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WildLine: Still Here | Three

Flute, cello, piano music grooves in an immersive environment, filled with handmade wild creatures for audience interaction and play.

Our installation artist Yiseul LeMieux is creating an immersive environment filled with handmade wild creatures for audience interaction and play, in collaboration with WildLine’s flute, cello and piano trio (Tessa Brinckman, Chris Gross and David Friend).

We are featuring Andy Akiho’s Portal, Gemma Peacocke’s Taut and Malignant (from Seven Sermons to the Dead, in a new version written for WildLine), Pauline Oliveros’ Elemental Gallop, Marcos Balter ‘s delete/control/option, Seth Boustead’s Marginal Capacity, Ashkan Behzadi’s Fling, and Clarice Assad’s Flight of the Fairies.

THE CONCERT HAS FREE ADMISSION – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996768588600?aff=oddtdtcreator

Many thanks to The Puffin Foundation and the Music Performance Trust Fund for their support of this project.

Master Class – Before It Was JAZZ: The African Foundations Of An American Art Form

Master Class

Before It Was JAZZ: The African Foundations Of An American Art Form

Inwood Hill Park Nature Center

Facilitator: Aaron Scott | Acclaimed jazz drummer, composer, founder and artistic director of the Inwood Jazz Festival

Featuring Master Musicians:

Abdou Mboup | Senegalese master percussionist and griot, preserving the ancient heartbeat of West African rhythm.

Frank Lacy | Powerhouse trombonist and vocalist whose soulful expression spans avant-garde jazz and deep post-bop lineage.

Sharp Radway | Virtuoso pianist, composer, and author dedicated to the profound spiritual and historical roots of the music.

Alex Blake | Legendary bassist renowned for his revolutionary, percussive acoustic technique and global jazz history.

Through performance, discussion, and demonstration, these internationally acclaimed artists, explore the rich, cultural traditions that gave rise to an American indigenous art form. Together, they illuminate the enduring connection between the musical traditions of West Africa and the evolution of jazz, revealing how those traditions continue to shape and inspire.

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 19th – 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: Inwood Hill Park Nature Center

Admission: Free

Morris-Jumel: Parlor Entertainment presents Jazz at the Mansion

The incomparable Marjorie Eliot and Parlor Entertainment will present the 34th annual Jazz at the Mansion concerts on the third weekend of August. Join us on the north side of the Mansion for great music in a beautiful setting.  You can bring a chair, a blanket or a picnic.

Rain location: Sugar Hill Children’s Museum