National Jazz Museum in Harlem Announces August 2010 Schedule

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has announced their schedule for August 9-15, featuring three distinct Jazz events. For more information about these events and all upcoming events at the National Jazz Museum, please visit http://www.jmih.org/

Jazz for Curious Listeners
Pops is Tops: Louis Armstrong at 109: Louis & Ella: A Musical Love Affair
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: NJMH Visitors Center (104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C)
FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300

Join hosts Loren Schoenberg and Ricky Riccardi for our annual PopsFest, where today we'll listen to and discuss the truly classic recorded collaborations between Pops and the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald.

Harlem in the Himalayas
Marcus Printup
Riza Printup on Harp
Friday, August 13, 2010
7:00pm
Location: Rubin Museum of Art
(150 West 17th Street)
$18 in advance | $20 at door |
For tickets: RMA Box Office, http://www.rmanyc.org/harleminthehimalayas or call 212-620-5000 ext. 344

Marcus Printup, born and raised in Conyers, Georgia, had his first musical experiences hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church, and later discovered jazz as a senior in high school. While attending the University of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet competition. In 1991, Printup's life changed dramatically when he met his mentor this day, the great pianist Marcus Roberts, who introduced him to Wynton Marsalis, leading to his induction into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1993. Conyers has since honored him with the celebration of "Marcus Printup Day" on August 22 annually.
Printup has performed and/or recorded with Roberts, Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, among others. He has several records as a leader, Song for the Beautiful Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal Traces, Peace in the Abstract, and his most recent, Bird of Paradise. He made his screen debut in the 1999 movie Playing by Heart and recorded on the film's soundtrack.

He tours annually with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, spending one-third of his year touring world wide. Printup has an interest in teaching youth and experienced musicians and contributes to several camps annually. But tonight, expect fiery swingin'!

Jazz at The Studio
PORTRAITS: Mirrors in Time
Sunday, August 15, 2010
2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: The Studio Museum in Harlem
(144 West 125th Street)
FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300
Featuring the NJMH All Stars

Join the NJMH All Stars for classic musical portraits by Duke Ellington (Bill Robinson, Florence Mills, Martin Luther King) and Charles Mingus (Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington) that will be contrasted with the works of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Stuart Davis and others.