Lost Jazz Shrines: Celebrating Cobi Narita & The Jazz Center of New York

BMCC Tribeca PAC’s Lost Jazz Shrines series is dedicated to restoring the memory of legendary New York City jazz venues to the consciousness of the world with a thorough remembrance and celebration. This year, join us on Saturday, February 16 at 8:30pm as we celebrate the legacy of both jazz venue The Jazz Center of New York and legendary founder Cobi Narita.

 
Featuring Sumi Tonooka Quartet / Special Guest Erica Lindsey

Cost: $30 / students, seniors $20

7 p.m:  Free Panel Discussion with Sumi Tonooka. Moderated by Willard Jenkins.

8:30 p.m.: Performance begins

Performers include:
Sumi Tonooka – piano 
Erica Lindsay – tenor saxophone
Rufus Reid – bass
Victor Lewis – drums

Our Lost Jazz Shrines event will be honoring Cobi Narita and the Jazz Center of New York.  Nobuko “Cobi” Narita created the Jazz Center of New York in 1983.  The Jazz Center of New York was a venue where many workshops, jam sessions and concerts took place with such artists as Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Weston and more. Cobi Narita is also one of the founders of the International Women in Jazz, an organization for jazz artists and jazz lovers, with the purpose of advancing the careers of women jazz artists, as well as the founder of Cobi’s Place, a gathering for jazz tap dancers.

For more information, contact the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center  at (212) 220 – 1460.

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