HARLEM FOR JAPAN BENEFIT CONCERT
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Time: 6:30
Venue: Aaron Davis Hall (133rd and Convent Avenue, on the campus of The City College of New York)
Ticket: suggested donation is $25.00 Or donate what you can. All donations are appreciated.
Checks should be made payable to any one of these three organizations: The Japan Society, The Consulate General of Japan and The Japan Chamber of Commerce (J.C.C.). Call 212 926 2550 to RSVP
Genre: music and dance
The City College of New York, Community Works, The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, The Harlem Arts Alliance, Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and Katsuya Abe invite you to HARLEM FOR JAPAN BENEFIT CONCERT. oin Rhythm and Blues legend and Grammy nominee Chuck Jackson, International Japanese artists: Toya, Yuichiro Oda, and Yuko Darjeeling, National Jazz Museum in Harlem All Star Band, Oscar and Grammy nominated IMPACT Repertory Theatre, Harlem vocalists: Janice Marie Robinson, Claude Jay, Lady Cantrese, and Lee Olive Tucker; Pianists Matthew Whitaker, Choreographer Obediah Wright and the Balance Dance Company, Keith “The Captain” Gamble, Lonnie “The Prince of Harlem” Youngblood, Jazzmobile and Manhattan School of Music Musicians and others…
FAMORO DIOUBATE’s KAKANDE
Date: Friday, April 22, 2011
Time: 9pm
Venue: Farafina Cafe (1813 Amsterdam Av., corner of 150th Street, New York, New York, 347-691-4738)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Weat African trad music
Come join Famoro Dioubate, Yacouba Sissoko and the rest of Kakande for a night of powerful grooves from Guinea/Mali/Harlem. This balafon-driven band will play all your favorite melodies from the court of Sundiata Keita. The Mande Empire lives in New York, so bring your dancing shoes!
HAZMAT MODINE
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Venue: TERRA BLUES (149 Bleecker Street, NY, 212-777-7776)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: nu blues/ New Orleans brass
One of New York’s original bands, HAZMAT MODINE delivers a rustic, deliriously Dionysian blend of whorehouse Blues, Reggae, Klezmer, Country and Gypsy-tinged music.
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