National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
Press Release
Contact:
Joycelyn Woods MA-CMA (212) 595-NAMA/6262
Jazz for Peace (212) 947-1104
For Release:
July 1, 2004
NAMA is Pleased to Announce a Benefit Concert
Performed by Rick DellaRatta
One of the Top Jazz Vocalists of All Time
Jazz For Peace? featuring Rick DellaRatta to perform benefit concert in NYC for:
NAMA
On Saturday, Sept. 25th at 6pm
Tickets $25 (+ 1 drink min)
For Discount Tickets Visit:
www.JAZZFORPEACE.org or Methadone.org
Where: at Penang
240 Columbus Avenue (at 71st St.)
New York, NY 10023
Buy Your Ticket Now!
Don’t Live in New York Then Give Double!
Help NAMA and Someone Else — Purchase a Ticket and Donate It
You can give it to:
A Methadone Patient that can’t afford the ticket
A Student that can’t afford the ticket
A Senior Citizen that can’t afford the ticket
Contact NAMA or JAZZ FOR PEACE to Find Out About the
“Helping Double Tickets”
NAMA’s Mission: The primary objective of NAMA is to advocate for the patient in treatment by destigmatizing and empowering methadone patients. First and foremost, NAMA confronts the negative stereotypes that impact on the self esteem and worth of many methadone patients with a powerful affirmation of pride and unity.
NAMA is an organization composed of methadone patients and health care professionals that are supporters of quality opiate agonist treatment. We have thousands of members worldwide with a network of international affiliated organizations and chapters in many places in the United States.
For details and to purchase advance tickets for an online discount please go to www.JAZZFORPEACE.org or Methadone.org or call 212-947-1104 for reservations.
On September 25, 2002, Jazz Pianist & Vocalist Rick DellaRatta was invited to lead a band consisting of: ‘Israeli, Middle Eastern, European, Asian & American’ Jazz musicians in a concert inside the United Nations, for an international audience. Rick named this band: “Jazz For Peace?”
Jazz for Peace’s Mission is to help advance people to their highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace through our “Jazz For Peace – Concerts” worldwide – joining forces (or performing) with multi-cultural musicians to spread peace through the art form of Jazz and entering regions that are politically controversial. By the means of live concerts, video taping, on hands/on-line teaching as well as supplying musical instruments to underprivileged children in under developed areas worldwide, Jazz for Peace will re-enforce what past history has proven – that the art form of Jazz has the ability to create a positive effect that unites people and may eventually start to transform the barriers and issues of different cultures and beliefs.
For more information please visit www.jazzforpeace.org or methadone.org
“…..sure it will be a good show.” –New York Times Jazz Forum
More Recent Quotes:
“Rick DellaRatta is one of the finest Jazz pianists alive.” –Savannah Times
“It is actually the quality of DellaRatta’s voice that grows on me more & more with repeated listenings. At first I felt that Rick’s strengths as a pianist were foremost, but with time I have come to understand that Dellaratta’s skill as a vocalist is not to be underestimated. “His voice has quite a haunting quality to it, being slightly androgenous in tone, sometimes ghostly…. sometimes sexy. ” –Jen Karpin, Green Mtn Jazz Messenger
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