#Magic city jazz festival professional#

One of our most popular annual events during SUMMERFEST is 'Great Jazz on the Great Hill' in beautiful Central Park. Jazzmobile's core programs have become the model that others emulate across the United States.

Here, those who teach also do: many of our most popular Jazz performers also serve as our instructors.

#Magic city jazz festival professional#

Jazzmobile's multifaceted Jazz programming is the vehicle employed to support our mission while joining other arts organizations that are also affecting a positive economic impact on the communities we serve.įor over 50 years, we have brought Jazzmobile performance programs featuring acclaimed and emerging artists to neighborhood streets, parks, and community and senior centers in all five boroughs of New York City as well as local Harlem venues.Īre you a professional Jazz musician looking to take it to the next level? Do you enjoy singing or performing Jazz just for fun? Or are you seeking instruction for your child or school classes? Are you a lifelong student of Jazz and want to know the historical influence and the latest trends in today's Jazz music? Jazzmobile offers a variety of Jazz education programs for professional artists, New York City public school students and Jazz enthusiasts. Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan are some of the legends who have performed with Jazzmobile, as have: Our concerts featuring acclaimed performers make musical magic, bringing Jazz to the streets and schools, parks and performance halls. 'Super Jazz Band' International and National Tour produced by Jazzmobile.Silver Bridge Concert celebrating Sister Cities New York and Tokyo-Ī once in a lifetime celebration performance at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.It was later broadcasted via live satellite on Billy Taylor's NPR 'Jazz Alive,' with a performance by the 23 piece Jazzmobile All-Star Orchestra. NEA Jazz master (saxophone) Frank Foster (1928-2011) was commissioned to compose 'Lake Placid Suite' which was premiered during the Olympic games. 1980 Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid.Under the direction of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Leonard de Paur, the creator of Lincoln Center Out of Doors, we presented its 1st Jazz program in 1964. The first JAZZ performance at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors.On ApGordon released his long awaited soundtrack Within These Gates of Mine. It was premiered with a live orchestra in August 2011 at Columbia University's Miller Theatre and we presented it again in 2013 at Symphony Space where it was recorded. We commissioned Wycliffe Gordon to create new music to the silent film 'Within Our Gates' by African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. New York City's longest continuous Jazz Festival : SUMMERFEST | Over 50 Years.

Created Jazzmobile's and Central Park Conservancy's Annual 'Great Jazz on the Great Hill'.Jazzmobile has reached national and international audiences, touring locally, regionally, across the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada, and performing at such events as: We are very proud of being an inspiration to other organizations such as The Manchester Craftsman's Guild and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Our primary aim is to reach out to communities where Jazz was nurtured and new forms born. For jazz aficionados and other enthusiasts, our panel discussions increase the knowledge of our many adult followers. Our workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations, and arts enrichment programs train the next generation of Jazz vocalists and musicians while also exposing youth to this vibrant art form. Whether on the street, in a park or at a major concert hall here or abroad, Jazzmobile works in partnership with like-minded organizations to present high quality Jazz performances that enrich the culture and imbue new life into the surrounding area. Our national programs brought us to other cities in the US and the 'Super Jazz Band' had us touring cities in Europe and Japan.

Since the beginning, we have been bringing high quality Jazz performances and education programs to area residents, tourists and other visitors, reaching over 4,000,000 people living or visiting New York City. not-for-profit arts and cultural organization created just for Jazz. Daphne Anstein, Jazzmobile is the first U.S. Billy Taylor and philanthropist and arts administrator, Ms. Jazzmobile's mission is to present, preserve, promote and propagate America's classical music, Jazz.įounded in 1964 by National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, pianist, Dr.