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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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To See an Example of Jackson Room Performances See the Video Below


1 comment:

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    The film is one hour and 33 minutes of interviews, music, photos, other graphic material and some film clips telling about and musically demonstrating the unique talents and all too short careers of each of eight musicians. They all died before the age of 40...and four of them actually died before the age of 30!

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    Contact:
    Howard Fischer - Producer, Director, Writer
    212-864-1479

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