Gigs

Saturday, April 27th 2024
We Got That Swing!

We Got That Swing! A Harlem Music Jubilee
Celebrating 125 years of Duke Ellington and 50 years of Hip Hop, featuring youth and veteran performers including Charenee Wade and her trio, MC Silent Knight, Zah! Jr. with Dr. E and Jazz Power, Nat King Cole Generation Hope Jazz Ensemble, All-City High School Jazz Ensemble, Dorothy Maynor Singers, HSA Dance. This is the second annual presentation of We Got That Swing! It is co-produced by Eli Jazz Power Initiative’s Eli “Dr. E” Yamin and Harlem School of the Arts’, Lee Hogans.

Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Ave.
New York
United States
Admission: $0.00.
Venue phone: 212-926-4100.
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Monday, May 6th 2024
Duke Ellington Center Big Band

Presented by the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts in Association with the American Tap Dance Foundation

Co-hosted by Mercedes Ellington & Tony Waag

A celebration of the 125th birthday of jazz great Duke Ellington with The Duke Ellington Center Big Band under the musical direction of Eli Yamin. Special guest artist and eight-time Grammy Award winner Arturo O’Farrill will be featured in the evening’s lineup of dancers, vocalists, and surprise guests, including drummer Bobby Sanabria, Broadway veteran Ty Stephens, top tapper DeWitt Fleming Jr., and jazz singers Antoinette Montague and Marion Cowings. The multiple award-winning icon of New York City cabaret, Sidney Myer, will be narrator for this special event.

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990.
New York City
United States
Admission: $25-$150.
Venue phone: 212.864.5400.
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Wednesday, May 15th 2024
Jazz Power Celebration20

JAZZ POWER CELEBRATION20
Presented by TD Bank and Harlem Community Development Corporation

It’s been an incredible journey, and we can hardly believe it – Jazz Power Initiative is turning 20! Two decades of rhythm, melody, story, and unforgettable moments in jazz. What an honor it has been to have the opportunity to transform lives through the power of jazz arts education and performance with thousands of young students, professional artists and audiences of all ages. The Jazz Power Celebration20 honoring the Miranda Family, Phil Bertelsen, and TD Bank will be hosted by Antoinette Montague and Kena Onyejekwe and feature performances by the Ariacne Trujillo Duran Trio, Judd Nielsen’s Organ Group and JPI’s advanced youth group, Zah! Jr. capped off with a Rhythm Revue Dance Party hosted by DJ Felix Hernandez.

TD Bank Conference Center
One Vanderbilt.
New York City
United States
Admission: $250.
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