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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191231T220000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191231T230000
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SUMMARY:BMHC New Years
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the New Year with the entire family at the Bronx Music Heritage Center during our annual New Year’s Eve Party\, featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria and Sexteto Ibiano. With special guests\, vocalist Antoinette Montague and NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/bmhc-new-years/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191124T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20201102T211905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T211905Z
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SUMMARY:New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/new-school-afro-cuban-jazz-orchestra-nov-19/
LOCATION:BMHC Lab\, 1303 Louis Nine Blvd\, Bronx\, NY\, 10456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191027T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191027T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20201103T003007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T003007Z
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SUMMARY:New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/new-school-afro-cuban-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:BMHC Lab\, 1303 Louis Nine Blvd\, Bronx\, NY\, 10456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191026T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191026T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20191026T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191026T190000Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween: Something to Sink Your Teeth Into
DESCRIPTION:Screening of the Mexican version of the classic film\, Dracula (1931)\, featuring a live soundtrack performance by Bobby Sanabria & Project X. Snacks sold by Yalisza Bakes! Come in your best costume; prizes will be awarded to the best-dressed! **Admission: $7 adults | $5 students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under and residents of the Intervale Green affordable housing development** (image credit: Universal Pictures)
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/halloween-something-to-sink-your-teeth-into-10-19/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Music Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191019T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201019T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20201103T003449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T003449Z
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SUMMARY:Rock the Bronx - Emerging Music Platform
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URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/rock-the-bronx-emerging-music-platform/
LOCATION:BMHC Lab\, 1303 Louis Nine Blvd\, Bronx\, NY\, 10456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191017T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191017T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20191017T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T190000Z
UID:230-1571338800-1571342400@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Nuevas Voces/New Voices in Latin Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Miguel Andres Tejada\, pianist and director of the Dominican Ministry of Culture in New York City\, will perform with his trio\, featuring drummer Francisco Mela and bassist Peter Slavov. Refreshments for sale! Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under + IG Residents.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/nuevas-voces-new-voices-in-latin-jazz/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190905T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190905T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190905T190000Z
UID:225-1567710000-1567713600@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Nuevas Voces: New Voices in Latin Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Colombian artist Alea performs with Sinuhé Padilla-lsunza and Franco Pinna\, delivering a high energy performance that walks the line between cumbia\, vallenato\, rancheras\, jazz\, and pop\, creating a diverse soundscape. This new vibrant music is created for Alborotá\, their new album and a concept that seeks to revindicate women’s freedom and empower Latinx communities through songs\, images\, sounds\, and videos. Though band members hail originally from different countries\, they are all Bronx-based. Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under + IG Residents.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/nuevas-voces-new-voices-in-latin-jazz-09-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190817T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190817T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190817T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190817T190000Z
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SUMMARY:The Hidden Legacy of Alegre Records
DESCRIPTION:Before Fania Records\, the Bronx had Alegre Records and the Casalegre Record store. Featuring a discussion with musicians Orlando Marin\, Bobby Marin\, Mike Amadeo\, and Chris Rogers\, who were part of the Alegre story. Followed by a tribute to the Alegre All-Stars by Oreste “Kidd Ore” Abrantes y Su Orquesta. Co-sponsor: City Lore. Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under + IG Residents.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/hidden-legacy-of-alegre-records-08-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190629T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190629T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190629T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T190000Z
