"Music for Dave" - a Dave Valentin Fundraiser - 11/7/13

Fundraiser for Latin Jazz & Grammy Award Winner Dave Valentin, a stroke survivor. Health bills are on the rise and he needs our help.

NEWURBANJAZZ PRESENTS...

MUSIC FOR DAVE -

A FUNDRAISER FOR DAVE VALENTIN

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2013

TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL

MAIN ST., TARRYTOWN, NY

Even if you cannot come,

please purchase a balcony seat in the

name of Dave Valentin!

On March 3, 2012, Latin Jazz Flutist and Grammy Award Winner, Mr. Dave Valentin, suffered a stroke that has limited his ability to perform his beloved instrument. The native New Yorker has been in physical therapy since that tragic day. There is a chance that he may be able to wow his audiences on stage worldwide again, but not before he's the beneficiary of some more critical physical therapy.

In the interim, his medical bills have climbing been through the roof. Dave Valentin has insufficient medical insurance to cover the enormous bills surrounding his stroke.

Never heard of Dave Valentin? Well, here's a taste of the Latin flute wizard, who appeared on BET's Legends of Jazz in our previous decade, with Pianist Bill O'Connell on the piano.

With that said, Bob Baldwin, the President of NewUrbanJazz and City Sketches, Inc. is driving a campaign to raise money to cover the health expenses, which were created from this terrible tragedy, including support from all musical friends of Dave Valentin and/or Bob Baldwin.

Through a mutual friend, Percussionist Tony Cintron, Baldwin and Valentin met in 1994 in the South Bronx, when both were doing fundraisers for the youth organization Pathways For Youth, located in the Bronx. Proceeds for those fundraisers went to support college scholarships for NYC students.

In 2010, Baldwin plucked Valentin to sit-in at a Jazz for Haiti benefit in Newark, NJ. "Dave's a good friend of mine, and I would do anything to help my musical amigo out, so this is something I'm very proud to spearhead."

Jazz For Haiti raised over $60,000.00 for the Red Cross of Northern New Jersey in early 2010.

A band, which will consist of 20-year Valentin sideman, Mr. Bill O'Connell and some of the other flutist's sideman and musical associates, as well as Baldwin himself, will provide the musical backdrop for the evening.

The first 100 people donating an award will receive a copy of Baldwin's latest disc, "Twenty", which had debuted top 15 on the Billboard Contemporary Charts, sent directly. Those making a contribution must provide an address to receive a copy.

The expenses raised will be used to cover the rental fee of $3,500.00 for the Tarrytown Music Hall. An additional $2,200 will be required to pay for radio promotion and third party advertising and eblasting fees, including local NY/NJ radio station, WBGO radio (Newark, NJ), several email databases in the NY/NJ market, as well as any travel of sidemen musicians coming from out of town. 100% of the door net proceeds will be donated to Mr. Valentin to cover his climbing medical expenses.

WHAT IS NEWURBNJAZZ (tm)?

NewUrbanJazz was launched in 2008 after, following the demise of CD101.9 (NYC). The station now has over 453,000 listeners weekly.

NewUrbanJazz Radio is a radio syndication network that plays Contemporary Jazz and worldwide contemporary jazz from all corners of the earth, including Dubai, South Africa, Brazil, The Netherlands, Japan and the UK, to name a select few.

NewUrbanJazz is currently airing their 2 hour program "The NewUrbanJazz Lounge", which can be heard on 28 stations in 18 states, and heard by over 453,000 listeners. It opened it's doors in 2008 after his favorite contemporary jazz station CD101.9 (NY) went off the air.

WHAT IS CITY SKETCHES, INC.?

City Sketches, Inc. launched as a music production house, and grew into an event planning organization.

CSI is an Event Planning and Music Production house that has been in business since 1997 (www.citysketches.com). CSI has produced events for the largest Arts Council in New York State (Arts Westchester / White Plains, NY), whereas the event was launched to showcase the professional and rising talent pool of this upstate New York region.

MUSIC FOR DAVE, A DAVE VALENTIN TRIBUTE, is a music event and fundraiser, tributing the great Jazz Flutist, Dave Valentin, who suffered a stroke on March 3, 2012. While he is still recovering, he has not gigged since 2012 and his medical bills are piling up.

Dave has had the pleasure of winning grammy awards with vibraphonist Dave Samuels for their work under the artist header THE CARIBBEAN JAZZ PROJECT" in the 1990's and 2000's. On more than one occasion, he's been written up by the New York Times, outlining his day-to-day exploits.

Enter Pianist Bob Baldwin, a music producer that has worked with the likes of George Benson, Grover Washington, Jr., Pieces of a Dream and Marion Meadows, to name a select few, and friend of this Latin legend. Baldwin and his companies, NewUrbanJazz and City Sketches, Inc. are driving a campaign to raise money to cover the health expenses for Valentin. In 2010, Baldwin plucked Valentin to sit-in at a Jazz for Haiti benefit in Newark, NJ. "Dave's a good friend of mine, and I would do anything to help my musical amigo out, so this is something I'm very honored to spearhead."

All funding raised will be used to cover the rental fee of $3,500.00 for the Tarrytown Music Hall, as well as advertising promotion Campaigns at radio and print to promote the event. Baldwin will also utilize his 22,000 emails in the NY/NJ area as well as 7,000 DC and 23,000 Atlanta emails, and he will spread the word about Dave on his radio show, which reaches out nationwide to 453,000 listeners weekly. it is our goal to present 100% of the door proceeds to Mr. Valentin, which is capped at $24,000.00 if at full capacity.