Festival calendar of events is available on the Internet, www.cbjcjazz.org, or by phone, 718.569.1896. Contact our exclusive travel partner Evette Dorham, at Travel Counsellors 800.807.9142, cell 404.634. 6662 or email [email protected].
This year's festival theme is, BROOKLYN - In the JAZZ Tradition. “Tradition makes reference to our ancestors and the cultural legacy they left behind. Eubie Blake (in the 1920s), Billie Holiday and Betty Roche (in the late 1930s), Max Roach, Cecil Payne, Chief Bey, Willie Jones, Kenny Dorham and C. Scoby Stroman (in the late 1940s and beyond) paved a path for the jazz legacy of Brooklyn, New York. Today in 2008, we must research and study the Jazz legacy of Brooklyn and use it to mold and shape the future of our lives - 'Music is the healing force of the universe (Albert Ayler),'" said Jitu Weusi, Chairman of Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.
BROOKLYN - In the JAZZ Tradition is a cultural celebration which also brings together our borough's creative communities (literature, film, photography and education) with Jazz. Programs and performances will be held at Weeksville Heritage Center, Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, Medgar Evers College, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Historical Society, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Paul Robeson Theatre, Concord Baptist Church of Christ as well as Brooklyn's popular entertainment venues: Sista's Place, Solomon's Porch, BAMcafe Live, Jazz Spot, Williamsburg Music Center, Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club and Jazz 966 just to name some.
9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival highlights this year include an award presentation to legendary jazz stylist Nancy Wilson; presentation by Member of the Executive Council, Republic of South Africa, Mr. Darkey Ephraim Africa; Olu Dara's, “Stranded in Brooklyn" free concert; swing dance party with Ray Abrams Big Band featuring vocalist Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch; fine art by musician Dick Griffin at Afroarts Design gallery; film screening of “The Music Inn" with Randy Weston; Alma Carroll and Emme Kemp in Jazz! The Women's Viewpoint; Jazz great Houston Person; Jeff King Band; Eric Frazier; Wade Barnes; Rome Neal; Ray Anderson & The Versatiles featuring Jann Parker at Janes United Methodist Church; history of Brooklyn Jazz lecture/jam session with The New Cookers (Kenyatta Beasley, Anthony Wonsey); Sam Newsome leads Long Island University's jazz ensemble in tribute to Brooklyn bebopper Cecil Payne; Latin Jazz with Arturo O'Farrill featuring Steve Turre; Dwight Brewster & Afro Caribbean Jazz Experience; several educational forums such as, Brooklyn's jazz heritage, immigrants contributions to the music, and Brooklyn Jazz History with Professor Jeffrey Taylor; special celebration of the life of Brooklyn's native son Max Roach.
The annual Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at the Opening Day Gala on Wednesday, April 2nd. This year's inductees include: Deacon Leroy Applin Young Lion/Lioness, Maurice Brown; Jazz Shrine, Blue Coronet; Jazz Impact, James Spaulding; Life Time Achievement, Cedar Walton; and Hall of Fame entrant, Cecil Payne.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sat 3/29 - CBJC COMMUNITY DAY, Mr. Darkey Ephraim Africa - “Arts-n-Culture, Satisfying the Needs of the People" Keynote Speaker-Republic of South Africa- Member of Executive Council, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration, 1368 Fulton St, 2-5PM, FREE & open to the public
Sat 3/29 - CBJC's Live Jazz @ Renaissance Cafe, Donald Smith Trio, part of Medgar Evers College-Black Writers Conference,1641 Bedford Ave @ Montgomery, 9PM, $10
Sun 3/30 - Olu Dara “Stranded in Brooklyn" Weeksville Heritage Center, 1698 Bergen St @ Rochester,718.756.5250 or www.weeksvillesociety.org concert in heated tent rain or shine, 1-3PM, FREE
Tues 4/1 - CBJC FESTIVAL PRESS CONFERENCE: Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz - others; 209 Joralemon St @ Borough Hall Brooklyn, 10AM
Wed 4/2 - Opening Gala-Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Awards / Ray Abrams Big Band ft. Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Sugarhill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 Dekalb Ave @ Nostrand, 718.797.1727, Doors open 5:30, 7-10 PM / $25
Thurs. 4/3 - Art gallery reception, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, 80 Hanson Place, 718.230.0492, 6-8PM, FREE
Fri 4/4 - JAZZ CLUB TOURS: The Jazz Cafe (718.453.7825), Solomon's Porch (718.919.8001), Sugar Hill Resturant Supper Club & Disco (718.797.1727), 8 - 12 midnight
Fri 4/4 - Williamsburgh Youth Ensemble, Williamsburgh Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @ South 5th St., 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org, 9:30-12:30AM, $10
Sat 4/5 - Jazz! The Women's View Point, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Community Room, Women from Brooklyn's jazz community tell “Their Stories", 1-4:00PM, suggested donation $10
Sat 4/5 - JAZZ CLUB TOUR: The Jazz Cafe (718.453.7825), Solomon's Porch (718.919.8001), Sugar Hill Resturant Supper Club & Disco (718.797.1727), 8 - 12 midnight
Sat 4/5 - Bertha Hope Quartet ft. Ulysses Slaughter, Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson, 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org, 9&10:30PM, $20
Sat 4/5 - Williamsburgh All Stars, Williamsburgh Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @ South 5th St., 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org, 9-12:30AM, $10