UID:218-1561834800-1561838400@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Rock the Bronx
DESCRIPTION:Round Two of our FREE OPEN MIC for all Bronx musicians\, singers\, and bands! Hosted by Marco Soccoli\, music industry legend and former drummer of NYC glamrock band Roxx. Featured band: Morrisania Band Open to ages 13+. OPEN MIC SIGN UP – emartinez@whedco.org In partnership with The Underground\, The Fox & King\, Inc.\, and The Blue Room NYC.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/rock-the-bronx-06-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance,Open Mic
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190615T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190615T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190615T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190615T190000Z
UID:216-1560625200-1560628800@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Tribute to James Reese Europe
DESCRIPTION:James Reese Europe is the Army bandleader who is credited with introducing the French to jazz during WWI and U.S. audiences to tango\, the first Latin American dance craze in the country. Europe’s music will be performed by the 78th Army Band-Jazz Combo\, and a dance performance explaining the roots of tango will be presented by ACCENT Dance. Free & Open to the public. We are located steps from the 2/5 train at Freeman Street. Parking accessible. Presented in partnership with 78th Army Band. Co-sponsor: City Lore
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/tribute-to-james-reese-europe-06-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190518T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190518T160000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190518T160000Z
UID:214-1558195200-1558198800@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Bronx Living Legend Concert: Benny Ayala
DESCRIPTION:The BMHC Bronx Living Legends series\, which honors Bronx music legends for their careers as performers and educators\, will honor Puerto Rican plenero Benny Ayala\, for his career as a pioneering plenero in the Bronx and cultivating the next generation of plena and bomba musicians. The program will be emceed by ethnomusicologist Cesar Colóm Montijo. Speakers include Fernando Ponce Laspina\, founder of El Maestro\, Inc.; Desseree Soto\, director of Casita Rincón Criollo; and Aurelio Rivera\, plenero and artesano. Performances by Los Artesanos de la Plena and Kinto Zonó. Free & Open to the public. *Held at 52 Park* 681 Kelly Street\, Bronx\, New York. Image Credit: Irma Lopez
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/bronx-living-legend-concert-benny-ayala-05-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190323T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190323T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190323T190000Z
UID:205-1553367600-1553371200@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Bronx Living Legends Concert: Luz Soliz
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as we honor artist and activist Luz Soliz\, best known for her well-established dance troupes and for serving as a champion of the Garifuna culture through music\, dance and language. Performances by Wabafu Dance Theater\, Garifuna Jazz Ensemble and others. Tickets: $10 | $5 Students and Seniors | FREE for 12 – under. On sale through Hostos http://hostos.cuny.edu/ or At The Door. Photo Credit: Kewulay Kamara/City Lore.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/bronx-living-legends-concert-luz-soliz-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190316T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190316T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190316T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T190000Z
UID:203-1552762800-1552766400@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:La Petenera: Woman of Mystery
DESCRIPTION:Another Women’s History Month event\, this time focusing on the folkloric mysterious power of the mujer! The petenera is a song style featured in different genres from Spain to Mexico. We will showcase flamenco\, Mexican son huasteco\, son guerrerense\, and son jarocho forms of the song\, with performances by Alfonso Cid\, Daniela Morena\, Martha Zarate-Alvarez & Mazarte Dance Company\, Jarana Beat and others. Yalisza Bakes! will be in the house selling scrumptious snacks. Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under + IG Residents. Tickets At The Door. Co-sponsor: City Lore.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/la-petenera-woman-of-mystery-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190314T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190314T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20190314T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190314T190000Z
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SUMMARY:Fifth Annual Spirit of Aña: Women & Trap Drums
DESCRIPTION:Our Spirit of Aña series focuses on female drummers. For Women’s History Month\, our program features women who play the drum set – the only instrument invented in the United States and an amalgam of American culture as it contains components of many parts of the world. Drummers will discuss their careers and technique\, and then perform “trading 8’s” and solos. Featuring: Sylvia Cuenca\, Sherrie Maricle\, Lucianna Padmore\, Elena Conn\, and Elena Bonomo. Free and open to the public. This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/fifth-annual-spirit-of-aa-women-trap-drums-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170916T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170916T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20170916T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170916T190000Z
