{"id":289,"date":"2010-01-18T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/01\/jazz_benefits_for_haiti_1\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:33:21","slug":"jazz_benefits_for_haiti_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/01\/jazz_benefits_for_haiti_1.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz benefits and fight song for Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The jazz world&#8217;s response the Haitian earthquake isn&#8217;t overwhelming, but every bit helps. The <a href=\"http:\/\/lepoissonrouge.com\/events\/view\/932\">Groove Collective benefit<\/a>&nbsp;is tomorrow, Tues, Jan 19, at (le) poisson rouge in Manhattan; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/php\/news.php?id=48132\">Seattle community jazz fest<\/a>&nbsp;is at multiple venues Wed., Jan 20, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stljazznotes.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/sheldon-concert-hall-to-present-haitian.html\">St. Louis jazz musicians for Haiti<\/a>&nbsp;gather at Sheldon Concert Hall on Tuesday, Feb 9. Last Sunday (Jan 17) St. James Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston, added a &#8220;meditative jazz improvisation component&#8221; by pianist Ben Schwendener to its <a href=\"http:\/\/events.lowellsun.com\/boston-ma\/events\/show\/96100065-night-song-benefit-for-the-people-of-haiti\">regular Night Song<\/a> presentation of late Renaissance motets and chants, donating proceeds to &#8220;the people of Haiti&#8221; &#8212; and in Asheville, North Carolina guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markguest.net\">Mark Guest<\/a> is planning a benefit concert (details TBA). Then there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mingusmingusmingus.com\/\">Charles Mingus<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>At (le) poisson rouge, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, pianist Vijay Iyer, turntablist DJ Logic, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith and funkateer keyboard master Bernie Worrell are featured.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>In Seatle, local ensembles are performing at The Lucid Jazz Lounge (whose owner David Pierre-Louis flew to Haiti to find his mother unharmed), The Rat and Raven, The Galway Arms, Fournos, Finn MacCools, Taste of Chicago and A Pizza Mart. Cash, checks and emergency supplies for Haitian relief are being accepted &#8212; &nbsp;a Bank of America account has been established to which direct deposits can be made (#43883644).<\/li>\n<li>Doctors Without Borders will receive moneys raised by St. Louisians including singers Brian Owens,Christian Brewer, Kim Massie and&nbsp;Mardra Thomas with her husband pianist Reggie Thomas;&nbsp;folk group Mayor Taylor; the Bottoms Up Blues Gang, and pianists Peter Martin and Peter Henderson.<\/li>\n<li>Guitarist Guest, whose benefit proceeds will also go to Doctors Without Borders, further &#8220;suggest(s) to those who are finding January gigs scare that a benefit is a good way to do a little community building, both in Haiti and at home.&#8221; Good thought.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Haitian music bears kinship, if only slight resemblance to jazz. <i>Rara<\/i>&nbsp;Lent processional troupes are something like New Orleans marching bands;&nbsp;<i>compas<\/i>&nbsp;is a light, flowing merengue dance style comparable to some varieties swing, and&nbsp;<i>mini-jazz<\/i>&nbsp;is the label Haitian bands took for fusion efforts resulting in the nation&#8217;s early successful pop songs. Plus: I append bassist Mingus&#8217; classic &#8220;Haitian Fight Song,&#8221; in its version &#8220;II B.S.&#8221; I append <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EIf3a9FUJj4\">here<\/a> (dig Erick Dolphy&#8217;s alto solo) &#8212;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EIf3a9FUJj4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mingus, Dolphy and company manifest the indominable spirit necessary for Haiti to rise from its rubble. What <i>else<\/i> can we do?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jazz world&#8217;s response the Haitian earthquake isn&#8217;t overwhelming, but every bit helps. The Groove Collective benefit&nbsp;is tomorrow, Tues, Jan 19, at (le) poisson rouge in Manhattan; a Seattle community jazz fest&nbsp;is at multiple venues Wed., Jan 20, and&nbsp;St. Louis jazz musicians for Haiti&nbsp;gather at Sheldon Concert Hall on Tuesday, Feb 9. 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