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The Eleventh Annual "Great Night in Harlem"
The Jazz Foundation of America presents its annual "A Great Night in Harlem" gala concert to benefit our Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund. This evening will raise money to assist countless elder jazz and blues musicians in crisis across the country, artists who have spent their lives making ours richer with their music.
Held at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the concert brings together legends of the Music to say "thank you" for keeping the Musicians and the Music alive.
The lineup includes special guest Quincy Jones, and performances by Macy Gray, Dr. John, Randy Weston, Bono, Paquito D'Rivera, Rebirth Brass Band, Treme Brass Band, David Johansen, Stanley Jordan, Swet Georgia Brown, Essie Mae, John D. Holeman, Lakecia Benjamin,BIll Saxton, Kansas City Band: Steven Bernstein, Curtis Fowlkes , Don Byron, James Carter, Craig Handy , Victor Lewis , Geri Allen, Mark Whitfield, Art Baron, Jerry Dodgien, Kenny Davis, Ambrose Akinmusire , Frank Greene, Ray Anderson and over 40 legends with last minute surpises...
WWOZ and the New Orleans music community will be forever grateful to the Jazz Foundation of America for all the assistance that they gave to New Orleans musicians in the wake of Katrina.
Stay tuned as we announce the 'OZ broadcast lineup!
Learn more: Watch a video about the Jazz Foundation of America
Terence Blanchard Group
Two shows at 8PM & 10PM.
ABOUT TERENCE BLANCHARD
Terence Blanchard is a three-time Grammy award winning trumpet player and composer. With more than 29 albums to his credit, he has established himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film score masters of his generation, a member of a jazz legacy that has shaped the contours of modern jazz today.
As a film composer with more than 50 scores credited to his name, Blanchard has received a Golden Globe nomination for Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2003) and has also completed the score for Lee's Miracle at St. Anna (2008). His future projects include the score for George Lucas' "Red Tails" and Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" which he had already completed the score for and set for release in fall 2009.
LIVE BROADCAST INFO
Live broadcast will be for the 10pm set.
Ike Stubblefield, Terence Higgins, Grant Green Jr., Wycliffe Gordon with Pedrito Martinez Group
ABOUT IKE STUBBLEFIELD
Hammond B3 virtuoso Ike Stubblefield is a music industry legend. He cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder and Rare Earth. He lent his soulful R&B style to Al Green, Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, B.B. King, The Pointer Sisters and George Benson, and helped create the classic B3 sound that others would imitate for generations to come. In 2010, he collaborated with Grammy-winning Atlanta soul man Cee Lo Green, recording organ and keyboards on 9 tracks.
ABOUT TERENCE HIGGINS
Terence Higgins, internationally known as drummer for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, is as well versed in the churning New Orleans funk style as any man can be. Born and raised in NOLA, Higgins has performed with everyone from Widespread Panic to Dr. John to Norah Jones, and has even gained his own set of peers in other drummers such as Brian Blade, Russell Batiste Jr., and Stanton Moore. Higgins appears on dozens of albums, but with his first CD his own ideas have become a force to be reckoned with.
ABOUT GRANT GREEN JR.
The son of infamous soul-jazz musician Grant Green, Green Jr. started a like-minded band in the 90's to carry on his father's legacy. The Japan-only Jungle Strut was met with critical favor, and he moved his act back to the States where he could finally record an album for the US.
ABOUT WYCLIFFE GORDON
Wycliffe Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics alike. Gordon tours the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. His trombone playing, hailed as "mixing powerful, intricate runs with sweet notes extended over clean melodies," has been universally hailed by jazz critics.
ABOUT PERDITO MARTINEZ GROUP
The Pedrito Martinez Group has its roots planted firmly in the Afro-Cuban Rumba tradition and in the bata rhythmsand vocal chants of the music of Yoruba and Santeria. Ben Ratliff summed it up aptly for the New York Times (June 15, 2010) calling it, "complex, blenderized Africa-to-the-New-World funk."
With its formation in the current lineup in 2008, the group has developed into an extraordinarily tight and creative unit. Members include percussionist, Jhair Sala, from Lima, Peru; electric bassist, Alvaro Benavides, from Caracas, Venezuela; and keyboard player/vocalist, Araicne Trujillo, from Havana, Cuba.
Jazz Fest 2012
through Sun, May 6, 2012
WWOZ will be out at Jazz Fest, broadcasting live! We'll be letting you do some Festing vicariously through us so keep your dial set on 90.7 fm (or wwoz.org!) throughout Jazz Fest! Stay tuned as we continue to update our list of performers!
Jazz Fest 2012 Live Broadcast Schedule
Thursday, May 3
| Young Pinstripe Brass Band |
| Lionel Ferbos |
| Dukes of Dixieland |
| Slavic Soul Party |
| Regina Carter's "Reverse Thread" |
| Kid Chocolate |
Friday, May 4
| Mark Braud & The New Orleans Jazz Giants |
| Topsy Chapman & Soul Harmony |
| Wycliffe Gordon Quintet, "Hello Pops, A Tribute To Louis Armstrong" |
Saturday, May 5
| Riccardo Crespo & Sol Brasil |
| Bombino Of Niger |
More musicians to be announced soon!
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Fairgrounds Race CourseLOCATION
International Jazz Day
The inaugural International Jazz Day will be celebrated by millions worldwide on Monday, April 30, and will begin with an all-star sunrise concert at 7am in New Orleans’ Congo Square, the birthplace of jazz.
A number of jazz luminaries along with Hancock, including Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Kermit Ruffins, Bill Summers, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Dr. Michael White, and Roland Guerin will play the concert April 30, which coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S., and follows the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Hancock plans to perform his classic “Watermelon Man” with high school students. The concert will open with ritual drumming led by Luther Gray and conclude with a traditional second line with Treme Brass Band.
In partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the initiative aims to encourage and recognize jazz music as a universal language of freedom. All-star concerts will be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris at the official kick-off on April 27, and begin in the United States at sunrise in New Orleans at Congo Square and conclude at sunset in New York City at the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
Stay tuned as we tell you more about the live broadcast of this event by WWOZ!
For more information about International Jazz Day, check out the UNESCO website.
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Congo Square
Further Information
Louisiana Music Collective