UID:151-1505588400-1505592000@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Bronx azz Women: Bertha Hope & Mimi Jones
DESCRIPTION:Followed by a Q&A with Mimi Jones and Bertha Hope. Music performance by the Mimi Jones Band + The Black Madonna Project
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/screening-of-mimi-jones-09-17/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170621T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170621T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20170621T170000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T170000Z
UID:148-1498064400-1498068000@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Crotona Park Birdsong
DESCRIPTION:A concert at Crotona Park with Bobby Sanabria & Project X featuring original compositions by Jeff Lederer inspired by the park’s local birds. It will follow a screening of the documentary\, Thomas Chapin\, Night Bird Song (2016) at the BMHC and Q&A with the director\, Stephanie Castillo
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/crotona-park-birdsong/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161009T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161009T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20201210T170217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T170217Z
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SUMMARY:Standing Rock to the Bronx
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/standing-rock-to-the-bronx/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance,Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161007T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161007T110000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20161007T100000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161007T100000Z
UID:122-1475834400-1475838000@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Los Pleneros de la 21
DESCRIPTION:Join the international Los Pleneros de la 21 as they bring a little swing\, music and cultura for all to enjoy! Part of the Hostos Center for Arts and Culturue’s Bomplenazo 2016 Festival\, this event features an energetic performance and presentation that celeberates Puerto Rico’s oldest musical traditions\, in a family and school-friendly environment. Registrations is required. Walk-ins are welcome\, but space is not guaranteed.\nSuggested donation: $5
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/los-pleneros-de-la-21/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150815T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150815T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20150815T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150815T190000Z
UID:108-1439665200-1439668800@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Bronx Salsa Fest with Spanglish Fly
DESCRIPTION:Live music by Spanglish Fly and film screening of Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen\nScreening: Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen\nTonight’s program will present the music that was part of New York City’s Latin music scene before salsa\, or in the case of rumba\, the music that makes up the DNA of salsa. Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen is a song of praise to the musical genre of rumba in New York City. It reveals the vibrant Afro- Cuban culture of the city. In addition\, the film unravels the African and Andalusian origins of rumba and follows ordinary people and famous musicians through the dances\, drums\, and clave rhythm of the genre. The film is a poem of color and music\, bringing to the surface the symbolic religious cosmogonies of Bantu\, Abakua\, Yoruba and Arara traditions that have nourished it. By paying homage to the grandmasters of the genre\, such as Chano Pozo and his collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie\, Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen is a historical journey that traces the history of rumba in New York through the words and music of scholars\, producers\, artists and renowned musicians who continue to practice it today.\nAristides Falcón Paradi’s film Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen screened at Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival (Sept\, 2014) and the 22nd Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF)\, NYC\, Dec\, 2014. El Play directed by Pablo Medina\, a short documentary that Aristedes wrote and co-produced\, was awarded Best Documentary Short Film at the Urbanworld Film Festival 2008 in NY and won the Excellence in Filmmaking award at the Baseball Hall of Fame Film Festival in Cooperstown\, NY. Aristides has completed a script (Ashé Obanilú) and a novel (En clave blen blen) about the great conga player and com- poser Chano Pozo. His collection of poems Tantra Tanka was published in Spain (Madrid: Betania\, 2003) followed by Japan (Tokyo: Fransudo\, 2007). His book\, La crueldad en el teatro de Matías Montes-Huidobro (2006)\, was published by the Society of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies at Boulder\, Colorado.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/bronx-salsa-fest-with-spanglish-fly-08-15/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance,SalsaFest,Screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150625T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20201209T194044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T194044Z
UID:1770-1435233600-1607522400@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Boogie Down Booth @174 St Launch
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/boogie-down-booth-launch/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Music Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150516T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150516T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20150501T180000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150501T180000Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drums
