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3 day Max Roach tribute, and more for Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival's Final week |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
 Max Roach
The Andy Kirk Research Foundation, Inc. presents, as part of the 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, a three day tribute to the late jazz icon Dr. Maxwell Lemuel Roach. This programming is produced with the blessing of Max Roach's family. Beginning Friday, April 25 thru and including April 27, 2008, presentations, video footage, panel discussions and jazz performances will honor the life of this great African American artist.
At Concord Baptist Church of Christ; Boys and Girls High School; Medgar Evers College, in the Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights sections of Brooklyn, over one hundred (100) jazz musicians/artists, such as: Dr. Billy Taylor, Benny Powell, Montego Joe, Jimmy Owens, Joe Chambers, Alex Blake, Cecil Bridgewater, Sam Gill, T.K. Blue, Odean Pope and Dr. Randy Weston will pay homage to Brooklyn's legendary percussionist Max Roach. All three days of programming and concerts are free and open to the entire family.
Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival events / Final week- Wed 4/23 - Vocal stylist Beareather Reddy - The Blues, Food 4 Thought Cafe,
- 443 Marcus Garvey Blvd.., at MacDonough St., 6PM, 718.443.4160, $10
- Thurs 4/24 - Jazz and The Spoken Word, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Sponsored by Long Life Information and Referral Network, dinner 4PM,
- show 6PM with Rome Neal, 917.535.9781, FREE
- Thurs 4/24 - Dwight Brewster & Afro Caribbean Jazz Experience,
- Rustik Neighborhood Tavern, 718.554.3706 or , 471 DeKalb Ave, 7-11PM, FREE
- Fri 4/25 - Max Roach Tribute, sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, music by Randy Weston African Rhythms & an ensemble featuring Lewis Nash, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, 833 Gardner C. Taylor Blvd, 718.756.9407,12-5PM, FREE
- Fri 4/25 - The Lou Donaldson Quartet, JAZZ 966, 966 Fulton St, 718.638.6910, 8 & 10PM, $20
- Sat 4/26 - Max Roach Tribute, sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, master of ceremonies Phil Schaap, music by M' Boom, Jeff King Band & Cecil Bridgewater, Boys n Girls High School, 1700 Fulton St.,718.756.9407, 3-8PM, FREE
- Sat 4/26 - "The Music Inn" Brooklyn Historical Society's film screening about the
- FIRST SCHOOL of JAZZ, a place where Brooklyn's jazz giants - Eubie Blake, Max Roach, Randy Weston taught & Miles, Monk & Ella played, 718.222.4111 x2387, 128 Pierrepont St, 7-9PM, $6-adults/$4-seniors/students
- Sat 4/26 - Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch & The Magnificent Trio, presented by Our Lady of Victory Arts Project, Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church-McGuiness Hall, 163 MacDonough St., 718.652.1285, 7-11PM, Donation $15
- Sat 4/26 - Arturo O'Farrill Sextet ft. Steve Turre, (Willie Williams, Yunior Terry Cabrera, Pedro Martinez, and Zack O'Farrill) Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, Flatbush Ave @ Eastern Pkwy, tickets 212.868.4444 or www.smarttix.com, 7PM, $10 ($7 students/seniors)
- SAT April 26 - Steve Wilson Quartet, (Bruce Barth, Corcoran Holt & Adam Cruz) presented by Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music - 58 7th Avenue, 8 PM, ticket info 212.209.3370, $25 / $15
- Sat 4/26 - Napoleon Revels Bey Group, Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson, 718.398.1766, , 9 &10:30pm, $20
- Sun 4/27- Max Roach Tribute- sponsored by Andy Kirk Research Foundation & CBJC, panel discussion moderated by Gil Noble, interview with T.S. Monk, jazz celebrity jam session, Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave, 718.756.9407, 3-7PM, FREE
- Thurs 5/1 - Concert & Jam Session with The New Cookers, (Kenyatta Beasley, Keith Loftis, Anthony Wonsey, Ben Williams, plus drums) Prof. Jeffrey Taylor speaks on Brooklyn's Jazz History, Institute for Studies in America Music-Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, 718.951.5655, 5-7PM, donation $10, students FREE
- Fri 5/2 - Long Island University Jazz Ensemble led by Sam Newsome paying tribute to Cecil Payne guest saxophonist Alex Harding, Kumble Theater @ L.I.U., DeKalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue, 718.488.1624, event/open to the public, 7PM, FREE
- Fri 5/2 - Jazz saxophone great Houston Person, JAZZ 966, 966 Fulton St, 718.638.6910, 8 & 10PM, $20
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium proudly acknowledges the following sponsors of its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival: Con Edison, Our Time Press, Jazz Improv Magazine, African Voices Magazine, WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center
The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC presents its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from March 29 - May 2, 2008. Over forty (40) bands, over 40 concerts/events in over 20 days will and have taken place in Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Midwood, Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant sections of Brooklyn. Lou Donaldson, Houston Person, Arturo O'Farrill, Steve Wilson, The New Cookers, Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Jeff King Band, Dwight Brewster, and a special celebration for Max Roach headline the final week of Brooklyn's largest jazz festival.
For festival information call 718.569.1896 or go to www.cbjcjazz.org.
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, founded in 1999, is an amalgam of jazz musicians, entertainment venues, patrons of the music, community and faith based organizations. 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 nonprofit organization committed to preserving, promoting and supporting jazz music, musicians and programs.
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