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Victoria Theater space
The Victoria Theater on 125th Street will be redeveloped to include space for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.  Read all about it here

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. We hope you will join us for our free weekly programs in Harlem, which include our course JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS, our interview series HARLEM SPEAKS, and/or to visit our newly opened Visitor's Center. See you soon!





Visitors CenterVisitors Center
The National Jazz Museum proudly announces the opening of its new Visitors Center at 104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C. Please visit us there for programs such as Jazz for Curious Listeners. Click here for more information.
 
This Week at the National Jazz Museum

  • JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS features Jazz Around the World: Asia, October 7, 7:00pm

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Current News

NJMIH Chairman Speaks at Arts Panel
Arthur BarnesNJMIH Chairman Arthur Barnes spoke at an Oct. 3 panel at the Harlem School of the Arts on Art and Commerce. You can view a picture from that event here. The Daily News on Aug. 7 named Barnes #1 out of 25 Harlem "movers and shakers." You can read that article here. The next major panel we're scheduled to participate in will be Oct. 17,
at an NEA Jazz Symposium: The Future of Jazz, open to the public.

Jazz Around the WorldJazz for Curious Listeners
Listen to special guest Andy Hunter discuss Jazz in China during our Oct. 7 discussion. Also listen to audio from our Sept. 9 talk about Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" album, as part of our series "What Makes it Tick? Five Classic Albums."

Reggie Harlem in the Himayalas
View pictures from our Oct. 3 concert with Reggie Workman, Oliver Lake, and Andrew Cyrille. Also view pictures from the Sept. 26 concert of David Ornette Cherry with The Ensemble for Improvisors.

Who's Visiting the NJMIH Website?
People all over the world are surfing the NJMIH website. Click here to see a list.

WaltonHarlem Speaks
View pictures from our Sept. 11 talk with Cedar Walton. Also view pictures from our talk with trombonist Eddie Bert on August 28.

Jazz Museum Creates Exhibit for Essentially Ellington 2009
The NJMH has been selected by Jazz at Lincoln Center to create an exhibit to open in conjunction with Essentially Ellington 2009. Click here to see a picture.

Visit from Inwood Community Services
On August 1, we were privileged to host children from Inwood Community Services for a visit with jazz icon Tajah Murdock. View pictures at this link.

Ellington MCNY Summer Film Shows
The first pictures from our new series of summer films at the Museum of the City of New York are online. View pictures from our July 27 appreciation of the great Duke Ellington's body of film work.

Visitors CenterVisitors Center Opens
Our new Visitors Center opened on July 1 at 104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C. Open Monday through Friday (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.), it's chock full of books, CDs, DVDs, and photos for your perusal. Click here for more info!

 




 

Events Calendar

Tuesday, Oct. 14:
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS
7:00pm
Jazz Around the World: Europe and Australia

Thursday, Oct. 16:
HARLEM SPEAKS
6:30pm
Rhonda Hamilton, Jazz Broadcaster, WBGO

Friday, Oct. 17:
SPECIAL EVENT
9:00am
NEA Jazz Symposium: The Future of Jazz

Friday, Oct. 17:
HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS
7:00pm
The Jonathan Batiste Trio

Tuesday, Oct. 21:
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS
7:00pm
Jazz Around the World: Africa

Monday, Oct. 27:
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS READERS
6:30pm
Nat Hentoff

Tuesday, Oct. 28:
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS
7:00pm
Jazz Around the World: The Americas

Thursday, Oct. 30:
HARLEM SPEAKS
6:30pm
Evelyn Cunningham, Journalist

Friday, Nov. 14:
HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS
7:00pm
Anat Fort and Paul Motian

Friday, Nov. 21:
HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS
7:00pm
Bern Nix / Francois Grillot Duo

Friday, Nov. 28:
HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS
7:00pm
Grace Kelly


 

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The Jazz Museum in Harlem is a 501(c)3. All donations are fully tax deductible.

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