DESCRIPTION:A discussion about frame drums from various cultures by Mary Gardner (Irish bodhrán)\, Yvette Ghoughassian (Persian daf)\, Norka Hernández Nadal (Puerto Rican pandereta) and Liliana Raposo (Dominican tambor de salve)\, will be followed by Alessandra Belloni & the Daughters of Cybele playing on the Italian frame drum.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/2nd-annual-spirit-of-ana-women-and-drums/
LOCATION:BMHC Lab\, 1303 Louis Nine Blvd\, Bronx\, NY\, 10456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Performance,The Spirit of Aña
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150321T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20150321T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150321T190000Z
UID:102-1426964400-1426968000@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Women's History Month
DESCRIPTION:Poetry and music by Hattie Gossett\, Michael Wimberly\, plus musical performance by Jenn Jade\n\nNamed in honor of the pioneering jazz vocalist who made the Bronx her home\, the program will open with a poetry reading by Hattie Gossett\, “jazzy old babe still poeting on the mike: excerpt from a one-woman show\,” accompanied by Michael Wimberly. This will be followed by a performance by Jenn Jade Ledesna. Tonight we also celebrate the centennial of the birthday of the person many consider the greatest female jazz vocalist in history\, Billie Holiday.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/womens-history-month-03-15/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141026T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141026T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20141026T160000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141026T160000Z
UID:97-1414339200-1414342800@bmhcarchive.org
SUMMARY:Bertha Hope\, Jazz Pianist & Composer
DESCRIPTION:BMHC honors the Jazz pioneer with a performance Bertha Hope Quintet at the Morris High School Campus.\nBertha Hope is from Los Angeles and attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. It was on the west coast that she met pianist Elmo Hope\, who became her husband in 1957. Bertha studied piano at Los Angeles Community College and later received her B.A. degree in Early Childhood Education from Antioch College. She moved with Elmo to the Bronx where she worked at a telephone company during the day while performing music at night. After her husband’s passing in 1967\, she continued to share his music and remained an active force in the New York jazz scene. Bertha served as an artist-in-residence under the auspices of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts\, and through this program\, she performed in statewide New Jersey music workshops with Dizzy Gillespie\, Frank Foster\, Nat Adderley\, and Philly Joe Jones. She has worked extensively over the years to transcribe many Elmo Hope compositions so that they can be performed and\, in addition\, pay tribute to one of be-bop’s underrated contributors. Bertha later married Walter Booker\, Jr.\, and they worked to keep the music of Elmo Hope alive through the tribute ensemble called ELMOllenium. She also co-founded and plays with the all-female ensemble Jazzberry Jam and is the leader of The Bertha Hope Trio. She is an active force in improvised music\, as well as a composer and arranger with many recordings under her name\, including In Search of Hope and Elmo’s Fire (Steeplechase)\, Between Two Kings (Minor Records)\, and her latest on the Reservoir label\, Nothin’ But Love. Bertha is in residency at Minton’s Supper Club in Harlem\, a room closely connected to the art of the jam session in the 1940s\, where she holds the Thelonious Monk chair.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/bertha-hope-jazz-pianist-composer-10-14/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141018T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141018T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T190352
CREATED:20141018T180000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141018T180000Z
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SUMMARY:Before Hip Hop\, There was Doo Wop: A Tribute to Morris High School
DESCRIPTION:The Bronx played a significant role in the history of doo-wop. Before it was called that\, it had been referred to as R&B\, early rock –n- roll and vocal harmonizing. It developed in African-American communities in the 1940s before going mainstream in the 1950s and early 1960s. Though the term “doo-wop” had been used in songs during the 1950s\, it is said the term was coined to describe the genre in 1961 when fans started using the term to refer to the music. Early rock-n-roll and doo-wop in the borough are oftentimes linked to the Italian- American community due to its association with performers like Dion & the Belmonts (Dion DiMucchi from the Italian neighborhood of Belmont) and Larry Chance & the Earls (Larry Figueiredo started the group the High Hatters in 1957 who became the Earls while hanging out at the Tecumseh Social Club)—both of whom helped make the genre popular with non-Black listeners. However\, it is the African-American neighborhood of Morrisania which became the cradle of doo-wop in the late 1950s.