CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK
PRESENTS SEVEN FREE CONCERTS
AND 27 EVENTS PRICED AT $15 OR LESS
FROM BROOKLYN TO THE BRONX JUNE 17 – 26
Festival Schedule Updates Announced
NEW YORK, May 17, 2010 - With 47 concerts at 22 venues, the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York covers the city June 17 – 26 with some of the best in jazz. Of the 47 events, seven are free and 27 are priced at $15 or less.
“We are pleased to present this diverse line-up of established and rising stars at some of the area’s most exciting venues, most of which agreed to lower their tickets to $15 or less.” said George Wein, CEO of New Festival Productions, LLC and producer of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York. “In addition to making music more accessible, the festival is featuring jazz throughout the boroughs while highlighting not only hundreds of great musicians but also the New York City jazz scene.”
For more information and a complete listing of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York - sponsored by CareFusion, a leading global medical device company – please see the updated schedule below or log on to www.nycjazzfestival.com.
CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, June 17
Ralph Hamperian’s Tuba d’Amour /Bill Ware Group / John McNeil Quartet
Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am / $15
Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
The Studio Museum in Harlem / 7:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members, Seniors, Students
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette (Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC in partnership with Carnegie Hall)
Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $40 – $90
Craig Taborn
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
Seabrook PowerPlant / Mostly Other People Do The Killing
Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE
Friday, June 18
Alphabet Soup with Zack O’Farrill & Adam O’Farrill / Arturo O’Farrill Quartet / Randy Johnston Trio
Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm, & 12am / $15
The Jazz Gallery All-Stars with Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña, Ambrose Akinmusire, Gerald Clayton, Lage Lund, Pedro Martinez, Kendrick Scott and Ben Williams
Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15
Queens Jazz Orchestra directed by NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
Flushing Town Hall / 8pm / $32 – $120
John Ellis “The Ice Siren”
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
Saturday, June 19
An Evening in Louis Armstrong’s Garden: Howard Alden, Anat Cohen, Marion Felder, Anya Lowe, David Ostwald, Benny Powell, Randy Sandke
Louis Armstrong House Museum / 6pm / $15
The Drumheads with Ben Monder, Jaime Affoumado, Diego Voglino / Victor Bailey Group / Alex Blake Quartet
Puppets Jazz Bar / 6pm, 9pm & 12am / $15
Bitches Brew Revisited with Graham Haynes, James Blood Ulmer, Marco Benevento, DJ Logic, Antoine Roney, Lonnie Plaxico, Cindy Blackman, Adam Rudolph / Mike Stern Trio (A performing arts program of BRIC/Media/Bklyn)
Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell / 7:30pm / FREE
An Evening withChris Botti with Special Guest Nikki Yanofsky (Presented in partnership with The Bowery Presents and Carnegie Hall)
Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $40 – $90
Hazmat Modine / Slavic Soul Party!
Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $15
Eric Revis Quartet
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
Sunday, June 20
Father’s Day Celebration: Winard Harper Group
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / 3pm / $20, $16 members
Anthony Coleman Plays Jelly Roll Morton and Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman (Solo) / Anthony Coleman’s Damaged By Sunlight
Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $10
Cooper Moore Trio / Peter Evans Quintet
Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE
Monday, June 21
Jazz Talks: Festival Musicians Discuss the Art of Jazz featuring Anat Cohen & Esperanza Spalding and Special Guests
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC / 7pm / $10
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $20
Skirl Records Presents: The Benefit Band / Ben Perowsky Quartet
Barbès / 8pm & 10pm / $10
John Tchicai Group
Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE
Tuesday, June 22
Eddie Palmieri Y La Perfecta II
SummerStage Soundview Park / 7pm / FREE
Francisco Mela’s Cuban Safari
Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15
The Genius ofJoão Gilberto (Presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall)
Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $35 – $95
Jon Faddis with Howard Alden, Gene Bertoncini, Romero Lubambo, Russell Malone
Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15
Wednesday, June 23
McCoy Tyner Quartet featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela / Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi
SummerStage Central Park Mainstage / 7pm / FREE
James Moody with Renee Rosnes, Todd Coolman, Adam Nussbaum with Special Guests Randy Brecker, Paquito D’Rivera, Roberta Gambarini (Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC in partnership with Carnegie Hall)
