This just in. Taj Mahal, a two-time Grammy winner, will perform at the Brooklyn Museum, in a benefit concert for the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music on Saturday, February 9th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
To celebrate Black History Month, The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music concert series Jazz at the Conservatory, in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum , presents two time Grammy award winning jazz legend Taj Mahal.
The legendary Taj Mahal has been playing his own distinctive brand of soulful music, variously described as Afro-Caribbean blues, folk-world-blues, hula blues, folk-funk, and a host of other hyphenations, for more than 40 years. In 1971 he released the influential album The Real Thing recorded live at the Fillmore East, where he was backed by four tubas. This concert reunites him with four those musicians, Howard Johnson, Bob Stewart, Joe Daley and Earl McIntyre (Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music’s Jazz Division Director), as well as veterans Buddy Williams, Earl Gardner, Victor See Yuen, John di Martino, Ron Jackson and Jerome Harris. Together these musicians comprise a living history of jazz.
The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music has been serving the community for over a century promoting individual, professional and community growth through music, and making music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. One of the ways we fulfill our mission is by holding remarkable events such as this at affordable prices. Our commitment to the community and our world-class faculty makes these events a reality.
We are happy to have the Brooklyn Museum as our partner in presenting this concert and providing the venue for this extraordinary evening.
Please join us for what promises to be an unforgettable Jazz at the Conservatory concert event, and check out The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music’s other great concerts, programs, classes and much more at www.BQCM.org
Ticket information:
General public $25 and $50; students and seniors $15.
Please go to www.BQCM.org or call Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 to purchase tickets.
Premium tickets $150 including a Meet-the-Artist post concert reception.
Please contact 718-230-5030, ext. 12 or ddean@bqcm.org for premium ticket information.