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“Swinging with the Big Bands” in Jazz At Lincoln Center

Posted on May 30, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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During the 1930s, when times were tough, big bands criss-crossed the U.S. by road and rail, their tunes ballyhooed via radio. Their stars were household names. Continue reading →

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The Friends of Chick Corea: Jazz at Lincoln Center

Posted on May 19, 2013 by | Leave a comment
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By Rudy Collins
Chick Corea welcomed the audience to a great evening of fine Jazz at one the best programs of jazz at Lincoln Center just south of Harlem. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Chick Corea Festival at Lincoln Center

Posted on May 2, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the career of pianist-composer Chick Corea.

Now in his seventies, the pianist-composer Chick Corea will be celebrated during JALC’s 25th Anniversary Season with a multi-venue festival. Continue reading →

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Cassandra Wilson, Live This Saturday at MIST Harlem

Posted on February 28, 2013 by | Leave a comment

cassandra-wilsonMIST Harlem is proud to present Grammy award winning artist Cassandra Wilson live in concert at Harlem’s newest arts & entertainment center for one night only this Saturday, March 2 at 9 PM. Tickets are $35. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: The Art of Romare Bearden, DVD

Posted on December 27, 2012 by | 9 Comments

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Romare Bearden’s art captures the diversity and richness of his life. With roots in North Carolina, Bearden migrated north at an early age, living in industrial Pittsburgh, vibrant Harlem, and, later in his life, on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. Continue reading →

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Frustration Builds Over Closed St. Nick’s Pub

Posted on July 30, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Some remember St. Nick’s Pub as simply magical. Perhaps the jazz greats who played there, blowing, singing and sweating into the early hours of the morning, left something in the tattered walls and creaky floors of the little Harlem nightspot on St. Nicholas Avenue at 149th Street. Continue reading →

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A Harlem Jazz Museum Grows Up

Posted on June 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The fourth-floor space on East 126th Street does not look anything like a museum. Flourescent-lighted and largely bare, the room appears to be an office but for a weathered grand piano that sits in the middle of the floor and a few faded photographs that adorn the walls. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: The Music of America: Wynton Marsalis (video)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Wynton Marsalis brings you this self-curated collection for The Music of America series. This 2-CD set blends the diverse musical languages that personify this unique American artist and composer. The compositions are performed by a diverse group of musicians from Harlem to Hollywood including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orion String Quartet, musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and members of The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in various configurations. Continue reading →

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‘Cotton Club Parade’ Celebrates Duke Ellington In Harlem

Posted on October 28, 2011 by | 3 Comments

Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox have been cast in Duke Ellington‘s Cotton Club Parade, opening November 18 at New York City Center. Continue reading →

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra’s Cotton Club Parade Celebrated At New York City Center

Posted on August 18, 2011 by | Leave a comment
Folks always want a part of Harlem, the Cotton Club Parade, part of City Center’s acclaimed Encores! series, celebrates Duke Ellington and his orchestra’s years at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. Continue reading →

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