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Greetings / Mariska Hargitay from Times Square New York friends! It took me 3 times seeing Mike Myers epic LOVE GURU to realize the Holy Greeting was in fact name of the great actress Mariska Hargitay, daughter of Jayne Mansfield and former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay..*tip from Jon Hammond! I am the Organist backing up singer/actress Telma Hopkins “Lillian Roanoke” in the movie as she sings “Star Spangled Banner” at Game 7 when Telma as Mother of Darren Roanoke the Hockey player comes to see her ’son’ play Hockey for the very first time. The movie is funny as hell, great performances from Mike Myers and all the co-stars and the Music throughout is fantastic, a work of Epic Proportions! 5+ Stars. Thanks for including me on this great project Paramount Pictures, Jon Hammond *Member AFM Local 802, Local 6 / ASCAP Publisher “The FINGERS…are The SINGERS!”™ *Host of daily radio show HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO 1550 AM. HammondCast

Jon Hammond playing organ on “THE LOVE GURU” Mike Myers - Paramount Pictures
Listen for Jon Hammond playing organ on the new Mike Myers Paramount Pictures comedy “THE LOVE GURU” dropping June 20th at a theatre near you!
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Listen for Jon Hammond playing organ on the new Mike Myers Paramount Pictures comedy “THE LOVE GURU” dropping June 20th at a theatre near you!Tune in Jon Hammond mornings on The Big 1550 KYOURADIO 1550 HammondCast Show

Listen for Jon Hammond playing organ on the new Mike Myers Paramount Pictures comedy “THE LOVE GURU” dropping June 20th at a theatre near you!
Tune in Jon Hammond mornings on The Big 1550 KYOURADIO 1550 HammondCast Show
Myers Created Guru Voice To Cheer Sick Pals Up:

Mike Myers created the voice for his new movie guru Pitka to cheer ill friends up.

The funnyman has been working on his The Love Guru character for years and came up with the comic spiritual leader’s Indian voice in an effort to give sick pals a laugh.

He explains, “The Seat of The Soul was a book I read that I saw on Oprah and I loved it. This is a guy who was a green beret and he was also a physicist.

“When I talked about what I was reading philosophically this mellifluous voice would emerge.

“My friends loved it and, in fact, would ask me to call them when they were not feeling well in that voice: ..You have a cold? This is the universe telling you to be with yourself because the only way out is in.

‘”

Hindu Leader Takes Aim At Myers Over ‘Frivolous’ Guru Comments

The war of words between Mike Myers and a U.S. Hindu leader, who is urging the public to boycott his latest comedy, just got personal after the actor told Rajan Zed to watch the film before damning his portrayal of an oddball spiritual guru.

Hindu leader Zed has been leading a protest against The Love Guru for months after learning Myers mocks his religion in the film.

He tells WENN, “It appears the film lampoons Hinduism and Hindus and uses Hindu terms frivolously.

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But Myers counters, “This guy has not seen the film. What he will find is that this is a mythical and completely made up system of teachings in the tradition of The Force in Star Wars and Fredonia in the Marx Brothers movies.

The World's Fastest Cruise Ship, not necessarily the Smoothest! JON HAMMOND on assignment for Press Publications ESCAPE!
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The World's Fastest Cruise Ship, not necessarily the Smoothest! JON HAMMOND on assignment:
USA Inaugral Olympic Voyager
*and,
Exclusive On-Bridge-Interview with Captain GEORGE T. APISTOLAS

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R.O.C. ROCKS The Cruise Industry!



