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Category Archives: Jazz
Enjoy Harlem’s Jazzmobile’s Jazz On The Great Jazz On The Great Hill
On Saturday, August 8, 2020, Harlem’s legendary Jazzmobile’s free Jazz on The Great Hill at 106th Street in Central Park in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
Harlem Legend Marjorie Eliot Plays At Stan Michels 12th Annual Memorial Jazz Concert
This wonderful annual musical event will be held virtually this summer. Join the Fort Tryon Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family to celebrate Stanley Michels, a luminary in the history of Fort Tryon Park! Continue Reading →
Harlem’s James Reese Europe Invented Jazz, Was The Martin Luther King Of Music, 1881 – 1919
James Reese Europe, 22, February 1881 – 9 May 1919, was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. Continue Reading →
Wayne Escoffery Has Played With Many Jazz Greats Check Out The Humble Warrior
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery
Celebrating Women In Jazz 2020 With Mercedes Ellington, Antoinette Montague And More
Celebrating women in jazz with Mercedes Ellington
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