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"... 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
forming Nocturne Records, 1954

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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 financially support this film,
please visit the webpage below for the ways
you can help this film and NYFA -

New York Foundation for the Arts

Contributions by Check

1. Contributions in support of sponsored projects and organizations made by check must be made payable to "New York Foundation for the Arts."

2. Contributions for sponsored projects and organzations can be mailed to:

Fiscal Sponsorship
New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Ave. of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013

3. To recommend how you would like your contribution to be used, you may send us a letter containing the wording in the simple form below:

Contribution Recommendation Form for Use with Checks

Please find enclosed a contribution for the New York Foundation for the Arts in the amount of $____________. It is my wish that this contribution will be used to support "Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood" , a project that you sponsor.

Contributions by Credit Card

If you would prefer to donate online to this film with your credit card, 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 Artist-Von Babasin, or, Project-"Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood".

Questions?
If you have questions about a contribution that was sent previously or how to make a contribution to NYFA in support of a project or organization, contact the Fiscal Sponsorship program at (212) 366-6900 x223, or email sponsor@nyfa.org.

A donation to NYFA not only helps produce this film,
it also helps support their important work to advance
all fields of independent art.

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

Von and Stanley Clarke meet backstage at the Hollywood Bowl
and discuss Von's documentary about Harry Babasin

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

Click the link above to read or download this amazing article
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Marc Myers blogs daily on significant jazz artists and recordings

JazzWax
http://www.jazzwax.com/

Marc Myers is a well respected New York journalist and historian.
His thoughts on jazz and jazz recordings appear on JazzWax daily.

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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.

Harry Babasin was chosen as an Honoree at

Los Angeles Music Week, 2002

Roy Harte was chosen as an Honoree at

Los Angeles Music Week, 2003

Buddy Childers was chosen as an Honoree at

Los Angeles Music Week, 2004

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