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| JFA gala at Apollo 10/24 feat. Herbie, Quincy, Chaka & Bruce Willis Jazz Foundation of America 13th Annual A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM Gala Concert Honoring Herbie Hancock Friday, October 24, 8:30 PM The Apollo Theater 253 West 125th Street, NYC FEATURING A RARE COMBINATION OF ALL-TIME LEGENDS AND UNKNOWN GEMS FROM THE WORLDS OF JAZZ, BLUES, R&B AND ROCK We will be witnessing history as Herbie Hancock receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from Quincy Jones with special guest Bruce Willis. Herbie himself will lead an all-star tribute to our beloved trumpeter Clark Terry featuring The Heath Brothers, Wallace Roney, Steve Jordan, Buster Williams and Billy Hart. 10-time GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan and Verdine White (of Earth, Wind and Fire) will pay homage to Maurice White with help from Ray Parker Jr. and Questlove, and we will celebrate the life of the late, great Little Jimmy Scott with a special, heartfelt tribute. As always, we will have seat-rocking talent from young gems like the soon-to-be-famous Cuban sensation Jorge Luis Pacheco, 13-year-old piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker and 10-year-old phenom Joey Alexander, plus veterans like "The Soul of America" Charles Bradley and blues-rocker Susan Tedeschi, not to mention the wonderful surprises to be announced as we get closer to "Showtime!" ___________________________________________________ TICKETS $1500 Concert (Preferred Seating), VIP Reception, Gala Dinner and After-Party $600 Concert (Preferred Balcony Seating) and After-Party $300 Concert only (Preferred Balcony Seating) $150 Concert only (Balcony Seating) $75 Concert only (Upper Balcony Seating) Purchase online: Click here Or contact the Jazz Foundation by phone: 212-245-3999, Ext. 10. *** Gala Sponsorship Packages: $6, 000/$12, 500/$25, 000/$50, 000/$100, 000 For information on sponsorship, click here. To advertise in the evening's program, click here. Can't attend? Make a donation towards our $2 million goal here. ___________________________________________________ OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL: $1, 700, 000 We have raised $1, 140, 000 to date. We have $560, 000 remaining. There are 15 days remaining. ___________________________________________________ THE CAUSE For 25 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has been keeping jazz and blues alive by helping the musicians who played with everyone from Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday to Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. We now assist in more than 5, 000 cases a year, nationwide. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: •Preventing homelessness and evictions by paying rents and mortgages •Creating work through our Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools Program, which reaches thousands of inner city public school children across America every year •Providing free medical care and operations through our angels at Englewood Hospital & Medical Center •Being there with our Musicians' Emergency Fund when illness, hunger, accident or other crisis strikes Our efforts since Hurricane Katrina have helped over 1, 000 of New Orleans' most beloved musicians find work and new homes for their families. Thanks to the Agnes Varis Trust, hundred of these artists continue to perform every month. Whatever the need is, we don't just fix the problem... we heal it with dignified solutions and love. www.jazzfoundation.org Follow us on: Twitter · Facebook ___________________________________________________ 2014 BENEFIT COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Michael Novogratz Jarrett Lilien William A. Douglass III Quincy Jones Richard D. Parsons Abigail Scheuer Danny Glover Steve Jordan SPECIAL THANKS The Agnes Varis Trust Montreux Jazz Festival The Clarendelle wines are donated by Prince and Princess Robert of Luxembourg on behalf of Domaine Clarence Dillon Official Hotel Sponsor: The London NYC write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |