Jazz at Lincoln Center - Playing Our Parts - April 24, 2012
Jazz at Lincoln Center: Playing Our Parts
4th Annual Benefit Concert for
THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:30pm
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Joe Lovano and John Scofield team up with Jazz at Lincoln Center to bring together incredible performers in the fourth annual benefit concert Playing Our Parts at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on April 24, 2012 with a two-hour single set at 7:30pm. All artists are donating their services, Jazz at Lincoln Center is donating its venue and caterer Great Performances is donating food and beverages to raise much-needed revenue for the Jazz Foundation of America's Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund. We invite the jazz community and music fans to come together in remembrance of jazz bassist Dennis Irwin, who passed away in 2008 due to a serious illness, and in support of all those jazz musicians in need of health care today. This annual benefit event was first held in March 2008 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in honor of Dennis Irwin.
The concert will feature performances by:
John Scofield
Joe Lovano
Lewis Nash
John Patitucci
Ravi Coltrane
Brad Mehldau
Fleurine
Ambrose Akinmusire
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Broadway at 60th St., New York City.
The price of admission is $125 per person and includes complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres. For reservations, call Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at 212-258-9595. The price of admission, minus $25, is tax deductible. All proceeds from this concert will go to the Jazz Foundation of America's Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund.
