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Friday, December 26, 2014

End Your Year On a HIGH Note!

Band Leader Ed Jackson
I hope this email finds you in the best spirits going into the holidays. If you're like me and many others you are beginning to get excited about the holidays!

Me and my staff are going into the New Year gratefully acknowledging our most successful year ever at Jackson Room.  However, our increasing successes would be impossible without supportive people like you.

Our last performance "Jazz UP Your Holidays," in November was sold out and featured a riveting special performance by the legendary Tom Browne, of "Funkin for Jamaica" fame and acclaim!  We also performed a vibrant creative reggae version of "Let it Snow."

We plan to keep the same upbeat momentum Saturday, December 27th, 2014, with our next performance "End Your Year on a HIGH Note!"  Let me personally invite you to attend this next joyful and jubilant holiday performance.

If you're looking for an exhilarating and enjoyable event to treat your friends and loved ones to , "End Your Year on a HIGH Note" will be right up your alley. So why don't you plan to join us?             

We'll be playing the "world class jazz in our community" you've come to expect from Jackson Room performances.  Our talented cadre of musicians for the evening will be:

Yayoi Ikawa - Piano

Essiet O Essiet - Bass

Lionel Cordew - Drums

Yours Truly, Ed Jackson - Sax

Come on out and enjoy this joyous holiday special occasion. I'd love to see you there.  We expect a great turnout so please make your Reservation now.                                                                                                                                                         

"End Your Year on a HIGH Note"
with the Ed Jackson Quartet

Saturday, December 27th, 2014

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00 

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show) 

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments 

Make a Reservation

Or

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387
 
Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room 

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192-07 Linden Blvd
St Albans, New York 11412
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Jazz UP Your Holidays!

Hi! We at Jackson Room are feeling especially thankful as we go into the holiday season.  We reflect well on the positive developments over the last year and the great memorable musical moments with warm memories.

We have just finished one of our most popular performances this year "The Jazz Collective Brings it Home" which was an overwhelming great success.  Let me once again thank you for your continued patronage.  Now let's move forward into this festive time of the year with a sense of joy and look to "Jazz Up Your Holidays!"

As we go into the Holiday Season we want to enjoy them again from an exhilarating high note.  During this time of year we can't help but pause, reflect, and look to join with other friends and loved ones to musically celebrate our treasured sacred traditions.  It is with this level of heightened enthusiasm that we present our next high energy performance  on Saturday, November 29th with "Jazz Up Your Holidays!"

"Jazz Up Your Holidays," will jump start your holiday season with heightened musical upliftment and set an exhilarating spirited tone for the season.

We will be playing festive holiday inspired music for your ultimate listening pleasure.  This is a part of our Month's End Jazz Motivations series.  We will also continue to bring outstanding world class music to our community Saturday, November 29th, 2014 when the outstanding cadre of musicians will be:
Ed Jackson - Sax
Carlton Holmes - Piano
Marcus Mclaurine - Bass
Lionel Cordew - Drums



We anticipate a great response so please don't delay.  Why don't you take a second to make your reservation to attend "Jazz Up Your Holidays," right now? RSVP for Saturday, November 29th, 2014

Come on out and experience this important occasion only made possible due to your invaluable patronage. Make your Reservation now.


                                                                                                                                                  
"Jazz Up Your Holidays"
with the Ed Jackson Quartet


Saturday, November 29th, 2014
2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00 


Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show)
Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments


Make a Reservation
 
Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm) by calling: (718) 525-2387
  

Best Regards,


Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room


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192-07 Linden Blvd
St Albans, New York 11412
(next door to Jackson Tax Service)


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Monday, October 6, 2014

The Jazz Collective Brings it Home!

I am elated over our recent high charged performance in celebration of the life and music of the legendary John Coltrane at Jackson Room.  It was a well attended event and the joint was certainly jumping.

Now let's keep the same powerful energy moving forward with our next performance which will take place on Saturday,  October, 25th, 2014 with the homegrown jazz prodigy, Rasheed Howard and his musical vision, "The Jazz Collective".

