Uptown Nights At Harlem Stage Presents Yosvany Terry & His Band With DJ ASHO 10/22
By: Gabrielle Sierra Oct. 16, 2009
Harlem Stage's new music series Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage, which debuted Sept. 26 and continues October 22 and through the fall, reaches back to the time when uptown was the place to seek out the next big thing in music, and to hear top artists of the time play in settings where socializing, and community building, was paramount.
The Uptown Nights series opened with "2012: The Hip Hop Experiment" featuring a line-up of rising young musicians, dancers, and visual and technological artists who are leading the next wave in music and art. Events continue monthly throughout the fall, mixing a vibrant, intimate club vibe featuring DJs and open bars with intriguing experimental music that embraces everything from hip-hop to Latin, jazz to electronic-rock, and live beats.
Uptown Nights events are curated and produced by Harlem Stage and a variety of collaborators including prominent young artists like Marc Cary, Tamar-Kali, and Dana Leong, nightlife impresarios like producer Shon "Chance" Miller, and music collectives like Jazzmobile. Co-presenters include The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, and the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project.
"Harlem has a rich history of music, culture, and community-building," says Patricia Cruz, Executive Director of Harlem Stage. "During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s, African-American cultural and intellectual life flourished. People came here from all over to watch plays, hear music, and meet friends. Artists like Fats Waller played in small clubs and private salons while people socialized, sang, and leaned in on his piano to listen. Uptown Nights builds on this legacy for a new, younger generation of people."
"This is sure to be a night of genre-defying performances," Cruz says. All Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage events take place at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse (150 Convent Avenue at 135th Street). Tickets are $15 at www.HarlemStage.org or by phone, 212-281-9240, ext. 19 or 20. A full listing of the series is below.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
YOSVANY TERRY: A Jazzmobile Community Dance Party
7:30 pm
Yosvany Terry and his band join with DJ ASHO, special guest emcees, Cuban dancers, and visual artists for a night of grooving to a Latin beat. Featuring an hour-long open bar mixer, followed by the performance and a closing DJ set, this is one rumba not to miss. Part of the new Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage music series.
Tamar-kali's CABARET CHOCOLAT: An Autumn Night's Soiree
6 pm - pre-performance dialogue with artists;
7:30 pm - performance
Tamar-kali, a force of nature with a most original voice, and her all-female Psychochamber Ensemble are joined by special guests The Maine Attraction, Monstah Black, Keibpoli, Master of Ceremony "Marco the Magician," and special surprise guests. Evening includes an open bar mixer, followed by a night of haunting deconstructed songs, fierce dance, burlesque, spectacle, and illusion. Co-presented with The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia and the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project. Part of the new Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage music series.
MILK & JADE by Dana Leong
6 pm - pre-performance dialogue with artists;
7:30 pm - performance
Milk & Jade features Dana Leong on cello, trombone and laptop. His band combines live grooves, electronically charged tracks, and poetic rhyming to create instrumental hip-hop beats with rock propulsions. The party starts with a full-hour of open bar and ends with DJ Scientific and special guests as they rock the house for this finale to the new Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage music series.Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage is part of the Harlem Stage Inside/Out Initiative, which receives leadership support from the Ford Foundation. Harlem Stage Partners Program receives leadership support from Deutsche Bank and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. Visit the new Harlem Stage website and blog: www.HarlemStage.org.
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