SLIDE 1 Everybody ybody Wins s with th Block ck Booking
Yvonne
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The Western Jazz Presenters Network (WJPN) is a coalition of jazz presenters in the western region of North America. The WJPN is dedicated to mutual support through networking, collective block- booking of touring jazz artists, professional development and advancement of the full diversity
- f the jazz field. One goal is to make it financially
viable for presenters, especially from rural and underserved communities, to bring national jazz artists to their audiences using the economies of block booking.
SLIDE 6 Tom Guralnick, Outpost Productions, Albuquerque NM, President John Gilbreath, Earshot Jazz, Seattle WA, Vice-President Dan Atkinson, Athenaeum, La Jolla CA, Treasurer Peter Bell, Telluride Jazz Festival, Telluride CO, Secretary Lowell Pickett, Musical Instrument Museum MiM, Phoenix AZ Tim Jackson, Kuumbwa and Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey CA Randall Kline, SFJazz, San Francisco CA Jim Nadel Stanford Jazz Festival CA Ken Pickering, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Canada
Board of Direct ector
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Member er Sites es
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NEA-FUNDED TOURS
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Peter Brotzmann Trio 5
Federico Martinez 4
Dave Douglas Trio 5
Vinicius Cantuaria 4
Yosvany Terry 5
Daphnis Prieto 4
Carmen Lundy 4
The Cookers 7
Unofficial Tours 2013-2014 # of Performances at member venues
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Average
Ticket Sales $48,303 $3,450 NEA Artist Fee Support $16,500 $1,179 Artist Fees Paid by Presenter $37,450 $2,675 Production Expenses $30,566 $2,183 Advertising Expenses $10,800 $771 Net
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September 26-SFJazz, San Francisco, CA September 28-Harris Center for the Arts, Folsom, CA September 29-Kuumbwa Jazz, Santa Cruz, CA September 30-Redwood Jazz Alliance, Arcata, CA October 1-Jimmy Mak's, Portland, OR October 2-Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA October 3-Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ October 4 & 5-The Outpost, Albuquerque, NM The e Cookers s Tour 2014
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- Oct. 17-Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, CA
- Oct. 19-Redwood Jazz Alliance, Arcata, CA
- Oct. 22-Jimmy Mak's, Portland, OR
- Oct. 23-Earshot Jazz, Seattle, CA
- Oct. 25-Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Greg g Osby Tour 2014
SLIDE 18 UC Davis, Davis, CA Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz CA
- Mt. Vernon Country Club, Golden, CO
Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, CA Fox Theatre, Tucson, AZ Billy Childs s Tour 2015 15
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- 1. Listserve
- 2. Meetings
- 3. Choosing artists
- 4. Booking the Block
- 5. How artist/agents access network
- 6. Key to setting up network
SLIDE 21 Yvonne
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