Dear Friends!
Jon Hammond here...your Music & Travel Soft News Reporter with fresh good news to report!
This morning I disembarked from the #1. most exciting ship to enter the cruise market....The world's fastest mid-size cruise ship: OLYMPIC VOYAGER-the flagship of the Royal Olympic Cruises!
I must give this ship, crew, staff, food, entertainment, special guest lecturers & itinerary, 5 Stars accross the board.
Absolute Dynamite!
Olympic Voyager has redefined the term: Destination Cruising.
First of all, Olympic Voyager was built 100% from the ground up in the famous Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg Germany, known for its fine seam welding. Here they created the revolutionary "Proprietary Fast Monohull Design" which makes the high speeds possible.
This powerful vessel is like a giant Mercedes Benz. Every detail...every piece of wood, reeking of quality. In German, the word is Qualitat.
This past June, Olympic Voyager was officially christened by His Excellency Konstantinos Stefanopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic, in Piraeus, Greece.
Beginning June 24, 2000, the super ship Olympic Voyager began running a 3 continent itinerary in just 7 days, visiting Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Israel. Phenomenal!
From the moment I arrived, the old world friendly hospitality of the largely Bulgarian and Romanian house staff made me feel welcome. The Greek crew and restaurant team went out of their way to attend to the needs of every passenger. The ship makes a bold new innovative statement technologically, while maintaining sophisticated shipboard atmosphere for the "Premium Cruise Experience"! With maximum capacity 836 passengers, and total 350 staff/crew, ROC's hands on style was everywhere at all times.
This is also the debut of ROC's Comprehensive Enrichment Program At Sea. Bringing aboard former ambassadors, distinguished scholars and world famous classical musicians!
DR. SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV (son of Nikita!) was aboard as guest lecturer for the inaugural cruises, and he appeared to be enjoying himself as much as I. Fascinating to hear this man expound on many subjects: Political Science, Engineering, Butterfly Collecting and Cold War History!

I had a rare opportunity to interview the Master of Olympic Voyager, Captain George T. Apistolas. This will give you a unique insight in to the "product" and the Captain's vision for the future of modern day "Destination Cruising".
* Here is our conversation which took place on the bridge with the Captain at his controls.

*NOTE: Sister ship, THE ROYAL OLYMPIC EXPLORER is now in service!


