Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium will present its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from March 29–May 2, with concerts and events in New York.
This year’s theme is Brooklyn-In The Jazz Tradition. “Tradition makes reference to our ancestors and the cultural legacy they left behind,” said Jitu Weusi, chairman of Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. “Today we must research and study the jazz legacy of Brooklyn and use it to mold and shape the future of our lives.”
The fest is a cultural celebration that also brings together the borough’s creative communities (literature, film, photography and education) with jazz. Programs and performances will be held at numerous locales including Weeksville Heritage Center, Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch, as well as Brooklyn entertainment venues.
Highlights will include an award presentation to vocalist Nancy Wilson, a tribute to Max Roach, a swing dance party with Ray Abrams Big Band featuring vocalist Donna Tulivu Cumberbatch, along with photography exhibits, film screenings and lectures.
More info: cbjcjazz.org
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
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