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3rd Annual Coltrane Day Festival 2017 at Hecksher Park Long Island New York |
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at Hecksher Park in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York |
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July 22, 2017 |
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2:00 PM to 10:30 PM
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Heckscher Park |
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NY-25A / Prime Avenue |
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Huntington, NY 11743 |
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3rd Annual Coltrane Day Festival 2017 at Hecksher Park in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
Family friendly event at Heckscher Park, Huntington Village will feature jazz sax icon Kenny Garrett, upcoming jazz harpist and Long Islander Brandee Younger and more to be announced in association with The Huntington Arts Council and the Town of Huntington.
Celebrating community and music with live performances, music workshops, community jams, art, food and more. Family Friendly Event at Heckscher Park, Huntington Village Will Feature Jazz Sax Icon Kenny Garrett, Upcoming Jazz Harpist and Long Islander Brandee Younger, and More TBA in Association with The Huntington Arts Council and the Town of Huntington Summer Arts Festival
The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills in conjunction with the Town of Huntington Summer Arts Festival and the Huntington Arts Council will be staging an all-day, affordable, family-friendly festival of live music and music workshops in beautiful Heckscher Park, Huntington Village. "Building Community through Music" and "The Creative Force" are this year's themes as the event celebrates the legacies of music giants John and Alice Coltrane, who lived in Dix Hills.
The Festival will host workshops, master-classes, community jams and live performances for all ages and levels. World-class LIVE music performances, including jazz, funk, blues, hip-hop, gospel, electronic music and jamband will be featured, with top local music talent on display. Local arts and food are included along with many opportunities for young musicians to play with professionals.
This year's festival will feature Jazz Sax Icon Kenny Garrett and upcoming Jazz Harpist and Long Islander Brandee Younger. Over the course of a stellar career that has spanned more than 30 years, Kenny Garrett has become the preeminent alto saxophonist of his generation. From his first gig with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (led by Mercer Ellington) through his time spent with musicians such as Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis, Garrett has always brought a vigorous yet melodic, and truly distinctive, alto saxophone sound to each musical situation. Harpist Brandee Younger is known for sharing the stage with Jazz Royalty Jack Dejohnette & Ravi Coltrane, laying down tracks with Grammy-Winning Rapper Common and Artist and Producer Ryan Leslie, as well as bringing to life the Classic Impressionistic work of Maurice Ravel.
Other acts will include iconic jazz bassist Matt Garrison in collaboration with Shapeshifter Lab, Charles Neville (The Neville Brothers) with jamband Circus Mind, and NYC based fusion band Upright Man! Since 2012, Matt Garrison has run the Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, New York, with Fortuna Sung. Described by the New York Times as "an electric bass virtuoso", he has toured with Herbie Hancock and many others. His 2000 debut album, Matthew Garrison, was described by Bass Player magazine as having "raised the bar" for electric bass players. He is considered one of the most technically gifted jazz musicians of his generation. Charles Neville, the second oldest Neville brother, has the most diverse musical background. His experience on saxophone has included rhythm & blues, funk, jazz, be-bop, popular and even American Indian music. He cites as influences Louis Jordan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Professor Longhair. He is also the only brother that lived away from New Orleans for long periods of time, making places like New York, Memphis and Oregon his home. Upright Man combines elements of alternative, psychedelic, roots rock and classic rock with complex harmonies and time signatures, seamlessly intertwining influences from Pink Floyd to Little Feat and more.
People may know about Coltrane’s transformative impact on the world of jazz, where he has achieved nearly god-like status. What most people don’t realize is the incredible and acknowledged influence John Coltrane has had on the non-jazz world. From rock, to pop and R&B, world music, rap and hip-hop, Coltrane’s influence has been tremendous.
Building on the success of the 2015 & 2016, the Third Annual Coltrane Day Music Festival will continue to raise funds for the restoration and transformation of the home into a cultural center and park and support ongoing and expanded education and outreach programming focused on empowering young people and fostering creativity. This is consistent with the late Alice Coltrane’s stated goal for the Home, to “Inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the making of music and the creative process.”
Coltrane Day 2017 is proud to be a part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival’s Week of Jazz!
www.thecoltranehome.org
www.facebook.com/coltranehome
For More Information, Contact:
Rick@RickEberle.com
Ron Stein
rstein@thecoltranehome.org
631 223-1361
516 635-9719 (cell)
More About The Coltrane Home:
A little over fifty years ago, Coltrane’s opus work, “A Love Supreme”, considered by many music enthusiasts and jazz critics to be among the most influential pieces of music of the 20th century, was composed at their Dix Hills home. The Coltranes moved into the Home in 1964. (After John’s passing in 1967, Alice sold the Home in 1973 and moved to Los Angeles.) The Home was slated for demolition until jazz enthusiast and Dix Hills resident Steven Fulgoni helped publicize the significance of the property. In 2004 an outpouring of support from around the world, including letters from Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, and many others persuaded the Town of Huntington to purchase the property and convert the site into a park. The Home was placed in the hands of “The Friends of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills” – aka “The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills”.
According to Friends of the Coltrane Home President Ron Stein, saving and restoring the Home is the right thing to do. “John Coltrane is revered as a music god across all music genres, generations and around the globe. It’s as if Beethoven had composed his Ninth Symphony right here on Long Island. People around the world will recognize Dix Hills, Huntington and Long Island as the Home of John Coltrane. This place is a Long Island gem.” Continues Stein, “His legacy is more than his music. His desire to use music as a force for good, his embracing of diversity, his kindness, and his work ethic and commitment to excellence set an inspirational model for all of us.”
The Home is also a national gem. In 2011, the National Trust for Historic Preservation designated the Home as one of the “Eleven-most Endangered Properties” in the United States, a designation only given to properties deemed to have critical cultural importance. Since that time, the “Friends” have made many improvements to stabilize and repair the Home, but much more needs to be done. The Coltrane Day Event will provide an opportunity for the Home to announce a major capital campaign to create a Cultural Center on the beautiful site.
The dual mission. The Coltrane Home has a dual mission: a) restore the Dix Hills Home and create a state-of-the art museum and inspirational learning and cultural center at the site, along with a beautiful park environment, and b) develop its Legacy Education Project to help encourage young people to engage in the creative music making process, and improve communication and life skills. The theme of the program is “Music for Life”.
2017 also marks the 52nd anniversary of the Town of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council’s Summer Arts Festival, and is testament to the importance of Huntington’s commitment to arts and music. The Huntington Arts Council is assisting The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills to present the Music Festival. The day’s program is also partially funded by a Suffolk County Community Arts grant from the Department of Economic Development and Planning.
The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills hopes to attract all members of the Long Island community and beyond to this event. As Alice Coltrane has intimated in the past, this is about bringing everyone together to make, and enjoy music. |
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