The Jazz Ministry of Saint Peter's Church - the Jazz Church - announces that All Nite Soul Honoree and NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess will be interviewed on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Noon on WBGO 88.3 FM (www.wbgo.org) by Rhonda Hamilton and on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7 PM on WKCR 89.9 FM (www.wkcr.org) by Sharif Abdus-Salaam.
A feature piece on the NJMH's acquisition of and programming around the BILL SAVORY collection with be broadcast Wednesday, September 29th on the 7 p.m. broadcast (most local times) on both BBC AMERICA and BBC WORLD.
This week, the NJMH presents another exemplary schedule of events, ranging from evenings with two living legends, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and pianist/composer Randy Weston to celebrations of poet Langston Hughes, tenor sax giants Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and concluding with live music supporting a retrospective on the art work of early giant giants George Wettling and Pee Wee Russell.
This week, the NJMH presents another exemplary schedule of events, ranging from evenings with two living legends, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and pianist/composer Randy Weston to celebrations of poet Langston Hughes, tenor sax giants Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and concluding with live music supporting a retrospective on the art work of early giant giants George Wettling and Pee Wee Russell.
The Jazz Ministry of Saint Peter's Church - the Jazz Church - announces the musicians who have, as of this date, confirmed their planned performance at the 40th Anniversary of All Nite Soul on Sunday, October 10, 2010, including:
This week, the NJMH presents another exemplary schedule of events, ranging from evenings with two living legends, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and pianist/composer Randy Weston to celebrations of poet Langston Hughes, tenor sax giants Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and concluding with live music supporting a retrospective on the art work of early giant giants George Wettling and Pee Wee Russell.
This week, the NJMH presents another exemplary schedule of events, ranging from evenings with two living legends, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and pianist/composer Randy Weston to celebrations of poet Langston Hughes, tenor sax giants Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and concluding with live music supporting a retrospective on the art work of early giant giants George Wettling and Pee Wee Russell.
This week, the NJMH presents another exemplary schedule of events, ranging from evenings with two living legends, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and pianist/composer Randy Weston to celebrations of poet Langston Hughes, tenor sax giants Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and concluding with live music supporting a retrospective on the art work of early giant giants George Wettling and Pee Wee Russell.
Coming off the heels of the greatest archaeological find in jazz in decades, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem invites you to share in the treasures of the Savory Collection, featuring jazz legends of the Swing Era.
National Jazz Museum in Harlem presents their schedule for the week of August 23 - August 29, 2010.
National Jazz Museum in Harlem presents their schedule for the week of August 23 - August 29, 2010.
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) today announced the acquisition of a historic collection of never-before-heard recordings, including live performances of great American Jazz icons from 1935-1941. The collection of 975 aluminum and vinyl discs, over 100 hours of material, was created by William Savory, a recording engineer and Harvard-educated physicist. Savory worked as at a radio transcription service in New York between 1935 and 1941 and used the equipment his job afforded him to record hundreds of hours of material directly off the radio.
On this the 40th anniversary of All Nite Soul, the Jazz Ministry of Saint Peter's Church - the Jazz Church - is thrilled to honor National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master, saxophonist and flutist Frank Wess. The event begins with Jazz Vespers at 5 PM. All Nite Soul starts at 7 PM with over 80 musicians celebrating All Nite Soul and honoring Frank Wess. An 'exhibit wall' in the Living Room of Saint Peter's Church will tell the story of Frank Wess with memorabilia.
The Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden concert series returns to The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden for four Sunday evenings beginning July 11, 2010. Summergarden, a tradition that began in 1971, is part of MoMA's long history of presenting jazz and classical music, including several premieres, in the Sculpture Garden. MoMA once again welcomes the participation of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center, whose collaboration makes Summergarden possible.
Musical performances return to The Museum of Modern Art's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden this summer, offering a diverse selection of live music in July and August.
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces July 5-11, 2010 Schedule
The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces July 5-11, 2010 Schedule
The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.
The National Jazz Museum's June line-up includes discussions with musical artists Paquito D'Rivera and Craig Harris for Harlem Speaks; a talk with a living literary legend, Peter Straub, at Jazz for Curious Readers; and our adult education series, Jazz for Curious Listeners, features instrumentalists Jeremy Pelt, Nicholas Payton and Orrin Evans taking the reins of discourse on jazz in the 21st century. For more information visit http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/
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