The Jazz Museum in Harlem

August 27, 2013

JFCL: Summer Garden Concert Series
Lucky Chops Brass Band
7:00 – 8:30pmLocation: Union Settlement Assoc.'s El Sitio Feliz Garden
(203 East 104th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues))
$10 Suggested Donation | For more information: 212-348-8300

Our summer garden concert series ends with a brass blowout featuring the Lucky Chops Brass Band. Combining unhealthy amounts of New Orlean’s second-line and jazz these charming gents are “equipped with enough energy to make Thomas Edison blush.” Founded in 2006, the Lucky Chops Brass band has been on the rise as one of New York City’s best brass bands and this celebration is not to be missed!

www.luckychopsbrassband.com

September 3, 2013

Jazz for Curious Listeners
Words on Bird
7:00 – 8:30pmLocation: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
(104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2D)
Donation Suggested | For more information: 212-348-8300

From a legendary interview with Paul Desmond to an album recorded by Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen, Charlie Parker's life has a rich legacy in the spoken word. This evening we explore Bird's famous interviews, his deep influence on the beat generation and invite our friends to share their original or favorite words written on Bird and/or the Bebop era. We welcome you to bring a poem or passage you love as we celebrate Birds literary legacy.

September 6, 2013

Harlem in the Himalayas
Donny McCaslin
7:00pmLocation: Rubin Museum of Art
(150 West 17th Street)
$18 in advance | $20 at door |
For tickets: RMA Box Office or call 212-620-5000 ext. 344

Donny McCaslin's Sax Quartet project makes its debut at the Rubin featuring world premiere compositions and four saxophone greats: David Binney, Joel Frahm, Scott Robinson, and McCaslin.

September 10, 2013

Jazz for Curious Listeners
Bird of a Nation: Charlie Parker and Clint Eastwood's Biopic, Special Guests: Jimmy Heath And Robert O'Meally
7:00 – 9:00pmLocation: Maysles Cinema
(343 Lenox Avenue between 127th & 128th)
Donation Suggested | For more information: 212-348-8300

Clint Eastwood had the best of intentions when he created his Charlie Parker biopic Bird in 1988. Nonetheless, it perpetuated many of the myths that still dog jazz and its musicians. Parker is reduced to a fun-loving, headed for self-destruction man/child, totally devoid of the intelligence and maturity of the real Parker.

Krin Gabbard, professor of Comparative Literature at SUNY Stony Book, and author of Jammin' At The Margins, a groundbreaking study of jazz and film, will lead a panel as they and the audience react to segments of the Eastwood film. We are especially honored to have the legendary saxophonist/composer/bandleader Jimmy Heath participating; he knew and played with Charlie Parker. Heath's presence alone makes this a historic evening.

Panelists:
Jimmy Heath
Robert O'Meally
Loren Schoenberg
Jonathan Scheuer