Come celebrate George Avakian's 87th birthday on Wednesday, March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street just west of 8th Avenue, with George himself.
George, who produced the first jazz album (1939-40), the first series of annotated reissues of classic jazz (1940), the first 100 pop LPs (1948) and who established popular albums as the industry's biggest source of income (1954), a trend which continues into the CD era.
This is all part of the regular Wednesday engagement of David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band (aka the Louis Armstrong Centennial Band), now in its sixth consecutive year of performing Pops's music (and sometimes Duke's and Jelly Roll's)--an engagement set up by George.
$10 cover, which all goes to the musicians--and worth every penny!
Birdland
315 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Aves)
212-581-3080
http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
For more information contact All About Jazz.
