Uptownflavor remembers Jazz legend Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor, a name synonymous with Jazzmobile. A legend in the world of jazz and the artistic director of the Kennedy Center. Taylor died of heart failure yesterday at the age 89. Jazzmobile will be celebrating the 90th birthday of Dr. Taylor next year. Dr. Taylor wrote more than 300 compositions. They ranged in scope …

Harlem Jazz Concert Festival

Dec. 6th, 2008 8:00 pm Harlem Jazz Concert Festival Casa Frela Gallery The Harlem Jazz Concert Festival celebrates the 2008 Holiday season with two limited time engagement concerts at Casa Frela Gallery. Headlined by rising jazz starlets, pianist and vocalist Deanna Witkowski and violinist Kersten Stevens, the Holiday 2008 concerts explore the richness of jazz …

Café Jazz

Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:00 PM Jazz by candlelight showcasing Manhattan School of Music student jazz combos. Complimentary snacks and beverages. Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Performance Space. Manhattan School Of Music 120 Claremont Avenue New York, NY 10027 Price: No Tickets Required. Contact: Concert Office 917-493-4428. Art by: Keith Mallet (click picture for …

What’s Old is New Again: Stadiumred Unveils New Harlem Digs

Via TRD: Recording studio and production house StadiumRed is getting set to reveal its newly renovated Harlem digs, in the former studio of Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician Ornette Coleman. Twenty-year-old StadiumRed founder Claude Zdanow completed renovations on the rented 4,500-square-foot space himself, located at 1825 Park Avenue at 125th Street, a spokesman said. It now …

Monk at 91 Piano Marathon

Monk at 91 Piano Marathon Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Winter Garden at the World Financial Center (220 Vesey St at West St) Cost: Free “Characterized by his improvisational style and elaborate compositions, Thelonious Monk was one of the most prolific innovators of jazz and a herald of bebop. This mini-marathon, …

An Evening with Dick Gregory Live

When: Thursday, June 26, 2008 Where: Mother AME Zion/James Varick Center Address: 151 West 136th Street @ Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.(7th Avenue) Time: Doors Open @ 5:00pm; Start 6:00pm What Else: Alternative Health Info, Raw Food sampling, Books and Harlem businesses, Live Jazz and light Refreshments of foods, etc, For Additional Info: Please call 646 …

Midori and Friends

Hosted by MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ Co-Anchor CBS News’ The Early Show Saturday | June 21, 2008 | 3-4:30 pm El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave (entrance on 104th St.) Manhattan, NY For directions visit: http://www.elmuseo.org Watch as 160 children and adults from Midori & Friends programs light up the stage,performing music from Afro-Brazilian, western classical, …