I've known Rasheed for over 30 years now and have been playing in his creative jazz collaborative The Jazz Collective for the last 15 years. Therefore, it is only natural in this regard that this last Saturday's Month's End Jazz Motivations feature this dynamic group.



Rasheed is also known for his incredible trademark ability to play two trumpets at the same time!  Yep, you read that right!



Come on out and experience this labor of love and sharing in jazz collaboration. 

The featured musicians for this jazz presentation will be:

Rasheed Howard -  Trumpet & Flugel horn

David Picton - Piano

Nate Brown - Upright Bass Violin

George Grey - Drums

And Yours truly Ed Jackson    

Make your Reservation now.                                                                                                                                                          
"The Jazz Collective"
 Saturday, October 25th, 2014 

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00  

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show)  

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments 

Make a Reservation

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387 
  
Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room

Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room


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St Albans, New York 11412
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Tribute to John Coltrane

The Legendary John Coltrane
Ed Jackson Performing at Jackson Room

This month we are excited to focus on home grown greatness.  This is why we want to honor one of the giants of jazz who actually lived in our area: John Coltrane!

John Coltrane was born this month in September.  He was also a resident of St. Albans, New York, the home town of Jackson Room.

Coltrane or "Trane", as he is affectionately called, is known for his creative genius and extraordinary jazz talent. Therefore, it is certainly appropriate to perform a "Tribute to John Coltrane" in this "Month's End Jazz Motivations" the last Saturday of this month September 27th, 2014.

John Coltrane is a seminal figure in jazz.  He is one of the most respected figures in the music and we plan to show case his best compositions. Don't miss it!

So why don't you plan to come out and commemorate the creative genius of the legendary John Coltrane with us.  As usual we have assembled a world class ensemble of musicians for your entertainment pleasure.


Our artists for this promising and classic event are:

Carlton Holmes - Piano

Daryl Johns - Bass

Steve Johns - Drums

Yours Truly, Ed Jackson - Sax

Come on out and experience this elegant occasion.  Since this will be a popular performance please don't delay and make your Reservation now.                                                                                                                                                  
  "Tribute to John Coltrane"
with the Ed Jackson Quartet

Saturday, September 27th, 2014 

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00  

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show)

 Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments  

Make a Reservation
Or... 

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387 
  
Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room

P.S. If you or someone you know would like to host your event at the Jackson Room, let us know.    

  
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St Albans, New York 11412
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Friday, July 25, 2014

"Beat the Heat" at Jackson Room

First we wanted to thank you and our other loyal supporters for helping Jackson Room become a great success over the last 2 years. Our 2 Year Anniversary performance "A Time to Remember" was well attended.

More importantly, it reminded us that without your patronage, over the last couple of years, this important commemoration will not have been achieved. Therefore, in our next performance we want to help you chill out on a hot mid-summer night and "Beat the Heat at Jackson Room!"

Both sensational Jazz syncopation and air conditioning will be pumping on Saturday, July 26th, at Jackson Room. This performance promises to get you in good spirits before I go on tour to Brazil in August. Since many of you will be traveling during the month of August why not get together with us and enjoy one exciting Jazz event for the road? Don't miss this last performance of the summer because I will be out of town during the month of August.

So come chill out with us Saturday, July 26th, 2014, and "Beat the Summer Heat at Jackson Room." Our cadre of world class musicians for the Ed Jackson Quartet that night will be:


Ed Jackson - Sax 
Carlton Holmes - Piano 
Nate Brown - Bass 

Stephen Lee- Drums

I will be returning from my Getaway Brazilian Tour in September so log on to our Facebook Jackson Room page for pics and info on my experiences and gigs. Let's make this 3rd year of Jackson Room the best ever. Jackson Room is even more determined this coming year to bring "World Class Jazz to Our Community!"


Come on out and experience this important occasion only made possible due to your invaluable patronage. Make your Reservation now.



