Brooklyn Museum Jazz concert next week

Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
(Rain location: Hall of the Americas)
Saturday, July 19, 2008
2–5 p.m.

Relax and enjoy a summer afternoon of music and art. Hear tenor saxophonist John Ellis and his band, Double-Wide, featuring Jason Marsalis on drums, Marcus Rojas on tuba, and Brian Charette on organ. One of jazz music’s brightest stars, Ellis recently released a new album, Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow, a New Orleans-inspired collection that has garnered rave reviews from the New York Times, Down Beat, and allaboutjazz.com. WBGO’s Gary Walker hosts.

The program also includes gallery talks on the special exhibition From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith, a celebration of the work of an acclaimed Brooklyn-based African American jewelry maker inspired by such jazz greats as Duke Ellington. Jewelry design expert Carolyn Kelly gives the talks.

Performances
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
(Rain location: Hall of the Americas)
3–3:45 p.m. and 4:15–5 p.m.

Gallery Talks
4th Floor
2–2:30 p.m. and 3:45–4:15 p.m.

The program is free with Museum admission.

Presented in conjunction with WBGO and Heart of Brooklyn’s series Jazz: Brooklyn’s Beat.