"...
to broaden the nation's views of our activities out here in Hollywood
and to present some of the better musicians who are normally
hidden in the more commercial work of the city, yet who are
outstanding musicians in their own right."
- Harry Babasin on the purpose
of Nocturne Records, 1954
Rediscovering the Miracle of West
Coast Jazz:
The Story of Harry Babasin
by Ishkhan Jinbashian
August 4, 2007
Article Available in Fully Downloadable
.PDF files
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Von Babasin
has been accepted for fiscal sponsorship by the
New York Foundation for the Arts
to produce a
documentary film about the life of his father,
Harry Babasin, and his contributions to west coast jazz.
"Harry
Babasin's 'Jazz In Hollywood'" is a sponsored project
of The New York Foundation for The Arts (NYFA). NYFA
is a 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization founded in 1971 to
work with the arts community to develop and facilitate
programs in all disciplines. NYFA will receive grants on
behalf of "Harry Babasin's 'Jazz In Hollywood'", ensure
the use of grant funds in accordance with the grant
agreements, and will provide program or
financial reports as required.
If you would
like to donate online to this film,
you can go to NYFA's secure donation page
by clicking on the NYFA link below -
Make sure to
specify that the donation is to go to
Von Babasin or Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood.
We'd like to
thank NYFA - to have such a prestigious
organization lend their support to this worthwhile
project is tremendous validation for the entire
west coast jazz movement - past and present.
Von intends
to continue in the production of a series
of films highlighting some of the most influential
figures of west coast jazz...
Email Von Babasin here
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WFIU Radio -
Indiana University
Originally broadcast:
June 30, 2007
RealAudioCast in their Archives
"The
Nocturne Records Story"
Host: David Brent Johnson
On Tuesday,
February 27th, 2007, Von Babasin appeared as the guest on -
"Jazz in the Modern Era"
a television
show in the Los Angeles area hosted
by jazz historian/professor, Chet Hanley.
Produced on
the campus of CSU, Dominguez Hills,
it's a live show, broadcasting every Tuesday night,
9:00 pm to 10:30 pm, during the school semester.
Locally, it
airs on Time-Warner Cable,
channel 36, the Los Angeles Channel, LACH.
It's on the
Cal State Dominguez Hills website.
Here's the link to the actual show -
http://dhtv2.csudh.edu/Jazz07/IDS336_7HB.wmv
Welcome to JazzInHollywood.com
(Dedicated to the preservation
of the schools of west coast jazz
and to the innovative evolution of the artform)
IMPORTANT NEWS:
'Jazz In Hollywood' has just received it's official
I.R.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit designation and will soon start writing
grant
proposals to raise the funds necessary to build our visions.
This site will
chronicle the creation of the internet home of west coast jazz.
With archives of over 500 hours of true Hollywood jazz, performed
by
many of its innovators, spanning four decades of Jazz In Hollywood,
we will present an authentic, musical history of west coast jazz.
We will also
create an audio and video broadcast facility for streaming
live contemporary jazz, from a musically historical building in
the heart
of Hollywood. As we work toward building a full digital broadcast
facility,
featuring the finest jazzers in the contemporary west coast scene.
Read the review of Fresh Sound's release of the
"Jazz
in Hollywood" series at
[Jazz in Hollywood Series
- Roy Harte -
Harry Babasin]
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