On Behalf of the Chairman,Jitu Weusi, Members and Supporters of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium we offer our condolences to the family of Mr Andrei Strobert; Master Drummer, teacher, nusician and friend!
Services will be held at:
Friday, February 24, 2006
4 pm to 7 pm Viewing
7 pm Services
Church of the Epiphany
726 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, NY 11216
718 773 7200
(between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues)
Repast to follow
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Burial Services at 9am
Pinelawn Memorial Park & Cemetery
Pinelawn Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735
631 249 6100
Repast @ Sugarhill
Cards and flowers can be sent to:
Mrs. Pat Bergen and Family
1219 Bergen Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11213-1402
For more information:
718 771 3411 - Family
718 498 2350 - Michael Howard
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
CBJC Jazz Calendar Preview
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
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
CBJC Featured on Black History Month special
Neighborhood Beat: Black History Month Special
Premiere: Tuesday, February 21 at 8:30pm
Encore Presentations: Wednesday, March 1 at 8:30pm;
Friday, March 3 at 8:30pm; and Thursday, March 9 at 8:30pm
This month's episode commemorates Black History Month with a look at some of the Brooklyn organizations that focus on the African American experience past and present. We’ll visit with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts (MoCADA); hear about the legacy of jazz in Brooklyn with the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium; and visit Weeksville, Brooklyn’s first community established by people of color after the abolition of slavery in New York State.
Premiere: Tuesday, February 21 at 8:30pm
Encore Presentations: Wednesday, March 1 at 8:30pm;
Friday, March 3 at 8:30pm; and Thursday, March 9 at 8:30pm
This month's episode commemorates Black History Month with a look at some of the Brooklyn organizations that focus on the African American experience past and present. We’ll visit with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts (MoCADA); hear about the legacy of jazz in Brooklyn with the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium; and visit Weeksville, Brooklyn’s first community established by people of color after the abolition of slavery in New York State.
Ray Barretto funeral arrangements
Band leader, percussionist, NEA Jazz Master & Grammy Award winner Ray Barretto will be viewed at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 from 11 - 5 p.m. and 6 - 10 p.m. located at 180 West 76th Street, New York. Barretto died at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. at 5 am on Friday, February 17th, 2006. Ray Barretto is survived by his wife Annette Rivera, his four children: Chris, Raun, Ray, & Kelly Barretto and four grandchildren: Jullian Barretto, Aja Peters, Arno Peters and Alex Peters. Information on funeral arrangements will be available tomorrow morning.
For nearly 40 years, conguero and band leader Ray Barretto was one of the leading forces in Latin jazz. His hard, compelling playing style has graced the recordings of saxophonists Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell.
Born April 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, Barretto is one of the most prolific and influential Latin percussionists in the history of modern jazz. With a musical heritage as deeply rooted in the bebop jam sessions held in Harlem during the late-'40s as in his Puerto Rican ancestry, Barretto has spent over four decades refining the integration of Afro- Caribbean rhythms with the improvisational elements of jazz. Coincidentally, it was the tune "Manteca� recorded by Gillespie with Chano Pozo on percussion that drove Barretto to music. And it was a version of that same tune that became Barretto's first recording with Red Garland.
Few artists have been as successful over the years at fusing these two genres as Barretto, an undisputed master of this style. A pioneer of the salsa movement, Barretto achieved international super stardom and released nearly two dozen albums with the Fania label from the late-'60s until salsa's popularity peaked in the mid-1980's.
For nearly 40 years, conguero and band leader Ray Barretto was one of the leading forces in Latin jazz. His hard, compelling playing style has graced the recordings of saxophonists Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell.
Born April 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, Barretto is one of the most prolific and influential Latin percussionists in the history of modern jazz. With a musical heritage as deeply rooted in the bebop jam sessions held in Harlem during the late-'40s as in his Puerto Rican ancestry, Barretto has spent over four decades refining the integration of Afro- Caribbean rhythms with the improvisational elements of jazz. Coincidentally, it was the tune "Manteca� recorded by Gillespie with Chano Pozo on percussion that drove Barretto to music. And it was a version of that same tune that became Barretto's first recording with Red Garland.
Few artists have been as successful over the years at fusing these two genres as Barretto, an undisputed master of this style. A pioneer of the salsa movement, Barretto achieved international super stardom and released nearly two dozen albums with the Fania label from the late-'60s until salsa's popularity peaked in the mid-1980's.
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