JAZZ EVENT/NEWS - NYC METROPOLITAN AREA - 88.3 WBGO.ORG

WBGO 88.3FM | WBGO.org Home | Listen to WBGO | Listen to WBGO HD2 | Download the WBGO App | Events |News | Blog | Program Schedule | Become a Member | Host Profiles Jamie Cullum rocks the stage at the Newport Jazz Festival 2015. Photo by Ayano Hisa. Newport Jazz Festival 2015: WBGO was there! Another summer, another amazing installment of the Newport Jazz Festival. If you couldn't attend the festival, or didn't follow our live updates over the weekend, WBGO is here for you. Just visitWBGO.org/Newport to see and hear all the interviews, features, photos, and retrospectives on the weekend from our correspondents in the field! A tremendous thank you to all of those who travelled with us to Newport this year -- it was an amazing weekend, and it wouldn't have been the same without you! As ever, visit WBGO.org/events to stay in the know about upcoming WBGO events. Take a look at our Jazz On The Mountain trip to Mohonk coming up this winter!  WBGO Programming Here's what's coming up on WBGO 88.3 FM... Click here to go to the WBGO.org blog for a full rundown of the next few days of WBGO's on-air schedule! To keep up with WBGO, follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Jazz Night In AmericaA nationally syndicated show from the WBGO studios in partnership with NPR and Jazz At Lincoln Center Radio broadcast Sundays at 6pm and Wednesday at 6:30pm on WBGO 88.3FM and WBGO.org Tonight on the show, it's a celebration of Albert "Tootie" Heath as the jazz vet turns eighty years old! Warm up for tonight's 6:30pm broadcast with this archive... To Miles, From Wayne | Listen Now In the late 1960s, saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote a series of pieces for trumpeter Miles Davis and orchestra. They were never recorded — until they were played at the Detroit Jazz Festival. Learn more about Jazz Night in America. Mike Davis SportsJam with Doug DoyleWednesdays at 7:30pm on WBGO 88.3FM and WBGO.org Tonight on the show, the guest is Laurin Mincy, one of the best high school basketball players in NJ history. Get ready for the new SportsJam tonight at 7:30 pm with this episode... Mike Davis and Play9 | Listen NowUSGA Executive Director Mike Davis chats with host Doug Doyle about the Play9 event at the new Skyway Golf Course in Jersey City. Doug also takes to the course for some fun with USGA Museum Curator Mike Trostel and Golf.com's Coleman McDowell. Learn more about SportsJam. Jon Batiste The CheckoutTuesdays at 6:30pm on WBGO 88.3FM and WBGO.org Jon Batiste, Ashley Kahn on Miles At Newport | Listen now Simon Rentner talks with pianist Jon Batiste and writer Ashley Kahn about the 60th anniversary of trumpeter Miles Davis's first performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.  Visit The Checkout online to subscribe to the podcast and learn more about the series. Sayon Soeun  Conversations with Allan Wolper Tuesdays at 7:30pm on WBGO 88.3FM and WBGO.org Sayon Soeun and Janet Gardner | Listen Now Sayon Soeun, once a child soldier kidnapped by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge government -- which killed over two million people -- details his return trip to his homeland to search for his family. The trip is chronicled in the documentary Lost Child: Sayon's Journey, directed by Janet Gardner. Soeun also discloses the prejudice he encountered in the United States.  Learn more about Conversations with Allan Wolper. WBGO Travel & Events Carlos Henriquez See What Your Member Card Can Do Members Discounts: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Carlos Henriquez: Back in the Bronx Saturday, September 12, 8pm | Lehman Center for the Performing Arts One of the first truly bilingual musicians, equally virtuosic with the language of jazz and the Afro-Latin tradition, Carlos Henriquez – the Bronx-born, Nuyorican veteran bassist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – is a force to be reckoned with. By age 14, Henriquez was performing with Latin jazz greats Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Celia Cruz, and as a member of the first ever top-placing Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival and Competition jazz band, Henriquez’ roots with Jazz at Lincoln Center run