12/14 - Marion Cowings’ Holiday Blast & BrownstoneJAZZ Concert

BrownstoneJAZZ ENSAMBLE up close and personal

Featuring MARION COWINGS are

ERIC LEMONS b., LAFAYETTE HARRIS JR p., WILLIE MARTINEZ d,. CLEAVE GUYTON s.

DID YOU KNOW-

During the 1930 perhaps even earlier, one didn't always go to Harlem for the Jazz scene. Brooklyn had one as well called Bedford Stuyvesant.

Debbie McClain, owner of Sankofa Aban Bed and Breakfast and Eric Lemons an accomplished string musician invite you to spend a magical evening of music taking you behind the scene of this undercover live jazz experience for everyone. You can get there early to meet the performers, and as you take a seat for a jazz fest of a lifetime, with the right ticket, as these two host present you with some of today's best Jazz artist.

8:30pm Special Tickets Private Guests Only

POPCORN HAPPY HOUR, MIX AND MINGLE

SHOWTIME @ 9PM

LATE NIGHT FISH FRY BUFFET

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE or BRING YOUR OWN

OPEN MIC 11:30 PM $10

ENDS @ 12:30

Note: WE ARE PRIVATE, AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE SELECTIVE. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL

Marion Cowings, jazz vocalist, has been singing professionally since the age of 15, booked by Jon Hendricks in 1961 at the Randall's Island Jazz Festival,that same year he sang solo with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in an Aaron Copeland opera, “The Second Hurricane.” Mr. Cowings is co-founder of the Vocal Jazz Department at New York University and counts Harry Connick, Jr. and Miles Griffith among his students.

Review

BRIAN FORBES -FB Quote (December 30, 2012) ·Caught the great jazz singer Marion Cowings on Friday night at a cool venue called Brownstone Jazz in Bed-Stuy. A couple sets of amazing music, an impromptu vocal jazz clinic, and a down home Friday-Night Fish-Fry to boot. If you haven't heard him before, check him out at http://marioncowingBrian Forbess.com/ and definitely listen to the duo album he just released with the great Kenny Barron. — with Marion Cowings at Sankofa Aban.