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ONLINE JAZZ PARTY & FUNDRAISER SPONSOR PACKAGES
You’re Invited to
Play your Part!
The Nashville Jazz Workshop (NJW) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching people’s
lives through jazz education and performance. For 20 years the NJW has delivered world class
performances and music education to Nashville audiences and jazz fans around the country and
the world.
2020 has been a challenging year for cultural institutions everywhere as they seek to fulfill their
missions and remain financially viable. Fortunately, the internet has enabled the NJW to continue
serving audiences and students – over 20,000 people have subscribed to the NJW’s YouTube
channel to view live and archived performances and hundreds have enrolled in virtual classes
since social distancing restrictions began in March.
Jazzmania is the NJW’s annual jazz party and fundraiser. As a live event it has been “the jazz
party of the year” and one of the city’s most engaging and fun charity events. As with other
charity events, the event is moving online this year as a virtual event.
On October 24, 2020 the Workshop will host Jazzmania as an online jazz party and evening
of world class jazz performances. We will share our love of jazz, celebrate the Workshop’s 20th
anniversary and ask our devoted fans to open their hearts and wallets to support the Workshop.
The streaming event will also be targeted to a global audience, to build awareness of the NJW
and engagement with jazz fans around the world.
Proceeds from the event will support the NJW’s Music Education, Performance Series and
Community Outreach.
The 90-minute program will be hosted by renowned Memphis saxophonist Kirk Whalum, and
will feature an amazing roster of world class artists, most of whom have performed, taught,
or studied at the NJW: Beegie Adair, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Coffin, Champian Fulton, Jeff
Hamilton, Christian McBride, Donna McElroy, Keb’ Mo’, Rachael Price and Vilray, Kandace
Springs, Chester Thompson, and Victor Wooten.
The array of talent is staggering: A combined 20 Grammys, 3.5 million social media followers, 41+ million
streams, and hundreds of TV appearances and world tours. They are donating their time and talent in
support of this unique cultural institution and this great cause.
JAZZMANIA
BENEFITS-AT-A-GLANCE
Sponsors logos will be featured prominently in all email and social media marketing efforts starting
August 15. We will target the 5,000 engaged donors and fans on our email list, distribute a promotional
video about the event to our 21,000 YouTube subscribers, and reach out to our Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter followers. Combined, your name and logo will reach over 34,000 people.
During the October 24 event, your business will benefit from exposure to a large and attentive audience
of loyal fans and friends of the NJW in Middle Tennessee and jazz aficionados from around the country
and around the world.
Your company will enjoy the “halo effect” of supporting a beloved Nashville music non-profit located
in and committed to the success and vibrancy of our North Nashville neighborhood, a diverse district
still recovering from a devastating March 2020 tornado.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
Gold - $5,000
• Premier name/logo placement in publicity materials promoting 20th Anniversary events leading
up to Jazzmania throughout October 2020
• Premier name/logo placement with other Gold Sponsors on title and credit slides before, after,
and during Jazzmania
• Special recognition by host during Jazzmania
• Premier name/logo recognition in all NJW newsletters and promotional material leading up to
Jazzmania (Estimated exposure 34,000+ music fans)
• Prominent name/logo display in lobby in NJW’s new building in North Nashville and in all NJW
newsletters and promotional material for 12 months
Silver - $2,500
• Prominent name/logo placement in publicity materials promoting 20th Anniversary events lead-
ing up to Jazzmania throughout month of October 2020
• Prominent name/logo placement with other Gold Sponsors on title and credit slides before, after,
and during Jazzmania
• Prominent name/logo recognition in all NJW newsletters and promotional material leading up to
Jazzmania (Estimated exposure: 34,000+ music fans)
Bronze - $750
• Name/logo placement on pre-event publicity materials
• Name/logo placement on credits slides with other Bronze Sponsors before, after and during
Jazzmania
• Name/logo recognition in all NJW newsletters and promotional material leading up to Jazzmania
(Estimated exposure: 34,000+ music fans)
NASHVILLE JAZZ WORKSHOP CONTACTS
Eric Dilts, Executive Director, eric@nashvillejazz.org
Rob Gordon, Development Director, rob@nashvillejazz.org
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JAZZMANIA
Kirk WITH
Whalum MUSICAL
MC/HOST GUESTS
Kirk Whalum is a renowned jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He toured with Whitney Houston for more than
seven years and soloed on her single “I Will Always Love You”, the best-selling single by a female artist in
music history. Whalum has recorded a series of well received solo albums and film soundtracks, with music
ranging from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. His musical accomplishments have brought him a total of 12 Grammy
nominations. and a Grammy award in 2011 for Best Gospel Song (“It’s What I Do”, featuring Lalah Hathaway).
