38th Annual Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash

June 29^th – 30^th, 2012

Hilton Woodbridge, 120 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ 08830

(732) 494-6200

78s, LPs, CDs & memorabilia – PLUS

Buy, Sell, Swap, Trade, Schmooze

Rare Jazz Films

Please pass the word to all your Vinyl Collecting Friends!

Friday: Jazz collector and film historian David Weiner will present two hours of rare film and TV clips.

Saturday: Ron Hutchinson, co-founder of The Vitaphone Project, will present two different largely previously unseen collections of early sound jazz and vaudeville short subjects.

Directions

By car: Hotel is immediately off Garden State Parkway exit 131A. Commercial vehicles are not permitted on the Garden State Parkway. If you have commercial license plates, please contact hotel for directions.

By public transportation: From Penn Station in New York City, take NJ Transit (Northeast Corridor Line / NEC) to the Metropark Station. (Do NOT take train to Woodbridge station.) There are at least two trains per hour outside the peak travel time, with travel time being about 45 minutes. Trains stop at Penn Station in Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport. … From Philadelphia 30^th Street Station, take SEPTA to Trenton, NJ and transfer to NJ Transit NEC. Trains from Trenton run approximately once hourly, more frequently after 4 pm.

For additional information on schedules and fares, see www.njtransit.com.

From Metropark station or any point within a 5 mile (8 km) radius of the hotel, a free shuttle is available to hotel guests and attendees of the Bash. Call the hotel ahead of time for shuttle pickup.

Rare vintage videos each day: Admission free with Bash admission or $5 each for film show only.

Friday: Jazz collector and film historian David Weiner will present two hours of rare film and TV clips, showcasing  jazz and pop artists of the 1920s through the 1960s. Among the featured performers will be the big bands of Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, the Dorsey Brothers, Noble Sissle, Les Brown, Jack Payne, Ray Noble and Jack Hylton; soloists Louis Armstrong, Billy Strayhorn, Cootie Williams, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Stan Getz, Ben Webster, Cannonball Adderley, Red Norvo and Gary Burton; and vocalists Ethel Waters, Al Bowlly, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash and the Three Flames.  Plus vintage cartoons, comedy from Jimmy Durante, Joe E. Brown and Max Linder, with a few surprises!

Also, after the films, rare record playoffs / challenges hosted by Henry Schmidt.

Saturday: Ron Hutchinson, co-founder of The Vitaphone Project, will present a largely previously unseen collection of early sound jazz and vaudeville short subjects. Two different shows: First show from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and second show beginning at 8:00 PM. Both shows will include recently restored 1926-30 Vitaphone shorts.

To be added to the mailing list for the Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash, contact:

Art Zimmerman

P. O. Box 158

Jericho, NY 11753-0158

‘ (516) 681-7102

zimrecords@msn.com

www.jazzbash.net