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Dinner for 10 With A Guitar Legend:
Up, Close and Personal with Pat Martino
The first in a series of fundraising events in support of Music As a Natural Resource
Please join us for a guitar Master Class with Jazz legend Pat Martino in NYC’s famous Soundtrack Recording Studios, , 936 Broadway, New York, NY
Master class, studio tour, and dinner with Pat:
Wednesday, July 20, 2011*
6pm – 11pm
<<<< This event is limited to ten guests >>>>
*VIP dinner/concert: Pat Martino Live at The Jazz Standard: Thursday, July 21
Your $5000 tax deductible contribution will support the MANR initiative.
To reserve your spot contact Winifred Chane at 781-608-6424, or
info@musicasanaturalresource.com
Please RSVP by July 14, 2011
About Music as a Natural Resource:
Initially founded as a forum organized in support of the Millennium Development Goals and United Nations World UrbanForum, Music as a Natural Resource has garnered the support of academia, UN, and not-for-profit organizations alike. Every culture has its own music, a unique “natural resource” as diverse as the planet itself. However, unlike fresh water, coal, oil and other natural resources, music is one that remains largely untapped. Music as a Natural Resource uses the universal language of music to serve as a channel to: improve community development and peace building, improve health issues, and provide a teaching platform for math, history and science. The Initiative’s unique combination of using music as a tool towards enhancing solutions enables countries facing similar challenges reference solutions that are cost-effective causing meaningful outcomes for society on a global scale.
About Pat Martino:
Guitar legend Pat Martino (Chick Corea, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Stanley Clark, Eric Kloss, Woody Herman) will host. “Pat Martino is a musician’s musician and has extraordinary insight into the nature of guitar playing, jazz and the structure music.” comments Music as a Natural Resource President, Joe Carroll. “ He has performed and recorded with the musicians who have shaped the evolution of jazz, and he has a fascinating personal story to tell, one that illustrates the potential of music to enhance the human condition in specific and tangible ways … attesting to the reality that music is far more than an artform”.
In 1980, Martino underwent surgery as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left him with amnesia and, without any memory of the guitar and his musical career. Through intensive study of his own historic recordings, and with the help of computer technology, Pat managed to reverse his memory loss,learned to play the guitar again and went on to earn recognition from National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Grammy nominations and becoming Downbeat Magazine’s 2004 Guitarist of the year,
“Pat will discuss his thoughts on improvisation, and give one on one coaching to participants in an intimate, relaxed environment. We will also have cameos from some of New York’s top music industry professionals.” remarks Soundtrack’s John Kiehl. “It is a great way for music lovers to support Music as a Natural Resource and get to know one of the world’s great musicians’.
About Soundtrack Studios:
Located in NYC’s historic Flat Iron District, Soundtrack Recording Studios will serve as a backdrop for the evening. Soundtrack is unique in that it is used for all types of recording: from mixing albums for hugh rock acts like Cold Play and Linkin Park, to recording and mixing albums for rap artists like Busta Rhymes, from audio post-production for TV shows like “Law & Order”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Bored To Death”, and “Royal Pains”, to audio post for feature films like Martin Scorcese’s “Shelter Island”, “Aviator”, “The Departed”, as well as audio production for the new burgeoning Silicon Alley productions like the video game Grand Theft Auto.
