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Harlem Speaks

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Voza Rivers
Monty Alexander
Geri Allen
Father Peter O'Brien
Ron Blake
Ademola Olugebefola, Pt. 2 (2/7)
Ademola Olugebefola
Gary Walker

 

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Andy Bey
Eddie Henderson
Johnnie Gary
Jimmy Owens
Dr. Valerie Capers
Grachan Moncur III
Johnny Mandel
Junior Mance
Earl May
Wilmer Wise
Onaje Allen Gumbs
Norman Simmons
Frankie Manning
Jam Session
Stanton Davis
Marc Cary
Al Harewood
Barry Harris
Lisle Atkinson
Dan Morgenstern

Bill Hughes
George Avakian
Reggie Workman
Billy Bang

 

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Eddie Locke
Ross Carnegie
Benny Powell
Arlene Talley
Buster Williams
Lonnie Youngblood
Lester Jenkins
Charli Persip
Monsignor John Sanders
Eddie Preston
Tribute to Showmans Jazz Club
Hank Jones
Olu Dara
Arthur Barnes
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Concert
Delilah Jackson
Cobi Narita
Sarah McLawler
Bobbi Humphrey
Paul Robeson, Jr.
Howard Johnson
Rudy Lawless 
Christian McBride    

 

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Bill Saxton (December appearance)
Clark Terry
Carline Ray
Jam Session
Congressman Charles Rangel
Roy Haynes
Johnny Colon
Max Lucas
Herb Boyd
Seleno Clarke
Harlem Speaks First Anniversary Party  
Bill Saxton (July appearance)
Jean Bach
William C. Rhoden
Dr. Billy Taylor
Mercedes Ellington
Fred Staton
Milt Grayson
Jam Session
Grady Tate
Gloria Lynne
Joey Morant
Willie Mack & John E. Johnson
Max Bond
Larry Ridley

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Bobby Sanabria
Allan Harris
Marjorie Eliot
Robert O'Meally
Patience Higgins
Jam Session & Ed Locke
Kenneth J. Knuckles
Oscar Hernandez
Clarence Atkins
Jacquie "Tajah" Murdock
Benny Carter Tribute
Joe Wilder
Joe Gayles
Alvin Reed, Sr.
Danny Mixon
Melba Joyce

           


Harlem Speaks Education Initiative

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Jumaane Smith (3/29)
Aaron Diehl (3/15)
Dominick Farinacci (3/8)

 

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Museum of the City of New York

 

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Harlem’s Thurgood Marshall Academy #2
Harlem’s Thurgood Marshall Academy #1
Frederick Douglass Academy


Harlem in the Himalayas

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Randy Sandke (4/25)
Chris Byars
Joey Calderazzo (4/11)
Bill Mays and The Inventions Trio
The Carl Allen - Rodney Whitaker Project
Ben Wolfe
Jonathan Batiste
Matthew Shipp

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Ohad Talmor Newsreel
Frank Kimbrough (11/9)
Jazz Museum in Harlem AllStars
Chris Byars
The Aaron Diehl Trio
Dayna Stephens
Fred Ho
The Grachan Moncur Quartet
Duology: Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel
Billy Bang
Eddie Bert Trio
Kenny Werner
Execution Quintet
David Weiss Quintet
David Oquendo and Roswell Rudd
Renee Rosnes
Miguel Zenón
Michele Rosewoman
Ben Allison Group
Ictus Records 30th-Anniversary Renaissance Project

Ray Bryant
The American Dream
The Jazz Museum in Harlem Allstars
Jon Gordon / Mark Turner
Houston Person
Warren Vache
Wycliffe Gordon: Intolerance
Andrew Sterman
Harrison on Harrison
Dizzy Reece


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Uri Caine
Laszlo Gardony Trio
Lewis Nash
Russell Malone

Russell Gunn
Marcus Strickland
Danny Mixon, Piano
Anat Cohen
Ken Peplowski, Clarinet
Ted Nash, Saxophone
Dominick Farinacci, trumpet
Marcus Printup, trumpet
Jonathan Batiste, piano
Jazz Museum All Stars with Loren Schoenberg
Scott Robinson, multi-instrumentalist
Frank Wess
René McLean with a tribute to his father, Jackie McLean
Jack Walrath
Ron Blake (saxophone) and Michael Cain (piano)
Gene Bertoncini (solo guitar)
Chris Madsen (tenor saxophone)
Howard Johnson (tuba, baritone saxophone)
Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa's Raw Materials
Jazz Museum in Harlem All Stars
Steve Bernstein (trumpet)
Wycliffe Gordon (trombone)