 "Beat the Heat at Jackson" the last performance 
this Summer with the Ed Jackson Quartet
Saturday, July 26th, 2014

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00

  

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show) 

  

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments

  

Make a Reservation 

Or 

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387 
  
Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room
  
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St Albans, New York 11412

(next door to Jackson Tax Service)

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

"Jazz Up the Future's Past"


We want to invite you to a special event that promises to be a dynamic night of great performances at Jackson Room. Over the years many jazz lovers and followers of the music have wondered about the future of jazz.

Well we're here to tell you the future of jazz is bright and in good hands. In fact we'd like to offer you a chance to hear some of the promising up and coming young lions in Jazz Music.

This Saturday, July 12th, 2014, Jackson Room, will feature a tribute to the classic works of Bill Evans and Scott Lafaro, at 7PM by the exhilarating Neo-Genesis Band.  Neo-Genesis, will give a musical tribute to these legendary jazz masters with a unique artistic flair.  New-Genesis is comprised of the following talented cadre of emerging young musicians:

Marcus Lolo - Piano

Joseph Archbold - Bass


Tom Pollard - Drums


Why don't you meet us this Saturday and enjoy some great music that will entertain us and also inspire the future generations of Jazz. Don't miss this special performance of Jazz Up the Future's Past.

We are dedicated at Jackson Room, to "Bringing World Class Jazz Back to Our Community!" We are also committed to the future growth and development of the art form.  we'd love to see you and have you join us for "Jazz Up the Future's Past" this Saturday, July 12th, 2014.

Come on out and experience this important occasion only made possible due to your invaluable patronage. Make your Reservation now.                                                                                                                       
"Jazz Up the Future's Past"
with the New Genesis Band

Saturday, July 12th, 2014
1 Show: 7:00 PM
Cover: $15.00

Make a Reservation
Or

Make a telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387

Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

"A Time 2 Remember" Celebrate the 2 Year Anniversary of Jackson Room

We are really grateful and honored for the great support we received from you and our other patrons at Jackson Room last year. It was a banner year and given your valuable support and well wishes our attendance for performances has been steadily growing. Many of our performances have been sold-out like our last performance with Brazilian jazz sensation Paula Maya.

It was an electrifying performance and the crowd was very receptive to the world class jazz as usual at Jackson Room. June is a good time to remember and reflect on the great shows hosted at Jackson Room, especially given the fact we are coming up on our “Two Year Anniversary.” We were favored with some incredible performances last year with the likes of George Cables, Tom Browne, Paula Maya, and the exceptional entertainment talents of the Ed Jackson Quartet.

If you truly appreciated our efforts to bring world class jazz back to our community why don’t you plan to come out and enjoy our Second Year Anniversary with us? You’ll truly be engaged and invigorated as we remember and play uplifting jazz music this Saturday night.

Our extraordinary line up of musicians for our 2nd year anniversary is:

Yours Truly Ed Jackson - Sax
Yayoi Ikawa - Piano
Marcus Mclaurine - Bass
George Schuller – Drums

Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Two shows: 8:00 and 10:00


Cover: $15.00 includes...
Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and Refreshments

Make a Reservation
Or...
Make a telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
call: (718) 525-2387


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Best Regards,

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Back to Brazil was a Great Multicultural Musical Collaboration.

The Ed Jackson Quartet with Special Guest Paula Maya 
On Saturday, May 31st, 2014 in keeping with our vision to bring world class jazz to our community in Southeast Queens, renown saxophonist Ed Jackson, assembled an All Star Ed Jackson Quartet, along with special guest Brazilian musical sensation Paula Maya, to showcase their talents at the modern Jackson Room, in St. Albans, Queens, New York. 

Ed is a former featured instrumentalist with the Legendary Fatback Band. Ed Jackson is also the producer of his highly regarded jazz album Colors.  His band known as the Ed Jackson Quartet, features a world class group of jazz musicians. He's also coming up on his 2nd year as club owner and founder of the treading Jackson Room jazz club.

