Quincy Jones, Elvis Costello and More Set for A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM at the Apollo Theater Tonight

Join Quincy Jones, Elvis Costello nad more this Friday for the Jazz Foundation of America's A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM, tonight, May 17th, 7:30 PM at the Apollo Theater.

Appearances and performances by an unforgettable combination of jazz, blues, R&B and rock legends with:

Elvis Costello
Macy Gray
Danny Glover
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman)
Jeffrey Wright (Basquiat, Cadillac Records)
Sharon Jones (Soulful frontwoman of the Dap-Kings)
Jonathan Batiste (New York/New Orleans jazz visionary)
Vaneese Thomas (Memphis R&B royalty)
Isfar Sarabski Trio (Azerbaijiani sensation)
Long John Hunter (Real deal blues shouter from Texas)
Charles Gayle (Avant garde sax titan)
Matthew Whitaker (12-year-old piano prodigy)
Steven Bernstein (Musical Director)
and an all-star house band including James Carter,
Henry Butler, Don Byron, and Nicholas Payton

And last-minute surprises to come...

Special appearance by Quincy Jones to introduce a memorial musical tribute for our dear friend Claude Nobs, the beloved Montreux Jazz Festival founder.

Concert produced by Hal Willner (Music producer for Saturday Night Live, Macy Gray, Robert Altman's Short Cuts and lots more).

2013 DR. BILLY TAYLOR HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Archibald Cox, Jr.

To purchase online, click HERE, or contact the Jazz Foundation by phone: 212-245-3999, Ext. 10.

TICKET PRICES:
$1500 Concert (Premium Seating), Pre-Concert Reception,
Gala Dinner and VIP After-Party
$500 Concert (Preferred Seating) and VIP After-Party
$300 Concert only (Preferred Balcony Seating)
$150 Concert only (Balcony Seating)
$75 Concert only (Upper Balcony Seating)

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. The fundraising goal is $2,000,000. We have raised $1,153,400 to date. We have $846,600 remaining. There are 5 days to go.

For 24 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has been dedicated to saving the homes and lives of elder jazz and blues musicians in crisis. We now assist in nearly 6,000 cases a year, including hundreds of musicians and their families affected by Hurricane Sandy in the New York region as well as those still recovering from Katrina in New Orleans. Read the mission statement here.

Programs Include:
•Preventing homelessness and evictions by paying rents and mortgages
•Creating dignified work through our Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools Program
•Providing free medical care and operations through our partners
at Englewood Hospital & Medical Center
•Keeping the heat turned on and food on the table through our Musicians' Emergency Fund

For more information, visit www.jazzfoundation.org.

Pictured: Top row: Danny Glover, Elvis Costello, Quincy Jones, Macy Gray; Bottom row: Paul Shaffer, Jonathan Batiste, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Sharon Jones.