{"id":6091,"date":"2016-08-26T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.artinfo.com\/blunotes\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2016-08-26T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T17:39:38","slug":"join-me-for-nyc-the-afro-cuban-beat-the-national-jazz-museum-in-harlem-admission-is-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/larryblumenfeld.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/26\/join-me-for-nyc-the-afro-cuban-beat-the-national-jazz-museum-in-harlem-admission-is-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Me for "NYC: The Afro-Cuban Beat" @ The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (Admission is Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yosvany Terry will be my guest at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem on Sept. 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nCome join me in Harlem this Fall for some exciting and free-of-charge events.
\nI\u2019m thrilled to extend my long relationship with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem<\/strong> with a new series of discussions and listening sessions at the museum’s lovely new location\u00a0on West 129th Street\u2014NYC: The Afro-Cuban Beat.<\/strong>
\nMy previous programs at NJMIH focused on New Orleans since the flood; these were low-key, in-depth and always highly charged conversations, rich with\u00a0audience participation and musical interludes.
\nThis new series explores a current flowering of Afro-Cuban influence along New York\u2019s jazz landscape. My guests include: Yosvany Terry (September 22:)<\/em><\/strong>; David Virelles and Rom\u00e1n D\u00edaz (October 18:)<\/em><\/strong>; Arturo O\u2019Farrill (November 7)<\/em><\/strong>; and Michele Rosewoman (November 15)<\/em><\/strong>. Details and links below.
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\nNational Jazz Museum in Harlem<\/a><\/strong>
\n58 West 129th Street
\nHarlem, New York, NY 10027
\nAll sessions 7:00-8:30pm
\nNYC: The Afro-Cuban Beat<\/strong>
\nHosted by Larry Blumenfeld<\/em>
\nWhile covering New York\u2019s jazz scene for the Wall Street Journal and other publications, Larry Blumenfeld\u2019s working beat increasingly focuses on Afro-Cuban rhythms and traditions, often as expressed in unexpected ways. Through conversations and listening sessions with some of New York\u2019s prominent jazz innovators, Blumenfeld (whose previous museum programs focused on New Orleans) will explore how Cuban musicians have developed their voices in New York City, how musicians raised here have been drawn to Cuban traditions, and how a rich legacy of cross-cultural collaboration has flowered anew.<\/span>
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\nSeptember 22:<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/jazzmuseuminharlem.org\/events\/new-thrones-new-kings-with-yosvany-terry\/<\/a>
\nNew Thrones, New Kings<\/strong><\/a>: Saxophonist and bandleader Yosvany Terry<\/strong>, a Harlem resident who also directs Harvard University\u2019s jazz ensembles, discusses: growing in Cuba’s Camag\u00fcey province; the influence of his father, Eladio \u201cDon Pancho\u201d Terry, a violinist and master of the cheker\u00e9; his early experience in Cuba\u2019s influential group, Columna B; his collaborations with musicians such as Steve Coleman; and his own ground-breaking New York-based groups that combine Cuban tradition with jazz and classical forms.
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\"David<\/a>
David Virelles (pictured) and Rom\u00e1n D\u00edaz will join me on Oct. 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOctober 18:<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/jazzmuseuminharlem.org\/events\/history-mystery-and-modernism-with-david-virelles-and-roman-diaz\/<\/a>
\nHistory, Mystery and Modernism<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Pianist and composer David Virelles<\/strong> mines traditions of his native Santiago, Cuba, while using his current home in Brooklyn as a base for some of New York\u2019s most striking and progressive music. Since coming to the U.S. in 1999, master percussionist, scholar and composer Rom\u00e1n D\u00edaz<\/strong> has been mentor to many musicians, key player in several ensembles, a spiritual guide to wide-ranging scene. Virelles and D\u00edaz will discuss and demonstrate the religious and ritual systems they mine for their musical collaborations and the ways in which they innovate.
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Arturo O’Farril joins me on Nov. 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nNovember 7:<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/jazzmuseuminharlem.org\/events\/the-conversation-continued-arturo-ofarrill\/<\/a>
\nThe Conversation Continued<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Grammy-winning pianist and bandleader Arturo O\u2019Farrill<\/strong> reflects on: the journey of his father, composer Chico O\u2019Farrill, from Cuba to Manhattan; his own journeys in reverse; the founding and development of his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; the present diplomatic embrace between the U.S. and Cuba; and his dream of an expansive, borderless musical tradition.
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The series concludes with Michele Rosewoman on Nov. 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nNovember 15:<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/jazzmuseuminharlem.org\/events\/new-yor-uba-then-and-now-with-michele-rosewoman\/<\/a>
\nNew Yor-Uba, Then and Now<\/strong><\/a>: More than 30 years ago, pianist and composer Michele Rosewoman<\/strong>\u2019s parallel paths\u2014jazz and Afro-Cuban folklore\u2014merged into a compelling whole in New York through her New Yor-Uba ensemble. Rosewoman will describe the awakening that led to that group, remember her studies with the late Orlando “Puntilla” R\u00edos, and explain the cross-generational way in which she has rekindled that group\u2019s flame.
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Come join me in Harlem this Fall for some exciting and free-of-charge events. I\u2019m thrilled to extend my long relationship with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem with a new series of discussions and listening sessions at the museum’s lovely new location\u00a0on West 129th Street\u2014NYC: The Afro-Cuban Beat. My previous programs at NJMIH focused on … <\/p>\n

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