\nGroups like the Chords\, Ravens\, Orioles\, Crickets\, Mellows\, Limelighters and the Chantels started their musical careers in the schools and on the streets of\nMorrisania. At the center of this music scene was Morris High School. Scholar Philip Groia wrote\, “After 3 o’clock\, P.S. 99 and Morris High School became rehearsal halls\nfor the simplest of musical instruments\, the human voice. Both schools were major forces in keeping young people off the streets.” At the corner of Boston Road and 166th Street looms the massive castle-like structure\, the oldest public school (founded in 1897) in the Bronx with an auditorium that was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (the campus served as Morris High School until 2001\, when it was divided into separate schools). The Chords were students at Morris. They are best known for the hit\, “Sh-Boom.” “Boom” was a popular slang term on the streets of the Bronx at that time\, used as a word of emphasis. One of the band’s songwriters thought to add the “Sh” in front of it because it sounded like an aerial bomb. “Sh-Boom” was the first crossover record and the first time a Black pop song had been played on White radio stations (Miller 1994). Members of the Mellows also met at Morris High School. In 1954 they met Lillian Leach\, who was to become their lead singer; she had also performed at talent shows at Morris.\nThe Mellow’s biggest hit was with their 2nd release\, “Smoke From A Cigarette” (1955). Lillian helped pave the way for later girl groups like the Chantels and the Shirelles and was the first woman to join a doo-wop group.\nThen there were the Chantels\, the first successful girl group of the rock –n- roll era. They attended St. Anthony of Padua School\, down the street from Morris High School on Prospect and 166th. Their hit\, “Maybe\,” set the standard by which to judge all other girl groups (though The Shirelles of New Jersey were perhaps considered the most representative of the girl group sound whose 1961 song\, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” was the first girl group song to go #1). The concept of “girl groups” was not something new; there were the Andrew Sisters in the 1930s–1940s and the McGuire Sisters in the 1940s-1950s. But the girl groups that emerged in the late 50s and early 60s had songs and performances which pushed the boundaries of that time with their innovative songwriting and compositions. In fact\, Arlene Smith\, the lead singer for the Chantels\, was one of the first female rock –n- roll performers to write her own material.\nOther neighborhoods in the Bronx also contributed to this early rock-n-roll and doo-wop sound. The Melrose Projects produced the Decoys\, Little Bobby\, Hemlock and the Elite Teens. The Chiffons formed in 1960 and attended Monroe High School. Most of them were 13 years old and their lead singer\, Judy Craig\, was 14\, when they met Ronnie Mack who became their manager. They had a hit with “He’s So Fine” and their 1961 hit\, “One Fine Day\,” which added the non- sense vocables\, “doo lang\, doo lang” to the rock –n- roll vernacular\, was written by Brill Building writers Carole King and Gerry Coffin.1 Another song by King and Coffin\, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow\,” which the Shirelles made famous\, has recently been revived by the young Dominican singer from the Bronx\, Leslie Grace\, who recorded it as a bachata\, a popular genre.\nMorris High School remains at the center of the latest music trends. Members of the Dominican bachata group\, Aventura\, attended the school\, and its most famous member Romeo Santos\, who is from the neighborhood\, recently played two sold out shows in Yankee Stadium. Morris High School’s musical legacy comes full circle.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/before-hip-hop-there-was-doo-wop-a-tribute-to-morris-high-school-10-14/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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SUMMARY:TKOs and Timbales: The Intersection of Boxing & Music
DESCRIPTION:Orlando Marín y su Orquesta; panel discussion with boxer and club owner Carlos Ortiz\, Academy-Award filmmaker Leon Gast\, rock critic Dave Marsh\, and scholar Christina Abreu; Golden Gloves boxing demo\, screenings of When We Were Kings with director Leon Gast and The Champion’s Trek: The Untold Story of Sugar Ramos with filmmaker Elio Bernardo-Ruíz\n\nEven before the 1976 film\, Rocky\, participants in the “sweet science” were inextricably involved in the musical world\, either as performers or as topics in songs. In 1920\, Jack Johnson\, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion\, opened the Club Deluxe at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. In 1922 the club was taken over by gangster and bootlegger\, Owney Madden\, and was rechristened as the Cotton Club. Johnson stayed on as the club’s manager. Duke Ellington‘s band had the club’s most celebrated residency and Cab Calloway would lead the band there (though the club was moved downtown after the Harlem Riots in 1935 to ensure the safety of its all-White clientele). Boxers involved with nightclubs also have a track record in the Bronx. In the 1940s\, the Tropicana nightclub\, modeled after the Havana venue of the same name\, opened on Westchester Avenue. The owners\, Cuban brothers Manny and Tony Alfaro\, also managed boxers (including Benny “The Kid” Paret) and it was common to see boxers such as Cuban welterweight champion Kid Gavilán mingle with musicians and dancers there. In the 1960s\, lightweight and junior welterweight champion\, Carlos Or- tíz\, from Ponce\, Puerto Rico\, opened the Tropicoro club on Long- wood Avenue in the Bronx\, which hosted the hottest bands of the era from Eddie Palmieri to Pete Rodríguez.