Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents T'ain't No Sin, A Ragtime and Jazz Party on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 8pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $33 and are available at http://www.queenstheatre.org/or by phone at 718-760-0064. T'ain't No Sin, A Ragtime and Jazz Party is part of the American Express Cultural Heritage Series, which allows audiences to participate in a post-show talk back after the show.
Trinity Repertory Company has announced that Liza Minnelli will receive the 2010 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 14th Annual Pell Awards gala on June 19, 2010. The other honorees include George Wein (Outstanding Leadership in the Arts) and Umberto 'Bert' Crenca (2010 Rhode Island Pell Award For Excellence in the Arts).
On Tuesday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m., Jon Faddis-celebrated jazz trumpeter, composer, conductor, and educator-returns to Carnegie Hall with a performance that pays homage to the musical styles of trumpeters who have left an indelible footprint on the instrument as well as on the jazz music genre.
Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.
Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights In Jazz New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Upcoming events include the 37th Anniversary Gala, Salute To Lew Tabackin, Ben Webster & Lester Young Centenial concert, and the Highlights in Jazz Grand Finale.
Seeing Jazz with George Wein is a unique new series at Symphony Space which features jazz impresario George Wein-founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival-showing images from his extensive historic photo album, sharing anecdotes about a life lived in jazz and welcoming guest artists to the stage.
Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights In Jazz New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Upcoming events include the 37th Anniversary Gala, Salute To Lew Tabackin, Ben Webster & Lester Young Centenial concert, and the Highlights in Jazz Grand Finale.
Dance, music and theater performances that feature and celebrate prominent African-American artists, and a slate of topical films on a variety of issues comprise the 2010 winter/spring season for Harlem Stage - one of the country's top presenters, producers, and supporters of works by artists of color.
According to Newport Now, 'the dates for the 2010 Newport Folk Festival and Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival have been set, according to the Newport County Convention and Visitors Bureau.