Musicwoman Festival 2024

Tim Day and Jeff Majors

Tim Day is an online TV produccer. On Saturday, December 14, 2024, @ 6-8 p.m. he is featuring in concert world-renowned harpist Jeff Majors, Ginger on Sax, and spoken word artist Cookie B. Jeff Majors home in Washington, D.C. was filled with music by his mother, Annie P. Fitzgerald, a talented jazz trumpeter with a circle of friends, including Pearl Bailey. He spent several years in Los Angeles, studying under the wings of jazz pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane, wife of jazz legend John Coltrane. Later, he teamed up with legendary jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby. He returned to the Washington D.C. area, where he formed several jazz bands and hosted at Radio One on Sunday Joy, the semi-syndicated inspirational and gospel on-air ministry on Magic 95.9 and 102.3 in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Jeff was the Vice President of gospel music programming for Radio One. Oprah Winfrey said the music of Jeff Majors, “Energizes my faith and transports my spirit. For me, it is the best way to start my day.” Chosen by the Martin Luther King Family to perform at Coretta Scott King’s memorial service, Jeff Majors music consoled a nation. Jeff Majors focuses on humanitarian efforts by advocating for the homeless through his non-profit organization, The Network of Doves with his annual Jeff Majors Blankets for the Homeless and Hiphop for the Homeless, a collaboration with emerging artists and youth in the inner cities to bring awareness and to help homeless communities nationwide. http://lyricalcoffeehouse.com http://wbgrnetwork.com http://wijsf.org

Rotraut Jager

Rotraut Jäger is a Swiss German flautist, composer, and teacher in Zurich, Switzerland. She studied classical and jazz music in Mainz (DE), Zurich/ZHdK (CH) and New York at the Manhattan School of Music (US). This freelance musician has her own projects and is a guest musician at home and abroad. She studied flute at Peter-Cornelius-Konservatorium der Stadt Mainz as a State Examined Music Teacher in 2000 and performance in 2002. At Zürcher Hochschule der Künste she received a performance diploma in 2006 with Philippe Racine. She studied jazz from 2003-2006 with Günter Wehinger and Christoph Grab, and with Dick Oatts and Steve Wilson at Manhattan School of Music from 2006-2007. Rotraut participated in workshops and masterclasses with Peter Lukas Graf, Robert Dick, Michel Debost, and Moshe Epstein. Also, she was in a workshop, Música Popular Brasileira in Brasil, and took private lessons with Ali Ryerson, Frank Wess, and Dave Liebman in New York. She performed with Miles Griffith (voc, US), Earle Davis (tp, US), Roland Gebhard (g, DE), Vicente Cortes (g, CH/ES), Karime Amaya (Flamencotanz, ES) and The Skatalites (JAM). She is a private flute teacher in charge of various ensembles and workshops. In March 2020, she released her first album, Sonafari, with her band Rotraut Jäger Sonambique. In October 2023, she released her second album, Dynamite, co-produced with Swiss Radio SRF2 Kultur. https://redplanetflute.com http://wijsf.org

Ginger On Sax

Dr. Ginger Cornwell is an international saxophonist, vocalist, speaker, photographer, recording artist, funeral coordinator, talk show host, writer, producer, music teacher, and marketing specialist. She chairs the Christian Education for Miracle Fellowship Gospel Ministries, Inc. and is an Associate Pastor with Rehoboth New Life Church Alliance. She plays saxophone and has sung with the Voices of Ebenezer AME Church directed by the late Rev. Dr. Donald Vails and the Prince of Praise, Minister Byron Cage. She sang with The Inspirational Sounds of Joy of Gethsemane United Methodist Church directed by Evangelist Jacqueline Stevens. She performed at the Dedication Ceremony for the Ocean Cheonjeong Palace in Gemundo, Korea, the Pre-election Prayer Service for Washington, D.C.'s Mayor Vincent Gray, The Duke Ellington Theater, The Kennedy Center, and The United States House of Representatives Rayburn Building. Ginger recorded spoken word CDs and her first musical CD, A Change Has Come Over Me, referencing her spiritual and physical healing. Her rendition of Praise Is What I Do is a perennial request at live engagements. Produced by Ginger and her husband, Martin Cornwell, lead guitarist and band leader of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, the CD is an instrumental and spoken word collection from the heart of the artist. A Lupus survivor, Ginger created SUPUL - Reverse Lupus that assists Lupus patients. Ginger was a WYCB radio Talk Show Host, and produces and hosts Sing To The King Gospel Artist Showcase television broadcast and A Pinch Of Ginger Radio Talk Show. http://gingeronsax.com http://wijsf.org

Manon Mullener

Manon Mullener was born in 1997 in Switzerland. She is a pianist from a musical family. She started playing piano at age 4 at the Conservatoire de Fribourg. At 17, her passion for jazz and Latin music led her to Cuba, where she deepened her knowledge. Back in Switzerland, she continued at the Bern University of Music with Colin Vallon and Django Bates. In 2019, she recorded her first album, "Reflejos," with Peruvian pianist Cesar Correa and Zurich percussionist David Stauffacher, performing in Switzerland and abroad. In 2023, she released "Insomnia," the first album of her quintet, followed by a European tour of fifty concerts. Le Temps described her as “the next generation of Swiss jazz musicians to watch closely.” Manon has performed at numerous clubs and festivals in Switzerland, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Colombia. In January 2024, she played at the Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba, performing as a duo with Emmet Cohen, Dayramir Gonzalez, and Jorge Luis Pacheco. In 2024, she received a grant from the Canton of Fribourg, which allowed her to spend four months in New York working on her second album, scheduled for release in spring 2025. Her project was selected by the Jazz à Vienne festival in France to represent Switzerland, receiving support from the JazzContreband festival. Her next album STORIES recorded in New York will be out in 2025. http://www.manon-mullener.ch http://wijsf.org

Musicwoman Festival 2024

We are so excited about the upcoming 1st Annual Musicwoman Festival produced by Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes women musicians, globally. In this podcast, we welcome Media Director Mimi Johnson and featured Spoken Word Artist Papadook The Poet. Also, invited are featured artists Rita Graham (GA), bassist Kim Clarke (NYC), Lenore Raphael (NYC), Ragan Whiteside and Carol Albert (GA), Jus' Cynthia (FL), Sibongile Buda (JCFI Music Ensemble of South Africa), and Jarvis Evans (GA). We will discuss this exciting 3-day event and give away 3 sets of tickets to callers. For details, see http://musicwoman.art http://wijsf.org