deep. To kick off the new season, the Bronx native brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis back to the Bronx with a one-night-only performance at Lehman College, where his compositions and most notable arrangements will be front and center. WBGO members will receive a 25 percent discount when purchasing tickets for this performance and using code WBGO25. The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York, 10468. For tickets and more information, click here. *****  Do you have a business that would like to participate in WBGO's members discount program? Contact Josh Rosenfeld atjrosenfeld@wbgo.org or at 973-624-8880 ext 232. The Mountain House at Mohonk Jazz On The Mountain At Mohonk January 15-18, 2016 | New Paltz, NY  For our sixth consecutive year, WBGO is pleased to extend to you an invitation to Jazz on the Mountain at the historic Mohonk Mountain House, January 15-18, 2016 in the scenic Catskills. Celebrating 17 years at Mohonk, WBGO’s Michael Bourne will host this stellar program – a four-day musical extravaganza over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Whether you are planning a family outing, a romantic retreat, a weekend with friends or a self-exploration getaway, the Mountain House has activities for all! The WBGO package includes: bountiful breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets – or dinner as a traditional served meal, afternoon tea and cookies and all associated gratuities. Guests receive amenities such as wireless internet access, ice-skating, skiing, snowshoeing, snow tubing and use of the indoor heated swimming pool and comprehensive fitness center. Visit WBGO.org/events for more information! Slick Rick WBGO Summer Events Highlights Tonight, WBGO will be at the Roy Ayers show at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. The beloved vocalist and vibraphonist, known as the Godfather of Neo-Soul, performs at 7pm. Thursday, catch a free Slick Rick show at NJPAC this Thursday night at 5pm to see the iconic rap legend at the Sounds Of The City series! On Saturday, the Montclair Jazz Festival features headliners José James, the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet, the Christian McBride Big Band, and more. Produced by Jazz House Kids, this day-long free celebration of music is packed with events for the whole family -- and it's MC'd by Jazz Night In America's Christian McBride. Our own Gary Walker of Morning Jazz renown will be hosting the festival, so you have a chance to meet him and say hi! Next week, Alicia Olatuja headlines and Mid-Day Jazz's Rhonda Hamilton hosts Monday Nights with WBGO at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center. Jose Alberto is at Sounds Of The City at NJPAC in Newark on Thursday, and then it's a weekend of celebration as the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival runs from Friday the 21st to Sunday the 23rd! Visit WBGO.org for information on the full run of WBGO summer events! WBGO Support Travel to Cuba for the Havana Jazz Festival Tour!  December 15th-22nd, 2015 Following the success of the fabulous tours to Italy, Brazil and France, Shop Wine and Dine is extremely proud to continue on this tradition of exceptional travel experiences by inviting you to participate in the exciting multi-sensorial 32nd annual Havana Jazz Festival! During this much sought-after eight-day tour to Cuba designed exclusively for your group, you will learn about a deeply-rooted culture, be greeted warmly by the Cuban people eager to interact with US visitors, meet musicians and composers, visit artists’ studios, dine at the best restaurants and Paladares in Havana and of course have access to the best and most innovative music venues during the jazz festival including the world-renowned The Tropicana! Havana will be sizzling with infectious rhythms and sounds as every evening we will explore its bustling night life with the Habaneros as our gracious hosts! Space will be limited. Learn more here! To book the tour, email Annamaria@shopwineanddine.com or call 973-467-4418! WBGO is a publicly-supported, cultural institution that champions jazz, an American art form, and presents news to a worldwide audience through radio, other technologies and events. Become a member today!

