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Next Week's Events |
104 E. 126th Street • Suite 2D • New York, NY 10035
(212) 348-8300
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Tuesday, June 30
7:00pm
5 Classic Albums: Common, Like Water for Chocolate
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS
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Upcoming in July
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS READERS
Monday, July 6
Stephanie Crease
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS
Tuesdays in July
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
7:00pm
July 7: Fireworks: The '20s
July 14: Swing That Music: The '30sl
July 21: Gone Fishin': The '40s
July 28: La Vie En Rose: The '50s
Thursday, July 9 6:30 pm Jon Hendricks, vocalist (pt. 2)
Thursday, July 30 6:30 pm Louis Hayes, drummer
Friday, July 10
7:00 pm Two Young Tenors
Friday, July 17
7:00 pm Kataru
Saturday, July 25
10:00am - 4:00pm
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
Saturday, July 11
1:00pm - 2:00pm
110 on 110: A Clearing in the Forest
CHILDREN"S GLADE, CENTRAL PARK
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National Jazz Museum in Harlem Events
June 29 - July 3, 2009
Jazz for Curious Listeners: 5 Classic Albums - Common, Like Water for Chocolate
Common has long been one of America's premier rap artists, known for the elegance and integrity of his philosophy. Join us Tuesday evening at Jazz for Curious Listeners for an illuminating evening, at which we will listen to and talk about his classic album Like Water for Chocolate, including input from our co-director Christian McBride.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS 5 Classic Albums: Common, Like Water for Chocolate
7:00 – 8:30pm Location: NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C) FREE | register online
Learn how to listen to classic jazz albums from a musician’s perspective. Common is a hip hop lyricist and spoken word artist known for his integration of political, cultural and educational themes in a socially conscious musical package that eschews the necessity of a “gangsta” pose for legitimacy or to cow-tow to a minstrel aesthetic.
As is the case with his Brooklyn homeboy, Mos Def, Common draws from a wide palette of musical styles in his recordings, including jazz. The title Like Water for Chocolate, is a double entendre: one meaning is derived from the movie of the same title, the other from the Gordan Parks photo of a black girl drinking from a “Colored Only” water fountain, used as the CD cover.
The recording is known for its Afrocentric focus, and features collaborations with guest stars from rap, eliciting a range of themes from love songs (“The Light,”) to a flip-the-script discussion between a pimp and a potential employee that humorously belies his rep as a “conscious rapper,” to a tribute to real hip hop history (“Nag Champa”), as well as a hat’s off to Fela Kuti and Assata Shakur.
This album was Common’s commercial breakthrough recording in 2000; he demonstrated that he could maintain his artistic integrity and get “large” at the same time. Come discover a jazz perspective on a hip hop classic.
Visitors Center
104 East 126th Street, Suite 2C
Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m
close to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 trains to 125th Street
We’re waiting for you! Yes, that’s right. Our new Visitors Center is now open Monday through Friday (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) and chock full of books, CDs and DVDs for your perusal. There is also a first-class exhibit of photos on the walls, so we hope you will come up and see us and also spread the word to any other curious folk who want to spend some time getting jazzed in Harlem.
Also, to find audio and video clips, event summaries, program updates and photographs galore from our previous events, venture here:
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is deeply dedicated to the legacy and continued growth of jazz. Your continued support of our events demonstrates your love of jazz and the level of community appreciation and interest in its further development. As we continue our efforts to bring you the best insights and live music (at little or no cost), your participation translates into a favorable reflection upon our efforts to build a physical museum worthy of this profound, emotionally riveting art form. We look forward to seeing you at our future events, and when you come, please bring a friend! |
This press release was composed and edited by Greg Thomas, host of the web’s only jazz news and entertainment TV show, Jazz It Up!
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