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Activities:
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Special
concerts: We try to arrange concerts
in the New Orleans (Revival) Style with
musicians from Europe, Australia, Japan or
even from New Orleans, who have won their
spurs in this jazz style. And we are looking
for very particular venues where the
concerts take place.
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Every five year we want to honour
a musician or organisation who
had a tremendous
impact on the New Orleans Jazz Style by
presenting the George Lewis Memorial Award.
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On 7th
January 2000 the first George Lewis Memorial Award 2000 was
offered to the famous Sammy Rimington for his invaluable
contribution to New Orleans jazz through concerts, recordings
and organizing tours with New Orleans musicians.
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Sammy Rimington:
winner
of the first
George Lewis
Memorial Award
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Sammy Rimington congratulates
Ad van Beerendonk with the second
George Lewis Memorial Award
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On 4th September 2005 the second was awarded to
the
well known Dutch bass player
Ad van
Beerendonk.
Ad stood at the
basis of New Orleans Jazz in The
Netherlands,
Belgium and
Germany as musician in
several bands, as bandleader, as teacher
for a
whole generation of musicians and as director of
his own
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- Stimulation of publications
about New Orleans jazz in the
Series:
The George Lewis Society Library.
The first book in the
series is a biography of George Lewis,
written in Dutch by Henk
van der Werf:
George Lewis - De klarinet als stem van zijn hart
door
Henk
van der Werf
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The last step in our activities is the
release
of live recordings.
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In 2000 we presented already in
cooperation with others a double CD with Sammy Rimington
and a special Jubilee Band to celebrate the centennial of
the birthday of George Lewis.
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In 2001 followed by a live recording with
the Belgian band The New Orleans Roof Jazzmen and their
honoured guest from New Orleans: trumpet player Wendell Brunious. |
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The third CD, released in September 2003, is the very first
product under the direct management of a close cooperation
between Berendonk Records, the label of the mentioned Award
winner Ad van Beerendonk, and the George Lewis Society in a brand new series: The George Lewis Society
Recordings.
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Collector’s item nr.2, recorded in October 2003 and released in
February 2004, is the registration of a jubilee concert by The
Hot Revival Stompers from Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.
They celebrated their 10th Anniversary and had
invited the band TJ Johnson’s Bourbon Kick from London as their
guests in this double concert. The CD is called: The Hot Revival Stompers live in Charlestown. |
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