1. South African Jazz: Roots of South African Jazz

Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Maysles Cinema (343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, New York 10027)
Ticket:  $10
Genre: docu film/jazz

South Africa’s Jazz history is nearly as long as America’s own. From its early origins in marabi culture in the burgeoning townships to its 1950s. “Golden Age,” to present day, the great South African Jazz artists have found ways to perform music that is recognizably Jazz, but also uniquely South African. How did they do it? What should you listen for? And who are some of the great masters of South African Jazz? Join us for a Listening Series as we walk you through the history of this beautiful music, and introduce you to some incredible recordings, old and new.

Roots of South African Jazz: American influences, marabi culture, townships, and the birth of South Africa’s Jazz scene.

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1. Eric Person Duoscope

Date: Monday, June 22, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: jazz

The esteemed Hudson Valley saxophonist Eric Person — a veteran of such ensembles as World Saxophone Quartet, as well as a sideman with major artists like Dave Holland, McCoy Tyner, Chico Hamilton, Ronald Shannon Jackson, John Hicks, along with many other groups under his own leadership — brings his new project “Duoscope”, which also features drummer/percussionist Shinnosuke Takahashi, into Quinn’s for the Monday Jazz Sessions series.

2. The Welf Dorr Unit

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