Tuesday, April 19, 2011

☞ SEE: Harlem 4 Japan Benefit Concert Tonight

Tuesday, April 19th, 6:30 PM. The Harlem 4 Japan Benefit Concert will take place tonight at Aaron Davis Hall on the campus of The City College of New York, 133rd and Convent Avenue. Suggested donation is $25, but any and all donations will be accepted at the door.

Featured at this event will be performances by Soh Daiko, nationally renowned Japanese Taiko drummers, Queen Esther, winner of the 2008 Jazzmobile Vocal Competition, and The New York African Chorus.

Other local musicians donating their time include: Grammy nominee Chuck Jackson, National Jazz Museum in Harlem All Star Band, International artists Yuichiro Oda, Yuko Darjeeling, and Toya, Oscar and Grammy nominated IMPACT Repertory Theatre, 13 year old guitarist Solomon Hicks, saxophonist Lonnie "the Prince of Harlem" Youngblood, jazz trumpeter Joey Morant, Harlem vocalists: Claude Jay, Janice Marie Robinson, Lady Cantrese, Annette St. John, and Lee Olive Tucker; organist Matthew Whitaker, Harlemwood Records recording artist Lainie Cooke, Choreographer Obediah Wright and the Balance Dance Company, the Manhattan School of Music, the New Amsterdam Music Society, and Keith "The Captain" Gamble.

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