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13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: Bob Myers
March 19, 2012

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, March 30 until April 30, 2012 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This music series is New York City's longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists will be performing in 40 events at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg in Brooklyn. For information contact CBJC at 718.773.2252 or [email protected]. Brooklyn jazz has a rich past and its legacy is celebrated every April, nationally ...

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Festival

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium PR
February 16, 2012

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium invites all media personnel and the jazz community to attend a press conference for the occasion of the 13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. The event is hosted by Long Island University Brooklyn at the Kumble Theater on Tuesday, February 21st, 12 noon until 1:00 PM located at Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues, Brooklyn, New York. Guest speakers include Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York State Assembly Member Annette Robinson, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's Kings County ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Hall Of Fame Induction & Awards Ceremony, April 28, 2011

Source: Bob Myers
April 22, 2011

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) created the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame twelve years ago to recognize unheralded and renowned jazz musicians who call(ed) Brooklyn home. A museum component was created in 2009 to archive the rich jazz tradition of this borough for future generations. The induction and award ceremony for the hall of fame will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2011 from 6 to 8:00 pm at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights section of the borough. ...

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