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September 27, 2020Kelly Green Trio live from J’s on the Bay
Join us for a night of great food and live jazz featuring pianist Kelly Green at the Staten Island gourmet diner J’s on the Bay. There will be outdoor socially…
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September 23, 2020Nabate Isles Trio at National Arts Club
Join us outside the National Arts Club located at 15 Gramercy Park South for an evening of jazz presented by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Grammy winning trumpeter Nabate Isles…
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December 15, 2020Music on the Brain w/ Helen Sung
Music on the Brain brings together jazz music and science as we celebrate the way that music affects our brains and bodies. Each month we explore a different topic with…
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December 8, 2020The Year in Jazz: A Critics Roundtable
Three leading music critics representing a range of perspectives and publications will converge in this annual critics’ roundtable, hosted and moderated by Nate Chinen, author, former music critic at The New York Times and…
view event November 24, 2020Music on the Brain w/ Helen Sung
Music on the Brain brings together jazz music and science as we celebrate the way that music affects our brains and bodies. Each month we explore a different topic with…
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November 10, 2020Jazz and Gender in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Gender equity has been a critical component of recent conversations generated through the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movement. This panel will reflect on the ways in which discussion around…
view event October 20, 2020Music on the Brain w/ Helen Sung
Music on the Brain brings together jazz music and science as we celebrate the way that music affects our brains and bodies. Each month we explore a different topic with…
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October 27, 2020Gary Bartz – Desert Island Discs
Join curator and host Ted Panken for an in-depth Desert Island Discs listening party with saxophonist and jazz legend, Gary Bartz. This program is part of our year-long Charlie Parker…
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September 29, 2020Volume 12—Regina Carter: Swing States, and Getting Out the Vote
With her latest release, “Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground,” the celebrated violinist and composer Regina Carter leads a stellar band through interpretations of familiar songs associated with what we…
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October 13, 2020Redefining Jazz & Social Justice in the Era of Black Lives Matter
From slavery to civil rights to Black Power, music has been a vital force in American protest history. This panel will explore the sonic landscape of jazz music in the…
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September 22, 2020Jazz Education in the Era of Black Lives Matters
As the nation has been confronted with both the Covid-19 pandemic and the amplification of Black Lives Matter movement concerns, educators grapple with not only what but how to teach….
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November 5, 2020Volume 13: Post-Election Reflections
This special post-election session of our Jazz and Social Justice series will gather politically active musicians in performance and panel discussion hosted and curated by Larry Blumenfeld. Jazz and Social…
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September 29, 2020Music on the Brain w/ Helen Sung and Najja J Marshall
Music on the Brain brings together jazz music and science as we celebrate the way that music affects our brains and bodies. Each month we explore a different topic with…
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September 15, 2020Charles McPherson – Desert Island Discs
Join curator and host Ted Panken for an in-depth Desert Island Discs listening party with saxophonist and jazz legend, Charles McPherson. Throughout his six decades of being an integral performer…
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September 28, 2020The Sound of Surprise: 4 Great Jazz Albums to Introduce Someone to Jazz 2
It has been over 100 years since the first jazz recordings were made, and now the number of jazz recordings is in the tens of thousands. Many people still want…
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September 23, 2020The Duke Ellington Story Pt. 1
It’s one of the most astonishing stories in American history – Edward Kennedy Ellington, born in the segregated Washington D.C. of 1899, lived long enough to havre his 70th birthday…
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September 21, 2020Who is Machito?
