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September 2011

MAHIMA – Music For Life Benefit Concert | Oct. 2nd, 2011

“MAHIMA – MUSIC FOR LIFE”

 
MAHIMA was launched in November 2009 in honor of and to raise funds for the late Monique “Mahima” Geourzoung – close friend of the ZEN family – as she battled the effects of breast cancer.

In keeping with Monique’s wishes, ZEN has continued to host the event annually as a benefit concert for all other cancer patients of the HOPE INSTITUTE. This institution, a brainchild of the Jamaica Cancer Society, opened its doors in 1963 and today continues to provide top quality treatment and care for terminal cancer patients in Jamaica, at little or no cost to patients. To continue, please click “MORE”!

MAHIMA – Music For Life Benefit Concert | Oct. 2nd, 2011

“MAHIMA – MUSIC FOR LIFE”

 
MAHIMA was launched in November 2009 in honor of and to raise funds for the late Monique “Mahima” Geourzoung – close friend of the ZEN family – as she battled the effects of breast cancer.

In keeping with Monique’s wishes, ZEN has continued to host the event annually as a benefit concert for all other cancer patients of the HOPE INSTITUTE. This institution, a brainchild of the Jamaica Cancer Society, opened its doors in 1963 and today continues to provide top quality treatment and care for terminal cancer patients in Jamaica, at little or no cost to patients. To continue, please click “MORE”!

THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2011/12

THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2011/12



Photo Credit: John Abbott
THREE LANDMARK PROGRAMS AT SYMPHONY SPACE
IN OCTOBER, JANUARY, AND MAY

NEW RESIDENCY AT NEW YORK’S BIRDLAND UNDERWAY


The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announces that it will celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of the GRAMMY® Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), directed by Arturo O’Farrill, in 2011/12 at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

To commemorate the 10th Anniversary, the ALJO will present three landmark programs to celebrate its first decade of existence. The announcement of the ALJO’s 10th Anniversary also comes at the beginning of a new residency at Birdland – New York’s famed jazz club – this September, with performances every Sunday evening (subject to change). To continue, please click “MORE”!

THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2011/12

THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2011/12



Photo Credit: John Abbott
THREE LANDMARK PROGRAMS AT SYMPHONY SPACE
IN OCTOBER, JANUARY, AND MAY

NEW RESIDENCY AT NEW YORK’S BIRDLAND UNDERWAY


The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announces that it will celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of the GRAMMY® Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), directed by Arturo O’Farrill, in 2011/12 at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

To commemorate the 10th Anniversary, the ALJO will present three landmark programs to celebrate its first decade of existence. The announcement of the ALJO’s 10th Anniversary also comes at the beginning of a new residency at Birdland – New York’s famed jazz club – this September, with performances every Sunday evening (subject to change). To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 1st Annual Jazz Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday (1921-2010) | Oct. 10th, 2011

Jazzmobile Presents First Annual Jazzy Awards Celebration:
In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm, Hudson Theatre


Special Performances by Dianne Reeves, Frank Wess,
Jimmy Heath, Wycliffe Gordon and the Jazzmobile Big Band
 
Evening Also Honors George Wein and JPMorgan Chase Foundation

NEW YORK, September 28, 2011 – Jazzmobile, Inc., the Harlem-based organization
that pioneered the concept of bringing jazz into the community and
creating new audiences with mobile jazz performances, hosts its first
annual Jazzy Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday (1921-2010) featuring a concert with special performances by Dianne Reeves, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Wycliffe Gordon and the Jazzmobile Big Band conducted by Cecil Bridgewater on Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm, at the Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street in New York City. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 1st Annual Jazz Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday (1921-2010) | Oct. 10th, 2011

Jazzmobile Presents First Annual Jazzy Awards Celebration:
In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm, Hudson Theatre


Special Performances by Dianne Reeves, Frank Wess,
Jimmy Heath, Wycliffe Gordon and the Jazzmobile Big Band
 
Evening Also Honors George Wein and JPMorgan Chase Foundation

NEW YORK, September 28, 2011 – Jazzmobile, Inc., the Harlem-based organization
that pioneered the concept of bringing jazz into the community and
creating new audiences with mobile jazz performances, hosts its first
annual Jazzy Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday (1921-2010) featuring a concert with special performances by Dianne Reeves, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Wycliffe Gordon and the Jazzmobile Big Band conducted by Cecil Bridgewater on Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm, at the Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street in New York City. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Sheryl Lee Ralph presentsThe 21st Annual Divas Simply Singing! | Oct. 22nd, 2011

ALL-STAR LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR 21ST ANNUAL DIVAS SIMPLY SINGING!



Grammy® Winner Kelly Price, Tony® Winner Jennifer Holliday, Emmy® Winner Loretta Devine

All Bring Star Power to AIDS Benefit!


