Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: “Voices & Rhythm"

Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), is a non profit, 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2003. JPI serves over 3100 New Yorkers and visitors annually - students, teachers, artists, seniors and general audiences, ages 8-80+, to promote youth development, and build more creative and inclusive communities through jazz music, theater and dance education and performance. Led by highly experienced teaching artists who are award-winning jazz, theater and dance professionals, JPI offers multidisciplinary training, scholarships and performance opportunities to New York City youth, ages 8-19, from every economic and social milieu at low or no cost to families, with extended outreach to students in under-served New York City public schools in Northern Manhattan. We currently engage over 500 students and their teachers annually, providing after-school instruction mainly in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood (where our offices are located) and the Bronx. Over 1000 artists and educators have received training in Jazz Power Pedagogy at our annual institute and at customized trainings for schools and organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad including Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Urban League, Muse Machine of Dayton, the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of State and Fordham University - The Gabelli School of Business.

Jazz Power Initiative

Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam:  Voices &amp; Rhythm,  celebrating the African diaspora.

Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center

<h3>Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: Voices &amp; Rhythm featuring Dr. E (Eli Yamin), Zah! Ensemble and Jazz Power with special guests Annette A. Aguilar, percussion, Michael Blake, saxophone and flute, Rubens de La Corte, guitar, Jennifer Vincent, bass and Harlem Samba (4/20 only), a Brazilian percussion ensemble modeled after the samba school baterias of the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Voices &amp; Rhythm celebrates the African diaspora through rhythms rooted in swing and samba featuring songs by Jon Hendricks, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and various Brazilian composers. Admissions: Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, 530 W 166th St, New York, NY 10032 - No charge for admission.</h3>C﻿over photo by: Jim CumminsOur Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam is produced by Jazz Power Initiative, a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 2003, and is made possible in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Howard Gilman Foundation; the Hispanic Federation; the Mosaic Network &amp; Fund at the New York Community Trust; the National Jazz Museum in Harlem; Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center with Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York and the New York City Department of Youth &amp; Community Development; LaGuardia Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music &amp; Art and Performing Arts; and Jazz Power Initiative’s individual donors.<aside>Jazz Power Initiative is a community-based performing arts and educational non-profit organization, founded in 2003. Jazz Power serves thousands of New Yorkers and visitors annually - students, teachers, artists, seniors and general audiences, ages 8-80+, to build more creative and inclusive communities. </aside><aside>Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center is a multi-disciplinary arts center in Washington Heights that showcases contemporary and classical Dominican and Latin American art, dance and music. Intergenerational learning, transnational and cross-cultural activities are the philosophical guidepost of the Center. </aside>

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