Hundreds of jazz musicians and educators and thousands of spectators converged on Long Beach, California, in January 2005. Several monumental canvasses by E.J. Gold provided stage installations for the performance and instructional venues. Click on any image for a larger view and for more information.
Press Release
JazzArt ® GOES BI-COASTAL -- FROM IAJE NEW YORK CITY TO
IAJE LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA
By Beverly Korenwaser, David Franco, and Iven Lourie
Artist E.J. Gold with his painting of the Wings exhibited at the Herbie Hancock Awards Ceremony
Grass Valley, CA, December 19, 2004 -- Imagine a quintessential jazz setting. The house
lights are down, color lekos are sparkling off the
musician's stands, horns, cymbals. The musicians are
concentrated and tight, the music is flowing, the
audience is engaged. Behind the players is a set of 5
stage height backdrops, murals with broad brushstrokes
in smoky blues and violets on black canvas -- jazz
murals, portraying a sizzling nightclub ensemble --
magical, with a swirl of motion and color, a rush of
improvization and startling unexpected passages,
melody and harmony, collaboration and solo virtuosity.
JazzArt ® has been honored once again to collaborate
with the International Association for Jazz Education
in creating an atmosphere of creativity and
performance. For the third year JazzArt ® has been
invited to dress the stages that host this
international cast of jazz musicians and educators.
Toronto, New York and now Long Beach, January 5-8, 2005.
E.J. Gold painting several monumental-sized paintings for the IAJE 2005
JazzArt ® is the production of Heidelberg Editions
International and features the artwork of
internationally acclaimed artist E.J. Gold and the
Grass Valley Grahics Group.
JazzArt ® has joined Wynton Marsalis, Oscar Peterson,
Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner, Howard Johnson and The
Dukes Men, the Jazz Journalists Association, The Jazz
School, Berkeley, The Jazz Bakery, Jazz @ the "A"
Frame, New School University, N.Y. and in Long Beach,
Herbie Hancock.
E.J. Gold painting an electric guitar for IAJE 2005
Blending art on stage with live musicians has been the
experiment of JazzArt ®. What others have said to us:
Howard Mandel, President, Jazz Journalists Association: The
paintings are bold, dynamic. Strong visual impression
from a distance. Very appropriate for the uses by the
IAJE, and the Jazz Journalist Association has been very
happy to donate them to Englewood Hospital where they
hang at the Dizzy Gillespie Cancer Center...seen by
thousands.
Ian Dogole, Band leader, "Hemispheres": Be sure to
pay attention to the visually intoxicating and highly
emotive backdrops supplied by E.J. Gold and the Grass
Valley Graphics Group. Their presence adds depth and
character throughout the presentation.
Wynton Marsalis: This was beautiful. It made the
space a whole lot more alive! Jazz, jazz themes,
different artists; a feeling of community where
everybody is coming together in a meaningful way.
This is something that should happen more.
It's been a wonderful success. It reminds us of the
successful collaboration, a fusion of the arts by
Hockney with Ravel and Satie; Sendek and Mozart's "The
Magic Flute"; Kandinsky and Wagner; and Picasso and
The Ballet Russe.
If you want to know more about the collaboration of
JazzArt ® for Movie Sets, Concert Halls, Theatrical
Stage Productions, TV Set Designs, University Museum
Galleries, Corporate Installation, please contact us.
E.J. Gold paints a guitar for IAJE 2005