\nHowever\, it is the singer-songwriters who have really embraced the stories of boxing’s tragedies and tragic heroes with songs from genres that cross jazz\, rock\, folk and hip hop. Every- one is probably familiar with Bob Dylan’s song. “Hurricane” (1975)\, about Ruben Carter and how he was unjustly imprisoned; but Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs both wrote songs in 1963 about boxer Davey Moore who died following a fight with Sugar Ramos. The year before\, on March 24th\, 1962\, Benny Paret had died from a fight with Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. This tragedy was chronicled in the song\, “Benny ‘The Kid’ Paret\,” by folksinger Gil Turner and published in Broadside magazine in 1962 and recorded the next year. Boxer Sonny Liston was known for being very tough\, yet parts of his life were an enigma and he died under mysterious circumstances. There are many songs about him or that reference him by musicians as varied as Mark Knopfler\, Wu-Tang Clan\, the Roots\, and Billy Joel among many others. In 1982 Irish boxer\, Barry McGuigan is remembered for putting the Nigerian boxer\, Young Ali in a coma from which he never recovered. He is remembered in a song by The Worry Dolls\, “Barry McGuigan.” Korean boxer Kim Duk-Doo died follow- ing a boxing match with Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini in 1982. Alternative rock band Sun Kil recorded a song dedicated to Kim in 2003. Duk Koo Kim and Ray Mancini are both mentioned in the song “Boom Boom Mancini” by Warren Zevon (1987).\nThen there were the boxers who wanted to sing. Not that long ago Oscar de la Hoya was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his album\, but there was a precedent to this. There is the 1963 album\, I Am the Greatest! by Muhammad Ali with backing vocals by friend and fan\, Sam Cooke. It was largely a novelty album\, primarily consisting of Ali’s brilliant spoken word braggadocio\, but it also features his early attempts at a singing career. When Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing for over three years and stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967 after refusing the draft\, he began a lecture tour to pay the bills. During this time he took part in the Broadway musical\, Buck White. It was based on Joseph Dolan Tuotti’s play Big Time Buck White\, about a militant Black Power leader who invigorates and focuses a group of radical black activists. It only ran for seven performances. Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán also tried his hand at salsa\, but failed miserably (purportedly a new biopic is in production about his life and salsero Rubén Blades will star as his agent).\nWhat does this all mean? We’ll explore this history and more today with our panelists and filmmakers.\nWhen We Were Kings (1997)\nThis much-praised documentary about one of the most famous boxing matches in history deserves every one of its accolades. Blending sports drama and biography with a touch of political analysis\, When We Were Kings relates the who\, when\, where\, and most importantly the why of the 1974 George Foreman/ Muhammad Ali world championship fight in Zaire. Splicing together old news footage\, photos\, and contemporary interview clips\, director Leon Gast captures the excitement and chaos that led up to the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” and the incredible characters and events surrounding the thrilling bout. Into the capital of Kinshasa flew planeloads of performers for an “African Woodstock\,” TV crews\, an international contingent of sports journalists\, celebrity fight groupies like Norman Mailer and George Plimpton\, and of course the two principals: Ali\, then still controversial because of his decision to be a conscientious objector\, and Foreman. The documentary explores a gamut of issues that defined the 1970s and impacted the African-American community: the Vietnam War and the draft\, the nascent “Black is Beautiful” movement and idealization of Mother Africa\, and the brutal reality of post-colonial dictatorships.\nThe Champion’s Trek: Sugar Ramos (in-progress)\nThe match that made Sugar Ramos famous in the United States occurred at LA’s Dodger Stadium against Davey Moore\, on March 21\, 1963. After the fight\, having given an interview promising to recover the title\, Moore collapsed in the dressing room. He fell into a coma and died days later of brain injuries. Devastated by the news about the severity of Moore’s condition\, the new champion went to Los Angeles Memorial Hospital to visit his ex-rival. He arrived just in time to witness the courageous fighter’s last breath. Ramos was so overcome with grief that he cried as if he had lost one of his own brothers. The victim’s mother consoled and encouraged him to continue his boxing career with honor. When the press asked Ramos how he felt\, he said: “I want to be Champion of the World\, but not at this price.”
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/tkos-and-timbales-the-intersection-of-boxing-music-09-14/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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SUMMARY:La Ensalada de Pulpo with Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón
DESCRIPTION:The Bronx Music Heritage Center will celebrate Fania’s legacy with Salsa Fest! with a screening of El Cantante (the story of Fania legend Hector Lavoe produced by Jennifer Lopez and starring her and Marc Anthony). The film will be followed by a Q&A with Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón and José Mangual\, who were members of Hector Lavoe’s band. The evening will end with a performance by Mr. Colón’s band\, Ensalada de Pulpo.\nEl cantante (2006)\nFollowed by a Q&A with Gilberto Colón and José Mangual\nThis film was directed by Leon Ichaso (El Super\, Piñeiro) and one of its producers was the Bronx’s own\, Jennifer Lopez. Her then-husband\, vocalist Marc Anthony\nplayed the title role of Hector Lavoe\, while she played Hec- tor’s wife Puchi\, and tells the story in the film through her eyes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A by two of Hector’s former bandmembers\,pianist Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón and percussionist José Mangual. Will their stories concur with those of Puchi’s in the film?
