Workshop Details

Fats Waller, Nat King Cole, Blossom Dearie, Shirley Horn, Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall, Peter Cincotti.

What do these jazz singers have in common? They are all excellent jazz pianists, who most of the time accompany themselves on piano while singing.

Didi Mudigdo (www.didi.com.au), jazz singer/pianist at Nine Muses Club for December - February will present a free workshop discussing the art and craft of the jazz singer/pianist.

The musical material covered in this workshop will be of interest to not only jazz singer/pianists, but also to jazz pianists who accompany singers, and singers who play with jazz pianists.

As a self-managed artist who has performed in Australia, Japan and China over the last 10 years, he will also discuss self-promotion and self- marketing.

This material will appeal to any jazz artist wanting to improve their self-promotion and self-marketing.

Open audience participation will be expected as springboards for workshop discussion, so before arriving, singers please warm-up your voices, pianists please warm-up your fingers, and please bring in your promotional material, photos, biography etc. for discussion.

Topics include:

FOR PIANISTS:
Dealing with singers holding down the groove/basss taying out of the singer’s way transposing skills awareness of vocal repertoire.

FOR SINGERS:
Dealing with jazz musicians approaches to learning theory learning repertoire selecting repertoire selecting keys creative approaches to well-known standards developing your own sound FOR BOTH: building repertoire awareness of jazz vocal styles intros and endings colla voce/rubato intros publicity/promotion getting gigs dealing with overseas agents

Didi Mudigdo
jazz vocals & piano
www.didi.com.au www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7770182540

Tickets and more info available here

The band made its international debut at the 1985 Yamaha Bands Explosion in Tokyo, Japan. There Dwiki Dharmawan won a Grand Prix as the most talented keyboard player at the contest. Some changes and additions to the band”s lineup followed as Krakatau began work on their first jazz-pop oriented recording, which was released in 1986 by Bulletin Records, a subsidiary of Billboard Indonesia. Additional players included young jazz keyboard wizard Indra Lesmana on keys and Hollywood College graduate Gilang Ramadhan on drums, replacing Budhy Haryono. Also on board was vocalist Trie Utami, who contributed her considerable talents to the album; Krakatau had previously collaborated with well-known singers Hari Mukti and Ruth Sahanaya for their live performances.

Krakatau scored several bits, including “Gemilang” and “Imaji”, both written by Dwiki Dharmawan & Mira Lesmana. “Kemelut” written by Indra & Mira Lesmana, and an instrumental cut entitled “Haiti” composed by Dwiki Dharmawan. In 1987 Krakatau released their second album, which produced the hits “La Samba Primadona” (by lndra Lesmana & Trie Utami) and “Cita Pasti” (by Dwiki Dharmawan & Trie Utami).

In 1988, Krakatau recorded the hit song “Kau Datang,” which was written by Gilang Ramadhan. Pra Budidharma and Dwiki Dharmawan and was included on the album “Kembali Satu”. After the peak performance and successful sales of “Kau Datang”, the band went through a period of transition and partial dissolution. lndra Lesmana, Gilang Ramadhan and Donny Soehendra formally resigned from Krakatau, and the remaining band members went their separate ways, for a while.

Pra Budidharma worked as an Artist & Repertoire staff member at Billboard Indonesia and from his new home base in Bandung became an independent record producer specializing m the traditional music of West Java. Trie Utami decided to embark on a solo recording career, while Dwiki Dharmawan became a respected moxie score composer and arranger. ln 1991 the Blackboard recording company made an offer to produce a Krakatau reunion album. Dwiki Dharnawan and Pra Budidharma took the deal and reunited the band”s original lineup minus guitarist Donny Soehendra and with Budhy Haryono once again on drums.

The resulting album, entitled “Let There Be Life.” was released in 1992. At their performance at the 1993 Jakarta Jazz Festival. Krakatau revealed a bold new musical direction: from jazz-pop-fusion to the traditional music of indonesia, specifically the Sundanese traditions of West Java.

Krakatau’s new musical format utilized the micro-tonal system of the ancient gamelan tradition, based on the so-called “S’lendro” scale. Their album “Mystical Mist” released in 1994. was the first to use this new format. This album’s innovative sounds were enriched by the group’s collaboration with Sundanese percussion virtuoso Adhe Rudhiana and multi-instrumentalist Yoyon Dharsono, who added traditional drums, wind, and stringed instruments to Krakatau’s mystical mix. In the years since the release of Mystical Mist the band has been further developing its sound with the help of three additional players from the College of Karawitan on gamelan instruments and percussion. Krakatau has also begun to explore and adapt musical ideas from beyond West Java, drawing inspiration from the Indonesian archipelago’s staggeringly diverse musical cultures.

The second album released in 2000 called “Magical Match” by Kita Music/Musica Studio. Album with duration for about 51:58 has 12 songs. Most of them quite often presented in Jazz and World Music Festival.

The third and fourth album released at the same time in 2005 called “Rhythm of Reformation” and “Two Worlds” by MusiKita after their extensive tour in Eastern Europe.

More info about Krakatau, please click their website here

The former three successes of the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, which received the full support of the Jakarta Provincial Government, State Ministry of Tourism and Culture and embassies, have encouraged the international world to eradicate any form of doubt and turn its attention to this country. World-class performances and forms of entertainment took over Jakarta, providing incessant and various choices for the audience to enjoy. The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival directly supports the capital city’s tourism and culture program, “Enjoy Jakarta” and “Visit Indonesia Year 2008”.

