We Got That Swing!

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 in collaboration with Harlem School of the Arts present WE GOT THAT SWING!, highlighting jazz and youth in Harlem.

Dorothy Manor Hall at Harlem School of the Arts

<h3>Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) in collaboration with Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) presents WE GOT THAT SWING!, bringing together multiple youth ensembles to embrace America’s art form on the birthday of jazz icon Duke Ellington. WE GOT THAT SWING! is a special presentation of Jazz Power Initiative’s ongoing Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam series, as part of Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day. Featured guests include: Bob Stewart, Curtis Stewart, JPI's Zah! Ensemble, HSA's Advanced Jazz Band, LaGuardia High School Jazz Band, and Harlem Samba. Before the concert, the students will experience a workshop led by JPI's Dr. Eli Yamin. Then at 1PM, all groups will join in for the grand finale concert performing together to the tunes of samba and the blues. You can't miss it!</h3><h3>Concert Highlights:</h3><h3>• JPI’s vocal group, Zah! Ensemble with Dr. E (Eli Yamin) and Jazz Power, and special guests Bob Stewart (tuba) and Curtis Stewart (violin) taking on some of the songs made famous by the dynamic 50’s trio, Lambert, Hendricks &amp; Ross.</h3><h3>• HSA’s Advanced Jazz Band will be performing a suite of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn songs including a solo by HSA Prep Student Armani Obregon.</h3><h3>• Brass players from LaGuardia High School's jazz band with Kevin Blancq, band director, performing music by trumpeter Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy and led by Bob Stewart.</h3><h3>• Harlem Samba’s ensemble of students and alumni will bring their best under the direction of founder Dana Monteiro.</h3><aside>We Got That Swing! Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam is produced by Jazz Power Initiative, a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 2003, in collaboration with Harlem School of the Arts , 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; TD Bank Charitable Foundation; the Hispanic Federation; the Mosaic Network &amp; Fund at the New York Community Trust; the West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC); and Jazz Power Initiative’s individual donors. </aside><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>Harlem School of the Arts is a cultural arts center of interdisciplinary excellence. For over 50 years, HSA has built a community centered around a dynamic global curriculum, with a focus on diasporas of prominence in Harlem and Upper Manhattan.</aside>

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