Saturday, January 28, 2017

Suncoast Blues Festival - Florida's BLUES will be in Sarasota FL Jan 27 & 28, 2017

Suncoast Blues Festival
Keeping the Blues Alive - 2 Days 
of Blues Under the Florida Sun




 Suncoast Blues Festival 

Bringing great blues and 
great friends together 
for the weekend of
January 27 & 28, 2017.


The Lineup - Friday*:
(Gates open at 5pm)
6pm - Balkun Brothers
7:15pm - Kat Riggins
8:30pm - Chris Duarte
Jam to Follow

The Lineup - Saturday*:
Gates Open at 11am)
Noon- Dwayne Dopsie & 
The Zydecdo Hellraisers
1:15pm - Charles Wilson
2:30pm -  Tommy Z
4:00pm - Studebaker John
5:30pm -  Annika Chambers
7:00pm - Selwyn Birchwood
Jam to Follow

*Schedule Subject to Change

Sarasota Fairgrounds
3000 Ringling Blvd, 
Sarasota, FL 34237

FREE Onsite Parking!

Great Music!  Great Food!  Cold Beer!  
Come stay for the whole weekend.  
RV and camping sites available.  
For more information call:  (941)758-7585 



Gates will open at 5pm on Friday
Tickets $15 ADVANCE- $20 GATE.
Show times:  6:00pm-10:00pm
Gates will open at 11am on Saturday
Tickets $25 ADVANCE  - $30 GATE.
Show times:  12pm-9:00pm
Two Day Passes (Friday & Saturday) $35 ADVANCE  - $45 GATE.
Reserved seating (only available as a two day pass) - $60.

RV sites available $40 per night and includes water,.
30amp power and dump station available on site
Tent camping is available $25 per night.
No showers-Restroom facility on site.

Free Parking 
Event is Rain or Shine
No Refunds - All Sales are Final 
Reserved Seating Available   
Dog Friendly-Must Be Leashed  
No coolers, outside drinks and food or weapons allowed 
 Food, Beverage & Merchandise Vendors On Site 
Bring Lawn Chairs/Blankets, Sunscreen 
& Money For Vendors 


Hotel Discount - While the festival does offer RV and Tent camping at the fairgrounds, for those wishing hotel accommodations, book your room at the Comfort Suites-Sarasota, located at 5690 Honore Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34233. Lots of amenities! They have been #1 on Trip Advisor for the past three years. When you call, ask for the festival rate and you will receive a 25% discount on your room! Call 941-554-4475 for reservations or book online: https://www.choicehotels.com/florida/sarasota/comfort-suites-hotels/flc05/rates?ratePlanCode=LARTS

For tickets, information, sponsorship and vendor inquiries: Contact Roseanne Herndon at 941-758-7585 or info@suncoastblues.com

Benefit for
Helping displaced families with minor children
who have lost their housing.  Family Promise
Sarasota provides shelter, meals, basic needs
(clothing, toiletries, and personal items), case
management, referrals and resources

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Jazz & Blues Florida Annual Statistics Report 1/26/17 - February Ad Placement Deadline 1/27/17

Jazz & Blues Florida Annual 
Statistics Report as of 1/26/17

Apologies for this not being complete (see last section)
but it is what could be provided at this time.

TODAY
want to promote your show, brand,
club, venue or festival!

Premium listings - $10 per month, annually or
Full platform placements - $120 to $200 per month


Past Month Pageviews: 35,278
Lifetime Pageviews:  993,925 (Yes, we should hit ONE MILLION VIEWS in a week or so!)

YOUTUBE VIEWS

Current Subscribers: 329
Videos Posted:  2,996
Past Month Views:  3,151
   Number of countries represented: 65
Past Year Views:   41,478
   Number of countries represented: 139
Lifetime Views(Starting date of Aug 28, 2009): 196,410
   Number of countries represented: 180

CHARLIE BOYER ACCOUNT
(Account created in confusion during upgrades to Google)
Videos Posted:  79
Lifetime Views(Starting date of Oct 26, 2013): 628

HOT HOUSE FLORIDA ACCOUNT
(Account for two years prior to name change)
Videos Posted:  12
Lifetime Views(Starting date of May 12, 2007): 19,045