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/la-ensalada-de-pulpo-with-gilberto-pulpo-colon/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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SUMMARY:The Spirit of Aña
DESCRIPTION:Afro-Brazilian drum group Batala NYC\, screening of the documentary film Sweet Dreams and Q&A with director Rob Fruchtman\, dance & shekere lesson by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers\, screening of film clip from Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa with Bronx filmmaker Seyi Adebanjo.\nScreening of the film\, Sweet Dreams\, followed by percussion workshop led by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers and performance by Batala NYC.\nThe Yoruba people from Nigeria practice the spiritual tradition of Ifá\, which is the basis for Cuban Santeria. The religious rituals practiced honoring the divine spirits called orishas. During a ceremony the sacred drums called batá are played. They are a set of three double-headed hourglass-shaped drums which are used to communicate directly with the orishas. They are prepared for religious events and charged with the spirit of the drum called\, aña—the orisha that lives within the drums. The largest drum\, iya (mother drum) is the leader. The middle drum is called\, itotele and it converses with the iya. The smallest\, okonkolo\, maintains the rhythms. Though traditionally only men played these drums\, the spirit of Aña was feminine.\nIn Cuba\, women are not allowed to play these drums once they are consecrated (fundamento)\, though they can dance to its rhythms. This sexual division of labor in religion or work is common in many societies. Separate duties for men and women doesn’t necessarily imply restriction in participation during sacred ceremonies. Sometimes the division of labor in drumming derives from practical concerns. In cooperative economies\, the combined sharing and complementary rules for individuals of different ages and sexes were part of all aspects of life. Today\, as we live in societies that have more diverse individual roles\, we no longer follow such rigid rules and the boundaries become more fluid. Women can dance and play the drum—the Spirit of Aña made manifest.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/the-spirit-of-ana-07-14/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Music Performance,The Spirit of Aña
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SUMMARY:DJ Kool Herc\, Hip Hop Pioneer
DESCRIPTION:BMHC honors Hip Hip pioneer DJ Kool Herc. The events is followed by a Jamaican Jam by the legendary DJ Kool Herc and a concert in his honor featuring BMHC Lab & Louis Niné Boulevard Rebel Diaz\, Grandmaster Caz\, Bocafloja\, Circa ’95\, YC the Cynic\, Grand Wizzard Theodore\, and Sadat X.\nClive Campbell emigrated to the Bronx from Kingston\, Jamaica with his parents and later became known as DJ Kool Herc. He emulated the sound system parties and included MCs to speak over the music he played on his turntables in the same way the toasters did in Jamaica. In 1973 Kool Herc held an event for his sister\, Cindy\, a back-to-school party at the rec room in their building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. It was here that a musical revolution began when DJ Kool Herc adapted his style to funk and soul. He developed a method for keeping the music going at the breaks in the records. Because these breaks were short\, he extended them by jumping the needle (where the term “hip hop” came from). This created one long break (the breakbeat) for the b-boys to show off their skills. Herc also brought the Jamaican style of calling out names of the dancers\, a rhythmical patter that became known as “rapping.” Kool Herc\, his partner\, Coke LaRock and their dancers became known as Kool Herc and the Herculoids. The Jamaican influence has remained in hip hop\, from Run DMC collaborating with the dancehall star Yellowman in the 1980s\, to Black Star’s 1998 Definition\, where Mos Def “brings a dancehall indebted style to his flow.”
