"A Night of Jazz" to Benefit Young Musicians in Harlem Tuesday, October 24th at Birdland Jazz Club

Featuring a Performance by Wycliffe Gordon and the Jonathan Batiste Trio

Special Guest Performance by Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Dinner - 6:00 p.m.
Performance - 8:00 p.m.

Birdland Jazz Club
315 West 44th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues
Manhattan “A Night of Jazz," a special evening benefiting the Harmony in Harlem program, will feature a performance by Wycliffe Gordon, accompanied by the Jonathan Batiste Trio. Gordon is an award- winning trombonist who has built an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator. Batiste is a talented pianist who has performed with many renowned artists.

The evening will also include a special performance by Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg. McBride is a Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer and the evening's Honorary Chair. Schoenberg is a saxophonist, conductor, scholar and executive director of The Jazz Museum in Harlem and the co-founder of the Harmony in Harlem program.

Rhonda Hamilton, radio personality and producer of a popular jazz program on WBGO-FM, will host the evening. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of the evening will benefit Harmony in Harlem, a collaborative music ensemble for young musicians in grades 7-12 run by The Children's Aid Society's Youth Chorus Program and The Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Tickets:
$75 - Show only, bar seating
$125 - Show only, table seating
$250 - Dinner and show, table seating
$350 - Dinner and show, VIP table seating

To order tickets, please call 212-949-4936 or visit http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/harmony

The Jazz Museum in Harlem is dedicated to fostering the spirit of music as a living, breathing art form. For the past four years, the Museum has led a revival of jazz appreciation, and has organized many important initiatives within the Harlem community and beyond, including a bi-weekly series, “Harlem Speaks," honoring individuals of importance to the legacy of Harlem Jazz. The Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars have performed at the White House and at benefits for leading non-profit organizations. For additional information, visit www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org.

The Children's Aid Society was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation's largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving more than 150,000 of New York's neediest children and their families with a network of services that includes community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation. For more information, please call 212-949-4938 or visit the website below.