Bobby Weir and the Sun Ra Arkestra will headline A Great Night in Harlem to fundraise for the Jazz Foundation of America.
The annual benefit will take place on March 28 at The Apollo in Harlem. Its name plays on A Great Day in Harlem, Art Kane's classic 1958 black-and-white photograph of esteemed sir which featured more than 50 jazz musicians seated around a brownstone stoop.
The event, with Steve Jordan as musical director, will also feature a tribute to drummer Max Roach, who would have turned 100 in January, with Charles Tolliver, Dee Dee Bridgewater, George Cables, Billy Harper and Rufus Reid, as well as the Titans. of Jazz Drums with Al Foster, Billy Hart and Louis Hayes.
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The evening will honor Richard Parsons with the Humanitarian Award Dr. Billy Taylor of JFA. Parsons is a former chairman of Citigroup and former chairman/CEO of Time Warner.
Parsons is stepping down after 15 years as JFA president and will be succeeded by JFA president Jarrett Lilien. Board member Dr. Daveed D. Frazier will become chairman of the JFA board of directors. Last year's event honored Clarence Avant, Dave Grusin and Charles Lloyd at Los Angeles' Vibrato Grill Jazz.
Proceeds from JFA benefit fund programs that provide housing assistance, free health care, disaster relief and immediate financial support to musicians and their families. For the past 35 years, JFA has been helping not only jazz musicians, but also blues, roots and R&B artists.
For more information on tickets for the March 28 event, go to JFA@eventassociatesinc.com. For individual concert tickets, go to jazzfoundation.org/gala2024.
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