11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival - "Expressions of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow"

 Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) announces Brooklyn's longest running continuous festival dedicated to Jazz, 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival - "Expressions of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". This celebration of an American original art form will take place during Jazz Appreciation Month, April 1 - 30, 2010 at multiple venues throughout the borough. Full details will be provided at the annual festival press conference in February. For information call 718.773.2252 or visit web page http://www.cbjcjazz.org/

Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival 2010 will feature a lineup of international, local musicians; jazz forums; youth performances; a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museums (TM) induction ceremony. Confirmed venues include: Brooklyn Tech Auditorium, Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, BAMcafe Live, Afroarts Designs, Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture - Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, Jazz966, Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College, Sistas' Place, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Brooklyn Historical Society. CBJC welcomes the International African Arts Festival family as our annual gala concert production partner to be held on Saturday, April 10th.

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 ten (10) years CBJC has presented an annual spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum (TM), and produced yearly programs that feature local jazz talent. CBJC is a nonprofit corporation committed to preserving, promoting and supporting live music within the under served communities of Brooklyn.