“ARMENIAN JAZZ 70” CONCLUDED THE YEAR
The members of “Armenian Jazz 70” projects has gathered to discuss jazz year in Armenia and to say that jazz art development is not limited with “Armenian Jazz 70” project.
The President of Jazz Committee Levon Malkhasyan said that the project was a success and that all the concerts were held with full concert halls.
“New and fresh concerts will be aired, CD-s and calendars will be produced,” said Ruben Djaghinyan, Academician of TV and Radio International Academy. He said that a book will be published to tell the way of Armenian jazz, moreover two films will be produced the first will tell about “Armenian Jazz 70” and the second the history of Armenian jazz.
The journalists were much interested in who received more honoraria. The answer was that Al Jarreau received more honoraria. And the jubilee concert devoted to Konstantin Orbelyan was held without honoraria, but much more was spent on its organizational part. The representatives of the committee told funny news – Al Jarreau’s shoe maker was an Armenian.