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Diva JC in NYC 2008

Most Recent Entry: Friday, March 28, 2008
Diva JC in Haiti 2007

Diva JC in Haiti 2007

Daniele drove us over the Mountains to the Plaine of Jacmel on the southern coast of Haiti. The photos speak for themselves. There is a lot to say for Daniele's driving in the 4-wheel drive RV. I have to admit it would not be me driving the roads...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 14, 2007
Vision + Opportunity + Capital = Success!

Vision + Opportunity + Capital = Success!

Summer Session Seminar with 47 students participating in the Summer Art of Learning Team Grant(SALT)program at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center, administered by Ann Williams. As a professional musician, I was invited to hold...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, July 09, 2007
Boynton Beach Bookfest

Boynton Beach Bookfest

Thanks to Tanya Simons-Oparah of Broward Libraries, I attended the Boynton Beach Pan African Bookfest and, to my surprise, presented my book to a wonderfully conscious audience. We gathered at the Hester Cultural Center, where vendors and authors se...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, May 19, 2007
Pan African Bookfest MIAMI 2007

Pan African Bookfest MIAMI 2007

My dear friend, Nana Kwaku invited me to join him and another very dear friend, Raining Deer for the viewing of a film previewed by the Miami Pan African Bookfest. I am so happy I did. That was on Saturday, after I'd participated in the Book Fest in Fo...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 22, 2007
Pan African Bookfest 2007

Pan African Bookfest 2007

From April 11 -21, 2007, I am the appointed Artist-in-Residence for the 5th Pan African Bookfest, in Fort Lauderdale, spearheaded by Broward Libraries Outreach Director Tanya Simons-Oparah. The keynote speaker is Amiri Baraka. On April 13, 16 and 18...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, April 13, 2007
Chicago Layover

Chicago Layover

After the 14-hour return flight from Shanghai to Chicago, where we met businessmen, Peter and Ram, I spent four days with my good friend, singer Sasha Daltonn. We had a wonderful time. The photos of us at Easter dinner with playwright Christine and her...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 08, 2007
CJW + House of Blues and Jazz

CJW + House of Blues and Jazz

The highlight of my return to Shanghai was getting to visit both CJW clubs, where Sandra Kaye and Denise Mininfield took the stages; and the House of Blues and Jazz, where a young group of musicians from New Orleans, Boston, Dallas and other parts of t...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 01, 2007
Planning CUE Jazz

Planning CUE Jazz

Carl Hill and I traveled to Tianjin to garner support for a 3-year plan to organize a jazz festival and music conference. The idea evolved from when I performed at Broadies Bar in September 2006. Chris Hagen, the owner of Broadies and Carl approached m...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, March 31, 2007
Peking Sites and Bites

Peking Sites and Bites

My friend Jacob Di picked Carl and me up at the airport in his vintage Lincoln Continental, which was a real phenomenon in China. He dropped me at the apartment of my friend, Heini Kami, whom we met in Shanghai at the CJW Club up at the Bund Center, wh...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 29, 2007
Yancheng Sites - Airport News

Yancheng Sites - Airport News

We drove to Tianjin to garner support for the CUE Jazz Festival and Music Conference to take place in September 2007, 2008 and 2009. My old friend, Carmen Rogers had her driver pick me up and they took me to the new facility built by Florida Internatio...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wu Family

Wu Family

The official wedding of Richard and Daphne Wu takes place in their village 20 minutes outside of Yancheng. It is an all-day affair, where the couple goes back and forth from his home to her home, drinking tea and receiving and giving gifts from and to ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, March 26, 2007
Wu Wedding

Wu Wedding

Richard Wu was Carl Hill's assistant for four years, until both of them were terminated, after Carl worked for his company in Funing, China, for 11 years. Originally from Chicago, Carl came to China to work for Eastman Kodak as the General Manager of t...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, March 25, 2007
China in Spring 2007

China in Spring 2007

On March 21, I joined Carl Hill in Chicago to fly to China for the marriage of his former assistant, Richard Wu to his bride Daphne. The flight on American Airlines, was direct. It was 14 hours and the view of the Arctic Ocean was just amazing. We a...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, March 24, 2007
WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.

WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.

Finally, we have incorporated our non-profit to promote women in jazz. WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. will document and archive the works of female jazz and blues musicians through audio, visual, books and performance. Read about Blues Women and Jaz...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, March 09, 2007
South Florida, Sea, Sand and Sun!

South Florida, Sea, Sand and Sun!

Living in Atlanta took me away from the Paradise that Florida is, almost every day of the year. I moved back to Fort Lauderdale on December 12. I am so happy to be back in the Sunshine State, hanging out with my old friends. I joined my sisters-in-...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, January 27, 2007
WOMEN IN JAZZ CONCERT in Tokyo

WOMEN IN JAZZ CONCERT in Tokyo

"What I am trying to say is hard to tell and hard to understand, unless you have been yourself at the edge of the Deep Canyon and have come back unharmed. Maybe it all depends on something within yourself - whether you are trying to see the Waters...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 28, 2006
QBism at JAZZ IS in Yokohama

QBism at JAZZ IS in Yokohama

Just when you think jazz is dead, you run into a band that refreshes your belief in this magical artform. Last night, at a lovely New York style jazz club in Yokohama, JAZZ IS, I heard a group of Japanese women whose music melted my heart and made my s...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Music, Glorious Music!

