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| Aug. 31-Sept. 4 at Birdland - Legendary Strata-East Label Celebrates 50 Years - Led by Charles Tolliver with Narrator Danny Glover! STRATA-EAST RECORDS @ 50 with Charles Tolliver & the Strata-East All Stars featuring Billy Harper, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Buster Williams, Lenny White AND guest screen star activist Danny Glover as narrator. The livestream concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Strata-East Records with Charles Tolliver & the Strata-East All Stars featuring Billy Harper, George Cables, Buster Williams, Lenny White AND guest narrator Danny Glover will take place at the "Jazz Corner Of The World" BIRDLAND. Cecil McBee makes a special appearance on September 4th for the livestream. The Strata-East All Stars will perform nightly at Birdland from August 31-September 4, 2021, with 2 shows nightly, to a live audience culminating in the livestream on September 4th, presented by Pure Pleasure, to celebrate worldwide the 50th Anniversary of this history making artist-owned label. We look forward to everybody, fans, and supporters in the vicinity of NYC joining in this historic celebration in-person live August 31st-September 4th, and fans, and supporters around the world joining in by purchasing tickets to the livestream which, as before, will be available for 72 hours worldwide to accommodate the different time zones. Strata-East Records celebrates 50 years of amazing Jazz at Birdland! 315 W. 44th Street, NYC from Aug. 31 – Sept. 4, 2021. Since the label's introduction by Charles Tolliver and the late Stanley Cowell, back in 1971, it has provided the vehicle for many great artists to reach millions of fans. These include Clifford Jordan, Cecil McBee, Billy Harper, John Hicks, Jimmy Heath/The Heath Brothers and Gil Scott-Heron to name but a few - who can ever forget his Winter in America album? Strata East @ 50 features Charles Tolliver, Billy Harper, George Cables, Buster Williams and Lenny White. The 2nd set on Saturday Sep 4th will be live streamed worldwide and feature a guest appearance by Cecil McBee and will be narrated by screen great Danny Glover. Purchase your Tickets for the Live Stream from Dreamstage here: https://dreamstage.live/event/strata-east The show starts at 9:30 pm EST and will be available to watch in multiple time zones throughout the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2021 Jazz News :: home page |