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall / 8:30 pm / $36 – $46
New York Is Now Series: Chris Potter Quartet
Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile / Julian Lage Group (Produced by boomBoom Presents & Simon Rentner)
The Town Hall / 8pm / $25 – $59
Clarinet Road – A New Orleans Celebration: Evan Christopher & Friends
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15
Tortoise / Aethereal Bace
(le) Poisson Rouge / 8pm / $22 in advance; $25 at the door
Wake-up! / James Spaulding, Michael Wimberly, Larry Roland
Zebulon / 9pm & 10:30pm / FREE
Thursday, June 24
Revive Da Live Big Band featuring Nicholas Payton & Talib Kweli / Nicholas Payton Sexxxtet
(le) Poisson Rouge / 7pm / $22 in advance; $25 at the door
New York Is Now Series: Jason Moran with Mary Halvorson and Ron Miles
Jazz Standard / 7:30pm & 9:30pm / $15
Herbie Hancock, Seven Decades: The Birthday Celebration
Herbie Hancock with special guests India.Arie / Terence Blanchard / Ron Carter / Bill Cosby / Jack DeJohnette / Dave Holland / Joe Lovano / Wallace Roney / Wayne Shorter / Plus Others
Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall / 8pm / $35 – $100
From Bebop to Freebop: Sheila Jordan / Jay Clayton
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15
Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Blues Summit: James Cotton & Friends with Taj Mahal, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Shemekia Copeland and More
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center / 8pm / $35 – $85
Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session hosted by Jeff “Tain” Watts and featuring some of NYC’s finest musicians
City Winery / 11pm / $15
Friday, June 25
Habana Harlem™ presents: Henry Butler / Osmany Paredes
Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm / $15
New York Is Now Series: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet
Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm & 11:30pm / $15
Gretchen Parlato / Kat Edmonson
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space / 8pm / $15
Jason Lindner and the Breeding Ground
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm & 10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
Saturday, June 26
New York Is Now Series: Anat Cohen: Black, Silver & Blue
Jazz Standard / 7:30pm, 9:30pm &11:30pm / $25
Habana Harlem™ presents: Pedro Martinez Project
Harlem Stage Gatehouse / 7:30pm / $15
Gema y Pavel with Jazz Cubano
The Jazz Gallery / 9pm &10:30pm / $15 Public; $10 Members
VENUES
Barbès
376 9th Street (Corner Sixth Avenue) / Brooklyn, NY
(347)422-0248 / www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Zankel Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue / New York, NY
(212) 247-7800 / www.carnegiehall.org
City Winery
155 Varick Street / New York, NY
(212) 608-0555 / www.citywinery.com
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street, 6th Floor / New York, NY
(212) 258-9595 / www.jalc.org
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Boulevard / Flushing, NY
(718) 463-7700 x222 / www.flushingtownhall.org
Harlem Stage Gatehouse / Aaron Davis Hall
150 Convent Avenue at 135th Street / New York, NY
(212) 281-9240 / www.harlemstage.org
Jazz Standard
116 East 27th Street / New York, NY
(212) 576-2232 / www.jazzstandard.com
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street / New York, NY
(212) 505-3474 / lepoissonrouge.com
Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th Street / Corona, NY
(718) 478-8274 / www.louisarmstronghouse.org
Peter Norton Symphony Space / Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway at 95th Street / New York, NY
(212) 864-5400 / www.symphonyspace.org
Prospect Park Bandshell
Prospect Park West & 9th Street / Brooklyn, NY
(718) 855-7882 / www.bricartsmedia.org / www.prospectpark.org
Puppets Jazz Bar
481 5th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY
(718) 499-2622 / www.puppetsjazz.com
Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street, 6th Floor / New York, NY
(212) 258-9595 / www.jalc.org
SummerStage Soundview Park
Lafayette, Metcalf, Bronx River Avenues, 902 Soundview Avenue / Bronx, NY
(718) 861-1709 / www.nycgovparks.org/parks/soundviewpark
SummerStage Central Park Mainstage
72nd Street & 5th Avenue / New York, NY
(212) NEW-YORK / www.summerstage.org
The Jazz Gallery
290 Hudson Street / New York, NY
(212) 243-1063 / www.jazzgallery.org
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC
44 Charlton Street at Varick / New York, NY
(646) 829-4400 /www.thegreenespace.org
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard / New York, NY
(212) 491-2200 / www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street / New York, NY
(212) 864-4500 / www.studiomuseum.org
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street / New York, NY
(212) 840-2824 / www.the-townhall-nyc.org
Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue / Brooklyn, NY
(718) 218-6934 / zebuloncafeconcert.com
Schedule & Artists Subject to Change
The Buckingham Hotel, located at 101 West 57th Street in Manhattan, is the host hotel of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York. For reservations, call (212) 246-1500, extension 3201; for more information, visit www.buckinghamhotel.com.
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