Captain George T. Apistolas


*jh: We are here on the bridge of Olympic Voyager with Captain George Apistolas. The ship is here in Port Everglades Florida for inaugural ceremonies. She is a beautiful ship. Every piece of wood is so beautiful, that you want to make a guitar out of it!
Now I'd like to turn the microphone over to the Captain...
*Captain Apistolas: I'm not aware if I should say good morning or good afternoon...but I would say, "Good Day!" as they say further north in Canada. You said about wood for guitar...and I was thinking, as wood is for the artist, for the musician..my guitar is this beautiful ship! Myself, Captain George Apistolas from an island, it's called Invers Island in the north of Aegean. So you understand, since I was born, being surrounded by sea...the sea is the mystery that always surrounds my body and my spirits. I would like to welcome you on the Olympic Voyager-the fastest cruise liner at this time, from the modern cruise lines...certainly the most powerful engines for the size of the ship, making cruising speeds of 28 knots. The sea trials have proven that it can make much more than that. But of course, on the other hand, we wanted to run itineraries, as in the eastern Mediterranean-the 14 days itinerary, to succeed them in 7 days, and we really can make the 3 continents in just 7 day cruise! And of course here being this beautful port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, for the inaugural call in preparation for the winter season. We will be running the cruises from Port Everglades for 12 days Orinoco River, 17 days The Amazon, another 12 days Jamaica, and Mexico. The itineraries are attractive. All we need is to have our guests happy at the end. This is my goal.
*jh: Fantastic! So Captain, I see that you are very concerned about the pleasure and enjoyment of the passengers. And this being a passenger ship, it is much different in this way than most other ships on the ocean. Personally, I lived in Hamburg some years, and every day I could see the Blohm & Voss by the Elbe River. Every day ships would come in there for overhaul work, repair and finishing work. I never was aware that they could build a ship from the bottom up there in Blohm & Voss. This is news to me...can you tell me how this came to be...is this the first ship that has been built there?
*Captain Apistolas: We must say that with the capabilities that we have today, with the technology, I beleive you could build airplanes in Blohm & Voss or any of these updated shipyards...the ship yes, was built in Blohm & Voss. The keel was laid in 1998 and she was christened on the 20th of June, 2000 in Piraeus by the President of the Atlantic Republic, Mr. Stephanopolous, and she started our Mediterannean cruises. I will come back to this point of the ship yards...I must say that the construction is very good. The ship succeeded what was the target. To have these high speeds, a good speed to make the itineraries that others can't make. But when we talk about the guest satisfaction, not only to run the itinerary, but to have the passenger,,the "Guest" I call...the last day, leaving the ship knowing that they will certainly choose us to come back. You know the size of the ship is for 850 guests, and we have half the number as a crew. What we can give is the personal touch. I must say from my personal experience in this crossing, I had 650 guests...not usual to have these large numbers for crossing. But I must tell you for sure that I've spoken, greeted and I have talked to the 650. But that makes some difference...because in most of the cruise lines with so huge capacities, there's no way that the Captain can arrange to be everywhere. So one of the main complaints, would say, I haven't seen the Captain. Certainly on our ships, with the size that we have there is no way to say that. But of course, having the Greek flag, we have a good number, over 100 Greek crew onboard so that they can perform and display the Greek hospitality.When they dance on the Greek Night, those doing the dances are 100% real Greeks (chuckle!...) you can be sure of that! So they are displaying themselves, their spirit, and not just the show. I would say, the Olympic Voyager having this uniqueness of the speed doesn't stop the warmth and we have the Greek hospitality that is seldom found throughout.
*jh: Thank you. Yes, the history of the ocean and the Greek people is well known all over the world! For me, I look at the ocean when it is smooth as glass and I enjoy that. But for you as Captain of a state-of-the-art vessel that is capable of going around the world...I can imagine that the ocean can sometimes be unpredictable. And I know that in all the years that you have been at the controls of large ships, that you must have had some experiences where even though you have nerves of steel, perhaps you have known a little bit of fear when the ocean gets angry?
*Captain Apistolas:
Captain Apistolas speaks about safety in rough seas...

