Ottawa Jazz Happenings announced July 24 that the registration deadline for the 2010 JazzWorks Jazz Camp (August 19-22) has been extended, and applications are still being accepted.

As well, a new guest artist has been announced: New York recording artist Don Braden (replacing Ted Nash). "Don Braden is a master of the tenor and soprano saxophone and also an outstanding flutist. He has toured the world leading his own ensembles, as a special guest and as a sideman with such greats as Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes and many others. Don has composed music for everything from duo to symphonic orchestra, in many styles, for recordings, film and television. An active performer in the New York area, he is also on the faculty of the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Gronengin, Holland."

Led by Toronto trumpet player and Guest Artistic Director, Jim Lewis, other 2010 JazzWorks returning faculty include Canadian jazz musicians: vocalists Julie Michels, Christine Duncan and Sharada Banman, pianist David Restivo, drummers Jean Martin and Nick Fraser, saxophonists Remi Bolduc and Frank Lozano, as well as Rob Frayne for composition and arranging. New or returning after several years are pianist Nancy Walker, bassist Kieran Overs, guitarists Kim Ratcliffe and Garry Elliott and trombonist William Carn.

The camp is an intensive learning opportunity for adult jazz musicians (all levels, beginner through professional), and advanced high school musicians, to immerse themselves in a full weekend of music-making through original composition, solo and combo performance. Many local jazz musicians have attended the camp over the last 17-odd years and said they learned a great deal from the experience.

Ottawa Jazz Happenings also said that the original composition development done by jazz combos at the camp will be part of the preparation for a special event/concert that will take place in Ottawa in fall 2010. Originals, sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council, will feature JazzWorks faculty and participants as they present their newly created works to the Ottawa community.

See more photos by Brett Delmage of the 2008 Jazz Camp here.