Seleno and George Benson - Photo courtesy of Seleno Clarke's Website
Seleno Clarke hosts an international jam session every Sunday evening from 7:00pm – 12:00am at Harlem’s American Legion Hall. Local artists jam with players from Europe and Japan in a comfortable setting Seleno describes as his “living room”.
Raised in the Washington D.C. and the Maryland area, Seleno first learned music from this grandfather, a professor at Lincoln University. Following this studies at Carver College where he focused on playing alto and tenor saxophone he decided to move to New York. In the 60s he made his living playing saxophone in all the clubs in the Harlem loop (including the Apollo) and downtown. Seleno and Kenny Dorham were two of the last artist to play the famous Minton’s Playhouse.
The American Legion Hall is located at 248 West 132nd St., New York.
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