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| 14th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival 14th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-'Jazz Healing Force of The Universe', March 29 thru April 30, 2013, presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This music series is New York City's longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists performing in 45 events at venues throughout Brooklyn. This celebration is financially accessible and open to all. International and regionally recognized artists performing at entertainment venues, cultural, educational and faith based institutions during Jazz Appreciation Month. Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival has grown from a nine day neighborhood event to a highly anticipated month long borough-wide music series. The backbone of this community based jazz festival are the musicians and venues that keep Brooklyn's jazz scene vibrate and fuel its nightlife economy. Papo Vazquez, Sonny Fortune, Ahnee Sharon Freeman, Gerry Eastman, Lil Phillips, Eric Lemon, Marion Cowings, Greg Bandy, Marvin Horne, Stanley Banks, The New Cookers (Kenyatta Beasley, Keith Loftis, Anthony Wonsey, Dezron Douglas), Jeff King, Lezlie Harrison, Hamiet Buiett, T.C. III, Solomon Hicks, Kathy Farmer, Beareather Reddy, Ray Abrams Big Band, Arturo O'Farrill, Maurice Brown, Dwight 'Dr. Mambo' Brewster, Bertha Hope, Phillip Harper, Ted Daniel and IBMC, Napoleon Revels-Bey, Denroy Morgan, Bob Cunningham, Cynthia Holiday, Greg Lewis, and Wycliffe Gordon are just some of the performers the jazz community will enjoy during the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. "Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium mantra for festival 2013, 'Jazz Healing Force of The Universe'." states Chairman Clarence Mosley, Jr., "Is an appropriate phrase for this spring celebration as Brooklynites rejuvenate their spirits from a harsh winter season with its natural disaster." The membership of Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium will sponsor a kick off for jazz month on the steps of New York City Hall as part of Jazz Day in NYC on April 2; recognize women in this art form during Jazz! The Women's ViewPoint on April 20; host a gala celebration on 4/24; give the stage to the future of jazz on April 27 at a Youth Jamboree afternoon concert. Other programs are scheduled for Sugarhill Supper Club, New York City Housing-Farragut Development, Brooklyn Borough Hall, JAZZ966, Williamsburg Music Center, Janes United Methodist Church, BrownstoneJAZZ, The Heights Bar & Lounge, Sistas' Place, Big Eyed Blues Parlor, and Emmanuel Baptist Church. Special thanks to CBJC's festival partners for also hosting community accessible programs: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center, H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music, and Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts/MoCADA. CBJC activities are made possible by the following sponsors: NYS Assembly Members Annette Robinson and Karim Camara; NYS Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Eric Adams; NYC Council Members Albert Vann and Leticia James; CBJC member organizations. CBJC programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Brooklyn Arts Council and its JP Morgan Chase Regrant Program, New York City Department For The Aging, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center an initiative of Borough President Marty Markowitz, and Long Life Information & Referral Network. Media sponsor Jazz Promo Services. Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC founded in 1999, is an amalgam of patrons, entertainment venues, faith based institutions, community organizations and musicians. Over the past thirteen (13) years CBJC has presented an annual spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame & Museum and produced yearly programs that feature local jazz talent. CBJC is a nonprofit corporation committed to preserving, promoting and supporting live music within the underserved communities of Brooklyn. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |