Live from Harlem – JFA Presents: Ras Chemash
Thursday, April 9 @ 2:00 pm
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Ras Chemash
Ras Chemash is a singer and holistic healer who uses the mediums of music and culinary arts to make our world a better place. Born in the Bronx, he was influenced by his mother, who pushed education and the arts, and played the great singers in the home. He moved to Atlanta in 1994 and joined the Atlanta Community Jazz Chorus, directed by Rev. Dwight Andrews, and in 2001 opened a jazz club / vegan restaurant called the Lush Life Cafe. During these years he was dubbed the ‘Singing Chef’, and also worked with saxophonist Bilal Sunni-Ali in Gil Scott-Heron’s Midnight Band. After a stint in New Orleans, Ras moved back to NYC in 2011 and has performed in major venues, jazz festivals, and black tie affairs. He has worked in two off-Broadway plays, performed on the west coast, and released a CD–2016’s Slicing and Dicing, Singing and Swinging. May the triumphant journey of the Singing Chef continue in a world that needs a full dose of healing!
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Presented in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America, supported in part by an award from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
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The Jazz Foundation of America is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping the jazz, blues, and roots musicians who have played the soundtrack to our lives. With compassion and discretion, JFA provides housing assistance, medical and legal referrals, disaster relief, and financial support to musicians and their families in times of crisis, while also creating employment opportunities in concert programming nationwide.
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This event will also stream on the Jazz Foundation and Jazz Museum YouTube Channels.
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