| 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
Central
Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) presents its 10th Annual Central
Brooklyn Jazz Festival from April 1 thru 30, 2009. This month long
celebration of an American original art form Jazz, will be held in
venues throughout Brooklyn, New York. Some of the musicians and events
scheduled include: legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Randy Weston,
Dave Valentin, Houston Person, Melba Moore, Ronnie Mathews/Freddie
Hubbard Tribute, symposiums, youth programs, and the Brooklyn Jazz Hall
of Fame & Museum induction ceremony.
(Melba Moore)
Central Brooklyn Jazz
Consortium is proud to present The Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band on
Saturday, April 4th at Brooklyn Tech Auditorium, 29 Fort Greene Place
in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Roy Haynes, the world’s greatest living jazz drummer, has performed with
Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Thelonious Monk just to name a few.
“We
are thankful to our community institutions (churches, restaurants,
libraries, etc.) and to the devout Brooklyn jazz community who have
shown their support for our efforts over the past decade. CBJC also
wishes to express our appreciation to Brooklyn Borough President Marty
Markowitz for his continued support of our jazz festival”., exclaimed
Jitu K. Weusi, Chairman of CBJC, Inc.
Brooklyn’s legacy in the
jazz community is well documented. From the 1940s thru 1970s jazz
greats such as Andy Kirk, Max Roach, Ray Abrams, Wynton Kelly and McCoy
Tyner were frequent attractions at jazz shrines such as Sonia Ballroom,
Blue Coronet, Putnam Central and The East.
CBJC began
Brooklyn’s jazz rebirth in April 1999 when its founders: Viola Plummer,
Alma Carroll and Torrie McCartney brought together faith based
institutions, entertainment venues and musicians and produced a week
long jazz festival during Jazz Appreciation Month (US public law
108-72).
A decade later from April 1-30, 2009 CBJC is hosting
a month long jubilee celebration of African American classical
music-Jazz, at diverse venues such as: Weeksville Heritage Center,
Brooklyn Historical Society, BAMcafe Live, Hitchcock Institute for
Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College, Dweck Center for
Contemporary Culture-Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, Sugar Hill
Restaurant & Supper Club, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza,
Concord Baptist Church of Christ as well as community venues. The back
bone of this grass roots Brooklyn jazz festival is its local musicians
and the community at large.
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