Jazz for Curious Listeners tonight with Eric Reed at Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church 7pm

Jazz Museum Events, Nov. 7-10

Eric Reed Nov. 7, 2006, 7pm
Benny Powell Nov. 9, 2006, 6:30pm
Russell Gunn Nov. 10, 2006, 7pm

The Jazz Museum in Harlem's popular free jazz course, Jazz for Curious Listeners, continues tonight with the third of Eric Reed's fall series. The topic is JAZZ AND ENTERTAINMENT. As an excellent soloist/composer/bandleader, Mr. Reed has much to share about what artists confront while trying to sustain themselves financially in today's marketplace.

Time: Tuesday, 7pm - 8:30pm

Place: Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church (1975 Madison Avenue, NE corner of 126th And Madison - enter on 126th)

Reservations:212-348-8300
or register online @ http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/curious.html

Transportation:
Buses - M1, 60, 100, 101, Bx15
Subways - 2,3,4,5,6 to 125th Street
MetroNorth to 125th Street

Parking - park on the street, or at lots on the SW corner of 126th and Park, on Park just north of 126th, and on 126th between 3rd and Lexington.

On Thursday, November 9, 2006, Benny Powell, one of the most versatile trombonists and jazz lecturers on the contemporary music scene, will be the special guest of the Harlem Speaks series. Born in New Orleans, Powell was a member of Lionel Hampton's big band and gained national attention during his twelve years with Count Basie. Since leaving Basie in 1963, Powell has enjoyed a diverse career. He has worked in orchestras for numerous Broadway shows and was one of the first jazz musicians to perform regularly on television as a member of The Merv Griffin Show band. Powell can be heard on countless recordings with the likes of Count Basie, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Benny Carter, the Heath Brothers, and Randy Weston, among many others.

The free Harlem Speaks series is in part supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and is produced by the Jazz Museum in Harlem's Executive Director, Loren Schoenberg, Co-Director Christian McBride, and Greg Thomas Associates. The series occurs at the offices of the Jazz Museum in Harlem, located at 104 East 126th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues, from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

Having earned his performance stripes in straight-ahead style while turning on to the mid-80s hip hop sounds of Rakim and LL Cool J, horn dynamo Russell Gunn inventively marries the rhythmic music of his youth with a head-bopping combination of brass-driven jazz, blues, funk, and anything else he might be into on a particular day. See and hear him with a small ensemble for the museum's Harlem in the Himalayas program at the Rubin Museum of Art on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, starting at 7pm.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of the performance and include admission to the Museum's galleries.

Box Office:
212.620.5000 ext. 344
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street New York NY 10011