Festivities At Lower Manhattan Performance-Gallery Space Acclaimed for Eclectic Music , Visual Arts & Literary Programming Begin Sept 6 & 7 With Photo Exhibition “Los Musicos en Cuba” & Trumpeter Roy Hargrove
NEW YORK, NY (June 21, 2005) The Jazz Gallery -- a visionary not-for-profit performance and exhibition space in lower Manhattan praised by the artists it presents, its patrons and the media for the eclectic musical, visual and literary programs it curates -- will commemorate its first decade with a special 10th anniversary season running from September through December 2005. The Gallery will celebrate this milestone in its history with a series of concerts showcasing musicians and reprising themes that, over the past 10 years, have earned the space its global reputation as one of the world’s most distinctive arts organizations. The Gallery will kick off its 10th anniversary season on Tuesday, Sept. 6th, with the opening of the photography exhibition “Los Musicos en Cuba: Images From A Musical Island” featuring black-and-white images by Cuban photographers Ernesto Dos Santos and Leslie Sinclair and color images by American photographer David Garten portraying a wide range of musicians, both native and foreign, performing in Cuba. On Wednesday, Sept. 7th, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who has been closely associated with the Gallery through- out its history and joined its Board of Trustees this year, will kick off the musical component of the venue’s 10th anniversary season with “The Trumpet Shall Sound.” This is the first in a series of musical programs taking place through December reflecting themes and showcasing artists that were instrumental in the organization’s development. Hargrove will be joined each evening through Sept 11th by another acclaimed jazz trumpeter in this latest edition of a series whose success since its debut in December 2001 has made it one of the Gallery’s most popular programs. Darren Barrett (9/7), Claudio Roditi (9/8), Tom Harrell (9/9), Nicholas Payton (9/10) and Marcus Belgrave (9/11) are scheduled to appear with Hargrove accompanied by the rhythm section of pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson. The Jazz Gallery’s 10th anniversary season will continue through December 2005 with other special editions of the various thematic programs it presents. This year’s Large Ensemble Series will begin with an appearance by the Oliver Lake–John Hicks Big Band Sept. 22-24 and extend through the course of the celebration with performances by Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Heiroglyphics, Frank Lacy’s Vibe Tribe and the Jason Lindner Ensemble, among others. Also starting in September and continuing throughout the anniversary sea- son is a Percussion Series that will present Dafnis Prieto, Jeff “Tain” Watts and a duo concert by Chico Hamil-ton and Marcus Gilmore on October 22 that is the first event in the new “Jazz Masters Pass It On” series that will continue on Dec. 17 with a duo piano concert by Kenny Barron and Gerald Clayton. The Gallery’s popular vocal series “Heartsong” will begin in October with appearances by Claudia Acuña, Andy Bey, Lezlie Harrison and Gretchen Parlato and also extend through December. The Jazz Gallery is internationally renowned for having nurtured a generation of emerging jazz artists and helping launch the careers, and raise the profiles, of many of the leading young instrumentalists, composers and bandleaders enjoying success on the contemporary jazz scene today. Among the musicians the Gallery regularly presented during their formative years who still appear there: Claudia Acuña, Peter Apfelbaum, Avishai Cohen, Ravi Coltrane, John Ellis, Roberta Gambarini, Robert Glasper, Vijay Iyer, Jason Lindner, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Jason Moran, Luis Perdomo, Dafnis Prieto, Yosvany Terry, Lizz Wright and Miguel Zenon. Veteran jazz artists also regularly perform at the Gallery which, over the past 10 years, has presented Henry Grimes, John Hicks, Lee Konitz, Frank Lacy, Oliver Lake, Butch Morris, David Murray, Benny Powell, Clark Terry, Henry Threadgill, Chucho Valdès, Frank Wess and Randy Weston. Former “young lions” in mid-career including Steve Coleman, Roy Hargrove and Jeff “Tain” Watts are also mainstays of the venue’s programming. The unique interaction at The Jazz Gallery between emerging and established artists was recently acknowl- edged by The National Endowment for the Arts which awarded the organization a $10,000 grant to help fund the programming initiative “The Jazz Masters Pass It On: The Inter-Generational Transmission of Jazz Cul- ture,” that will be formally introduced this fall during the 10th anniversary season.
