National Jazz Museum Announces Schedule for the Week of 1/3

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Jazz for Curious Listeners
Christian McBride Hosts: My Musical Heroes
7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: NJMH Visitors Center
(104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C)
FREE. For more information: 212-348-8300
Christian's Subject: Jaco Pastorious, Electric Bass Innovator

The electric bass was actually Christian McBride's first instrument. He began playing at age 8 when Jaco Pastorious was the bass guitar's standard bearer, having created masterpieces with the group Weather Report as well as his eponymously titled first solo reco rding. Jaco Pastorious transformed the bass guitar into an instrument of fine art, and there are few better, if any, to discuss Pastorious than McBride.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Harlem in the Himalayas
Eldar, Pianist
7:00pm
Location: Rubin Museum of Art
(150 West 17th Street)
$18 in advance, $20 at door. For tickets: RMA Box Office http://www.rmanyc.org/harleminthehimalayas/ or call 212-620-5000 ext. 344

Signed to Sony Classical at the age of 17, Eldar has since established himself as one of the most brilliant and virtuosic solo jazz pianists of his generation. The possessor of a unique style, this is a rare solo performance in New York City. Along the way, Eldar's had the good fortune to work with masters such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Dave Brubeck, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, among others. The performance space is a wonderful place to hear acoustic music - no microphones, just a lot of wood to give the sound depth and warmth.