Exploring the music and sounds of Black folklore, tradition, and a contemporary reach in connection to Tap Dance.
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Comedy Can-Can: Benefit for the People’s Fridge
Get ready for an early evening of comedy for a cause as comics from Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy Central, and Conan, take the stage to fundraise for The People’s Fridge at Word Up. Bring a non-perishable food item as admission for a night of comedy, community, and canned goods.
Doors: 5:30
Show: 6pm
$5 suggested donation + a can (or other non-perishable food items)
Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.
Charenee Wade Jazz Vocal Workshop
Join a mixed-level master class designed to elevate your artistry! Dive into the world of improvisation, vocal expression, storytelling, rhythm, and more. Explore vocal technique, sharpen your rhythmic skills, and refine your style in a dynamic, hands-on experience. Bring a song you love, step up to the mic, and perform alongside a top-tier professional trio. Get ready to unleash your voice like never before!
Eli Yamin and the Jazz Power All Stars: Birthday, Blues, Bebop, and Boogaloo!
In celebration of Eli Yamin’s birthday, the Jazz Power All Stars play a celebratory mix of music that will blast open your imagination and make you want to dance.
Join us for a spectacular evening as Eli Yamin and The Jazz Power All Stars present “Birthday, Blues, Bebop, and Boogaloo!” in celebration of Eli Yamin’s birthday! This unforgettable event will ignite your imagination and get you moving with a dynamic mix of blues, bebop, and boogaloo. Featuring an all-star lineup—Eli Yamin, Michael Blake, James Zollar, Jennifer Vincent, David F. Gibson, Jonathan Troncoso “JBlak,” Charenee Wade, and Antoinette Montague and dance from Carmen Morillo—this performance promises to bring the best of Jazz Power Initiative to life. Don’t miss this high energy celebration!
Hispanic Society: From Ipanema Beach to El Malecon Latin Jazz Meets Tap
A virtual United Nations of women, members of Cocomama hail from around the globe gathering their musical influences from far and wide; Salsa, Soul, Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz are among the items on the menu whenever they hit the stage! Led by Mayra Casales, Nicki Denner and Jennifer Vincent, the band has performed at the United Nations, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, the New York City Marathon, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Studio 54, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Montclair Jazz Festival, the Northampton Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Spoleto Music Festival, the Michigan’s Women’s Festival and as musical ambassadors to Latin American for the US Department of State. Their critically acclaimed albums, Quiero (2016) and Women’s World (2023) cover a wide range of styles from salsa to soul and thanks to a grant from Chamber Music of America, they are currently recording their third album, Evolución, for release in 2025.
FULL LINEUP
Cocomama led by Mayra Casales, Nicki Denner, Jennifer Vincent, Ariacne Trujillo, Rafael Monteagudo, Anton Denner with tappers Max Pollak and Leonardo Sandoval.