Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. released its 5th compilation CD of 12 fabulous female composers on January 2, 2015, featuring the original compositions of 12 members:

Carolyn Wilkins - Mary LouSharon Rae North - The Way You Make Me FeelSigrun Jording - Lullabye For Mrs. JonesJoan Cartwright - Loneliblue 1981Mimi Johnson - Don't Stop LoveGail Jhonson - Ms. GCarol Garrett - Live On PurposeRagan Whiteside - FunktuationKaren Daniels - I'm On To YouPeggy Duquesnel Malbon - Old FriendsColleen Chanel - Fly Like An Angellaraina_c - Shed Light

This CD is available with the other four WIJSF CDs at www.wijsf.com/compcds.htm

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Join our 287 members in our mission to promote women musicians, globally, at www.wijsf.com/join.htm

Cilene Bosch was born in Brasil, moved to Los Angeles at 4. She moved to Nashville in 1995, where her daughter attended college.  She worked in travel and hospitality, until she worked as marketing manager for Media Play a Big Box multi-entertainment retailer with stores nationwide and handled 11 stores, overseeing marking and promotions. She worked with music labels to drive sales, organized in-store point of purchase displays and events in collaboration with a video company, offering independent artists consignment in a retail environment, featuring a video of artists, looped on a TV near the display of their product. The concept was put in stores in a nine-bank screen display, countrywide. Many indies performed in the stores. Cilene received the Music Woman to Watch Award from Music Woman in Nashville. She founded Women of Music Music of Women (WMMW) that presented concerts, networking, showcases, media, radio play, retail sales of music, when there was no Facebook or YouTube. By connecting with international organization her members received radio play, interviews, and were hightlighted in her monthly newsletter that featured industry experts. In June 2000, she Voice Records became the WMMW record label. With 11 chapters in U.S. cities and abroad, the launch party was hosted at Warner Brothers Headquarters on Music Row. Cilene was Honorary Committee member of Donne de Musica in Rome, Italy, and three WMMW artists participated in their jubilee. Due to her father’s illness, Cilene closed WMMW in 2004, but she remains interested in supporting women in music.

Dr. Donna Singer is a graduate of the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts, with formal training at Julliard.  She is an international recording artist, who is an electrifying and dazzling show-stopper with a remarkable repertoire of jazz, swing, and R&B. Her cool, sultry, vibrant, and playful voice has wowed audiences in intimate cafés, theaters, and concert venues. Donna has a wholesome presence that is fun, energetic and memorable. Her music is played on radio stations in the U.S. and on the Europe Jazz Network. Take the Day Off: Escape With Jazz was #20 on 2012 CMJ Jazz Charts with radio airplay on 175 stations in the U.S., Netherlands, Canada, UK, Japan, and Germany. Jazz in the Living Room is available for purchase online.  It will be released internationally in January 2014. Kiss Me Beneath The Mistletoe was #23 on the 2012 CMJ Jazz Charts. To accommodate the growing demand of followers, Donna’s CDs are available on iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody, GooglePlay and Amazon, in USA, UK, Germany, and Japan. Her YouTube videos have over 500,000 views. She has organized concerts in upstate New York for fundraisers for United Way, Federation for the Homeless, and St. Baldswick Day, and other concerts in NYC and at Jazz Festivals. 

www.donna-singer.com

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Cheryl Dyrithe Barnes is a Cleveland native living in Southern California. She is a classically trained jazz singer with remarkable depth, range and technique. Beloved around the world as a captivating live performer, Cheryl shied away from making records for nearly a decade. Cheryl Barnes harbors fond memories of music’s presence throughout her early life. “My father, Calvert Barnes, played music 24 hours a day in the house from his collection of old 78s and LPs – all the big bands, all the singers, all the jazz. Then on the radio he enjoyed the rich beautiful melodies of Mantovani and the 101 strings. No rock n’ roll allowed in the house!” Raised Catholic, Cheryl – unlike many Black singers - did not grow up in gospel yet sought and loved that and ALL music just the same.  In 2014, Ms. Barnes returns with her fourth and finest album Listen to This, produced by Rahn Coleman and featuring her husband Phil Cabasso on piano, saxophonists Rickey Woodard and Pete Christlieb, pianists John Hammond and Joel Scott, and trumpeter Nolan Shaheed. Ms. Barnes is the quintessential performer, wowing audiences worldwide with her unerring sense for creating and sustaining a musical and personal rapport, be it within intimate club settings or commanding concert stages. The lady has shared the stage with Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Lou Rawls, J.J. Johnson and Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. 

www.cherylbarnes.com

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A dynamic duo, The Diva & Daughter Joan Cartwright and Mimi Johnsondotnet come together to discuss their accomplishments in 2014 and goals for 2015 and beyond.  Joan is pursuing her DBA in Business Marketing, while Mimi owns and operates an online TV network - www.mjtvnetwork.info targeting all markets globally that are interested in positive influential TV.

www.mimijohnsondotnet.com

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Diane Ellis is from Chicago, Il.  She is a muli-instrumentalist that performs and teaches.

Mimi Johnson is The Arts Reporter. She is the daughter and heir to the throne of Diva Joan Cartwright (Diva JC). Mimi is an accomplished vocalist, songwriter and actor. Her premiere stage play "Woman: The Musical" in which her mother and 17 other talented actors and musicians were cast debuted in March 2013.

Mimi produces a weekly WEBTV Show "The Arts Reporter". Her newest endeavor is the production of "The Siblings Sitcom" that will debut on MJTV Network at YouTube on November 1. Filmed in Atlanta at Mark Squared Studio, this sitcom promises to tickle your funny bone.

Mimi serves as the Secretary of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. and is featured on the second, third and fourth compilation CDs of fabulous female composers.

www.mimijohnson.net

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WEB TV Host, Vocalist, composer, producer, playwrite, marketing mogul Mimi Johnson is The Arts Reporter, a prolific artist and the Secretary of the Board of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. She is also Diva JC's daughter and, together, they will set your heart on fire with The Diva & Daughter Experience.

www.mimijohnson.net

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My guest is event planner Marika Guyton, CEO of AboutU4U, LLC, a certified event planner. www.aboutu4u.com

Since 2007, Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., has been a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization that promotes women musicians, globally, through events, concerts, performances, clinics, lectures, workshops, articles, interviews, newsletters, courses, contacts, research, history, archives, websites, film, audio and video recording, and recognition. www.wijsf.org

Ron Weber and his members are celebrating 21 Years of Great Jazz! South Florida JAZZ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation now celebrating its 21st anniversary! The organization is open to any jazz enthusiast and members are eligible to purchase discounted tickets and subscriptions to SFJ-sponsored events. They also receive the acclaimed quarterly newsletter, RIM SHOTS!, especially designed to raise your HQ (Hip Quotient). Website: www.southfloridajazz.org.   Contact Diva JC at [email protected] and visit our website at www.wijsf.org. See our radio guests at www.wijsf.com/radio.htm