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CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ CONSORTIUM

PRESENTS

JAZZ: A MUSIC of the SPIRIT
7th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 ~ SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2006



SPECIAL EVENT: SATURDAY, MARCH 18 - Jazz! The Women's ViewPoint
1:00 ~ 4:00 pm / $20 Donation - featuring
Jayne Cortez, Lakecia Bemjamin, Barbara King, The Tia Fuller Quintet, Paula Hampton Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin & Sheila Anderson-Moderator (radio personality WBGO)
(Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 1360 Fulton Street, info 917.676.8251)



Some of the highlights of the 7th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
• Wednesday, March 29 - Opening Festival Day Gala Event - Billy Harper Quintet with guest Judy Bady / 7~ 9 PM, $20 cover plus MAKE IT A MICHELOB NIGHT, Vocalist TC III / 9 until 10:30 PM free admission / Sugarhill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Ave @ Nostrand, info 718.797.1727
• Saturday, April 1 - "Black & White Benefit Show And Dance" - Ron Anderson & The Versatiles / 7 ~ 12 Mid, $55 admission, Janes United Methodist Church, 660 Monroe St.@ Malcolm X Blvd., info 718.469.5572
• Saturday, April 1 - Afroarts Design presents, The Fine Art of Al Johnson &Jeff King Band / 3 ~ 8 PM, No Cover- Refreshments served, Afroarts 316 Stuyvesant Ave @ Halsey, information 718.573.6110
• Friday, April 7 - Billie's Bounce: The Ray Abrams Big Band (Billie Holiday Birthday Celebration) / 8 ~ 11 PM, Cover TBA, JAZZ 966, 966 Fulton Street, information 718.638.6910
• Saturday, April 8 - N.S.P. Youth Inc., (Non-Stop Productions), Youth Poets Cafe / 3 ~ 6 PM, admission $10, Stuvesant Heights Christian Church, 69 MacDonough St. @ Tompkins Ave., info 718.415.3474
• Saturday, April 15 - Sabado De Gloria: A Salute To Afro Caribbean Jazz, with Giovanni Hidalgo, Dave Valentin, Hilton Ruiz, Papo Vazquez and others / 7:30 ~ 9:30 PM, tickets: $60, $45, $25, Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, information 718.467.1527
• Monday, April 17 thru April 22 - Sistas' Place presents, Tribute to Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Ave., call for schedule 718.398.1766
• Tuesday, April 18 - Jazz and The Spoken Word, Long Life Information and Referral Network / Dinner and Performance, FREE, 4 ~ 8:30 PM, Brooklyn Borough Hall, information 917.535.9781
• Saturday April 22nd Jazz Connections “of Spiritual Nature” Jazzpazazzz Preservation Society! 11-5 pm Sugar Hill Supper Club . Family Friendly Wheelchair accessible! Free Jazz exhibit 11-3 pm and discussion 1-2.30 @ Marcy Branch library free to public. 1-718-875-1016
• Tuesday, April 25 - Vocalist Cynthia Holiday / 7 ~ 9 PM, Cover TBA, Sugarhill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Ave @ Nostrand Ave., info 718.797.1727
• Saturday, April 25 - Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day (NSP Youth Inc. Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center & Youth Arts Academy) / 1 ~ 4 PM, FREE, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza Amphitheater, 1360 Fulton Street
• Saturday, April 25 - James Spaulding's Duke Ellington Birthday Celebration / 8 ~ 11 PM, Cover $20 BYOBB, Solomon's Porch, 307 Stuyvesant Ave., information 917.602.0865