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Jazz for Curious Listeners with Christian McBride
Fusion, Pt. 1
7:00 pm | At the Harlem School of the Arts

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem proudly continues its free adult jazz course, JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS, with jazz museum co-director Christian McBride discussing the Fusion style, which combined elements from jazz, funk, rock and pop into a melange that some jazz artists and critics argue was not jazz. Some even called the music CONfusion! McBride will tackle these controversies while playing and discussing the music of Weather Report, Miles Davis, Return to Forever and others noted for pioneering this genre. He’ll also confront the issue of fusion’s worth in light of this critique: it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. Fusion largely excised swing from its palette of musical options. Is this a bad thing? Come hear Christian McBride on September 4, 2007 to find out!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue (just south of 145th Street).

To register: http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/curious.html
Transportation:
Buses – M3, M18
Subways – A, C, D, B, to 145th Street