JAZZ EVENT/NEWS - NYC

Visitors Center Renovations As usual, there's never a dull moment here at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and we want make sure that all of our friends and family are kept up to date on the most recent developments. As many of you know, we will be renovating our exhibit space, and will be closed for the summer months starting July 28th and reopening on October 1st. However, our regularly scheduled programming is continuing at its regular pace. In August, we'll be joining forces with our friends at Jazz At Lincoln Center. There will be a Benny Goodman Listening Party on the 18th and a continuation of our South African series on the 28th - see our website for details. September will bring the debut of a new series of programs that will continue throughout the rest of the year, as well as the premiere of a new exhibit on Latin Jazz. The exhibit opens at the Bronx Museum of Art on September 14th, and there will also be a free concert to kick things off. Again, details will be posted on our museum calendar at www.jmih.org Stay tuned! August 2015 Events Schedule Tuesday, August 18th Benny Goodman Listening Party 7:00-8:30 pm Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center (3 Columbus Circle, 5th floor of the Time Warner Building) Host: Loren Schoenberg Presented in collaboration with Jazz At Lincoln Center FREE TO THE PUBLIC   Join the Facebook event here.  Tuesday, August 25th Roots of South African Jazz 7:00-8:30 pm Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center (3 Columbus Circle, 5th floor of the Time Warner Building) Host: Seton Hawkins  Presented in collaboration with Jazz At Lincoln Center FREE TO THE PUBLIC Join the Facebook event here.  FROM OUR FRIENDS AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY    Take a ride on the Bronx Trolley and visit the Jazz Greats in the Bronx! Beginning at the time of the Harlem Renaissance, The Woodlawn Cemetery emerged as the chosen burial ground for many entertainers, specifically those associated with the New York Jazz Scene.  For over a century, musicians, writers and singers chose to be buried in a place where they could be at rest among the "jazz family." The Woodlawn Conservancy-led tour will cover jazz history from its early beginnings and feature Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, King Oliver, and many others' final resting places.    Register for   August 23rd  through the Conservancy website:  woodlawncemetey.org by emailing contact@woodlawncemetery.org  on Twitter    or on Facebook

AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM

In order to strive for a vision of racial justice that centers all of us the African American Policy Forum continues its work to engender every level of racial justice discourse -- from activism to media coverage to policy decisions. We are pleased to share with you the projects that AAPF has recently been involved in. Thank you for your support of our work. BREAKING SILENCE: AN ARTS, ACTION AND HEALING SUMMER CAMP From July 30th to August 3rd, AAPF and the Colin Powell School at CUNY convened an intergenerational group of women and girls of color from across the country for our seminal "Breaking Silence: An Arts, Action, and Healing Summer Camp" -- a collaborative program designed to advance an intersectional approach to racial justice. At the Breaking Silence Summer Camp we demonstrated what a racial justice movement that places women and girls at its center can look and feel like. We created an unprecedented space to share our stories, and uplift our spirits using artistic modes of expression to amplify our voices and to fight for justice. The camp gave us the opportunity to: Advance personal healing and transformation amongst a cross-generational group of women and girls who experience racism and patriarchy; Develop expressive testimonies about the intersections of racism and patriarchy through art forms such as spoken word, dramatic performance, extemporaneous presentation, and documentary filmmaking; Create an organizing and activist agenda to advance the needs of women and girls of color; Develop a national network of women and girls of color committed to working together to advance a gender-inclusive racial justice agenda; and Prepare interested organizers and testifiers to hold future town halls. During the Breaking Silence Summer Camp we shared an unbreakable bond of sisterhood based on a deep commitment to #SayHerName. Take a look at the videos, pictures and more from the summer camp HERE. THE CHARLESTON IMPERATIVE   As the tragedy in Charleston fades from the headlines, it is critical that those who are committed to racial and gender justice send a message that this brutal massacre will not be forgotten. Beyond the vexing questions of forgiveness and grace, we must address what Roof's heinous act and the subsequent assaults on Black churches call upon us to do. Two things are clear: feminists of all races and genders must aggressively denounce and repudiate Dylann Roof's murderous embodiment of racist patriarchy. White women cannot allow one shred of legitimacy to rest upon Roof's claims that these nine murders were undertaken in their name. At the same time, all antiracists must see in Roofs' rampage the fact that Black women are also targets of patriarchal racism. We can no longer give mere lip service to intersectionality and the indivisibility of social justice. The struggle