Music, Glorious Music!

"Been around the world and aye yei yei" found my homeboy, Kaleb James, a great pianist and singer from Queens, NY! I first met Kaleb with Brenda Vaughn and Phil Woo at Blues Alley, in Tokyo. He invited me to come hear him with Robbie Danzi an...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 25, 2006
More Jazz in Tokyo

More Jazz in Tokyo

The only prayer is Gratitude! Never underestimate the power of the Universe and Sake! Friday and Saturday (9/22-23) in Tokyo proved to be the testing ground for my faith in this music called Jazz! First, I went to the Sakaya Bar to hear my new frie...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 24, 2006
Concert with Kuni Mikami and, later, at Blues Alley

Concert with Kuni Mikami and, later, at Blues Alley

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mystery of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries mere...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
New Friends in Japan!

New Friends in Japan!

In my journeys around the world in search of a melody, particularly, jazz and blues, I have found music in lots of clubs, bars, restaurants, concert halls, etc. But it is when I find the music in the home of a dedicated musician that I enjoy the experi...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Body & Soul Jazz Club, Tokyo

Body & Soul Jazz Club, Tokyo

Tonight, I visited one of Tokyo's premiere jazz clubs, BODY & SOUL, owned by Kyoko Seki, a genuinely graceful hostess. Performing was singer Charito whose smoothe sound surprised me, but was, evidently, no surprise to her fans in the audience. H...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 15, 2006
Jazz at Tokyo's Cotton Club

Jazz at Tokyo's Cotton Club

Christian McBride's Quartet made up for all that I suffered my first night in Japan (see my last journal - Culture Shock!). This band also made up for alllll the music I didn't get to hear in China, in four months. At Tokyo's Cotton Club, a gorgeous...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Joan in Tokyo

Joan in Tokyo

Today, I flew from Pudong Airport in Shanghai, China, to Narita Airport and took a bus (1.5 hours) to Tokyo. I'd arrived in Shanghai on Monday, from Beijing, after hiring a car and driver from Tianjin, which picked me up at 6:30 a.m. It was a two-ho...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Not

Not "Goodbye" but "See ya, later!"

All good things come to an end! Performing at Broadies Tavern was a real experience for me for a few reasons: 1. I am the first American Jazz singer to perform in this city of 10 million people, and China's 3rd largest city. 2. The Doobie Doo ...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 09, 2006
Women in Jazz Lecture in China

Women in Jazz Lecture in China

Today, I gave my first lecture in China, on WOMEN IN JAZZ. I've given this lecture to over 5,000 kids in the U.S.A., but this was the first opportunity I had to give the lecture/concert to kids in Asia. All of the kids spoke English and they really...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Tianjin City Center Dedication

Tianjin City Center Dedication

My new friend from TPBS Radio, Carmen Rogers, who owns an English School, here, did the Chinese translation of our mutual friend, Spencer Chen's English dedication speech,on Thursday, August 31, for the building he designed, exterior and interior, buil...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, August 31, 2006
Diva JC and Chinese Music Students

Diva JC and Chinese Music Students

I first met saxophonist Wang Tong my first night at Broadies Tavern, when he sat in with my band. We became fast friends and on Monday, August 29th, I visited the Wang Tong International Music Center in Tianjin, China, where I lectured a room full of y...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Diva JC making Jazz history in Tianjin, China

Diva JC making Jazz history in Tianjin, China

Friday, August 18, 2006, was my historical Jazz debut in China's third largest city, Tianjin. From August 18 to September 9, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I'll be at Broadies Tavern with a young quintet, comprised of Gong on bass, Kun on piano, Yu...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 19, 2006
Beijing Jazz

Beijing Jazz

After teaching at Li Yang's Crazy English Camp and before moving on to Tianjin, I discovered a great jazz club in Beijing, on Saturday, August 12, when I sang with an international quartet composed of pianist Moreno Donadel from Venice, Italy, Chinese ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 13, 2006
Li Yang's Crazy English Camp; Artists Yuan Xikun and Liu Yuyi

Li Yang's Crazy English Camp; Artists Yuan Xikun and Liu Yuyi

Visit my website - www.divajc.com Being a foreign teacher at Li Yang's Crazy English Camp in Tungzhou, China, 45 minutes outside of Beijing, was one of the most intense and satisfying experiences I have had to date. Li Yang is one of China's most fa...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 12, 2006
Thanks to CJW Staff and Regulars!

Thanks to CJW Staff and Regulars!

