16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, "A Music of The Spirit"

March 30, 2016
Brooklyn, New York, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium announces its 16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, "A Music of THE SPIRIT," April 15 - May 15, 2016.  This year NEA Jazz Master, Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame member, Randy Weston is honored and performs.  Other noted international and regional artists are also on the calendar.  Festival 2016 celebrates Brooklyn’s contributions to the African influenced art form called Jazz.  Nearly 50 events and more than 700 musicians expected to perform at venues throughout New York City.  This music series is NYC’s longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to Jazz. Info: www.cbjcjazz.org.

Appearing during the seventeenth edition of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival are artists such as Ahmed Abdullah, Geri Allen, Carla Cook, Jazzmeia Horn, Jeff King, Steven Kroon, Eric Lemons, Arturo O’Farrill, Vanessa Rubin, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Reggie Woods, and Anthony Wonsey among others.

The festival calendar includes concerts for all.  Randy Weston African Rhythms performs at The Dweck Center.  Events spotlighting young people and women such as Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day and Jazz! The Women’s ViewPoint on the campus of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.  Mature audiences will enjoy “Jazz By The Sea” at the NY Aquarium in Coney Island.  The ecumenical community gets into the “Music of THE SPIRIT” during jazz vespers at Emmanuel Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Crown Heights.  Latin jazz lovers treated to the sounds of Dwight “Dr. Mambo” Brewster in Staten Island.  Gavin Blake and David “Happy” Williams perform for “An Evening of Calypso Jazz” at the Walt Whitman Theatre.  Jazz and The Spoken Word features poets and musicians with and without disabilities at Brooklyn Borough Hall.  Brooklyn hipsters will dig “The New Cookers” at BAMcafé.  The Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame inducts Ronnie Mathews and James Spaulding into its ranks in a ceremony at Brooklyn Historical Society.  The Gala Concert held at Weeksville Heritage Center, located in one of America’s oldest black communities, features the George Gray Jazz Coalition with speaker Playthell G. Benjamin.

A full festival calendar of events on www.cbjcjazz.org

Founded in 1999, the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium is an amalgam of enthusiasts, entertainment venues, musicians, faith-based institutions, and community organizations. Over the past seventeen (17) 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.


Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium activities are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Robert Cornegy, Jr., Laurie Cumbo, and Darlene Mealy; CBJC member organizations,   Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation-Arts and Culture Center, and Long Life Information & Referral Network.  2016 Media sponsors: Jazzmobile, Inc., Pure Jazz Magazine, Jazz Promo Services, and WBAI-99.5 FM.  Jazz! The Women’s ViewPoint is also made possible by a donation from Sylvia Ryan; Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day made possible by a donation from George Johnson.

Contact: Bob Myers - comm@cbjcjazz.org

from: Jim Eigo Jazz Promo Services
E-Mail: jim@jazzpromoservices.com
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