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Apollo, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Announce Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest Schedule

2/19/2014

The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile
Present Fourth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 4 – 10

Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
The Prestige of the Past … the Pulse of the Present

HARLEM, USA, February 19, 2014 – When the Harlem Renaissance was in vogue at the dawn of the 20th Century, the jazz clubs around Jungle Alley, between Lenox and Seventh Avenue – The Savoy Ballroom, Small’s Paradise, Minton’s Playhouse, Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, The Ubangi Club, Park Palace, Connie’s Inn, and others – were the place to be. These immortal nightclubs, concert halls, cabarets, speakeasies and ballrooms, will be channeled and showcased May 4 – 10 at the Fourth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival. A week-long, multi-venue partnership with the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, in collaboration with Columbia University, the festival revives the spirits and sounds of Harlem’s historic jazz venues with swinging live performances, jam sessions, informative panel discussions, dance parties, films and more.

"Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60" Tour Stops at Jazz Standard, March 4-8

2/19/2014

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour
Celebrates Iconic Rhode Island Festival
at Jazz Standard
March 4 – 6, 7:30/9:30 pm; March 7- 8, 7:30/9:30/11:30 pm

Karrin Allyson, Clarence Penn, Ben Allison, Anat Cohen, Mark Whitfield, Randy Brecker and Peter Martin (Photo Credit: Jimmy Katz)

NEWPORT, RI, February 19, 2014 – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® (August 1-3, 2014), the “Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour makes a stop in New York City at the Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, March 4-8. Featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassist Ben Allison, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Mark Whitfield, trumpeter Randy Brecker and drummer Clarence Penn, the band has been receiving rave reviews since it kicked off a 17-city tour on February 8 in Atlanta. The first leg of the tour winds down March 30 and will continue with more dates during June, July and August in North America and Europe (including a set at its namesake festival on August 2).

Set times at the Jazz Standard are 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm on March 4-6, with an 11:30 pm set added on March 7-8. For tickets and more information, call (212) 576-2232 or visit www.jazzstandard.net.

Remembering Charlie Bourgeois: April 27, 1919 - January 26, 2014

2/18/2014

Remembering Charles Bourgeois:
An Arbiter of Good Taste in
Music, Cuisine, Fashion and People
Long-time Festival Public Relations Director
April 27, 1919 – January 26, 2014

New York, NY – Charles Bourgeois, who directed public relations efforts for every festival and event produced by music impresario George Wein since the early 1950s, died Sunday, January 26, from injuries suffered after a fall in his home, it was announced by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. He was 94.

Born April 27, 1919, in Island Pond, Vermont, Mr. Bourgeois was a graduate of Boston University (BU), where he produced concerts and first met Mr. Wein. A devotee of piano jazz, as well as vocalists, he produced a well-received BU event featuring Lennie Tristano and Mary Lou Williams. Following a stint in the Army during World War II, he returned to Boston and began making the rounds on the social scene. Mr. Bourgeois visited Mr. Wein’s popular jazz club Storyville in Boston’s Copley Square Hotel regularly in 1951, often bringing music critics with him.

January 22nd, 2014

1/22/2014

George Wein Announces Line-up for 60th Anniversary Celebration of Newport Jazz Festival® August 1 – 3, 2014, Including Three Full Days of Performances by Established and Emerging Artists

Performers include Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin spirityouall, Trombone Shorty, David Sanborn & Joey DeFrancesco,

Dr. John, Dave Holland, John Zorn, Robert Glasper, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Lee Konitz, Gary Burton, Gregory Porter, Ron Carter, Jon Batiste, Darcy James Argue and More

… And, Introducing THE Jazz Club, A New Festival Experience

Wynton Marsalis

Lee Konitz

NEWPORT, RI, January 21, 2014 – Fulfilling the mission of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™, the 60th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival®, now presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, will present three full days of music – with an entire day dedicated to emerging artists – that give an exciting look at the future of jazz, including more than 40 performances by some of the world’s finest established and emerging jazz artists, it was announced today by George Wein.

NPR Music and WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM Ring in 2014 with New Year's Eve Celebration on Toast Of The Nation

12/27/2013

ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
on TOAST OF THE NATION

NPR MUSIC and WBGO/JAZZ 88.3FM RING in 2014
with PERFORMANCES COAST-TO-COAST
BROADCAST and STREAMED on MORE THAN 200 STATIONS
DECEMBER 31, 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM

EIGHT-HOUR CROSS-COUNTRY SPECIAL FEATURES
DONALD HARRISON QUINTET
CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT with AARON DIEHL TRIO
WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET
PAQUITO D’RIVERA with THE KAIA STRING QUARTET
CONVERGENCE with Special Guest LARRY GOLDINGS
BOBBY McFERRIN and the spirityouall band

NEWARK, NJ, December 23, 2013 – WBGO, the jazz source in Newark, NJ, and NPR Music invite you to an all-night New Year’s Eve musical feast of jazz, Latin, classical and spirituals. Swing out the old year and ring in the new with listeners from coast to coast and around the world. Beginning December 31 at 9:00 pm and continuing until 5:00 am New Year’s morning, the music will feature the Donald Harrison Quintet, Cécile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio, the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Paquito D’Rivera and the Kaia String Quartet, Convergence with special guest Larry Goldings and Bobby McFerrin and the spirityouallband.

"Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60" Tour Celebrates Iconic Newport Jazz Festival®

12/11/2013

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour
Celebrates Iconic Newport Jazz Festival®
across the Nation

(l-r) Karrin Allyson, Clarence Penn, Larry Grenadier, Anat Cohen, Mark Whitfield, Randy Brecker and Peter Martin (Photo credit: Jimmy Katz)

NEWPORT, RI, December 10, 2013 – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® (August 1-3, 2014), clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassists Larry Grenadier and Ben Allison, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Mark Whitfield, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and drummer Clarence Penn embark on the 17-city “Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour, February 8 – March 30, 2014, with more dates during June, July and August in North America and Europe.

Newport Festivals Foundation to Expand 2014 Jazz Fest to 3 Days

12/4/2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Announces Plans to Expand 2014 Newport Jazz Festival® to Three Days

Grants from Rhode Island Foundation will help underwrite additional day to showcase for “emerging” performers

NEWPORT, RI, December 4, 2013 – The Newport Festivals Foundation Inc.™ (NFF) announced today that it will add a third day of music featuring new and emerging artists at the 60th anniversary of the historic Newport Jazz Festival®. The additional concert, funded in part by a $40,000 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation, is set for Friday, August 1, from 11:30 am – 6:00 pm at Fort Adams State Park.

Tickets for the inaugural Friday event go on sale Thursday, December 5, at 10:00 am through Ticketmaster at www.newportjazzfest.org and at the Newport Visitors Center (NVC), 23 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport. For NVC hours, go to www.discovernewport.org.

Arturo Sandoval: Medal of Freedom Wednesday; Latin Grammy on Thursday!

11/26/2013

Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree
Arturo Sandoval
Wins Latin Grammy® for
Best Traditional Tropical Album

LOS ANGELES, CA – Just one day after President Barack Obama placed the Presidential Medal of Freedom around Arturo Sandoval’s neck at the White House on November 20, the jazz trumpeter received a Latin Grammy® for the Best Traditional Tropical Album for his May 2013 release, Un Siglo De Pasión (E35 Music). Although he was unable to accept the Grammy due to traveling for a performance at the Musa Kawasaki Hall for the Montreux Jazz Festival Kawasaki, he celebrated the Medal of Freedom with three generations of Sandovals in Washington, DC before leaving for Japan.

“I am so grateful to President Obama, the Recording Academy and to my music peers for honoring me with these two fantastic awards,” said Sandoval. “I am truly blessed that people in the United States and around the world enjoy the talent that God has given me and found me deserving of these honors.

Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre: Everything Is A Part of Everything 12/8, 2pm

11/25/2013

Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre and The Riverside Theatre Present
Everything Is A Part of Everything,
A Free, Family Event on Sunday, December 8,
2:00 pm

Youth Perform in Educational Play about Saving Our Planet

NEW YORK, NY, November 25, 2013 – Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre, a cast of young actors from upper New York, returns to the stage at the Riverside Theatre in Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue in Manhattan, on Sunday, December 8, at 2:00 pm in an original production that showcases the effects of Global Warming and how everyone can help save the planet. The script, music and lyrics are written, directed and choreographed by Dr. Glory Van Scott, noted theatre educator, author, producer, dancer and playwright.

Update: Newark Arts High with Don Braden to Perform at WBGO Gala Concert

11/5/2013

WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala Honors
Cephas Bowles and
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
November 6 at NJPAC

WBGO Provides
Free Gala Concert Tickets to Students
from Newark Arts High to Honor the City’s Bright Future of Music

Star-studded Evening Features Performances by
Inside Straight: Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Christian Sands, Jaleel Shaw & Warren Wolf Hypnotic Brass Ensemble; Michael Wolff
& Mike Clark; Ray Vega;
Kenny Barron & Gretchen Parlato; Melissa Aldana;
Jazz House Kids; Newark Arts High Quartet
with Don Braden; and Rhythm Revue Dance Party with Felix Hernandez

NEWARK, NJ, November 5, 2013 – WBGO’s Ninth Annual Champions of Jazz Gala, a celebration of a star maker, The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and one of the station’s own stars, Cephas Bowles, is also honoring the community’s remarkable past, present and future of music by providing free tickets to students from Newark Arts High. Set for Wednesday, November 6, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, the Gala honors Bowles for 20 years of outstanding leadership at WBGO and the Monk Institute for its excellent work in the Newark Public School System.

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The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Present Fourth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 4 – 10 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival The Prestige of the Past … the Pulse of the Present

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour Celebrates Iconic Rhode Island Festival at Jazz Standard March 4 – 6, 7:30/9:30 pm; March 7- 8, 7:30/9:30/11:30 pm

Remembering Charles Bourgeois: An Arbiter of Good Taste in Music, Cuisine, Fashion and People Long-time Festival Public Relations Director April 27, 1919 – January 26, 2014

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour Celebrates Iconic Newport Jazz Festival® across the Nation

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Announces Plans to Expand 2014 Newport Jazz Festival® to Three Days Grants from Rhode Island Foundation will help underwrite additional day to showcase for “emerging” performers

Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree Arturo Sandoval Wins Latin Grammy® for Best Traditional Tropical Album

Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre and The Riverside Theatre Present Everything Is A Part of Everything, A Free, Family Event on Sunday, December 8, 2:00 pm Youth Perform in Educational Play about Saving Our Planet

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