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NJW 8th Annual Fall Fundraiser Celebrating 10 years of jazz in Nashville! Sunday, September 28, 4:30-9 pm at Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt Blair School of Music 
NJW's Annual Fall Fundraiser is the jazz party of the year, with great food, wine, and jazz performances by world class jazz artists. The event has a new location this year, the Ingram Concert Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music.The hall has room for more people, phenomenal acoustics, and a Steinway grand piano! There will be two sets of music, featuring the Beegie Adair Trio, vocalist Christina Watson with the Pat Coil Trio, and special guest Pete Christlieb with an NJW all-star ensemble. Pete is an acclaimed tenor saxophonist and veteran of the Tonight Show Orchestra, who has wowed Nashville audiences in the past. NJW has assembled a fabulous "little big band" for this occasion: Rhythm section: Lori Mechem, Roger Spencer, Chester Thompson, & Andy Reiss. Horns: George Tidwell, Rod McGaha, Linda Small, Denis Solee, Don Aliquo, Matt Davich, & Robbie Shankle.    A special feature of the Fall Fundraiser is a live and silent auction, with unique and desirable items that include vacation getaways, tickets to top events, special dinner packages and wine-tastings, in-home concerts, artwork by the city's top artists, and much more. A unique feature of the auction is Small Works - a collection of 5 x 7 canvases with paintings by some of the area's top artists, produced especially for this event. Click here for a Small Works preview. Food and drink will include hors d'oeuvres, wine, and fabulous desserts. NEW: Click here for a preview of some of the fabulous auction items! Tickets are $60, which includes everything -- food, wine, and music! Tickets go on sale September 2, and are also be available online!  -> OUR SPONSORS We want to thank our fantastic sponsors, who are providing financial support for the event and donating goods and services: Blair School of Music (facility), McLemore Auction Co. (auctioneer), Sir Speedy Printing (event program). Woodland Wine Merchant, Whole Foods, Lazzaroli's, Meridees, Noelle Warner, Katrina Welty (food & wine). Zebra Marketing (promotional items), Parker Designs (graphic design). And last, but not least, thanks to our corporate and individual sponsors: Dr. Alan Bachrach The B3 Guys, Wayne Plorin Ernest & Berdelle Campbell Ken & Pat Christinson Green Hill Productions Veronica & Peter Gunn LM Products Stephen McRedmond & Matthew Cushing Bill Mitchell Tom Neathamer Larry Seeman & Louise Barnes Robert & Marie Thuan Ray Wagner & Jennifer Kleine Larry Weitz & Margaret Smith Gary & Catherine Wilson -> INFORMATION FOR MEDIA
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