APRIL IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH Jazz Appreciation Month was created to be an annual event that would pay tribute to jazz as both a living and as a historic music. Schools, organizations, even governments, celebrate JAM with events ranging from free concerts to educational programs. The first year was 2001, and initial funding was provided by the…
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HELP WANTED – NOW DIG THIS,INC.
NOW DIG THIS, Inc. is a non-profit organization established by Jacques & Kimberly Lesure that seeks to nurture and preserve an appreciation of the arts, especially Jazz music. Throughout the school year Jacques Lesure will be helping to continue the legacy as he offers free concerts and lectures to schools and community events. Special presentations…
MILES SMILES! DON CHEADLE MOVING FORWARD WITH MOVIE IN 2014
“Jazz Rap” with the Impresario Al Carter-Bey, the Impressario – the musical host with 30+ years of jazz radio experience, a musical library of 30,000 recordings; keeping the musical history of jazz alive. Jazz, America’s only original art form, as the American classical art form within the idiom of jazz. Join the impresario Al Carter-Bey, along…
THE CLUB ALABAM A MUST SEE MUSIC REVUE
Theatre Perception Consortium Presents THE CLUB ALABAM Directed by Tu’Nook featuring the artistry of BILLIE HOLIDAY ELLA FITZGERALD JOSEPHINE BAKER CAB CALLOWAY JOE WILLIAMS LITTLE WALTER NINA SIMONE DOROTHY DANDRIDGE & ROBBY ROYALE IMPRESARIO~HOST APRIL 27 MAY 4 MAY 11 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS 4:PM…
Women’s History Month: The World Stage Jazz Concert Series
Women’s History Month: The World Stage Jazz Concert Series.
Revolutionary Poet Laureate Playwright Imamu Amiri Baraka Dies at 79
Imamu Amiri Baraka His death at Beth Israel Medical Center,Thursday, January 9 was confirmed by his son Ras Baraka, a member of the Newark Municipal Council. He did not specify a cause, but said that Mr. Baraka had been hospitalized since Dec. 21. Mr. Baraka was famous as one of the major forces in the…
REMEMBERING JAZZ PIANO ROYALTY TRAGICALLY LOST IN 2013
Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was a hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey‘s band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards, including “Mosaic”, “Bolivia”, “Mode for Joe” and “Ugetsu”, also known as “Fantasy in…
TIME TRAVELING DIZZY (REECE) ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday, Dizzy Reece …Just revisiting a great Unsung trumpeter; You want a passionate player to interpret your favorite standards or just conjure up the tenacity of those fiery jam sessions of the 40s, Check Dizzy Reece! After spending the 1950s playing in Paris, Jamaican bebop trumpeter Dizzy Reece landed in New York City in 1960. He has…
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