 

Jazz for Curious Readers

Ira Gitler
Gary Giddins
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Herb Boyd


Harlem Swings

Sip Plus Two featuring Charli Persip
Aaron Diehl Trio

Roni Ben-Hur Trio
The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band
Benny Powell Quintet
Patience Higgins
Joey Morant
Johnny Colon & His Orchestra
Jonathan Batiste Trio
Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble
Melba Joyce & The Jazz Company

 
Jazz for Curious Listeners

World of Herbie Hancock featuring Bob Belden (4/22/08 & 4/29/08)
World of Herbie Hancock featuring Christian McBride (4/15/08)
World of Herbie Hancock featuring Christian McBride
World of Herbie Hancock featuring Bob Belden
Jazz and Poetry: Jayne Cortez and Sonia Sanchez (3/25/08)
Jazz and Poetry: Jon Hendricks and the Unsung Art of Vocalese (3/18/08)
Jazz and Poetry – Langston Hughes Performance by Sandy Moore (3/11/08)
Jazz and Poetry: Langston Hughes’s recordings with Charles Mingus
The Genius of Ellington - On Film (2/26/08)
The Genius of Ellington - The Extended Works
The Genius of Ellington - The Pop Songs (2/12/08)
The Genius of Ellington - The Blues with Christian McBride
Jazz Film Show (1/29/08)
Jazz Film Show (1/22/08)
Laughing in Rhythm: Jazz Humor (1/15/08)
Great Jazz Drum Moments (1/8/08)
Eric Reed and guest Allan Harris
Week Two
Week One
Jonathan Batiste Trio
Kenny Washington
Class on Billie Holiday (6/07)
Leron Thomas
Sarah McLawler
Christian McBride (3/2/07) part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

 

Swingin' Summer Jazz

Keith Loftis Quartet
Melba Joyce

 

Jazz in the Parks

Melba Joyce (3/19/08)
Memories of the Apollo Theater and Savoy Ballroom
An Evening with Mercedes Ellington (10/24/07)
An evening with Howard Johnson: A Life in Music
Jazz in Harlem: A Magical Legacy with the Jazz Museum in Harlem Allstars

 


Other Events

Howard Johnson at GEMA Hall (March 5, 2008)
Tribute to 52nd Street, Swing Street (February 21, 2008)
Celebrating the Apollo Theatre (February 16, 2008)
Celebration of Black History Month in the Bronx (February 14, 2008)
Black & White Ball featuring JMIH All-Stars Big Band (February 4, 2008)
Memories of the Apollo Theater and Savoy Ballroom (February 3, 2008)
Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars perform for Sig Shapiro's 80th birthday (December 30, 2007)
New Orleans’s Hot 8 at Urban Assembly School (November 27, 2007)
Jazz Improv LIVE! Convention (October 2007)
2008 Jazz Masters Party at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (October 2, 2007)
URBAN ASSEMBLY event at The Apollo Theater featuring the National Jazz Museum in Harlem Trio (September 6, 2007)
JOINTS ARE JUMPIN' event at The Terrace In The Sky (August 28, 2007)
Harlem Jazz (film series), Museum of the City of NY (August 26, 2007)
JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ALLSTARS at the 4th Annual Arts & Networking Celebration Celebrating East Harlem's Culture & Legacy (August 18, 2007)
The Birth of Cool: Jazz from 1947-57 Museum of the City of NY (August 12, 2007)
Stompin' at the Savoy: Swing Jazz Dancing with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars, Jackie Robinson Park (August 11, 2007)
The Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars at the Mountain Culture Festival (July 8, 2007)
Harlem CBO (Community-Based Organization) Fair (June 24, 2007)
Jazz Museum in Harlem All Stars Celebrate the Planting of the New Tree of Hope (June 23, 2007)
NJMIH Fundraiser (June 2007)
Harlem Speaks Education Initiative Closing Event (May 2007)
Jazz Appreciation Month
USPS party to celebrate the release of the Ella Fitzgerald stamp (February 2007)
Harlem Speaks: Duke Ellington, at The University of Scranton (February 2007)
Allan Harris and his “Cross That River” band (February 7, 2007)
International Association of Jazz Educators annual conference (January 2007)
Harlem Speaks: Louis Armstrong (At The University of Scranton)
Jazz on Film series 2006
Harmony in Harlem Fundraiser
Harlem Speaks Education Initiative Closing Event
Museum of the City of New York Film Series
"Tribute to the Count"
Harmony In Harlem
The Music of Harlem