TOTAL LIFE TIME YOUTUBE VIEWS: 216,083

JazzBluesFlorida.com Banner Views
www.JazzBluesFlorida.com
Past month views/clicks/rate: 143,488/5,496/3.83%
Past year views/clicks/rate:   1,869,897/75,564/4.04
Lifetime views/clicks/rate:   12,049,329/305,778/ 2.09%-3.16% (Due to report being to large to run in one report. Split into two reports)

Facebook Individual Account
Friends:  5,000
Followers: 1,749
Following: 1,124
Facebook Business Account
Likes: 3,235
   Past Month Post Reach: 31,267 w/ 2,485 engagements (8%)
YouTube 
Subscribers: 329
TWITTER
Followers:  466
Following:  715
   Past Month Impressions: 17,900 (1.3% engagement rate)
LINKEDIN
Connections: 2,321

TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS: 12,615
 (Social media distribution includes Pinterest and Google+)

JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA Ezine

ISSUU (online reader at https://issuu.com/jazzbluesflorida/docs)
Past month reads: 270
Past month impressions: 1,597
Lifetime reads (Start February 2013): 28,295
Lifetime Impressions (Start February 2013): 256,364

JazzBluesFlorida.com
https://cache.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000316/1701_JBF_Linkedv3.pdf
Due to cached .pdf documents on our website page views are not able to be tracked we cannot report on the readership of the magazine posted here. We are working to find a better platform that will allow complete tracking. These numbers are also not represented in the page views section above, making our overall readership higher than we can report based on viewing reports.

Jazz & Blues Florida Website
With much regret, I cannot report on the website traffic at this time. Google analytics changed their log-in verification and the old, old, old, way that it was set up with we started the website no longer functions, and I was not given notice by either my web service provide or Google. At this point I do not have access to any of the historical information (fingers crossed that it becomes available again!) and setting up the new account is in process and I can't complete it without tech support's assistance. This part will be updated as I learn more and hopefully have access to the stats. After spending the last four hours on this, I just have to move on and get things done. Let's just say traffic is HUGE! Really BIG! Really GREAT. THE BEST TRAFFIC! BIG GREAT HUGE TRAFFIC that's better than anybody else's!

CONTACTS/EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION LIST
Our data base contains 12,122 individual request/permission-based emails. No multipliers are applied. Many of these are organization/network/calendar contacts that re-distribute to their lists.  (Count of 'items' is in lower left corner of screen shots below). Our data base also contains 6,621 contacts that have requested to be REMOVED from our list over the years. They may no longer be receiving our emails, but they are aware of us!

EMAIL STATISTICS:
Since July 11, 2014, Jazz and Blues Florida has sent out 2,491,955 emails through MailChimp. Thats a lot emails. That is a lot of information. There is currently a 19.5% open rate and a 1.3% click-thru rate.

For specific Google Analytic and proprietary reports on each of the above, please email Charlie@JazzBluesFlorida.com and I will get them to you. I simply do not have the time to print, format, and post the actually reports at this time.


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*We have the most comprehensive festival page for Florida jazz & blues at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com/Festivals ?
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Tampa Jazz Club Presents Two Great Performances: Bop Legacy and Eric Alexander

Hillsborough Community College's 
Performing and Visual Arts Program 
& Tampa Jazz Club Sunday Series 
Presents


Sunday, Januar 29, 2016 ~ 3:00 PM
Bop Legacy
Bop Legacy, featuring saxophonist Austin Vickrey and
trumpeter James Suggs, emerged in 2016 with several
concerts paying tribute to the greats of jazz. Joined by Bay
Area veterans Stretch Bruyn, Billy Pillucere, and
Joe Renda, this band has really captured the attention of
jazz listeners, and their Ybor City concert will focus on two
of the most lyrical and inventive jazz players of their time,
saxophonist Stan Getz and trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker.

at

Mainstage Theatre
Performing Arts Center - HCC Ybor
1304 E 11th  Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
MAP

$15 Club Members, $15 in advance.
$20 day of show (nonmembers)
$10 Students with ID

HCC Events Complimentary
to HCC Students (HCC
Events Only)

