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28th Annual WammiesTM Nomination Ballot
2013 Washington Area Music Awards

Voting Deadline is Thursday, February 6, 2014, 10 PM
You must be a current WAMA member to vote.

JAZZ RECORDING

    Black & White Then Back / Ray Jozwiak      www.rayjozwiak.com

    Blue Velvet Soul / Maysa   www.maysa.com
    Compared to What / Redmond, Langosch & Cooley   www.cdbaby.com/cd/             
       redmondlangoschcooley
    Deep Inside Me / Stephanie Rebecca   stephanie-rebecca.com
    Déviation / Daisy Castro   www.gypsymothmusique.com
    Eclipse of the Soul / Lori Williams   www.lorijazz.com
    Leo Rising / Aaron Myers II   www.aaron2.me
    Look For The Silver Lining / Bob Schwartz Quartet   www.groovem.com
    Moon Country / Esther Haynes  www.estherhaynesmusic.com
    The Truth / Allyn Johnson & Sonic Sanctuary 
        www.allynjohnsondivineorder.com




The Washington Area Music Awards recognize significant career achievements by area musicians. Nominations and balloting come from the WAMA membership. Past show participants include Emmylou Harris, Joan Jett, The Clovers, Bo Diddley, Jorma Kaukonen, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jimmy Dean.

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Black and White. . .

. . . or NOT?   (not to be confused with 'Black & White Then Back' [see below])


. . . all the hubbub about the smug Fox News reporter who said that both Jesus and Santa Claus were white would be laughable IF IT DIDN'T BECOME THE NEWS ITSELF!   (Yes Virginia, Marshall McLuhan was right- the media HAS become the message.

Personally, I don't put ANY stock in television news at all - let alone Fox News.  Nor does watching pretty, smug and snooty little egocentric blond girls on television do anything at all for me.

BUT, SANTA CLAUS.   Give me (I was gonna say effin', but will refrain) a BREAK!!   Adults, in the year 2013, are actually spending valuable time thinking about, listening to, watching television programs or debating the skin color of a mythical figure based upon a 13th century religious figure??

SOMEBODY give me some music PLEASE!!!!!!

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Freedom From? . . .

(from Ain't Nothing Like Freedom by Cynthia McKinney)

". . . The old 11th District that first sent me to Congress was Georgia's second poorest district.  People paid rent, but didn't have running water in their homes.  Why was it, then, that when Blacks finally did get representation, the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that purports to be a "civil rights organization," filed an amicus curiae brief on the side of the five White plaintiffs, and against the 649,995 Blacks and Whites who were working together in that district, in a lawsuit designed to dismantle that district and allow insensitive representatives to continue to fail to serve Georgia's poor, rural, and much-neglected Black Belt?  Surely, the Anti-Defamation League would support poor Blacks who had never had authentic Congressional representation, right?  Wrong.

And as I think about it, it might have also had something to do with me not signing the pledge for Israel. . . "

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My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
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Caught Short . . .

. . . for words. . .


A friend recently commented to me that he wished the President had not made those recent comments about race relations to which I, naturally, responded, "Why?"  He said that among all of the problems we as a people, society and world currently face, the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman situation should not be monopolizing our attention. In short, like a popular song on a top 40 radio station, he was just sick and tired of hearing about it.

Like many other conversations with many people, I was quickly distracted from this one and on to other things.  But later that day, after contemplating our short interchange further, I realized what I could have, should have, and hope to tell my friend upon our next encounter.  And, in brief, that is:  the President's remarks were spot-on.  They were NOT political, they were not platitudinous or pompous blather, trite heard-it-alreadies or scolding.  They were simply a from-the-heart reflection and plea for US to reflect on how we treat each other.  Reflect- probably something very few of us do during our busy, self-absorbed days.  He also described how it feels (and felt to him) being a young black man and some of the racist behaviors with which young black men must cope everyday.  He mentioned the history of mistreatment to which black people have been subjected and alluded to the anger that results.  So many things which white people know, but have somehow tucked away and choose not to think about too much. . . BUT SHOULD!

These are things that middle-aged white men such as my friend and myself do not now, nor have in the past, encountered.  If we have a country, and a world, where people must live together, we must, at the very least, be empathetic to these things.  This is every bit as important as the economy, the environment, budgets and spending, foreign policy, drones and (do-nothing)politicos.  This is our world.  It's the only one we've got. We can, and should, certainly make time to help resolve such such relevant and important issues as THE WAY WE GET ALONG! 

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Good things. . .

. . . come in threes. . .

Ray Jozwiak (that's me) brings his Gonzo (gonzo:  idiosyncratically subjective but engagé) Piano to you three times in the upcoming weeks:

1.  Monday,  April 22, 2013 @ 7:30PM
Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery (Songwriters Showcase-Upstairs)
124 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701
Telephone: 301-631-0089 Fax: 301-631-1874
http://www.brewers-alley.com/

2.  Friday, April 26, 2013 @ 6:00PM
Bread & Circuses Bistro
27 E. Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, MD  21286
410-337-5282
http://bandcbistro.com/

3.  Friday, May 3, 2013 @ 6:00PM
Elk Run Vineyards
15113 Liberty Road  Mt. Airy, MD 21771
Phone: 410-775-2513 • Fax: 410-875-2009 •
TOLL FREE: 800-414-2513
elk_run@msn.com

(For Ray's complete schedule, see http://www.rayjozwiak.com)
Get the complete BLACK & WHITE THEN BACK download at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3

What do you think? 
Tell me at  
http://www.rayjozwiak.com/guestbook.html

My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

(or you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3)

Also, be sure to visit:
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Three. . .

. . . is a charm. . .

 Ray Jozwiak (that's me) brings his Gonzo (gonzo:  idiosyncratically subjective but engagé) Piano to you three times in the upcoming weeks:

1.  Monday,  April 22, 2013 @ 7:30PM
Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery (Songwriters Showcase-Upstairs)
124 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701
Telephone: 301-631-0089 Fax: 301-631-1874
http://www.brewers-alley.com/

2.  Friday, April 26, 2013 @ 6:00PM
Bread & Circuses Bistro
27 E. Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, MD  21286
410-337-5282
http://bandcbistro.com/

3.  Friday, May 3, 2013 @ 6:00PM
Elk Run Vinyards
15113 Liberty Road  Mt. Airy, MD 21771
Phone: 410-775-2513 • Fax: 410-875-2009 •
TOLL FREE: 800-414-2513
elk_run@msn.com

(For Ray's complete schedule, see http://www.rayjozwiak.com)
Get the complete BLACK & WHITE THEN BACK download at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3

Also, please visit:  
http://www.rayjozwiak.com

My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

(or you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3)



Also, be sure to visit:
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Hear Ye. . .

. . . Hear Ye!!

This is the Day. . . April 2, 2013

My new, digital-download only, solo, instrumental piano music release BLACK & WHITE then BACK is now available at www.cdbaby.com.  The first exclusively solo acoustic piano music release since 2008's critically acclaimed 'Put A Finger On It'. 

BLACK & WHITE then BACK transports you to aural locales inhabited by emotions, sentiments, memories, hopes, joys and challenges- life events that we have all encountered. You may even hear a snippet of an old song you remember from childhood, have flashes from your first date with that special person, recall the evocative aromas from the kitchen while visiting your grandmother, remember your favorite summer vacation . . . or maybe even the first time you fell in love.

BLACK & WHITE then BACK is a digital download-only release brought to you by Boskey Dell & Sylvan Glade Records and www.cdbaby.com.

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You can NOW download your
very own copy of Ray Jozwiak's
newest release:
AMBIENCE & WINE

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