I worked at two CJW Clubs in Shanghai, from May 1 to July 30. On Tuesday through Saturday, I worked at the CJW in Xindiandi, where you see staff in blue shirts. On Sundays, I worked on the 50th floor of the Bund Center, behind the Westin Hotel. The Bun...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 05, 2006
Last Days in Shanghai

Last Days in Shanghai

Today, I'm on my way to Beijing to join Li Yang for five days at his Crazy English Camp. My last two days in Shanghai have been loads of fun! On Saturday night, after work, I went to Park 97, where Wink Pettis and Darryl sing pop songs twice a week...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, July 31, 2006
Great artwork!

Great artwork!

My young friend, Leean Yi invited me to join she and her boyfriend, Tao Ying Ming for DUCK LUNCH, today. They were at CJW Club, where Tao sketched me, a couple of weeks ago. Well, today, Tao presented me with this beautiful portrait of me singing w...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 28, 2006
Special Friends

Special Friends

First and foremost, thanks to Miss Sandra Kaye for getting me this gig in Shanghai! Words cannot express my appreciation. Thanks to Carol Chang for believing in me enough to bring me to CJW Clubs. Nicola Fader and her boyfriend, Ben, won my heart. N...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Great New Friends!

Great New Friends!

New friends continue to be added to my list of wonderful people I am meeting, while singing at CJW Clubs in Shanghai. Here are just some of the photos I will treasure for years to come! The GENTLEMEN OF SLOVAKIA graced the clubs terrace for two n...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
July 4th Celebration in Shanghai

July 4th Celebration in Shanghai

On July 2nd, at the suggestion of my friend Carl Hill, I attended the July 4th Celebration Picnic at the Cypress Hotel in Shanghai, China, given by the American Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to Ian Scott for getting me a ticket! I met Janet Zhou of AB...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Japan is calling the Diva

Japan is calling the Diva

I have one month to go at CJW Clubs in Xintiandi. It has truly been a rewarding experience. I've met people from all over the world, but soooo many from Japan who just love jazz that I'm planning to go there for the month of September. I will updat...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 02, 2006
My audiences at CJW Club, Xintiandi, Shanghai

My audiences at CJW Club, Xintiandi, Shanghai

The audiences at CJW Club in the Xintiandi location are absolutely THE BEST! There are people visiting from all parts of the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Viet Nam, Hawaii, Africa, South America and ...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Silk Clothes for the Diva

Silk Clothes for the Diva

For my 3-month stay in Shanghai, I brought plenty of clothing, including several originals from great African designers, whom I met in Atlanta, Georgia, like Aku-Sika and Jimi King. Constantly, I protested that I didn't come here to shop. But, using my...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Thanks, Miss Sandra Kaye!

Thanks, Miss Sandra Kaye!

My heartfelt gratitude goes out to Miss Sandra Kaye of Dallas, Texas, for facilitating my gig in Shanghai, China, at CJW Clubs! Sandra sings at the CJW Club at the Bund Center on the 50th Floor, in the Westin Hotel Complex. Her band consists of C...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Kudos to my musicians at CJW Clubs, Xintiandi and Bund Center, Shanghai!

Kudos to my musicians at CJW Clubs, Xintiandi and Bund Center, Shanghai!

It's been six weeks of musical bliss at CJW Clubs in Shanghai, china. I sing from Tuesday to Saturday at the "Soho-like" area, Xintiandi. Then, every Sunday, we play on the 50th floor of the Bund Center at the rear of the Westin Hotel. It...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, June 19, 2006
Back at CJW with old friends

Back at CJW with old friends

I have met people from all over the world at CJW Club in Xintiandi, the "Soho" area of Shanghai. Carl Hill brought three of his friends to hear me on two occasions. Last night, it was Ilse from Belgium who speaks several languages, including ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Diva JC joins the Crazy English Camp of Mr. Li Yang

Diva JC joins the Crazy English Camp of Mr. Li Yang

Quite by chance, Carl Hill and I stumbled into the gymnasium of a Yancheng middle school, where Mr. Li Yang, China's most notable motivational speaker was addressing 5,000 students about his program "Crazy English". I was simply standing in t...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 17, 2006
Diva Joan Cartwright is making jazz history in China!

Diva Joan Cartwright is making jazz history in China!

In 2005, my friend and jazz colleague, Miss Sandra Kaye (Dallas, TX) referred me to the agent who books CJW Clubs in China. I began a 3-month engagement at CJW Clubs in Shanghai, China, on May 1, 2006. Today, marks the end of 6 weeks and I have 6 more ...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 17, 2006
Diva JC excursion to Suzhou and Yancheng, China

Diva JC excursion to Suzhou and Yancheng, China

On Monday, June 13, my only day off from CJW Club, I took a trip with a new fan and friend, Carl Hill, four hours north of Shanghai. We visited the city of Suzjou on our way to his hometown of Yancheng. It was a delightful excursion. We visited a beaut...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 17, 2006