Complimentary for Children
10 and under

Tickets for all events also
available at the door
(cash or check only)or online at:

AND

Tampa Jazz Club &
USF School of Music Presents
Monday Night Jazz Series


Monday, January 30, 2017 ~ 7:30 PM
Eric Alexander & The USF Faculty Ensemble

Monday, February 27, 2017 ~ 7:30 PM
Frank Greene & Danny Gottlieb
w/ USF Jazz Ensemble 1
Monday, February 27, 2017;

Thursday, March 23, 2017 ~ 7:30 PM
Jack Wilkins Banff Project
w/ Sara Caswell, Corey Christiansen, Ray Baril
and the USF Jazz Ensemble

at

University of South Florida - 
USF Concert Hall
3755 USF Holly Drive
Tampa, FL 33620
MAP

Tickets: $20/$15 Club Members, Seniors, 
or in advancE, $10 Students with ID

Tickets also available at the door 
(cash or check only) or online at:

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*We have the most complete and current listing of Florida jazz and blues links at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com/links ?
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

AMF Tire - Full Auto Service in Boca Raton, FL - Road Worthy & Testified!

Take it from a 
million-miler that
knows the road....

Your Boca Raton 
Authorized Michelin Dealer!

The owners of AMF Tire are "Famous Frank" Ward and Steve Mandarano. You will find them right there in the office to see to it that all work is done properly and that clients are treated the way they want to be treated. They do very little advertising, so in order to be around this long they have to deliver better service than the others, and that is exactly what they consistently do. Most of their customers are sent to them by word of mouth by people such as blues music road-warrior, JASON RICCI, as quoted above, because they know that everyone at AMF receives the proper repair at a fair price. They will never sell you anything you don’t need.

AMF Tire, Inc. has been in business in Boca Raton, FL since 1985, and has built a great reputation in the community for honest, quality auto service, and tires sales and service.

This professional operation offers complete service for most cars foreign and domestic including oil changes, scheduled maintenance, tires, wheel alignment, wheel balancing (including high speed on the car balancing), fuel system cleaning, brakes, tune ups, suspension, batteries, diagnostic work, and most other services.

Their service professionals are not on commission, and they are not open weekends, so time can be spent with family and friends. If this is the type of business you would like to deal with, choose AMF Tire.

AMF TIRE
1770 Costa del Sol
Boca Raton FL 33432
(561)368-6700  AMFTire.com
Hours: 7:30am - 5pm, Mon-Fri


Air Conditioning Service/Repair
Alignments
Batteries and Electrical System
Belts & Hoses
Brake Service
Computerized Diagnostics
Cooling System Maintenance
CV and Drive Axles
Engine Service
Front End
Fuel System Service
Lift, Lower, and Leveling Kits
Oil Changes
Radiators
Scheduled Maintenance
Suspension, Shocks, and Struts
Tire Installation
Tire Repair/Flat Repair
Tire Rotation
Tire Sales
Transmission Service
Tune-Ups
Wheel Balancing

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*We have the most complete and current listing of Florida jazz and blues links at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com/links ?
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SOLD OUT! Celebrating Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tickets Selling Fast for Brazilian Jazz Extravaganza

The Jobim Celebration is a sellout!
Thank you, South Florida.

We have a Plan B (two Plan B's, actually)...

The Jobim Celebration will be live-streamed and you can
purchase a ticket to watch the entire concert for $14.99 at

http://www.tiltedglobe.com/jobim

Or, go to the Open Stage Club for the MJC Monday Rent Party and hear an incredible guitar duo, Miami's Tom Lippincott and Peter Mazza from NYC.


Miami Jazz Cooperative
Presents
An Incredible International 
Gathering of Great Artists
to Celebrate Jobim's 90th!

Three-time Latin Grammy nominee, Antonio Adolfo,
Latin Grammy winner, Ed Calle,
Grammy winner, Brian Lynch,
and preeminent jazz harmonica player, Hendrik Meurkens,
headline this world-class celebration of the composer of
"The Girl from Ipanema" and so much more...