*Captain Apistolas: First of all I must say that we the Captains DISPLAY "Nerves of Steel", we are also sensitive like a "Champagne Glass"! Don't forget, we are human, and what I wanted to say, the Sailors in general we respect the Sea. We appreciate when we see that it's calm, because we know how bad the sea can be if you don't know how to respect.
Regarding sailing the rough seas as you said, all of us have experiences. When the knowlege is lacking, then things can be scary and people worry. Of course the guests haven't always had this experience, if they see a little rough sea they may worry. We are NOT worried about those. If you know the art of sailing your ship, the ships are made to resist the most difficult weather conditions. Either you have to avoid the bad weather, or you have to go through some bad weather but you know the art of sailing your ship...having your ship not suffer and of course the guests not suffer. All the rest of the factors are secondary. The suffering of the guests and the safety of the ship is our main concern. And believe me, every Captain would sail his ship with that spirit.
*jh: Thank you. In your experience cruising around the world, do you have a favorite place that you would like to recommend to the people? If they could go anywhere in the world, is there one location that is completely outstanding for you?
* Captain Apistolas: I must tell you, that we shouldn't always compare to say the "most beautiful place", but to say, the most INTERESTING PLACE! That way we can compare places. Because if we say we can take you to the most beautiful place...you can stay at home certainly. Or if we live in Florida and we are going to see Detroit, you are going to see some of the same things. Maybe a little climate difference but almost in the area of same. The people want to see something DIFFERENT. To experience the strange, the different, something they haven't seen...and this is why we travel. We travel not to go and live some place because it is a beautiful place, but we travel to be able to say one day we have been there, to satisfy ourselves when we are telling our friends....I was THERE. My FAVORITE place of course is the place that I can see the beautiful crystal clear Greek waters. The beautiful sunsets on the top of this volcanic dry land of Santorini...having a little Rizinna or Greek coffee and just see the sun set at the horizon, and that is my dream place.
*jh: Sounds very nice Captain! I hope that I can come there someday.
And Captain, of course when you are in command of this ship that has this incredible reputation, that is capable of moving at high speeds...with the Captains of the various ships, I have noticed a "healthy spirit of competition" sometimes between the Captains (bridge sounds...) we hear the sounds of the bridge..so we know we are LIVE here on the bridge! I'm very honored to be a guest on the bridge. It's not often that people can come up here. This is a holy place, I know it, this is the control place for people's lives safety here. So I appreciate the privelege of being your guest here.
And so, in your plan for these various itineraries, of course there are other ships that you will see...and they will see you. And this will be the first time that they will see the Olympic Voyager. And you will be traveling in the same waterways passing eachother going to and from...and maybe there can be a situation where you know a Captain of another ship and you're going in the same direction. And you have maybe the possibility to put the "hammer all the way down" and show them the tremendous power of Olympic Voyager and overtake the ship and pass them...do you foresee in the future this opportunity coming? Is there one particular ship that you would like to make this demonstration to?!
*Captain Apistolas: I must say that the high ship speed means that you have to be more alert. And I've collected here on this bridge the Top Guns of those officers that I know...and we always stay very alert, because when you sail at these speeds you have to get an EXTRA caution. But of course when it comes to how we feel when we will take the other ships...certainly when they see the Olympic Voyager on their radar screens, on the displays...first at the beginning they think they are dealing with a helicopter...a target of a helicopter or something flying fast. After they could think...maybe a battle ship. Then they go...something like a fast catamaran or something like that. And when they realise that the target is almost 600 feet, they realise that this is another "competitor"...for sure it's not a matter of dealing with sizes or speeds, but for sure they are dealing with a smaller size ship with a smaller capacity, where the passengers feel more like on a yacht..more private than the feeling on those "megacruise liners". It is nice. It is beautiful to see them and I really admire them. But our target is the individual passenger to feel well. And the REALLY FEEL WELL on this "Yacht"!
*jh: OK Captain! I see that you are "soft shoeing" around this PARTICULAR question, because I am sure that the occasion will come, when as we say in the slang...you can "blow the doors off" of some ship. And I see that also you prefer a ship where there is more of a smaller size than these mega cruise ships that come in to a peaceful area and when the passengers disembark, it could possibly disturb the peace and tranquility of the surrounding area. And this is a consideration when you arrive in a port. The reception, when you are coming back again and again, of course you are going to always be more welcome on the Olympic Voyager because you are of a more personal size. But the final question I would like to ask is, because the ships are getting larger and larger, and you see these "mega cruise ships"...some of the companies feel that the way they can impress the world is to be the BIGGEST ship with the MOST people, and put golf courses on there and everything like this...but for you personally, what is your personal vision of the future of passenger cruise ships?
*Captain Apistolas: I must sound a little dramatic with this answer, because I think that we entirely in the world have taken away....that we don't know where to stop! Certainly with this competition, we are trying to display something more, something BETTER. Consequently, this has to stop somewhere. And to start showing more respect to the nature. We have certainly to stop somewhere. And not to forget our identity...that we are human beings. And the cruise is more romantic and tradition place rather than the shopping malls that you can see around here in Florida.
I was walking yesterday in a shopping mall...and I could see thousands of people. There was atmosphere of Christmas everywhere. The trees decorated, the shops were decorated. But...to tell you the truth, I didn't see too many people smiling...laughing. So, I think we have to control our speed towards the largest, the biggest. And to come back to the intimate..to the real personal relations. And to not make ourselves addicted to all these new things, because certainly they are built and made more for "financial interest" rather than real enjoyment of our short life. And I must tell you I was driving last night a huge...a HUGE a "truck" a van...how you call it here? SUV? And, the way I'm feeling in this 60 model Austin Mini Cooper...nobody can make me feel THAT WAY! It doesn't matter how big a car you give me after that!!
*jh: Thank you very much Captain!
OK, so thank you very much for your time here on the bridge of Olympic Voyager! And all I can say is I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SHIP!
If you have the opportunity to join the Captain and the crew and very friendly staff on the Olympic Voyager....then you WILL HAVE a FANTASTIC TIME!
This is Jon Hammond...over and out.

