CBJC presented 35 events in 21 days at institutions and venues that include: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Renaissance Cafe, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Sugar Hill Restaurant and Supper Club, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Williamsburg Music Center, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Solomon's Porch, Sistas' Place, Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, JAZZ 966, BAMcafe Live, Medgar Evers College, Janes United Methodist Church, Paul Robeson Theatre, Brooklyn Campus-Long Island University's Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Afroart Designs, Food 4 Thought Cafe, Rustik Neighborhood Tavern, Boys and Girls High School, Brooklyn Historical Society, Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn College and Concord Baptist Church of Christ.
“The 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival was CBJC's most successful to date and we are truly thankful to the broad support we received from musicians, community leaders, venues, and the public", stated Jitu K. Weusi, Chairman of Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.
CBJC thanks participating musicians, especially the chairperson of the Brooklyn Hall of Fame Gala Dr. Randy Weston. Artists performing/participating during festival 2008 include: Lou Donaldson, Olu Dara, Houston Person, M'Boom, Arturo O'Farrill, Steve Wilson, Sam Newsome, Dick Griffin, Antoinette Montague, Wade Barnes, The Jeff King Band, Donald Smith, The New Cookers, Rome Neal, Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Dwight Brewster's Afro-Caribbean Jazz Experience, Beareather Reddy, Gerry Eastman, Bertha Hope, Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, Eric Frazier, Ulysses Slaughter, Patsy Grant, Ray Abrams Big Band, Restoration Dance Troupe, Brooklyn College Jazz Band, Middle School 35 Jazz Band, JaRon Ames, Emme Kemp, Poet Louis Reyes Rivera, Ron Anderson and the Versatiles, Jann Parker, Gil Noble, Cecil Bridgewater and all of Max Roach's tribute musicians.
CBJC is grateful to 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival sponsors Con Edison, Forest City Ratner Corporation and Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center (an initiative of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz). Media support for festival 2008 was provided by: Our Times Press, WBAI 99.5 FM (Pacifica Radio), African Voices Magazine, and Jazz Improv Magazine. Hospitality support by Le Bleu Hotel (by Gowanus Canal). Grant support is provided to CBJC by: New York City Council Member Al Vann, New York City Council Member Letitia James, New York State Assemblymember Annette Robinson, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium founded in 1999 is an amalgam of jazz musicians, jazz venues, faith based organizations, community based organizations, and patrons of the music. 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 non-profit organization committed to preserving, promoting and supporting jazz music, musicians and programs.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
