Washington, DC – Rep.John Conyers, Jr., of Michigan, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, will once again serve as the Honorary Host of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Jazz Issue Forum and Concert. The events will take place during the Foundation’s 42nd Annual Legislative Conference, September 19 -22, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (WCC), 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001.
The
Jazz Issue Forum, entitled "If You Really Are Concerned: An
African-American Agenda For Jazz, " will be held from 2:00 to
4:00 pm, in Room 209-A of the WCC. The panel discussion will focus
on African-America’s cultural engagement with jazz. The panelists
will include Dr. James Patterson, Clark-Atlanta University, Willard
Jenkins of Open Sky Jazz as well as recording and performing artists
Terri Lyne Carrington, Gerald Clayton, Antonio Hart, Jimmy Heath and
Lizz Wright. Rep. John Conyers will make remarks. ALC Jazz Executive
Producer Cedric Hendricks will provide an update on H.R. 2823, the
National Jazz Preservation and Education Act.
The
Jazz Concert will be held from 8:00 to 10:30 pm, in Ballroom A of the
WCC. Doors for the concert are at 7:00 pm. At 7:30 pm, Willard
Jenkins will facilitate a Meet the Artist conversation featuring
Terri Lyne Carrington, Gerald Clayton, Jr., and Lizz Wright. M.
Carrington’s recent recording date, a re-imagining of the Duke
Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach collaboration, Money
Jungle,
will be the focus of the conversation.
The
concert will open with a performance by Grammy nominated saxophonist
Antonio Hart and his Quintet. A graduate of Berklee College of Music,
Hart first appeared on the jazz scene in the eighties, initially as a
member of Roy Hargrove’s band, and then as a leader in his own
right. He has appeared on over 80 recordings, including nine as a
leader. His latest is All
We Need
(Chiaroscuro Records). Mr. Hart also studied under Jimmy Heath at
Queens College, earning his Master’s Degree. He is currently a
full-time Professor at The Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens
College. Performing with Hart will be Jeb Patton, piano; John Lee,
bass; Lee Pearson, drums; and special guest Jimmy Heath, saxophones.
Headlining
the concert will be drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and her Money
Jungle Project, featuring: Gerald Clayton, piano; Tia Fuller,
saxophones; James Genus, bass; and Lizz Wright, vocals. The Project
commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the recording of the seminal
1962 Duke Ellington LP, Money
Jungle.
Earlier this year, Carrington
was awarded a Grammy for her ground-braking recording, The
Mosaic Project,
showcasing many of the leading female instrumentalists and vocalists
on the scene today.
Carrington
has studied, performed and recorded with some of the most important
artists in contemporary Jazz, including Geri Allen, Jack DeJohnette,
Herbie Hancock, Patrice Rushen, and Wayne Shorter. She was the house
drummer for the Arsenio Hall Show, and has released several,
critically-acclaimed recordings as a leader, including Real
Life Story,
Jazz
is a Spirit,
Structure,
More
to Say; Real Life Story
and The
Mosaic Project.
Rep.
John Conyers will present James Edward Heath with the 2012
CBCF
ALC Jazz Legacy Award
for his six decades of contributions to jazz and world culture. Known
worldwide as Jimmy Heath, Mr. Heath is legendary and still active as
a tenor and soprano saxophonist, composer and arranger. In 2003, he
was presented with the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) Jazz Master Award. Jimmy Heath is the recipient of numerous
honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards.
The
oldest living member of the Philadelphia-based Heath Brothers jazz
family (bassist Percy and drummer Albert), Jimmy Heath rose to
prominence during the forties, as a member of the Howard McGhee Big
Band. He also played with and composed for Dizzy Gillespie, Miles
Davis, Kenny Dorham, Milt Jackson, and Art Blakey. Many of Heath’s
compositions have become jazz standards, including “C.T.A.,” and
“Gingerbread Boy.” He has minted over twenty critically acclaimed
recordings, including Really
Big!,
Love
and Understanding,
New
Picture,
Little
Man,
Big
Band,
and Endurance.
Heath first worked as an educator with Jazzmobile, New York City’s
premier not-for-profit jazz program. In 1987, he was appointed
Professor of Music at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens
College, City University of New York. Professor Heath created the
Jazz Program at Queens College, where he taught and mentored a
generation of musicians, before retiring in 2004. In 2010, he
co-wrote I
Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath,
with Joseph McLaren (Temple University Press).
Both
the Jazz Issue Forum and the Jazz Concert are free and open to the
public.
Conference
attendees may register at https://show.jspargo.com/cbcf12/reg/
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