October 18, 2005
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
FLUSHING TOWN HALL 137-35 Northern Blvd. (at the corner of Linden Pl.) Flushing, NY 11354 Box office: (718) 463-7700 x222 www.flushingtownhall.org Take the 7-train to Main Street/Flushing in Queens Free Parking
Friday, October 21, 2005 at 8 p.m. Jazz Live! Headliner Concerts “A NIGHT OF ELEGANCE WITH JON HENDRICKS"
Jazz history comes to Queens, as 84 year-old jazz legend Jon Hendricks, known throughout the world as the “Poet Laureate of Jazz," appears for the first time ever on the Flushing Town Hall stage on Friday, October 21st, at 8:00 PM. Hendricks will perform in the elegant and unforgettable musical style called “Vocalise," which he invented nearly a half-century ago.
Jon Hendricks, the only artist that Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington allowed to lyricize their music, was the founder and creator of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - an iconic jazz ensemble which enjoyed a five-year hold on the title “Number One Vocal Group in the World" from Melody Maker and Down Beat magazines in the 1960's, and whose work has strongly influenced generations of jazz performers since.
Friday, November 4, 2005, 8 p.m. Jazz Live! Intimate Jazz “EDDIE ALLEN QUINTET"
Master trumpeter Eddie Allen and his quintet, in an evening ranging from classics to be-bop. The Intimate Jazz concerts offer superb jazz at affordable prices every first Friday of the month in an informal cafe environment at the Flushing Town Hall Gallery! Tickets: $15.
Saturday, November 5, 2005, 1 p.m. QUEENS JAZZ TRAIL TOUR
Hop aboard the Flushing Town Hall Trolley for a fascinating journey through neighborhoods where Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane lived. Includes a guided visit to the newly restored Louis Armstrong House and Museum. Tickets: $35.
SPECIAL OFFER: “Jazz by Night and Day!"---Experience a Friday Night Intimate Jazz Concert in the Flushing Town Hall Gallery, and the take the Queens Jazz Trail Tour the following afternoon, at one low price. Just $40!
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
FLUSHING TOWN HALL 137-35 Northern Blvd. (at the corner of Linden Pl.) Flushing, NY 11354 Box office: (718) 463-7700 x222 www.flushingtownhall.org Take the 7-train to Main Street/Flushing in Queens Free Parking
Friday, October 21, 2005 at 8 p.m. Jazz Live! Headliner Concerts “A NIGHT OF ELEGANCE WITH JON HENDRICKS"
Jazz history comes to Queens, as 84 year-old jazz legend Jon Hendricks, known throughout the world as the “Poet Laureate of Jazz," appears for the first time ever on the Flushing Town Hall stage on Friday, October 21st, at 8:00 PM. Hendricks will perform in the elegant and unforgettable musical style called “Vocalise," which he invented nearly a half-century ago.
Jon Hendricks, the only artist that Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington allowed to lyricize their music, was the founder and creator of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - an iconic jazz ensemble which enjoyed a five-year hold on the title “Number One Vocal Group in the World" from Melody Maker and Down Beat magazines in the 1960's, and whose work has strongly influenced generations of jazz performers since.
Friday, November 4, 2005, 8 p.m. Jazz Live! Intimate Jazz “EDDIE ALLEN QUINTET"
Master trumpeter Eddie Allen and his quintet, in an evening ranging from classics to be-bop. The Intimate Jazz concerts offer superb jazz at affordable prices every first Friday of the month in an informal cafe environment at the Flushing Town Hall Gallery! Tickets: $15.
Saturday, November 5, 2005, 1 p.m. QUEENS JAZZ TRAIL TOUR
Hop aboard the Flushing Town Hall Trolley for a fascinating journey through neighborhoods where Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane lived. Includes a guided visit to the newly restored Louis Armstrong House and Museum. Tickets: $35.
SPECIAL OFFER: “Jazz by Night and Day!"---Experience a Friday Night Intimate Jazz Concert in the Flushing Town Hall Gallery, and the take the Queens Jazz Trail Tour the following afternoon, at one low price. Just $40!
For more information contact All About Jazz.
