February 21, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]
The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street New York, N.Y. 10035 212.348.8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/
Harlem in the Himalayas Harlem in the Himalayas: Hot Jazz for a Cold Climate Rubin Museum of Art and Jazz Museum in Harlem Collaborate On A New Music Series New York, NY- The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in Chelsea and the Jazz Museum in Harlem are presenting a series of five concerts in March. The concerts are followed by films inspired by RMA's current exhibition “Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas." In the course of their performances, the musicians will respond to the paintings and the films that follow in their own idiom . Jazz is not new to RMA. Tim McHenry, Director of Programming at the Rubin Museum of Art invited Chelsea residents Roswell Rudd and Andrew Sterman to premiere works within the first weeks of the Museum's opening in 2004. Rudd, the veteran trombonist who has performed in two dynamically different ensembles at the RMA-- a Mongolian string band with singers and a Dixieland band with brass and drums--was moved to say, “There is something definitely right about the range of acoustical spectrum in the theater. Jazz, and in fact any music, will sound good there." The concerts, part of RMA's new K2 Lounge on Friday nights, are curated by Executive Director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg. The programs present a range of jazz interpreters from the up-and-coming (Dominick Farinacci and Marcus Printup, trumpet, and Jonathan Batiste, piano) to the veterans (Jazz Museum All Stars) and the avant-garde (Scott Robinson). Mr. Schoenberg said, “Too much is made of the differences between the various jazz idioms. All of the bands coming to play at the RMA swing, and each do it in their own way." Five all-acoustic jazz combo concerts presented by the Rubin Museum of Art and The Jazz Museum in Harlem on Friday nights in March at 7 p.m. There is a Happy Hour from 6-7 p.m. at the bar. Movies from the Fakir & Faker film series follow the concerts at 9:30 p.m. and are free with a $7 bar minimum.
Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street (corner of 7th Ave.) http:// www.rmanyc.org
Tickets are $15 and include admission to the Museum's galleries. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 212.620.5000 ext. 344, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. RMA is dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and opened fifteen months ago, the Jazz Museum is four years into its community and educational programs, but has not yet broken ground. March 3 Dominick Farinacci, trumpet. A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, Farinacci has turned heads in the jazz world in his performances with Peter Cincotti, Warren Vache, and Renee Rosnes, and with Wynton Marsalis as part of a Louis Armstrong tribute televised on PBS. Film: Siddhartha 1972, Conrad Rooks, USA, 85 minutes
March10 Marcus Printup, trumpet. Printup is a member of Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He has recorded with Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Reed, Madeline Peyroux, Dianne Reeves, and Wycliffe Gordon. He has four solo recordings on the Blue Note label. His latest release, “The New Boogaloo," is on the Nagel-Hayer label. Film: Nicholas and Alexandra 1971, Franklin J. Schaffner, UK, 189 minutes March17 Jonathan Batiste, piano. “An extremely rare talent. His feeling, originality, humor, boldness of conception and deep swing are an absolute joy"--Benny Green. Jonathan Batiste is already considered to be one of the of the next generation of young lions who will carry on the legacy of New Orleans composers/piano wizards, such as Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, and James Booker. His recently released CD, “Times in New Orleans," features Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, and Maurice Brown, among others. Film: Meetings with Remarkable Men 1979, Peter Brook, UK, 108 minutes
March 24 Jazz Museum All Stars with Loren Schoenberg. Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of The Jazz Museum in Harlem, is best known for his big band work, with his own group, as well as with Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Bobby Short, and John Lewis. Winner of two Grammys for his writing on jazz, he has conducted the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He is also known from his many years on the radio (WKCR, WBGO, and Sirius). Film: Being There 1979, Hal Ashby, USA, 130 minutes
March31 Scott Robinson. One of today's most daring and wide-ranging instrumentalists, Scott Robinson has been touring the world recently with Maria Schneider 's band. He has also been heard on tenor sax with Buck Clayton's band, on trumpet with Lionel Hampton's quintet, on alto clarinet with Paquito D'Rivera's clarinet quartet, and on bass sax with the New York City Opera. His range includes the theremin and ophicleide. Film: My Dinner with Andre 1981, Louis Malle, USA, 110 minutes