Performers:
Antonio Adolfo
 Brenda Alford
 Dr. Carlomagno Araya
 Dr. Ed Calle
 Jim Gasior
 Brian Lynch
 Rose Max
 Hendrik Meurkens
 Ramatis Moraes
 Dr. Jamie Ousley
 Wendy Pedersen
 LeNard Rutledge
Claudio Spiewak

Monday, January 23, 2017 ~ 8pm
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
3385 NE 188th Street
Aventura, FL, 33180 
MAP 
aventuracenter.org  (877)311-7469



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*We have the most complete and current listing of Florida jazz and blues links at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com/links ?
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Little Jake and the Soul Searchers - Florida's Good Thing for a Good Time!

Little Jake and the 
Soul Searchers -
Covering North Florida 
w/ Classic R&B and SOUL!
 Shakin' the Palms at Night!


Saturday, January 28, 2017 ~ 9:15pm-1:15am
Dirty Bar
Thornebrook Village
2441 NW 43rd St, Ste 26B
Gainesville, FL 32606


Saturday, February 4, 2017 ~ 7:30-9pm
3105 Beach Blvd.JacksonvilleFL 32207
(904)398-4326



Saturday, February 11, 2017 ~ 9pm
7152 Moses Lane
Tallahassee FL 32309
MAP
bradfordvilleblues.com (850)906-0766



Can't make the shows,
but want the NEW CD?
BUY HERE


About the Little Jake 
& The Soul Searchers

Little Jake Mitchell is an authentic blues child prodigy and R&B singer who works as hard today as he did in his appearances at the Apollo Theater; as hard as he did on tour as "Mr. Excitement" with R&B immortals James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, and Bobby Blue Bland, or at the Pensacola Blues Festival, when B. B. King encouraged him to stay in show business.


Little Jake & The Soul Searchers—that's what you get when you combine Jake with The Silver-Sonic Horns and a powerful rhythm section. The band recalls authentic R&B stagecraft in support of a classic repertoire of soulful songs. Depending on the venue, Jake and the band treat audiences to sights and sounds seldom seen or heard since the golden age of R&B: opening singers, Tran “The Piano Man” Whitley and drummer, Hal "Halag8r" Saylor; a dynamic, audience-walking lead singer; a strolling horn section; a full-time emcee/announcer, Kenny "The Conductor" Eunice; and one of the funkiest rhythm sections around. The band's roots are deep, featuring sidemen who worked with Ike and Tina Turner, Billy Joe Royal, Ernie K Doe, Hues Corporation, and other R&B and rock pioneers.

The Silver-Sonic Horns, originally organized as The Blacklash Horns by Charlie Blade, trace their heritage back to 1969 when initially formed as the horn section for one of Florida's R&B pioneer band, Weston Prim & Blacklash: Blade on saxes, and long-time collaborator Brian 'T-Bone' Stevens on trombone. They are joined by Doug 'Skywalker' Meyers on trumpet. Classic R&B section-horn energy, funky improvisation by the whole horn section, a great appearance, and a topnotch sound system make The Silver-Sonic Horns an integral part of the Jake Mitchell experience.

The rhythm section features keyboardist and vocalist, Tran Whitley, holding forth on the real deal—a vintage Hammond B3 organ that anchors the band. Tran is joined by seasoned guitarist / backup vocalist, Charles Henry, who can play it funky, and does. On Fender bass, with years of experience beginning with Billy Joe Royal's road band, Allen McCollum keeps the bass line bumping and jumping. Providing energetic pulse and punctuation, and featured as an opening vocalist in every show: Hal Saylor on drums.

Little Jake Mitchell is one of Florida's great native-son ambassadors in rhythm and blues music. Little Jake & The Soul Searchers deliver authentic style and classic repertoire at every performance.



Band Members
Jake Mitchell - Lead Vocals 
Tran Whitley - Keyboards 
Charles Henry - Guitar 
Allen McCollum - Bass 
Hal Saylor - Drums 
Charlie Blade - Sax 
Doug Meyers - Trumpet 
Brian Stevens - Trombone

Stay in touch with Little Jake at:

Booking Info:
Charles Steadham
Blade Agency
(352) 372-8158 x101
charles@bladeagency.com

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*We have the most comprehensive festival page for Florida jazz & blues at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com/Festivals ?
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