Columbia University Neighbors newsletter highlights Eli’s work uptown

October 6, 2025

Inwood’s Jazz Power Initiative Puts Community-Driven Music Education Center Stage The nonprofit’s co-founder Eli Yamin spoke about the importance of making jazz education accessible Uptown. By Brandee Sanders October 01, 2025 For Uptown jazz composer and educator Eli Yamin, the arts are a vital element of community building. From the nighttime Newark jam sessions he […]

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Message From Saturn is HERE

October 12, 2016

I really believe the blues can save us, but we all have to take part. This CD is the culmination of a journey that began when I was in high school basking in the glow of artistic fire, resilience and beauty that was in the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey, near where I grew […]

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First Ever- Jazz Drama Program Summer Jazz Arts Institute

September 7, 2015

  We did it!  On July 1 and 2, we broke ground on the first ever Jazz Drama Program Summer Jazz Arts Institute.  With my great colleagues LaFrae Sci, Tom Dempsey, Shireen Dickson, and Jeanie LoVetri we launched what we hope will be a vital charging station for imaginative education through jazz for years to […]

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Great week at Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival

February 28, 2012

                          What a magnificent week at the 45th Annual Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.  It’s an amazing gathering of fans, musicians, students, volunteers and staff creating a soulful jazz village in the sparsely populated and somewhat remote region of northern Idaho.  Joy permeates […]

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Help us record Holding the Torch for Liberty, the jazz musical about women’s suffrage

November 13, 2011

    We have launched a campaign through the website Kickstarter to raise funds to record Holding the Torch for Liberty, our jazz musical about women’s suffrage.  Please help us reach our goal by December 31.  The way Kickstarter works, if we don’t reach our goal, we don’t get any of the money.  Please help […]

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