MARK MORGANELLI & the JAZZ FORUM ALL-STARS feat NEA JAZZ MASTER BILLY HART HELEN SUNG and HARVIE S

Trumpeter/Flugelhornist Mark Morganelli began presenting concerts in his first Jazz Forum loft at 50 Cooper Square in June 1979. By the time the second Jazz Forum loft closed its doors in April 1983, recordings, videos, films and radio broadcasts had documented performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Woody Shaw, Red Rodney, Carmen McRae, Barry Harris, Philly Joe Jones and Max Roach. After residencies at the Village Gate and Entermedia Theater, thirty-five years ago, Morganelli established Jazz Forum Arts, a not-for-profit arts presenting organization, and in 1985 started the River-side Park Arts Festival, which concluded on its 13th anniversary in August 1997.Morganelli has produced over sixty compact discs, most for Candid Records, twenty of which were recorded Live at NYCs Birdland club, where he was the music coordinator for five years. Nearly thirty years ago, Morganelli and his family moved to Westchester, and shortly thereafter, he inaugurated the Jazz at the Music Hall series in Tarrytown. Performers included Ahmad Jamal, Billy Taylor, Harry Sweets Edison, James Moody, Betty Carter, Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Mann, Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Mangione, Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Savion Glover, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Dr. John, Spyro Gyra, David Sanborn, Chris Botti, Pat Metheny, Hugh Masekela and the Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet, Duke Ellington and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestras 150 shows in 22 years.Morganelli produced the Dizzy Gillespie 75th Birthday concert at Carnegie Hall and co-produced Jazz Beats Breast Cancer at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2005, he began presenting a new concert series at Jazz at Lincoln Center, supported by grants from the NEA & NYSCA for NPR broadcasts of the events. opened their new highly acclaimed Jazz Forum club in Tarrytown, NY in June, 2017.*Our new pre-show reception, Mix, Mingle and Groove, includes a variety of appetizers, carving board, desserts and one glass of house red or white wine or house beer (or non-alcholic beverage). Mix, Mingle and Groove reception is from 5:15pm until 6:30pm on show nights only, in the Boathouse 400 restaurant, on the 2nd floor of the hotel. $55 includes all of the above, plus 18% gratuity, state and local taxes and validated parking while enjoying the reception and show.All GA sections (Main Floor GA & Miles Davis Mezzanine) will be seated by host and are first come, first served (other than where a reserved sign is posted to table). If you require special seating, please call the venue for accommodations no later than 48 hours prior to show date.Please note: If you do not purchase all seats at a table, other customers may be seated with you.All purchases are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

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