{"id":587,"date":"2011-10-29T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=587"},"modified":"2019-09-12T22:02:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T02:02:21","slug":"mc-to-stars-jazz-foundation-loft-party-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/10\/mc-to-stars-jazz-foundation-loft-party-benefit.html","title":{"rendered":"MC to stars @ Jazz Foundation Loft Party benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

MC JazzMandel: At the Jazz Foundation of America’s Benefit Loft Party<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0tonight (Oct. 29),\u00c2\u00a07 pm to midnight, Manhattan, my room has —<\/p>\n

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perc. Neil Clarke (left, standing) and MC HM, JFA loft party 2010\u00c2\u00a0 — photo by Enid Farber<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom Harrell<\/a>‘s Quintet,\u00c2\u00a0pianist\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>Marc\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> Marc Cary<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0preeminent bassist Ron Carter with fine guitarist Gene Bertoncini, turbanated organist\u00c2\u00a0Dr. Lonnie Smith<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0with alto sax\/Mardi Gras Indian Donald Harrison and N.O. drummer Herlin Riley (yeah!), magisterial\u00c2\u00a0Randy Weston’s African Rhythm Quintet<\/a>, and DC-based blues\/r&b updater\u00c2\u00a0Memphis Gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Gold promo photo<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a great lineup to raise funds\u00c2\u00a0for the nationwide safety-net for jazzers-in-need. If you can’t be there, you can still donate.<\/p>\n

These parties have been annual big fun, with approx. 600 – 800 fervent fans milling about, including such major business & culture influencers as Richard Parsons<\/a>, chairman of Citigroup and on President Obama’s economic advisory team, as well as chairman of the board of the Jazz Foundation. Dress is festive\/casual. There’s food, beverages, usually a silent auction of jazz-related goodies, and more music: besides the roster in my “jazz room” there are simultaneous sets by the Black Rock Coalition<\/a> w\/electric guitar star Vernon Reid, legendary singer Ronnie Spector<\/a> (! — model for Amy Winehouse), slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra<\/a>, writer-gtrst Greg Tate’s Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber<\/a>, surprise sitters-in, et al. in the adjoining spaces, looking out on the Hudson.<\/p>\n

If you come, please pull my sleeve to say hi.<\/p>\n

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MC JazzMandel: At the Jazz Foundation of America’s Benefit Loft Party\u00c2\u00a0tonight (Oct. 29),\u00c2\u00a07 pm to midnight, Manhattan, my room has — Tom Harrell‘s Quintet,\u00c2\u00a0pianist\u00c2\u00a0Marc\u00c2\u00a0 Marc Cary,\u00c2\u00a0preeminent bassist Ron Carter with fine guitarist Gene Bertoncini, turbanated organist\u00c2\u00a0Dr. Lonnie Smith\u00c2\u00a0with alto sax\/Mardi Gras Indian Donald Harrison and N.O. drummer Herlin Riley (yeah!), magisterial\u00c2\u00a0Randy Weston’s African Rhythm Quintet, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hm-w-Neil-Clarke-Jazz-Foundation-Party-20104.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-9t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1090,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2012\/10\/weve-got-rhythm-masters-meet-young-jazz-foundation-loft-party.html","url_meta":{"origin":587,"position":0},"title":"We’ve got rhythm: Masters meet prodigies @ Jazz Foundation Loft Party","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"October 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"NEA Jazz Masters pianist Randy Weston and alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, both 86, played the\u00c2\u00a0same room as two astonishing 12-old prodigies -- trumpeter Geoffrey Gallante and organist Matthew Whitaker (see their video clips, below) -- at the Jazz Foundation of America's\u00c2\u00a0annual\u00c2\u00a0benefit Loft Party\u00c2\u00a0Saturday night\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0(Oct 27),. 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