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2014.OCT.24. US. NYC. The Apollo Theater. Gala Concert Honoring Herbie Hancock

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Etichete: Gala Concert Honoring Herbie Hancock, Jazz Foundation Of America, The Apollo Theater

Jazz Foundation of America
13th Annual

A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM

Gala Concert
Honoring Herbie Hancock

Friday, October 24, 8:30 PM
The Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street, NYC

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FEATURING A RARE COMBINATION
OF ALL-TIME LEGENDS AND UNKNOWN GEMS

FROM THE WORLDS OF JAZZ, BLUES, R&B AND ROCK

We will be witnessing history as Herbie Hancock receives
a Lifetime Achievement Award from Quincy Jones
with special guest Bruce Willis.
Herbie himself will lead an all-star tribute
to our beloved trumpeter Clark Terry
featuring Jimmy Heath
(who\'s turning 88 that night!).

10-time GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan will pay homage
to Maurice White (of Earth, Wind and Fire),
and we will celebrate the life of the

late, great Little Jimmy Scott with
7-time GRAMMY winner Al Jarreau.

As always, we will have seat-rocking talent from young gems
like the soon-to-be-famous Cuban sensation Jorge Luis Pacheco
and 13-year-old piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker,
plus veterans like \"The Soul of America\" Charles Bradley,
not to mention the wonderful surprises to be announced
as we get closer to “Showtime!”

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TICKETS
$1500 Concert (Preferred Seating), VIP Reception,
Gala Dinner and After-Party
$600 Concert (Preferred Balcony Seating) and After-Party
$300 Concert only (Preferred Balcony Seating)
$150 Concert only (Balcony Seating)
$75 Concert only (Upper Balcony Seating)

Purchase online: Click here
Or contact the Jazz Foundation by phone:
212-245-3999, Ext. 10.

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For information on table sponsorship, click here.

To advertise in the evening\'s program, click here.

Can\'t attend? Make a donation towards our $2 million goal here.

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OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL: $1,700,000
We have raised $1,058,750 to date.
We have $641,250 remaining.
There are 37 days remaining.
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THE CAUSE

For 25 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has been
keeping jazz and blues alive by helping the musicians
who played with everyone from Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday
to Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones.

We now assist in more than 5,000 cases a year, nationwide.

OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE:

•Preventing homelessness and evictions by paying rents and mortgages

•Creating work through our Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools Program,
which reaches thousands of inner city public school children
across America every year

•Providing free medical care and operations through our angels

at Englewood Hospital & Medical Center

•Being there with our Musicians\' Emergency Fund
when illness, hunger, accident or other crisis strikes

Our efforts since Hurricane Katrina have helped
over 1,000 of New Orleans\' most beloved musicians
find work and new homes for their families.

Thanks to the Agnes Varis Trust, hundred of these artists
continue to perform every month.

Whatever the need is, we don\'t just fix the problem...
we heal it with dignified solutions and love.

www.jazzfoundation.org

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2014 BENEFIT COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Michael Novogratz
Jarrett Lilien
William A. Douglass III
Quincy Jones
Richard D. Parsons
Abigail Scheuer
Danny Glover
Steve Jordan

SPECIAL THANKS

The Agnes Varis Trust
Montreux Jazz Festival

The Clarendelle wines are donated by
Prince and Princess Robert of Luxembourg
on behalf of Domaine Clarence Dillon