Six-time Grammy Award winner Christian McBride has been one of the most
important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. He has
performed and recorded with jazz artists including McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock,
Pat Metheny, Diana Krall, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis as well as with pop,
hip-hop, soul and classical musicians like Sting, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Isaac
Hayes, The Roots, Queen Latifah, Carly Simon, and James Brown. McBride is the
host of the NPR documentary series Jazz Night in America.
Jazz pianist Beegie Adair is an American favorite and a Nashville treasure. Moving
to Music City, she became a session musician working at WSM-TV and on “The
Johnny Cash Show” (1969-71), where she accompanied such legendary perform-
ers as Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton, Lucille Ball, Steve Allen, Dinah Shore, Mama Cass
Elliott, and Peggy Lee. She formed the Beegie Adair Trio, which has a standing
invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall every October and her trio has sold over 1.5
million albums.
Keb’ Mo’ is a blues musician and five-time Grammy Award winner, including 2020’s
Best Americana Album, Oklahoma. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in
Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as “a living link to the seminal Delta
blues that travelled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America.”
His post-modern blues style is influenced by many eras and genres, including folk,
rock, jazz, pop and country.
Victor Wooten is a bassist, record producer, educator, and recipient of five Gram-
my Awards. He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the
group’s formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other bassists,
Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. Wooten has won the Bass Player of the Year
award from Bass Player magazine three times and is the first person to win the
award more than once. In 2011, he was ranked No. 10 in the Top 10 Bassists of All
Time by Rolling Stone magazine.
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JAZZMANIA
Jeff Coffin is a saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy
Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones with whom he performed
from 1997 until 2010. In 2008, Coffin began touring with the Dave Matthews Band
and joined the group in 2009. When not on the road, Jeff is an adjunct professor
at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music and performs and teaches at the
Nashville Jazz Workshop.
Blue Note Recording artist Kandace Springs was born in Nashville, Tennessee
and is a former student of the Nashville Jazz Workshop. She was also a mentored
by Prince. She has performed live on several TV shows: the Late Show with David
Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and the
BBC’s Later . . . with Jools Holland. In 2020, Kandace released her third major label
album, The Women Who Raised Me, which features the chart-topping single Angel
Eyes with Norah Jones.
Former NJW student Rachael Price is the lead singer of Lake Street Dive and per-
forms with composer Vilray. Known for their playful, cross-pollinated blend of neo-
soul and pop/rock, Lake Street Dive has built a loyal fan base, weaving elements of
jazz, folk, and funk. Their album Side Pony landed on top of three Billboard charts:
Rock, Folk, and Alternative Albums. Rachael and Vilray perform jazz, pop, and Tin
Pan Alley songs from the 1930s and '40s. Nonesuch Records released their debut
album in 2019, and they have been featured in Billboard magazine and NPR’s Fresh
Air, and on Late Night with Stephen Colbert.
NJW performer and educator Chester Thompson is a drummer, percussionist,
session musician, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his work with the
Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Phil Collins, Santana and many others.
Since 2011, he has been leading his own jazz group, the Chester Thompson
Trio.
Jeff Hamilton co-leads the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Clayton and
John Clayton. Hamilton has worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, the
Count Basie Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, and Ray Brown. In addition, he has toured
with Diana Krall and has played on several of Krall’s albums
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JAZZMANIA
Guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad
since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200 recordings and numerous
festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. The New
York Times notes: “Few guitarists put as much care, sensitivity and subtle strength
into every single note as Bernstein does. Among the finest melodists in jazz, he has a
full-breadth command of his instrument, but his biggest assets are his knack for crisp
understatement and simplicity.”
Vocalist and music educator Donna McElroy is Professor of Voice at Boston’s
prestigious Berklee College of Music. As an arranger and background vocalist,
she has appeared on gold and platinum releases by Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks,
BeBe and CeCe Winans, and Amy Grant. Donna has also made TV appearances
on the Arsenio Hall Show, the Tonight Show, and the Grammy Awards. A longtime
Nashville favorite before moving to Boston, Donna is a former Fisk Jubilee Singer
and has performed and taught at NJW. With NJW founder Lori Mechem she
co-composed and recorded the CD Fly to Forever.
Pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton is considered one of the most gifted pure
Jazz musicians of her generation. A mainstay on the vibrant New York Jazz scene,
she has been recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Downbeat Magazine Critics.
Her “galvanizing presence” (the New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation
have made her “a charming young steward of the mainstream Jazz tradition.” (The
New York Times)
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