against patriarchy and racism must be substantively robust and inextricably intertwined. Please consider signing The Charleston Imperative and sharing it widely with your networks. CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE STATEMENT #SAYHERNAME   The African American Policy Forum continues its efforts to engender the movement to combat anti-Black police violence. To this end, on May 20, AAPF held #SayHerName: A Vigil in Remembrance of Black Women and Girls Killed by the Police. On that day, we released a new report: Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women. The July 2015 updated version of this report -- including stories about Sandra Bland as well as photos from the vigil -- is available here along with a Say Her Name Social Media Guide. We are moved by the widespread media coverage our #SayHerName campaign has generated. Help us continue to bring the names of Black women killed by the police out of the shadows and into our collective concern by reading and sharing the following stories: Time, "Sandra Bland's Not the First Black Woman to Experience Police Violence," by Charlotte Alter, available here. LA Times, "Female Black Lives Matter Too," by Tina Susman, available here. The Marshall Project, "The Sandra Bland Breakthrough," by Maura Ewing, available here. WHYY Radio, "The Death of Sandra Bland," available here. Huffington Post, "Driving While Black, Female and Fearless," by Sikivu Hutchinson, available here. Ebony, "Will You Finally 'Say Her Name?' Black Women Subject to Police Violence at Alarming Rates, by AAPF staff writer Rachel Anspach, available here. Democracy Now, "Say Her Name: Families Seek Justice in Overlooked Police Killings of African American Women," available here. Democracy Now, "Illinois Judge Calls Police Killing of Rekia Boyd 'Beyond Reckless' But Acquits Cop on Technicality," available here. Huffington Post, "#SayHerName: Why We Should Declare That Black Women And Girls Matter, Too," by Lilly Workneh, available here. Huffington Post Live, "Remembering Black Women Lost to Police Violence," available here. Washington Post, "Black lives matter — including black women’s, activists remind nation," by Marcia Davis, available here. Colorlines, "We're Dying Too," by Say Her Name co-author Andrea Ritchie, available here. Huffington Post, "Poet Aja Monet Confronts Police Brutality Against Black Women With #SayHerName," by Maddie Crum and Irina Dvalidze available here. Gawker, "For Rekia, LeVena, and Shereese: The Importance of #SayHerName," by Marlon Peterson, available here. Time Magazine, "Topless Women Stage #SayHerName Rally Against Perceived Police Brutality," by Helen Regan, available here. Takepart, "'Say Her Name' Turns Spotlight on Black Women and Girls Killed by Police," by Britini Danielle, available here. Mic, "Black Women Are Getting Killed by Police Too — So Why Aren’t More People Discussing It?," by Derrick Clifton, available here. The Feminist Wire, "Beyond Saying Her Name," by Andrea Ritchie, available here. #BREAKINGTHESILENCE TOWN HALL SERIES New Orleans: On June 18, AAPF called attention to the realities facing Black women in post-Katrina New Orleans. The event was hosted at the National Organization for Women's annual conference. Miami: On May 28, AAPF partnered with organizations in Miami to uplift the local experiences of women and girls of color. The audience of approximately 300 experienced a moving evening of women and girls breaking the silence and sharing their stories along with performances by local feminist artists of color. Baltimore: On April 25, AAPF held a town hall hearing which shed light on the barriers to equality experienced by women and girls of color in Baltimore. The hearing uplifted critical gendered dimensions of racial inequities in the city. Washington, DC: On April 20, AAPF partnered with women and girls of color in our nation's capital to hold a town hall hearing. This event was of particular import given that DC is a primary stakeholder in President Obama’s My Brother's Keeper Community Challenge. Part of this initiative is a $20 million investment in an all-boys public high school while no parallel efforts are in place for girls of color. #HERDREAMDEFERRED   Many of you participated in #HerDreamDeferred, our five day online series on the status of Black women held the week of March 30. Each day we lifted up an issue confronting Black women in American society. The topics covered included state violence, interpersonal violence, health disparities, the wealth gap and educational barriers. Nearly 1,500 people participated in the week's events, demonstrating that many DO care about the hardships Black women face and DO wish to find genuinely inclusive solutions to racial inequality. RESEARCHERS CONVENING   On May 21, AAPF held a seminal convening at the Columbia Law School for Black researchers whose work is focused on Black women and girls. The convening brought together 30 researchers ranging from  talented graduate students to distinguished scholars. Together they developed an agenda to hold a series of gatherings designed to focus on the crisis faced by Black women and girls in the United States. In the near future, the group will issue a statement calling for the federal government to mandate the compiling of disaggregated data by race and gender so as to promote a genuinely inclusive vision of racial justice.

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