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  • IAJE Evening 3 - Jazz Wonk(a)

    January 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Encounters, IAJE 2008

    Golden Ticket

    Let's all pretend that I'm Grandpa Joe from Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory for a moment:

    I never thought my life could be
    Anything but catastrophe
    But suddenly I begin to see
    A bit of good luck for me

    'Cause I've got a golden ticket
    I've got a golden twinkle in my eye...

    I had a backstage pass for the NEA Jazz Masters ceremony. It's a very precious item to have. Why did I, a lowly jazz radio blogger, get this? Well, as it happens, for one night, I was God. Or more appropriately, the "Voice of God" during the show. Hear God here.

    Script

    But Friday Night was not about me, and everything about the Jazz Masters who have contributed their lives to this music. So, now that I've been reassigned to mere mortal status, we'll move on to the show in these next few posts... - Josh

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  • Beyond IAJE - Mr. Goudas Ginger Beer

    January 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Discovery, Diversions, food and beverage, ginger, ginger beer, guilty pleasure, iaje, IAJE 2008, indian population, mr goudas, toronto

    Ginger Beer

    Thanks to Toronto's sizable West Indian population, there's a lot of food and beverage variety. Mr. Goudas Ginger Beer is my new favorite guilty pleasure during long days and nights at IAJE. I've had ginger beer, but nothing like this. It will set your mouth ablaze.

    You gotta check out the commercial (RealMedia)

    Too rich... - Josh

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  • IAJE - E.J. Gold's JazzArt

    January 12, 2008. Posted by David Tallacksen.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive

    You may have noticed the colorful backgrounds in some of the pictures of performers at IAJE. We have E.J. Gold to thank for that - the artist is the official provider of JazzArt for IAJE 2008. You can see his work around IAJE - there's even a gallery outside of one of the performance spaces. These pieces are huge - probably 6 feet tall by a couple feet wide. I have a hard time capturing the entire thing with my camera. Here's one:

    JazzArt

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