NEW YORK, NY (June 21, 2005) The Jazz Gallery -- a visionary not-for-profit performance and exhibition space in lower Manhattan praised by the artists it presents, its patrons and the media for the eclectic musical, visual and literary programs it curates -- will commemorate its first decade with a special 10th anniversary season running from September through December 2005. The Gallery will celebrate this milestone in its history with a series of concerts showcasing musicians and reprising themes that, over the past 10 years, have earned the space its global reputation as one of the world’s most distinctive arts organizations. The Gallery will kick off its 10th anniversary season on Tuesday, Sept. 6th, with the opening of the photography exhibition “Los Musicos en Cuba: Images From A Musical Island” featuring black-and-white images by Cuban photographers Ernesto Dos Santos and Leslie Sinclair and color images by American photographer David Garten portraying a wide range of musicians, both native and foreign, performing in Cuba. On Wednesday, Sept. 7th, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who has been closely associated with the Gallery through- out its history and joined its Board of Trustees this year, will kick off the musical component of the venue’s 10th anniversary season with “The Trumpet Shall Sound.” This is the first in a series of musical programs taking place through December reflecting themes and showcasing artists that were instrumental in the organization’s development. Hargrove will be joined each evening through Sept 11th by another acclaimed jazz trumpeter in this latest edition of a series whose success since its debut in December 2001 has made it one of the Gallery’s most popular programs. Darren Barrett (9/7), Claudio Roditi (9/8), Tom Harrell (9/9), Nicholas Payton (9/10) and Marcus Belgrave (9/11) are scheduled to appear with Hargrove accompanied by the rhythm section of pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson. The Jazz Gallery’s 10th anniversary season will continue through December 2005 with other special editions of the various thematic programs it presents. This year’s Large Ensemble Series will begin with an appearance by the Oliver Lake–John Hicks Big Band Sept. 22-24 and extend through the course of the celebration with performances by Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Heiroglyphics, Frank Lacy’s Vibe Tribe and the Jason Lindner Ensemble, among others. Also starting in September and continuing throughout the anniversary sea- son is a Percussion Series that will present Dafnis Prieto, Jeff “Tain” Watts and a duo concert by Chico Hamil-ton and Marcus Gilmore on October 22 that is the first event in the new “Jazz Masters Pass It On” series that will continue on Dec. 17 with a duo piano concert by Kenny Barron and Gerald Clayton. The Gallery’s popular vocal series “Heartsong” will begin in October with appearances by Claudia Acuña, Andy Bey, Lezlie Harrison and Gretchen Parlato and also extend through December. The Jazz Gallery is internationally renowned for having nurtured a generation of emerging jazz artists and helping launch the careers, and raise the profiles, of many of the leading young instrumentalists, composers and bandleaders enjoying success on the contemporary jazz scene today. Among the musicians the Gallery regularly presented during their formative years who still appear there: Claudia Acuña, Peter Apfelbaum, Avishai Cohen, Ravi Coltrane, John Ellis, Roberta Gambarini, Robert Glasper, Vijay Iyer, Jason Lindner, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Jason Moran, Luis Perdomo, Dafnis Prieto, Yosvany Terry, Lizz Wright and Miguel Zenon. Veteran jazz artists also regularly perform at the Gallery which, over the past 10 years, has presented Henry Grimes, John Hicks, Lee Konitz, Frank Lacy, Oliver Lake, Butch Morris, David Murray, Benny Powell, Clark Terry, Henry Threadgill, Chucho Valdès, Frank Wess and Randy Weston. Former “young lions” in mid-career including Steve Coleman, Roy Hargrove and Jeff “Tain” Watts are also mainstays of the venue’s programming. The unique interaction at The Jazz Gallery between emerging and established artists was recently acknowl- edged by The National Endowment for the Arts which awarded the organization a $10,000 grant to help fund the programming initiative “The Jazz Masters Pass It On: The Inter-Generational Transmission of Jazz Cul- ture,” that will be formally introduced this fall during the 10th anniversary season.
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