What is known as Latin Jazz is truly the creation of one man – Frank Grillo, known around the world as Machito. Hie was the first to create an amalgam…
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September 16, 2020Allen Lowe
Saxophonist/author Allen Lowe has published a series of groundbreaking books on American music, as well as series of recordings, al of which reveal his idiosyncratic and provocative nature. Click here…
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September 14, 2020The Great Concerts: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday’s studio recordings have long had classic status. We will focus on the live recordings made in clubs and concert stages, even in rehearsal, to paint a portrait of…
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September 9, 2020Who was Ethel Waters? – Part 1
Here is a woman who recorded swinging jazz vocals long before Louis Armstrong. Her acting on Broadway in major shows garnered the respect of her greatest peers, even though she…
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September 7, 2020The Year in Jazz: 1948
If only for Charlie Parker’s Mood, 1948 would stand out as one of the most important years in the music’s evolution. However, there were many other great recordings made that…
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September 2, 2020Harlem Speaks with Todd Stoll
Trumpeter, educator Todd Stoll has played a definitive role in Jazz education through his innovative work with Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Jazz Educator’s Network. We’ll explore his early…
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August 28, 2020Bird — The Movie
Clint Eastwood’s 1988 Parker biopic created quite a controversy when it came out. Were its misrepresentations of Parker’s personality and talent worth the price to bring his music to a…
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August 27, 2020The Rarest Bird
Charlie Parker’s classic recording sessions have been consistently available for decades. There are many other live items that feature his genius in unusual settings. Please join NJMH Senior Scholar Loren Schoenberg and a…
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August 21, 2020DJ Tony Touch Afro-Latin Roots Dance Party
Join us for an online Afro-Latin Roots dance party with the world-famous DJ Tony Touch. The party will take place on Instagram @djtonytouch and on ZOOM. – RSVP and the…
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August 18, 2020Artist Talk: Andres Chaparro
Andres Chaparro has been drawing inspiration from jazz for his visual art for over 30 years. His love and respect for the music shows in every piece he creates. For…
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August 1, 2020SOUNDCHECK: CURATOR CONVERSATIONS WITH ERIKA ELLIOTT & SAM TURVEY MODERATED BY JEROME JENNINGS
Jerome Jennings, a drummer, bandleader, composer, sideman and educator whose latest record was included among NPR’s best music of 2019, is joined for a Q&A session with SummerStage artistic director…
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August 31, 2020The Sound of Surprise: 4 Great Jazz Albums to Introduce Someone to Jazz
It has been over 100 years since the first jazz recordings were made, and now the number in the tens of thousands. Many people still want to know which album…
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August 19, 2020The Year in Jazz: 1938
1938 was a great year for jazz piano – we’ll delve into Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Teddy Wilson, Mary Lou Williams, Jess Stacy, Art Tatum,…
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August 24, 2020Who was Miles Davis?
The only predictable thing about Miles Davis was that he was unpredictable. Returning to what he had done before was anathema, and will track the amazing progression of styles that…
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August 26, 2020Harlem Speaks with Spike Wilner
As a pianist, Wilner has established himself as one of the finest of his generation, but it is as a club owner that he has perhaps made his greatest impact…
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August 12, 2020Fredara Hadley
A pioneering ethnomusicologist, Hadley’s work considers how people of African descent use music genres to construct and maintain community. A musician herself, Hadley views jazz and the young people who…
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August 10, 2020A Close Listen: The Bass
Most people think that the drums are at the root of the jazz rhythm section, but ask musicians and they’ll tell you that it’s the bass. Join our special guest…
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August 17, 2020Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker has distinguished himself not only as a preeminent jazz bassist, but also as one of the most prolific and influential jazz educators over the last two decades. His…
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July 29, 2020The Voice of Langston Hughes
One of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes’ poetry, novels, and stories made him the most accessible of all of his peers’. To hear him read and…
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August 25, 2020Crib Collective Concert: Latin Bird
This concert will take place on Facebook Live and Youtube Live Join us as we conclude our Afro-Latin Roots Festival and kick off our Charlie Parker Centennial celebration with a…
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August 3, 2020The Year In Jazz: 1928
If only for Louis Armstrong’s West End Blues, 1928 would stand out as one of the most important years in the music’s evolution. However, there were many other great recordings…
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August 5, 2020The Great Concerts: Duke Ellington
Ellington took advantage of his annual series of Carnegie Hall concerts in the 1940’s to premiere some of his adventurous compositions. Join our Senior Scholar Loren Schoenberg on Facebook Live for this presentation and…
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July 28, 2020Hearing Harmony with Helen Sung and Ashlea Morgan
Hearing Harmony brings together jazz music and science as we celebrate the way that music affects our brains and bodies. Each month we explore a different topic with a guest…
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August 27, 2020Desert Island Discs: Sheila Jordan on Bird
REBROADCAST: The heartbeat of bebop lives in the singing of Sheila Jordan, a master musician who, at 91, sustains a global performing and teaching schedule. Originally Sheila Jeannette Dawson, Jordan…
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