Monday Night Jam – hosted by JFA

Calling all musicians & vocalists!!! Join us at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem on Monday, May 19th for our monthly Monday night jam session. Bring your instrument and come sign up to play and jam with your fellow peers. The house band will be led by the legendary Kim Clarke. This monthly jam session is produced and hosted by the Jazz Foundation of America. FREE ADMISSION! No reservation required! Jam session starts at 6:00pm and will end promptly at 8:30pm.

NJMH Celebrates Lawrence Brown: Nick Mesler + Quartet

Join trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader Nick Mesler for an evening celebrating the life and legacy of the great trombonist Lawrence Brown, whose trombone NJMH currently has on permanent display. Nick will perform this concert on Brown's horn, a King Liberty 2B from 1950, and will be accompanied by a rhythm section (TBA) of other young lions steeped in the jazz idiom. Musical selections will include compositions Brown wrote (or co-wrote with Duke Ellington and others), as well as premieres...