Live from Harlem – JFA Presents: John Cooksey and Spontaneous Combustion - National Jazz Museum in HarlemNational Jazz Museum in Harlem

Live from Harlem – JFA Presents: John Cooksey and Spontaneous Combustion

Thursday, November 12 @ 2:00 pm
58 W 129th Street, New York, NY 10027

A master of funk, jazz and related styles, drummer, writer, producer and vocalist John Cooksey has performed with Ashford and Simpson, Roy Ayers, Noel Pointer, Phyllis Hyman, Michael Urbaniak, Carlos Garnett, Kenny Kirkland, The Persuaders, Talking Heads with David Bryne and Brian Eno, Patience Higgins, Joey Morant, Blues singers Ray Shinnery and Slam Allen and a host of others. He worked extensively with the famed producer Patrick Adams, in sessions for the Atlantic, Sal-Soul, RCA, and Arista labels, and is a frequent presence on Harlem stages.

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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.