The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street New York, N.Y. 10035 212.348.8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/
Harlem in the Himalayas Harlem in the Himalayas: Hot Jazz for a Cold Climate Rubin Museum of Art and Jazz Museum in Harlem Collaborate On A New Music Series New York, NY- The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in Chelsea and the Jazz Museum in Harlem are presenting a series of five concerts in March. The concerts are followed by films inspired by RMA's current exhibition “Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas." In the course of their performances, the musicians will respond to the paintings and the films that follow in their own idiom . Jazz is not new to RMA. Tim McHenry, Director of Programming at the Rubin Museum of Art invited Chelsea residents Roswell Rudd and Andrew Sterman to premiere works within the first weeks of the Museum's opening in 2004. Rudd, the veteran trombonist who has performed in two dynamically different ensembles at the RMA-- a Mongolian string band with singers and a Dixieland band with brass and drums--was moved to say, “There is something definitely right about the range of acoustical spectrum in the theater. Jazz, and in fact any music, will sound good there." The concerts, part of RMA's new K2 Lounge on Friday nights, are curated by Executive Director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg. The programs present a range of jazz interpreters from the up-and-coming (Dominick Farinacci and Marcus Printup, trumpet, and Jonathan Batiste, piano) to the veterans (Jazz Museum All Stars) and the avant-garde (Scott Robinson). Mr. Schoenberg said, “Too much is made of the differences between the various jazz idioms. All of the bands coming to play at the RMA swing, and each do it in their own way." Five all-acoustic jazz combo concerts presented by the Rubin Museum of Art and The Jazz Museum in Harlem on Friday nights in March at 7 p.m. There is a Happy Hour from 6-7 p.m. at the bar. Movies from the Fakir & Faker film series follow the concerts at 9:30 p.m. and are free with a $7 bar minimum.
Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street (corner of 7th Ave.) http:// www.rmanyc.org
Tickets are $15 and include admission to the Museum's galleries. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 212.620.5000 ext. 344, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. RMA is dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and opened fifteen months ago, the Jazz Museum is four years into its community and educational programs, but has not yet broken ground. March 3 Dominick Farinacci, trumpet. A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, Farinacci has turned heads in the jazz world in his performances with Peter Cincotti, Warren Vache, and Renee Rosnes, and with Wynton Marsalis as part of a Louis Armstrong tribute televised on PBS. Film: Siddhartha 1972, Conrad Rooks, USA, 85 minutes
March10 Marcus Printup, trumpet. Printup is a member of Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He has recorded with Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Reed, Madeline Peyroux, Dianne Reeves, and Wycliffe Gordon. He has four solo recordings on the Blue Note label. His latest release, “The New Boogaloo," is on the Nagel-Hayer label. Film: Nicholas and Alexandra 1971, Franklin J. Schaffner, UK, 189 minutes March17 Jonathan Batiste, piano. “An extremely rare talent. His feeling, originality, humor, boldness of conception and deep swing are an absolute joy"--Benny Green. Jonathan Batiste is already considered to be one of the of the next generation of young lions who will carry on the legacy of New Orleans composers/piano wizards, such as Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, and James Booker. His recently released CD, “Times in New Orleans," features Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, and Maurice Brown, among others. Film: Meetings with Remarkable Men 1979, Peter Brook, UK, 108 minutes
March 24 Jazz Museum All Stars with Loren Schoenberg. Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of The Jazz Museum in Harlem, is best known for his big band work, with his own group, as well as with Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Bobby Short, and John Lewis. Winner of two Grammys for his writing on jazz, he has conducted the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He is also known from his many years on the radio (WKCR, WBGO, and Sirius). Film: Being There 1979, Hal Ashby, USA, 130 minutes
March31 Scott Robinson. One of today's most daring and wide-ranging instrumentalists, Scott Robinson has been touring the world recently with Maria Schneider 's band. He has also been heard on tenor sax with Buck Clayton's band, on trumpet with Lionel Hampton's quintet, on alto clarinet with Paquito D'Rivera's clarinet quartet, and on bass sax with the New York City Opera. His range includes the theremin and ophicleide. Film: My Dinner with Andre 1981, Louis Malle, USA, 110 minutes
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