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Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Celebrates Women’s History Month March 1st

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
February 13, 2015

On March 1st, Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers will kick off Women’s History Month with a special performance by vocal powerhouse Vivian Sessoms. It will take place at its namesake, the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, located at 279 Lafayette Avenue, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Vivian will perform a medley of pieces, including selections that will honor female jazz performers who have been iconic in the genre, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers is proud to ...

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3rd Annual Emmanuel Baptist Church Holiday Jazz Vespers Featuring Antonio Hart And The Queens College Jazz Ensemble

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
December 16, 2014

Bring 2015 in on a high note with Antonio Hart at the Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers On December 31st Emmanuel Baptist Church presents their 3rd Annual Holiday Jazz Vespers featuring the profound Antonio Hart and The Queens College Jazz Ensemble. Recognized as one of the most talented instrumentalists of his generation, members of Emmanuel Baptist Church and the Brooklyn Jazz community are excited to welcome Mr. Hart. He has played with some of the greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, ...

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Caribbean Band Delivers Spiritual Jazz Melodies To Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Community

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
June 13, 2014

Brooklyn, NY: Emmanuel Baptist Church is proud to feature the internationally recognized Elan Trotman Group at its next Jazz Vespers on Sunday, June 29 from 3-5 pm, in honor of Caribbean- American Heritage Month. Rhythmic sounds of steel drums and saxophones will pour out onto the streets of the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York as award- winning Jazz Saxophonist and Barbados native, Elan Trotman, and his six-man band deliver two hours of melodic grooves from the Caribbean islands. ...

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Emmanuel Baptist Church Celebrates Black History Month With NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
January 23, 2014

As one of jazz’s living legends, NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris will perform at Emmanuel Baptist Church’s first Jazz Vespers of 2014, in honor of Black History Month. It will take place in its standing home at the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, on February 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM. The recurrent theme of the Jazz Vespers is: “Experience the Presence of God through the Sounds of ...

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Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Returns For The Summer With The Camille Thurman Quartet

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
June 12, 2013

BROOKLYN, NY: Emmanuel Baptist Church has returned with the summer edition of its Jazz Vespers featuring the Camille Thurman Quartet, who will add their own unique stamp to the growing roster of highly talented artists to perform at series since it began years ago. It will take place in its standing home at the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM. The recurrent ...

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Emmanuel Baptist Church Welcomes Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon To Their Next Jazz Vespers

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
April 5, 2013

Brooklyn, NY: Extraordinary and Award-winning jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon will be performing at the next edition of Emmanuel Baptist Church’s highly popular Jazz Vespers series. He will be bringing his unique hard-swinging, straight-ahead style to a diverse audience of true jazz lovers. The Jazz Vespers service will take place in its standing home at the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, on April 28, 2013 at 3:00 PM. Currently ...

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Emmanuel Baptist Church Presents A Special Holiday Jazz Vespers Featuring Jimmy Heath

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
December 7, 2012

Isaac “Ike” Suggs, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Emmanuel Baptist Church, announced today that “another opportunity to experience the presence of God through the sound of Jazz is scheduled for Sunday, December 30th, during an Emmanuel Baptist Church hosted Jazz Vespers.” A special holiday edition of the popular Jazz Vespers series featuring Jimmy Heath will take place in the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, which is located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York. The ...

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