Joan R. Cartwright, M.A.

Curriculum Vitae

Born December 7, 1947, in Kew Gardens, NY, Joan Cartwright is the consummate musician. She composes, performs, lectures, produces, researches and documents jazz and blues musicians and performers. She is the founder of WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., a non-profit organization with the mission of promoting women musicians locally, nationally and globally, through contacts, articles, interviews, newsletters, events, courses, clinics, workshops, lectures, research, history, archives, websites, film, audio and video recording, concerts, performances and recognition.

During her 30-year career, Joan has performed with Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Dorothy Donegan, Philly Joe Jones, Shirley Scott and hundreds of musicians in the U.S., Europe and Asia! Diva Joan Cartwright has toured 5 continents and 16 countries including the U.S.A., 8 European countries, Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, Gambia, South Africa, Jamaica, China and Japan, with her swinging brand of jazz and blues. She is a composer and her book, IN PURSUIT OF A MELODY contains 40 songs and lyrics to standard songs: "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie, "Blue Bossa" by Kenny Dorham, "Tune Up" by Miles Davis and "Bessie's Blues" by John Coltrane. (LYRICS)

Joan's book also contains two lectures that she's given to over 8,000 children and college students, in U.S., Switzerland, Sicily, China and Japan: Amazing Musicwomen and SO, YOU WANT TO BE A SINGER?  Her workshops are dynamic and educational, highlighting the pitfalls and benefits of the music business. She insists that, "Knowing music theory is a step in the right direction for any singer who truly wants to excel in the world of music!"

Diva JC names any ensemble of musicians she works with Jazz Hotline because the music swings and it's always HOT! Her most famous Blues are "Nobody's Husband", "Oh, Baby!" and "Treat Me Right And You Don't Have To Marry Me". Known as the "Hip Hop Mom of Atlanta", Joan  performs "Jazz Meets Hip Hop" with her daughter's hip hop/soul group - Caustic Dames, in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Italy, France and England. Hear Joan on Atlanta Has Spoken, a compilation of spoken word artists. Be sure to hear her track Talkin' That Jazz.

Joan Cartwright is available for bookings around the world. Her knowledge of music and her professional attitude enables Joan to travel alone and work with professional jazz and blues musicians, wherever she is contracted to perform. Ms. Cartwright presented Amazing Musicwomen at York College, in Jamaica, New York on March 28, 2008, and on March 4, 2010, and she was a guest of the International Women in Jazz Festival on April 5, 2008, in New York City. On February 26, 2010, she performed for the United States Embassy at their Blues on the Green Concert in Kingston, Jamaica. 

In addition to music performance, lectures, media, production, marketing, advertisement, publishing, public speaking and public relations, journalism, writing books, articles, columns, feature stories, blogs, newsletters and creating web presence, Joan has extensive years of experience in computers: Word processing, Information Technology, website design, HTML, JavaScript, Front Page, FTP, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Access, Dbase, Lotus, MSWord, WordPerfect, PC, Wang, Lanier.

Joan has taught on a university level at Florida International University, Broward Community College, LaSalle University and K-12 level at Eagle Charter Academy. She is certified in the State of Florida to teach Music. Presently, she is enrolled in a doctoral program at Northcentral University in Business/Computer Technology. She is a frequent contributor to the South Florida Times, In Focus Magazine and Global Woman Magazine. Her website www.fyicomminc.com is a plethora of information about business, jazz, blues, music, art, spirit, women, humanity, videos, mp3s, history, politics, religion, community and more.

For 20 years, Joan worked in the legal field as a secretary, word process, legal assistant and legal file archivist. She owned a legal secretarial service in 1990, before going on tour for eight years in Europe, where she recorded her debut CD, Feelin' Good was first distributed by Tireno Records in Milan, Italy, and is now availabIe on I AM Records in the U.S.A. Her second CD, IN PURSUIT OF A MELODY is distributed solely by I AM Records. Joan is a writer/publisher with ASCAP. Her song book, memoirs, poetry and other books are available at http://stores.lulu.com/divajc. 

Joan Cartwright, 2801 S. Oakland Forest Drive, #103, Oakland Park, FL 33309 * 954-740-3398 *