film and arts in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. The network is populating with Artists and Venues of Interest to the Festival, in addition to, creating original content that will be available on demand directly on the network and via our Livestream network. During this ‘soft-launch’ network population stage, we’re ‘closed-off’ to the general public and are populating ‘by invitation only’. We welcome everyone to be a part of the experience. Just send your request for ‘Free’ Membership to corporate@uptownjazzdallas.com . The network will remain closed off to the public until we are ready to make the formal announcement of the debut of the Festival which is tentatively slated for Fall 2011. In the meantime, you will be able to experience the programming via our year-round promotion arm Jazz Up Festivals and Productions unit. Our teaser networks are established via Facebook and Twitter at the following: http://www.twitter.com/uptownjazzfest or @uptownjazzfest
Tune in to our netcasting channel for original content produced in support of our efforts. You’ll be able to access programming via the Festival'via our Facebook Group and UptownJazzDallas.com in the Video On-Demand Section.
http://www.livestream.com/uptownjazzdallaslive
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ARTISTS ON INTEREST TO THE FESTIVAL These are artists that are featured on UptownJazzDallas.com in the ‘Set-List’ player on the Front Page of the network. These are artists that the Festival considers exceptional. Most of these artists are independent and are a focus of the festival for development and presentation at Uptown Jazz Dallas | International Jazz Festival, or, as part of the Jazz Up Festivals, Underground and Productions programming. Maurice Brown | The Cycle of Love One such artist is newcomer Maurice Brown whose new release The Cycle of Love is a great introduction to this young trumpeter’s style of jazz fused with jazzy hip-hop and fusion. Don’t get it confused though. This trumpeter has chops and his band shows that they didn’t just start this project yesterday. You can listen to “Time Tick Tock’ now playing in the ‘Set-List player. We honestly didn’t hear a track that we didn’t like. Highly recommended.
Carolyn Leonhart and Wayne Escoffery | If Dreams Come True This has got to be one of smoothest vocalists on the horizon. Carolyn Leonhart blends her jazz vocal style with a nu-jazz/ neo-soul like flavor that blends the sax of Wayne Escoffery in some of the classiest tracks you’ll ever hear. It’s best to listen to this recording rather than talk about it. We’ll be featuring this Artist of Interest to the Festival going forward but for now you can hear “Where There is Love” from her If Dreams Come True release now playing in the ‘Set-List’.
You can purchase digital mp3’s of the ‘Artists of Interest to the Festival’ in our online store at Amazon Digital located here.
JAZZ UP TASTE TOURS Stay tuned as we prepare to introduce Jazz Up Taste Tours. The mission of Jazz Up as the year-round promotions arm of Uptown Jazz Dallas is to extend the festival experience into the community and embellish the culture through music, food, fashion and the arts. Jazz Up Taste Tours will take the festival’s jazzy vibe into the area’s top restaurants and wine tasting facilities featuring the best of food, wine, champagne and spirits. Stay tuned for the Taste Tour schedule.
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