On 7, 8 and 9 March 2008, PT Java Festival Production, with the support of the Provincial Government of Jakarta and the State Ministry Office of Tourism, Art and Culture, and also the sponsors, has declared that it will once more hold the “Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008.” The event, in its fourth year, will once more present world-class music performances in multiple stages spread all over the Jakarta Convention Centre area.

Collaborations of Indonesian & International Musicians

“A medium for collaborations” best describes the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival’s signature characteristic. For the upcoming event, various musicians’ special collaborations are being formulated. Uniting Indonesian musicians and foreign musicians on one stage is a compulsory presentation at Java Jazz Festival. Maestros of various instruments from Indonesia will be paired with musicians from other countries. A music project in the name of peace, drumming and strumming acts, and orchestra-formatted concerts are scheduled to headline the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008’s upcoming programs.
In addition to being spoiled with diverse music performances on 16 stages spread all over the Jakarta Convention Center’s area, visitors of the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 are also treated to exhibitions of music, lifestyle and fashion products, to take place in Hall B. The upcoming programs designed for next March’s Java Jazz will surely bestow special surprises for the nation’s music devotees

Taste the Spirit of Jazz

Java Jazz invites us to taste the spirit and movements of musicians and jazz lovers from around the globe.  Jazz, initially a musical expression of minorities, has spread all over the world.  Although the genre is perceived as intricate, jazz musicians have never stopped exploring, combining, concocting and merging jazz with other genres of music. As a result, jazz has managed to seduce those who do not favor jazz.  Jazz has been interpreted marvelously by musicians from all over the world through their own unique means.  That is the spirit and strength emphasizing that music knows no boundaries of age and distance.  Embrace its spirit without hesitation, acknowledge its strength.

Over the years, the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival has presented an abundance of music ambassadors from different countries. Embassies from countries such as the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Korea, Canada and France have shown their support for the festival by sponsoring musicians from their respected countries.  In addition, the festival is not only crowded by Indonesians, but also by foreigners residing in Indonesia and also tourists from Singapore, Malaysia, the US, the Netherlands, Japan and Australia.  The Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival has become an event in which citizens of the world mingle in harmony.  For the 2008 festival, musicians from Brazil, Japan, Libya, France, Tunisia, Australia, the Netherlands and the US are scheduled invigorate the stages.

Special from Java Jazz

In 2008, Java Jazz on the Move’s epicenter will once more be located in Jakarta.  A series of music exhibitions, to commence early February and scheduled to close early March 2008, aims to heat up the ambience, preparing the audience to hold their breath for the big event.  Universities, malls, cafes and cultural spots will play hosts to Java Jazz lovers and enthusiasts, giving them a taste of the upcoming Java Jazz Festival 2008’s atmosphere.
A number of awards will be given to those who have contributed substantially to the development of music in Indonesia and the world at the Gala Opening, held at Cendrawasih Hall, on 6 March 2008.  This night will be reserved to appreciate contributions made by musicians, sponsors and those who have loyally supported Java Festival Production and its endeavors to actualize the festival while showing support for the Jakarta Provincial Government’s program, Enjoy Jakarta and Visit Indonesia Year 2008.
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The actualization of JJF 2008 is possible due to the support of sponsors and partners, who have supported the annual event.

This year, the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz enters the preparation stage for its fourth time.  For the fourth time, we put forward out best spirit, trust and hard work.  This time, we chose “Taste the Spirit of Jazz” as our theme as jazz merges various cultures, expression and is the most flexible language in communicating the spirit we would like to share with the world and all who support us.  For us, the beauty of jazz should not be neglected.  At the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008, jazz is not just music, said Dewi Gontha Sulisto – Director of Java Festival Indonesia, PT

Brand Manager of Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Veronica Risariyana stated, “Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 is about jazz in Indonesia and the world.  We are proud to once more participate in the international-class jazz festival.  We are also proud to show Dji Sam Soe Super Premium’s consistency in supporting jazz’s development both in Indonesia and the world!  Themed ‘Taste the Spirit of Jazz’, we hope that the Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International java Jazz Festival 2008 can entice both Indonesian and foreign jazz lovers to embrace the spirit of jazz which has taken the world by a storm.  In addition, the theme ‘Taste the Spirit of Jazz’ invites jazz lovers too feel Dji Sam Soe Super Premium’s spirit in introducing jazz as a quality genre of music in Indonesia.”
This year, Telkomsel supports this international-scale jazz event.  Telkomsel acts as the official mobile partner that provides live performances from Java Jazz’s artists through its 3G Telkomsel video streaming service by typing in 888 directly from users’ cell-phones.  In addition, Telkomsel takes part in inviting a renowned jazz musician who will perform in one of the special shows.   Telkomsel also offers a 40 percent discount in ticket purchase for Telkomsel Priority clients and 600 free tickets for members of HALOclub, simPATIzone and Gen’Asik.  Furthermore, all Telkomsel subscribers are entitled to participate in the Telkomsel Java Jazz quiz and win various prizes.  “By taking part as a sponsor in the international-scale event, Telkomsel aims to prove its support in boosting the development of Indonesia’s music industry and tourism programs, especially ‘Enjoy Jakarta’,” stated Niken Wulandari, GM Promotion and Partnership Telkomsel.

In 2005, Yuri Mahatma releasing If I Were A Magician, a solo Album with Joe Rosenberg, Steve Bolton, Agung Prasetyo, Bogie Prasetyo and Eko Sumarsono. This albums available via WartaJazz.comfor orders. More info about Yuri’s work available from here.