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/dj-kool-herc-hip-hop-pioneer-06-14/
CATEGORIES:Music Festival,Music Performance
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SUMMARY:Ray Mantilla's 80th birthday celebration
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URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/ray-mantillas-80th-birthday-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Music Performance
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SUMMARY:Afri-Garifuna Ensemble featuring Lucy Blanc
DESCRIPTION:In honor of the 13th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Garifuna Language\, Music and Dance as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO The program will open with a screening of the film\, Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital followed by a Q&A.\nThe Maxine Sullivan Women in Jazz Series\ncurated by Valerie Capers\, Elena Martínez and Bobby Sanabria\nMaxine Sullivan (1911-1987) was born Marietta Williams in Homestead\, Pennsylvania. She came to New York City in 1937. During her first week here she went to “Swing Street\,” as 52nd Street was known\, and became the vocalist for the house band at the Onyx Club. Her first week also saw her debut at a recording session with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Thornhill suggested she sing a swing version of the Scottish folk song\, “Loch Lomond.” This song was a hit and gave her international acclaim. In 1938 she appeared in the movie Go- ing Places with Louis Armstrong\, where they introduced the song\, “Jeepers Creepers.” She also appeared on Broadway with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman in a jazz version of “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.” In 1940 she performed with John Kirby (a bandleader and her husband) on a national weekly radio program called “Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm.” They were pioneers in that they were among the first Black jazz musicians to have their own radio program. In 1958 she was one of three women to appear in the legendary “A Great Day in Harlem” photograph (along with Marian McPartland and Mary Lou Williams). By 1957 she had remarried to stride pianist Cliff Jackson. She temporarily retired to stay home and raise her daughter\, and during this time was involved in Bronx civic affairs and community organizing from her home at 818 Ritter Place. The home also became the setting of jam sessions involving local jazz musicians. In 1945 Maxine and her husband bought another house at 1312 Stebbins Avenue which had previously been the home of musician Eddie Mallory and his wife vocalist Ethel Waters. Maxine and Cliff convert- edit to a boardinghouse where musicians such as trombonist Vic Dickenson and drummer Marquis Foster stayed. When Jackson died in 1979 Maxine wanted to open a jazz community center and museum dedicated to her late husband\, and thus the home on Stebbins Avenue became known as “The House That Jazz Built\,” having its grand opening on July 19\, 1975. Sullivan’s generosity is remembered in other ways as well. Jazz pianist Valerie Capers\, who grew up in the Morrisania area on Union Street\, remembers seeing Maxine in the neighborhood at Ritter Place. As a teenager interested in jazz\, Valerie and a friend went to Maxine’s house and were invited in to talk. Valerie has always remembered this kindness for a “celebrity” to take the time to talk to young people in the neighborhood. In recognition of this\, and to also recognize the many unsung women musicians in jazz\, we have decided to name the new featured series at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in her honor: celebrating someone who has opened doors both literally and figuratively.\nFilm Screening: Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital\nRevolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital is a documentary film about a community that got fed up and built their own hospital.\nSince their expulsion from the island of Saint Vincent 215\nyears ago\, the Garifuna have struggled against exclusion\,\nracism\, and dispossession of their land and territory. Today\, their very first hospital serves as a bastion of self-determination. Revolutionary Medicine tells the story of how the hospital’s alternative health model is transforming communities on Honduras’ northern coast and standing as an alternative to the increasingly privatized national health system. You will see if a remote hospital that runs on solar panels\, in a community without paved roads or electricity\, can provide a new global model for health care? The film is co-directed by Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston. Media makers who have been working in solidarity with Honduran communities since the 2009 military coup. A Q&A will follow by Nixon Arauz\, who participated in the film.\nThe Maxine Sullivan Women in Jazz Series\, Pt. III The Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble featuring Lucy Blanco\nAfri-Garifuna Jazz originated at 1474 Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn in the spring of 2011. The new musical art form has a unique and distinct sound because it incorporates the traditional Garifuna rhythms such as punta\, paranda\, and hungu hungu with jazz to create music from a Garifuna perspective. New York City has always been a place where vibrant fusions have emerged. Big band jazz and Afro-Cuban son fused in 1939 by Machito & the Afro-Cubans to form Afro-Cuban jazz; R&B mixed with Cuban rhythms in the 1960s to form Latin bugalú (or boogaloo). Now NYC is the home to the new fusion led by the Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble.\nThe group had its beginnings in Los Angeles in 2008 when jazz vocalist Lucy Blanco began learning more about her Garifuna heritage. She began blending the Garifuna language and percussive rhythms with jazz aided by her music director\, Michael Andres. The first piece recorded this concept in 2009 with a demo of Wayne Shorter’s\, “Speak No Evil.” Lucy returned to her hometown and Jazz Mecca\, New York City that same year\, and was able to work with some of the best jazz musicians in the city\, continuing to fuse jazz standards with traditional Garifuna songs. The Garifuna jazz sound continued to evolve as Lucy collaborated with James Lovell\, becoming the Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble.
URL:https://bmhcarchive.org/event/a-celebration-of-garifuna-culture-05-14/
LOCATION:BMHC Lab\, 1303 Louis Nine Blvd\, Bronx\, NY\, 10456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Music Performance
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