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We are pleased to announce our 2015 Spring Benefit Concert on June 10 at 7:30 PM
Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 7:30 PM
THE KAYE PLAYHOUSE AT HUNTER COLLEGE
East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues
Tickets are now available online ($35 and $55).
Join us for a special evening featuring Five-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves along with special guests. The event will honor legendary bassist, Reggie Workman and acclaimed filmmaker, Albert Maysles for their remarkable contributions to their fields. The host for the evening will be WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton.
Proceeds will support the museum's mission to preserve, promote, and present Jazz by creating a permanent Smithsonian-affiliated home in Harlem for the museum.
You can purchase online tickets HERE.
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Become a Member of
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Special Offer:
Support The National Jazz Museum in Harlem today and receive discount on tickets to our June 10, 2105 Benefit Concert featuring Dianne Reeves.
Renew/Become a member at the Minton's Playhouse level ($75), and above, by May 22nd and receive a discount on tickets for our June 10th Benefit Concert, featuring Dianne Reeves.
Renew/Become a member at The Rhythm Club level ($500), and above, and in addition to discounted tickets for our June 10th Benefit Concert, receive an invitation to our pre-concert VIP reception.
Support The National Jazz Museum in Harlem and play an important role in the Museum's mission of preserving and promoting our nation's extraordinary jazz heritage!
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Tuesday, May 19th
Something To Live For:
The Strayhorn Centennial, Part Three The Young Lions: Juilliard Jazz in Harlem
Chamber Jazz Series
7:00-8:30pm
Location:
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Julliard Jazz Trio featuring pianist Mathis Picard
In its continuing series of chamber jazz events celebrating the music of Billy Strayhorn, NJMH is proud to present the Juilliard Jazz Trio, led by virtuoso pianist Mathis Picard.
Mathis Picard, a young and upcoming jazz pianist currently living in New York City. Born in France, he began playing the piano at the age of 4. His musical education switched from classical to jazz early on in his life, starting at the 'Centre Musical de Didier Lockwood, age 8. After moving to the United Kingdom in 2005, he was a student of Gerri Rossi & Tommy Smith. He was also a student of Dennis Montgomerry III in Berklee's summer program in Italy, where he also received two consecutive outstanding musicianship awards in 2007 & 2008. At ages 10 & 12 Picard was the youngest ever finalist at the Montreux Jazz Piano competition and was awarded a special prize on Bitch occasions. Convinced at age 11 he wanted to be a musician, Picard joined 'Chetham's School of Music' in Manchester, UK. It was there that music became a lifetime passion. During his time in the UK Picard published his first composition in the Real Book North West, and was featured as a guest artist on the Christmas edition of 'Jazzwise Magazine UK's CD release' In 2008. Later that year Picard became sponsored by the 'Little Dreams Foundation', founded by Phil Collins. Picard performed as a finalist in the Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition as well as in the Yamaha Jazz Experience in 2010. In 2011, Picard was commissioned to write a piece and perform with the Northern Chamber Orchestra (NCO) and his jazz trio in 2012. Picard has been attending The Juilliard School since 2012, and has performed alongside Jason Moran, Sonny Emory, Patty Austin & Lee Ritenour. He has been featured on the ARTE TV (FRA/GER) series of his lifestyle in NYC which has been been broadcasted worldwide, and has received a Jazz Piano Young Arts award. He was also a semi-finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician awards in 2013. Most recently, Picard was awarded 2nd place for the Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition in 2014 and was named one of the 12 upcoming artists for the Montreux Jazz Academy. During his time in NYC, Picard was featured in a solo piano album which also included Dan Tepfer & Kevin Hays which is due for release in September 2015. As a side project Picard has released an EP on Origami Sound (Romania) under the alias 'JAONA' which was released in September 2014 with critical acclaim. Currently in his third year at Juilliard School education, Picard is a recipient of the Nina Carasso Foundation Scholarship
Join the Facebook event here.
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From Our Friends at City College
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From Our Friends at Madiba Harlem Studios
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Current Exhibit
Bebo Valdés: Giant of Cuban Music
Pianist, arranger, bandleader, and composer Bebo Valdés had two splendid careers separated by more than thirty years of obscurity.
Mambo, filin, batanga, descarga - he was a great innovator in Cuba music. For ten years he was music director of the famed Tropicana orchestra. His big band backed Cuba's greatest stars. He was the pianist on Nat "King" Cole's famed Havana recordings.
Then everything changed. He left Cuba in 1960 and settled in Sweden. While his music was largely forgotten by the world, his son Chucho Valdés became a dominant musical figure in post-revolutionary Cuba, and one of the world's great pianists.
Then, beginning in 1994, Bebo Valdés began a dramatic career resurgence via a brilliant series of concerts, recordings, and movies that brought his knowledge, skills, and inimitable style into the twenty-first century, making him a bigger star than every before and culminating in an electrifying series of collaborations with Chucho. We'll tell the story and play the music....
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