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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. We hope you will join us for our free weekly programs in Harlem, which include our course JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS, our interview series HARLEM SPEAKS, and/or to visit our Visitors Center. See you soon!

The Jazz Museum in Harlem proudly announces the continuation of its free jazz course, JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS. Classes are Tuesdays, 7 p.m. — 8:30 p.m., and are led by the Museum's Executive Director Loren Schoenberg and guest instructors.

Calendar:

Check the Events Calendar for upcoming Jazz for Curious Listeners events

 
Some topics include:

How to Listen to Jazz

Classic Jazz Albums

Harlem's Jazz Legacy

Ellington and The Cotton Club

and more!

New Venue!
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS will be held in our new Jazz Museum Visitor Center starting in July 2008. The Visitor Center is conveniently located at our corporate offices at 104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2D, in New York City.

Time: Tuesday, 7pm – 8:30pm

See you there and welcome to the Jazz Museum in Harlem family!


Loren and DanLoren Schoenberg, NJMIH Executive Director (on right), and Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University (left)
Weeks family
Among our regular attendees are three proud
generations of the Weeks Family!


Thanks to our recent guests Sarah McLawler and George Avakian. Here are pictures of both Mr. Avakian (with his wife, violinist Anahid Ajemian) and Ms.McLawler at our fundraiser:

   

You can hear an interview that Sara Fishko did with Mr. Avakian here.

Click here for an interview with Classic Records for those didn’t catch him when he was our guest at HARLEM SPEAKS.



Jazz for Curious Listeners would like to thank Yasuhiro Fujioka for being a guest lecturer
Stanley Crouch with Curious Listeners (March 13, 2007)
First European guest lecturer with Curious Listeners, February 27, 2007
Dr. Wolfram Knauer, Director of the Jazz-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany


Click here for more photos!