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Christian McBride Will Host Important Fundraiser For Jazz Power Initiative

Source: SM Communication Solutions
January 27, 2026

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride joins Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) Syncopated Celebration 2026 as the host of this year’s fundraiser honoring the organization’s 22 years of service. The event will be held at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway / West 95th Street, Manhattan) on Thursday, May 14th, at 6:00 p.m. McBride, a native of Philadelphia, attended CAPA and Juilliard. He is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning master bassist who followed in the footsteps of his ...

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Drummer - Educator David F. Gibson’s Last Performance Is On Collaborative Project – Squeeze In Tight

Source: SM Communication Solutions
August 17, 2025

Album is a tribute to the joy this gentle man left though his music and his life Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) co-founder, Managing and Artistic Director Eli Yamin, better known as Dr. E., got together with some of his favorite musicians and friends to make an album under the JPI label some months ago. The album, Squeeze In Tight, set for release on September 1st, is meant as a tribute “…to the joy that jazz and blues inspire,” said Dr. ...

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Performance / Tour

54 Below Presents George Young In Singin' And Swingin' on June 19th

Source: SM Communication Solutions
May 3, 2025

54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents George Young in Singin’ and Swingin’ on June 19th at 7:00pm. Mr. Young, an accomplished entertainer, brings his musicianship and vocal dexterity in celebration of Juneteenth and all that this day represents. Through a well curated repertoire of songs George Young will pay his respect to the Harlem Renaissance, to the Apollo, to Baltimore’s Royal Theater (under whose shadow, he grew up), to Broadway, to the songs born out of the never-ending struggles of ...

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Grammy Award-Winner Catherine Russell To Host Celebration21 - Jazz Power Initiative's Annual Fundraiser

Source: SM Communication Solutions
March 16, 2025

Celebration21, the Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) annual fundraising event, will take place on May 21 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space (250 West 95th Street, Manhattan), from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The event will pay homage to the long and rich, pioneering history of Jazz and the transformative power of jazz arts/music education. By using the foundational traditions of jazz music and its improvisational roots, JPI has been helping generations of young people to develop ...

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Education

Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His Lasting Contributions

Source: SM Communication Solutions
February 10, 2025

On February 20th, as part of the month-long Black History celebration, the Harlem School of the Arts will launch an important new, FREE music program, the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy, made possible by the Herb Alpert Foundation. Mr. Alpert considered Dizzy Gillespie a good friend whose musicianship he respected and admired. In the 1990s, to preserve Dizzy’s legacy, he established the Dizzy Gillespie Chair in Music at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and funded the Dizzy Gillespie Digital ...

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Jazz Power Initiative's Celebration 20 Honors The Miranda Family, Award-winning Filmmaker Phil Bertelsen And Corporate Leader Td Bank

Source: SM Communication Solutions
May 11, 2024

For the past two decades, Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) has been an influential part of the arts education community. By utilizing the power of jazz music and jazz tradition to educate and transform the lives of young people, the organization has fostered positive self-expression, a sense of community, teamwork, and diversity. On May 15th, at One Vanderbilt Avenue (TD Conference Center), the organization will host Jazz Power Celebration20 in recognition of its numerous accomplishments. In addition to honoring The Miranda ...

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Jazz Power Initiative Proudly Announces The First Of Its Jazz Power Celebration20 Honorees 'The Miranda Family' Highlighting The Transformative Power Of The Arts & The Expressive Language Of Jazz

Source: SM Communication Solutions
January 30, 2024

Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), announces Jazz Power Celebration20, to be held on May 15, 2024, at New York’s premier address—One Vanderbilt Avenue (TD Conference Center). The event honors the organization’s first 20 years of Jazz and Arts education programs and performances – enriching young people's lives, improving, and strengthening community bonds, and inspiring a new generation of young artists. Jazz Power Celebration20 offers the Jazz Power Initiative an opportunity to honor important partners, sponsors, and supporters without whose help, much ...

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Education

Harlem School Of The Arts Welcomes Pianist Adegoke Steve Colson Recipient Of South Arts Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grant

Source: SM Communication Solutions
January 28, 2022

The 58-year-old Harlem School of the Arts (HSA), located in New York City's historic community, is proud to welcome Grammy Award nominee and composer/pianist, Adegoke Steve Colson, recipient of the South Arts, 2021 Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grant, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Through funding made possible by this grant, Mr. Colson will lead Afternoon Jazz @ HSA master classes involving students across HSA’s interdisciplinary curriculum and the organization’s Jazz Program, and featuring some of the ...

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