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The R.O.C. Team at Olympic Voyager USA Inuagural December 9, 2000
CEO George Stathopoulos


Here is the Main Man in charge of the Athens-based Royal Olympic Cruises, CEO George Stathopoulos.
He has an illustrious 24 years of experience in the cruise industry. Formerly, European Marketing and Sales Director of Celebrity Cruises and Worldwide Sales Director of Festival Cruises.
Mr. Stathopoulos studied at London School of Foreign Trade and is fluent in Greek, English, French and Italian!
Dr. SERGEI KRUSHCHEV. Engineer, Political Scientist and Historian


Here is Dr. Sergei Kruschev speaking to an intimate gathering of the Media on the occasion of USA Inaugural, Olympic Voyager-Port Everglades Florida Dec. 9, 2000
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*update: sister ship "Olympia Explorer" has now been christened by famed Greek musician/composer Vangelis of Chariots of Fire fame. He is the godfather of the high speed cruiseship. Royal Olympic Cruises went in to bankruptcy, both ships seized by bank plus entire fleet sadly. She is now owned by the V-Ships group, and is chartered to Iberojet. She has been renamed Voyager, but is marketed by Iberojet as Grand Voyager. jh *Rough Ride of Voyager Video *Here:
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Enjoy the photos of Les at Irridium where he plays every Monday, pictured with Joe Berger and Les’ son Russ Paul, and a good look at the special custom “Les Paul Personal” guitar in Les’ hands. Photos by me Jon Hammond, thanks and Happy Birthday Les! 

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 Jazz Moscow: Vladimir Danilin, Jon Hammond, Igor Butman, Eduard Zizad drums in Russia

Jazz Moscow: Vladimir Danilin, Jon Hammond, Igor Butman, Alexei Kuznetsov, Eduard Zizak on HammondCast KYOURADIO 1550

Houston Person tenor saxophonist bandleader on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO interview excerpt with Jon Hammond in San Francisco California. Houston has over 75 albums under his own name as well as numerous titles with his long-time musical partner Etta Jones.

Jazz Moscow: Jon Hammond Trio Featuring Igor Butman and Eduard Zizak EASY LIVING

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Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie at MIKELL'S NYC 1989 FSB= Funk Soul Blues  Jon Hammond Late Rent Session Men with Bernard Purdie drums, Alex Foster sax, Chuggy Carter perc., Barry Finnerty gtr., Jon Hammond at 1959 B3 Organ in MIKELL'S 97th St. & Columbus Ave. NYC, very first hit of 5 night run on a hot summer night in Aug. 1989. Kicking it off with a classic organ blues James And Wess on this historic date. This was the musicians hang from 1969-1991 run by Pat & Mike Mikell (RIP) ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com FSB = Funk Soul Blues Camera Joe Berger

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Yesterday I went with my friend Joe Berger to wish a very happy and healthy 93rd Birthday to our old dear friend, main man LES PAUL! We also brought a birthday message from Les' old friend Marty Napoleon, long-time pianist for the great Louis Armstrong.

