Navi - Jazz 2011

ENDEL DUEÑO (Drums. Timbal & Percussion) Best TImbal Player in the World!

PAOLI MEJIAS (congas)

Grammy Award Winner

Navi-JazzInstitute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

“Where Preservation Meets Inspiration”3RDAnnual

Concert

EDGAR ABRAHAM (sax, piano virtuoso)

presents

Saturday, December 10, 2011 @ 6:00pm / Club Mambo 3336 N. Milwaukee Ave.

EDGAR ABRAHAM & HIS LATIN JAZZ PROJECT

ANTONIO QUIJANO (Bass)

Sponsor Package

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Message from the Executive DirectorSeptember, 2011

Dear Potential Sponsor:

2010 was indeed a watershed year for Chicago’s Puerto Rican community as we celebrated the Gala Opening of the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (IPRAC) - the only museum dedicated to preservation, and promotion of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in the continental United States. As part of our fundraising efforts, the IPRAC Board of Directors sponsored the first Navi-Jazz performance with the legendary trombonist William Cepeda. During a frigid Chicago night on December 10, 2009, more than 500 people gathered to delight in the warm rhythmic music interpreted by this legendary figure. It was indeed a night to remember.

The following year, we featured the renowned trumpet player Luis “Perico” Ortiz at our second annual Navi-Jazz in 2010, another spectacular winter eve-ning with more than 600 attendees.

This year, we are proud to feature four Maestros of Latin Jazz: Edgar Abraham (Sax), Paoli Mejias (Congas), Antonio Quijano (Bass) and Endel Dueño (Drums, Timbal), each recognized as a master artist. Their im-pressive biographies are included in this packet.

On behalf of the IPRAC Board of Directors and staff, I am delighted to invite you to become one of the sponsors of this year’s one of a kind Navi-Jazz Concert. Please review the enclosed sponsorship package, and join us with your support.

I remain gratefully yours, Jose E. Lopez, Executive Director

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Mini Bio:1.Edgar Abraham: Edgar Abraham is a saxophonist, composer and master of sixteen instruments. Additionally, he is the creator of the unmatched Hyper-Virtuoso technique for the saxophone. His enlightened musicianship spans the universe, ranging from symphonic compositions to avant-garde jazz improvisations.

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2.Paoli Mejias: Latin Grammy nominee Paoli Mejias is a distinguished master percussionist from Puerto Rico, ranked among the best in both Latin jazz and salsa. As a bandleader Paoli fuses straight-ahead jazz with African, Mediterranean & Caribbean folkloric rhythms to cre-ate a new dimension of Latin jazz that is global, energetic, and modern.

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3.Antonio Quijano: Electric bassist, composer and theorist, Quijano is the Author of a 1,258 book compilation, the Secessionist Method of Composition Encyclopedia which dis-cuses the dozens of theories he has developed over the years. Composer of more than 150,000 pieces of music and creator of the 2:1 technique for stringed instruments. He has lectured at major universities as an independent cultural researcher, writer, and theorist and is a pio-neer in posthuman music and new music theory.------------------------------------------------------------ www.antonioquijanoquartet.com

4.Endel Dueño: Know as the encyclopaedia of the "Timbal ", has taken the place of "King of the Timbal" left by the legendary Tito Puente. Master of both the Timbal and Drums, Dueño is undoubtedly, one of the most prodigious and talented musicians in the world today.

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Navi-JazzInstitute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

“Where Preservation Meets Inspiration”3RDAnnual

ConcertEDGAR ABRAHAM & HIS LATIN JAZZ PROJECT

3015 W. Division St. Chicago, IL. • 773/486.8345 • WWW. IPRAC.ORG

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Navi - Jazz 2011

A celebration of families, friends, historical memory and great live music!

NAVI -JAZZ is ....Navi-Jazz is an initiative of the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC), which seeks to promote one of the most important elements of Puerto Rican cul-tural life – particularly of Puerto Ricans in the Diaspora: the syncretism of the Puer-to Rican and African American musical expressions.

This celebration should be seen against the backdrop of the fusion of Puerto Ri-can and African American musical ele-ments which has as its historical founda-tion the intersection, at the beginning of the 20th century, of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in New York City, as well as in New Orleans.

The above episode is highlighted in a re-cent book, Puerto Rico In The American Century: A History since 1898 by César

I. Ayala & Rafael Bernabe, which states: “Puerto Rican musicians such as Juan Ti-zol, Fernando Arbello, Ramón Usera, and Ralph Escúdero explored the expanding universe of jazz first hand while playing or arranging for Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and other ensembles. Tizol composed “Caravan” and “Perdido”, pieces that became Ellington and jazz standards”.

Thus, Navi-Jazz will help to promote a more meaningful dialogue between the African American and Puerto Rican communities of Chicago. It will serve a two fold purpose for IPRAC: one as a fun-draising event for IPRAC; and as a forum that will link the most demographic pop-ulations in the immediate Humboldt Park community.

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1st & 2nd Navi - Jazz Photo Gallary

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Website Publicity; aguzate.com, e-hispanic.com, arteyvidachicago.com,

iprac.org. facebook/iprac.

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Sponsor Levels for Navi- Jazz

• Public acknowledgment at the Navi-Jazz Event• Banner placement (organization / business must supply banner)• Display space at the event• 8 tickets - VIP Section• Website acknowledgment• Logo on 5,000 flyers, 500 posters• Half page ad in program booklet• Half page ad in community newspaper (La Voz del Paseo Boricua)

• Public acknowledgment at the Navi-Jazz Event • 6 tickets - VIP Section• Website acknowledgment• Logo on 5,000 flyers, 500 posters• 1/8 page ad in program booklet• 1/8 page ad in community newspaper (La Voz del Paseo Boricua)

• Public acknowledgment at the Navi-Jazz Event • 4 tickets - VIP Section• Website acknowledgment• Logo on 5,000 flyers, 500 posters• 1/8 page ad in program booklet

• Public acknowledgment at the Navi-Jazz Event • 2 tickets - VIP Section• 1/8 listing in program booklet

• Gold Sponsor

• Silver Sponsor

• Bronze Sponsor

• Individual Sponsor

$1,500.00

$500.00

$5,000.00

$2,500.00