Sun 4/6 - Sunday Gospel Jazz Brunch, Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Ave, 718.797.1727, brunch menu is available, cosponsored by Bedford Stuyvesant InterAgency Council & Jazzpazazz, show 11-2PM, FREE
Sun 4/6 - “All That Jazz" Jam session with the Eric Frazier Trio, artists welcome, Dakar Restaurant, 285 Grand Avenue, 718.398.8900. 2-8PM, $10.00
Thurs 4/10 - Wade Barnes Quintet performing “The First Thursday", Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Ave, 718.797.1727, 6-8PM, FREE
Fri 4/11 - Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble performing Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, Flatbush @ E' Pkway, 917.373.2882, 1-4PM, FREE
Fri 4/11 - Harlem Renaissance Orchestra - Billie's Birthday Bounce, Dance contest-cash prizes, JAZZ 966, 966 Fulton St, 718.638.6910, 9PM, $20,
Fri 4/11 - The New Cookers, BAMcafe Live, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave, Rising stars of Jazz reference the hard bop sound with today's hip rhythms, 718.636.4100, www.BAM.org, 10-11:30PM, FREE
Sat 4/12 - “Exploring our Jazz Heritage in Brooklyn" panel discussion moderator Harold Valle, performance Edwin Hall Quintet, Medgar Evers College-President's Conference Room, 1650 Bedford Ave, info 718.778.0009 x25, 1-5PM, FREE
Sat 4/12 - 20th Annual Black & White Ball, Ray Anderson and the Versatiles ft. vocalist Jann Parker, Janes United Methodist Church, 174 Malcolm X Blvd, 7PM, tickets 718.453.2316
Wed 4/16 - “Contributions of Immigrants to the Jazz Tradition", video, performance, panel discussion, Paul Robeson Theatre, 40 Greene Ave., 718.778.0009 x25, FREE
Thurs 4/17 - African Voices Ellie Charles Artist Award presentation to Nancy Wilson(in person), Kumble Theater at Long Island Univ., Benefit for African Voices Magazine, Live music Jazzberry Jam!, 5:30 PM, tickets 212.865.2982 or www.africanvoices.com
Sat 4/19 - Youth Jazz Jamboree / Health & Wellness Day, Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble Bed/Stuy Restoration Plaza, 917.373.2882, youth jazz bands, health care providers, 1-4PM, FREE
Sat 4/19 - Fine Art of Musician Dick Griffin presented by Afroart-Design, music Jeff King Band, 316 Stuyvesant @ Halsey, 718.573.6110, 3-9PM, FREE
Wed 4/23 - Vocal stylist Beareather Reddy, Food 4 Thought Cafe, 443 Marcus Garvey Blvd., at Macdonough St., 6PM, 718.443.4160, $10
Thurs 4/24 - Jazz and The Spoken Word, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Sponsored by Long Life Information and Referral Network, dinner 4PM, show 6PM with Rome Neal, 917.535.9781, FREE
Thurs 4/24 - Dwight Brewster & Afro Caribbean Jazz Experience, Rustik Neighborhood Tavern, 718.554.3706 or www.rustiktavern.com , 471 DeKalb Ave, 7-11PM, FREE
Fri 4/25 - Max Roach Tribute, sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, 833 Gardner C. Taylor Blvd, 718.756.9407,12-5PM, FREE
Sat 4/26 - Max Roach Tribute, sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, Boys n Girls High School, 718.756.9407, 3-8PM, FREE
Sat 4/26 - “The Music Inn" Brooklyn Historical Society's film screening about the FIRST SCHOOL of JAZZ, a place where Brooklyn's jazz giants - Eubie Blake, Max Roach, Randy Weston taught & Miles, Monk & Ella played, 718.222.4111 x2387, 128 Pierrepont St, 7-9PM, $6-adults/$4-seniors/students
Sat 4/26 - Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch & The Magnificent Trio, presented by Our Lady of Victory Arts Project, Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church-McGuiness Hall, 163 Macdonough St., 718.652.1285, 7-11PM, Donation $15
Sat 4/26 - Arturo O'Farrill Quintet ft. Steve Turre, Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, Flatbush Ave @ E' Pkwy, tickets 212.868.4444 or www.smarttix.com, 7PM, $10 ($7 students/seniors)
Sat 4/26 - Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille), Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson, 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org, 9 &10:30pm, $20
Sun 4/27- Max Roach Tribute - “ Tears for Johannesburg" - FREEDOM DAY SOUTH AFRICA, sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave, 718.756.9407, 3-7PM, FREE
Thurs 5/1 - Concert & Jam Session with The New Cookers, Prof. Jeffrey Taylor speaks on Brooklyn's Jazz History, Institute for Studies in America Music-Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, 718.951.5655, 5-7PM, donation $10, students FREE
Fri 5/2 - Long Island University Jazz Ensemble led by Sam Newsome paying tribute to Cecil Payne guest saxophonist Alex Harding, Kumble Theater @ L.I.U., DeKalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue, 718.488.1624, event/open to the public, 7PM, FREE
Fri 5/2 - Jazz saxophone great Houston Person, JAZZ 966, 966 Fulton St, 718.638.6910, 9PM, $20
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium proudly acknowledges the following sponsors of its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc, Our Time Press, Jazz Improv Magazine, African Voices Magazine, WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center.
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, founded in 1999, is an amalgam of jazz musicians, entertainment venues, patrons of the music, community and faith based organizations. Over the past eight (8) years, they have presented an annual spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame, and produced yearly programs of events and activities that feature local jazz musical talents. CBJC is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving, promoting and supporting jazz music, musicians and programs.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