Adriana Jackson Demonstrates the Samba at Jackson Room
This was an extraordinarily electrifying night of music. The Ed Jackson Quartet, played with powerful melodious intensity with Ed digging deep into his syncopated soul that Saturday evening. Jackson also really shined oh his solo improvisations.Brazilian jazz vocalist and pianist Paula Maya, was also mesmerizing musically and won over the audience with her brilliant entertaining style and savvy Bossa Nova jazz charisma. We'd love to see more of her in the future. The musical artists of the evening where...  

Ed Jackson - Sax
Marvin Horne - Guitar
Lionel Cordew - Drums
Ron Monroe - Bass
Paula Maya - Piano & Vocals

The night was tapped off with a beautiful sinuous samba dance from Ed Jackson's wife Adriana Jackson, who hails from Brazil, as she demonstrated the dance to the packed house crowd in attendance. Ed even cut a samba step with his pretty and attractive wife.

The next performance of the Ed Jackson Quartet at Jackson Room will be the Two Year Anniversary Performance. It will be a night to remember. Our Two Year Anniversary Performance will be:

Saturday, June 28th, 2014

Artists To Be Announced

Two shows: 8:00 and 10:00
Cover: $15.00 includes...
Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and Refreshments

Make a Reservation 

Or 

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)

by calling: (718) 525-2387  

Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Tonight Attend "Spring into Jazz!" It's time to Bring the Musical Heat



We would love to have you in attendance tonight as we bring the musical heat and "Spring into Jazz!" If you're looking to have a great weekend with your loved ones why don't you plan to attend and experience world class jazz in our community at Jackson Room?

We promise you'll enjoy tonight's Month's End Jazz Motivations. Also let us make a clarification. Tonight on Piano will be the talented Carlton Holmes and on drums will be the riveting Steve Johns. There was some confusion in our earlier email.
  
Join us tonight
, April 26th 2014, as the Ed Jackson Quartet performs intense musical selections intended to heat up your Spring season. Don't miss it!

Let's continue to bring in Spring in on a high note.  
  
Again the ensemble of extraordinary world class respected musicians for the evening will be:


Sax - Ed Jackson

Carlton Holmes - Piano

Steve Johns - Drums 

Lyndsey Horner - Bass

 "Spring into Jazz!"


with the Ed Jackson Quartet

Tonight, Saturday, April 26th, 2014  
                                                                                  

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show)

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments


Make a Reservation

Or

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)

by calling: (718) 525-2387 

Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room  



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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

"Spring Into Jazz!" Time to Bring the Musical Heat!


Me and my staff want to thank you and all those who continue to support our efforts to bring world class jazz back to the Southeast Queens community. Our Month's End Jazz Motivations are continuing to increase in anticipation and popularity.

 

We want express our heartfelt appreciation to all those who came out despite the heavy rain and attended the "Spice Up Your Spring with Latin Jazz" performance March 29th, 2014.   This performance was the most well attended yet and it was a fiery unforgettable night of jazz!


Those in attendance I'm sure appreciated the exceptional level of jazz displayed that night by members of the Ed Jackson Quartet. Last winter was one of the coldest in a long time. Therefore in our next performance, Saturday, April 26th, 2014, we want to "Spring into Jazz" that night and continue to heat things up this Spring season! 

Moreover, our Month's End Jazz Motivations will focus on the musical theme "Spring into Jazz!"  Join us Saturday, April 26th 2014, as the Ed Jackson Quartet performs intense musical selections intended to heat up your Spring season. Don't miss it! 

The ensemble of extraordinary world class respected musicians for the evening will be announced soon :

 "Spring into Jazz!"
with the Ed Jackson Quartet
Saturday, April 26th, 2014              
                                                                                   
2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show) 

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments
  
Make a Reservation 

Or 

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
by calling: (718) 525-2387 

Best Regards,

Ed Jackson and the Staff at Jackson Room
  
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