LOS ANGELES — The 21st annual DIVAS Simply Singing! for a 21st century cure for HIV/AIDS promises to be another night not to be missed!  Actress, activist and the show’s creator Sheryl Lee Ralph is happy to announce the all-star line up for the 21st annual Divas Simply Singing! AIDS benefit concert: Kelly Price, Jenifer Lewis, Hip-Hop artist YoYo, gospel great LaShun Pace, Frenchie Davis from NBC’s The Voice, and the 2010 winners of Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound – The Voices of Destiny Choir and so many more.  Along with a reunion of Broadway’s original DreamGirls, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph on the same stage celebrating 30 years of the play’s iconic debut!  Paying tribute to the ladies, singer Tony Terry will be the resident Divo.  The pre-show will be hosted by Emmy-nominated actress and newlywed Niecy Nash. To continue, please click “MORE”!!

Sheryl Lee Ralph presentsThe 21st Annual Divas Simply Singing! | Oct. 22nd, 2011

ALL-STAR LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR 21ST ANNUAL DIVAS SIMPLY SINGING!



Grammy® Winner Kelly Price, Tony® Winner Jennifer Holliday, Emmy® Winner Loretta Devine

All Bring Star Power to AIDS Benefit!


LOS ANGELES — The 21st annual DIVAS Simply Singing! for a 21st century cure for HIV/AIDS promises to be another night not to be missed!  Actress, activist and the show’s creator Sheryl Lee Ralph is happy to announce the all-star line up for the 21st annual Divas Simply Singing! AIDS benefit concert: Kelly Price, Jenifer Lewis, Hip-Hop artist YoYo, gospel great LaShun Pace, Frenchie Davis from NBC’s The Voice, and the 2010 winners of Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound – The Voices of Destiny Choir and so many more.  Along with a reunion of Broadway’s original DreamGirls, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph on the same stage celebrating 30 years of the play’s iconic debut!  Paying tribute to the ladies, singer Tony Terry will be the resident Divo.  The pre-show will be hosted by Emmy-nominated actress and newlywed Niecy Nash. To continue, please click “MORE”!!

The 32nd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival | Sept. 2nd – 5th, 2011

Detroit Jazz Festival Launches its  
32nd Season and Brings the World to Detroit

 

With artists from all over the world, Detroit still reigns   
as an important jazz hub and honors its own


 

DETROIT, August 31, 2011 – Voted one of the top three jazz festivals in North America in national jazz publications this year, the 32nd Detroit Jazz Festival continues to demonstrate how much jazz shines as a symbol of freedom and democracy all over the world this Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 5.

Subtitled “We Bring You the World,” artists from Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Israel, Japan and the Netherlands will convene in Detroit at the world’s largest free jazz festival. Performers include: Toots Thielemans, Dave Holland, Luciana Souza, Gary Burton, Ivan Lins, Paquito D’Rivera, Angélique Kidjo, Kevin Eubanks, Vijay Iyer, Vinicius Cantuária, Joe Lovano, Mandrill, Chuck Jackson, Deacon Jones Blues Revue, Steve Wilson, U.S. Airforce Airmen of Note with Joe Locke, Anthony Wilson, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sammy Figueroa, Tony Monaco, Richie Goods, Rahsaan Patterson, Sean Jones, and Christian McBride with Ernie Andrews and the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, this year presented by MotorCity Casino Hotel. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 32nd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival | Sept. 2nd – 5th, 2011

Detroit Jazz Festival Launches its  
32nd Season and Brings the World to Detroit

 

With artists from all over the world, Detroit still reigns   
as an important jazz hub and honors its own


 

DETROIT, August 31, 2011 – Voted one of the top three jazz festivals in North America in national jazz publications this year, the 32nd Detroit Jazz Festival continues to demonstrate how much jazz shines as a symbol of freedom and democracy all over the world this Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 5.

Subtitled “We Bring You the World,” artists from Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Israel, Japan and the Netherlands will convene in Detroit at the world’s largest free jazz festival. Performers include: Toots Thielemans, Dave Holland, Luciana Souza, Gary Burton, Ivan Lins, Paquito D’Rivera, Angélique Kidjo, Kevin Eubanks, Vijay Iyer, Vinicius Cantuária, Joe Lovano, Mandrill, Chuck Jackson, Deacon Jones Blues Revue, Steve Wilson, U.S. Airforce Airmen of Note with Joe Locke, Anthony Wilson, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sammy Figueroa, Tony Monaco, Richie Goods, Rahsaan Patterson, Sean Jones, and Christian McBride with Ernie Andrews and the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, this year presented by MotorCity Casino Hotel. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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