Enjoy the photos of Les at Irridium where he plays every Monday, pictured with Joe Berger and Les' son Russ Paul, and a good look at the special custom "Les Paul Personal" guitar in Les' hands. Photos by me Jon Hammond, thanks and Happy Birthday Les!
Sincerely,
Jon Hammond
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Houston Person tenor saxophonist bandleader on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO interview excerpt with Jon Hammond in San Francisco California. Houston has over 75 albums under his own name as well as numerous titles with his long-time musical partner Etta Jones.
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HammondCast special guest John Nady interview with Jon Hammond. John Nady is President / CEO of Nady Systems. Nady Systems has been designing, manufacturing, and marketing wireless microphones since 1976. One of the first wireless innovators, Nady has sold millions of wireless systems worldwide, has toured with the Rolling Stones in 1978 and been involved in music production and presentation. From HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com / http://www.nady.com

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Special guest Todd Barkan on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO, Jon Hammond interview with Todd Barkan, who ran Keystone Korner in North Beach. When Keystone closed in 1983, it was one of the last San Francisco clubs to regularly book national and international touring jazz groups. Barkan is now the artistic director of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the jazz club operated by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, and he's also a highly regarded producer who works with numerous domestic and European jazz labels. ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com Todd Barkan http://www.toddbarkan.com/

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JON HAMMOND Trio w/ Igor Butman & Eduard Zizak "Easy Living" Organist & CBS/KYCY Radio Host JON HAMMOND playing in Trio with Russian tenor saxophonist IGOR BUTMAN & EDUARD ZIZAK-drums in LE CLUB in THEATRE TAGANKA. The beautiful Ballad "Easy Living" *JENNIFER-Camera *Special Thanks-FAINA ANTONOVA, HAMMOND SUZUKI, GARY WALKER WBGO, ALEXANDER VERSHBOW, WYNTON MARSALIS, TODD BARKAN Jazz At Lincoln Center, GIANNI VALENTE Birdland as heard on HammondCast Show KYOURADIO ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com

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HammondCast 145 KYOURADIO with spcl. guest Wendy Oxenhorn of Jazz Foundation of America interview with Jon and music of Jon Hammond NDR SESSIONS Projekt "Satin Doll", "Blues In The Night", "Payphone Johnny" News about "A Great Night In Harlem" http://www.jazzfoundation.org ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com 45 minutes

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New York -- A visit with Wendy Oxenhorn, the Executive Director of Jazz Foundation of America just prior to "A Great Night In Harlem" 7th Annual gala fund raising concert event in New York's Apollo Theatre to take place May 29, 2008.
Jazz Foundation of America are the angels who have helped so many jazz musicians with much needed medical and housing assistance.
"Together, we are saving Jazz and Blues...one musician at a time."
Jon Hammond of HammondCast Show on KYOURADIO interviewing Wendy Oxenhorn in their New York offices, return visit 2008.
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Richard D. Parsons
Chairman

Jarrett Lilien
President

Wendy Atlas Oxenhorn
Executive Director



BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Glen Barros
Margaret Bridge
Bob Cranshaw
Hon. David Dinkins
William Douglass
Steven Edwards
Dr. Frank Forte
Ben Giordano
Danny Glover
Nat Hentoff
Carl Horton
Marc Henry Johnson
Sandy Jordan
Peter Low
Phyllis Lubarsky
L. Londell McMillan
Geoffrey D. Menin
Gil Noble
Hank O’Neal
Robert Opatrny, Esq., Secretary
Jimmy Owens, Vice President
Michael Pietrowicz, Treasurer
Lee Richards
Ann Ruckert
Dr. Billy Taylor
Dr. Ron Tikofsky
Dr. Agnes Varis
Marlisa Vinciquerra
David Walden
William Wurtzel



ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Robbin Ahrold
Jill Algrin
Arthur H. Barnes
Joslyn Barnes
Cy Blank*
Cephas Bowles
Thurston Briscoe
Ron Carter
Chevy Chase
Elvis Costello
Jim Eigo
Jon & Laurelyn Faddis
Lois Gilbert
Phoebe Jacobs*
Quincy Jones
Don Lucoff
Bruce Lundvall
Howard Mandel
Stella Mars
Wynton Marsalis
Marian McPartland
Jamil Nasser
Richard D. Parsons
Joe Piscopo
Bob Porter
Fran Richard
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Marc Roth
Phil Schaap
Richard Schebairo
Stephen Seigel
Lew Tabackin
Agnes Varis
George Wein
Sharon Wise