National Jazz Museum in Harlem Announces March 7 - March 13 Schedule
By: Gabrielle Sierra Mar. 04, 2011
National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces March 7 - March 13, 2011 Schedule
Jazz for Curious Readers
Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow, a celebration
Host: Father Peter J. O'Brien
7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: NJMH Visitors Center
(104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C)
FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300
His Eye Is On The Sparrow is rightfully acclaimed as one of the greatest autobiographies by an American female singer; with the able assistance of noted journalist andbiographer Charles Samuels, Ethel Water's life and career journey is captured there in all of its joy, sorrow, bitterness, forgiveness, and spirit of perseverance no matter what she faced.
Tonight we celebrate the book and remember the bright star that was Ethel Waters.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Jazz for Curious Listeners
FILM SHOW: Sing Me A Swing Song: Great Jazz Vocalists - Ethel Waters
Host: Father Peter J. O'Brien
7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: Maysles Cinema - 343 Lenox Avenue between 127th & 128th Street
DONATION SUGGESTED| For more information: 212-348-8300
Vocalist and actress Ethel Waters (1896-1977) was a key figure in the development of African American culture between the two world wars. She broke barrier after barrier, becoming the first black woman heard on the radio, the first black singer to perform on television, the first African American to perform in an integrated cast on Broadway, and the first black woman to perform in a lead dramatic role on Broadway. As a singer Waters introduced over 50 songs that became hits, including standards of the magnitude of "St. Louis Blues" and "Stormy Weather." Her jazzy yet controlled vocal style influenced a generation of vocalists, black and white, and her career, encompassing stage, song, and screen, flowered several times in comebacks after tumbling to lowpoints.
See Ethel Waters perform on film andearn about the rise and fall and rise again of a great American artist of song, and hear recordings that document the sound and style that made Ethel Waters such an influence.
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