The new performance venue Chelsea Table + Stage has forged a partnership with Jazz Foundation of America for a concert series to benefit the Hurricane Ida Relief Fund. The series takes place every Wednesday in November at 7:00 PM, , beginning with Brandee Younger on November 3. The schedule is:
Wednesday, November 3 – BRANDEE YOUNGER
Harpist, composer, educator, and concert curator Brandee Younger has performed and recorded with artists including Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Common, John Legend, The Roots, Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill. Her original composition “Hortense” was featured in the Netflix concert documentary, Beyoncé: Homecoming. In 2019, Ms. Younger was selected to perform her original music as a featured performer for Quincy Jones and Steve McQueen’s “Soundtrack of America.”
Wednesday, November 10 – DONALD HARRISON QUARTET
Saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer considered a master of jazz, soul, and funk, as well as a composer of orchestral classical music. In the HBO drama “Treme,” Emmy-winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison has appeared as an actor/musician in nine episodes of “Treme,” Oscar-winning director Johnathon Demme’s film Rachel Getting Married, Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke, and Marvel’s Luke Cage. Harrison honed his experience playing with Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Dr. John, Lena Horne, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Digable Planets, and The Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Wednesday, November 17 – CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO
Jazz pianist, Chestnut balances his technical skill with a soulful style that speaks to his deep gospel roots and love of swinging hard bop. Having grown up playing in the church, he learned early on how to infuse his swinging, classically trained style with a warm gospel sound. It was a style he perfected in the late 1980s and early ’90s as a sideman, backing legendary vocalists Jon Hendricks and Betty Carter, as well as with instrumentalists like Donald Harrison and Wynton Marsalis. As a leader of his own groups, he has collaborated with players including Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Clarence Penn, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash, and others.
Wednesday, November 24 – RAUL MIDÓN
Along with his 11 studio albums as a solo artist, Midón has collaborated with such heroes as Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers, along with contributing to records by Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg and the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s She Hate Me. Midón has earned acclaim the world over, with a fanbase that stretches from San Francisco to India, Amsterdam to Tokyo. He recently performed in a special Homecoming Week music series at his alma mater, the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. He was surprised on stage with the school’s most prestigious honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award.
For over 30 years, The Jazz Foundation of America(JFA) has been a leader in providing financial and emotional support to musicians who have made significant contributions to jazz, blues, and roots music. These musicians are often elderly, suffering from chronic health problems and facing a pervasive lack of work. JFA employs two full-time licensed social workers and two musicians’ advocates to provide a myriad of services including emergency bill payments, distributing food vouchers, replacing damaged instruments and providing pro-bono medical care through its partnership with Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. JFA also hosts free jazz and blues concerts through its Gig Fund and Jazz and Blues in the Schools programs. jazzfoundation.org
Tickets to all concerts are $40.
Chelsea Tabe + Stage is located at 152 West 26th Street, NYC
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