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MAESTRA ARTICLE - By: ANdrea DALY
It’s six-o-clock in the evening — which means it’s early — and the little Brooklyn venue on the corner of Franklin and Clifton Place that has become a hotbed of talent and creative community has not yet opened its doors. Before the fog machines and familiar faces, the disco balls and DJs, I stand alone in the back room watching eleven performers check their charts, rehearse transitions, talk shop, and call out arrangement notes for tonight’s set. They are all women.
If you haven’t heard about Femme Jam, the hype will reach you soon. The women of Femme have been drawing monthly sold out crowds to the popular Bedstuy venue C’mon Everybody for a year now, hosting an all-female-led jam session that attracts amateur musicians, Broadway pit…
PERFORMANCE PLUS
Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
A total of $180,100 was awarded through the Performance Plus program, which supports U.S.-based female-led jazz ensembles by connecting them with an experienced jazz artist-educator for six evaluative listening sessions with the goal of enhancing the ensemble’s performance. The listening sessions will culminate in a recording session resulting in a high-quality demo for use by the grantee ensemble.
