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Video by Carla B : American Royalty “Christopher Kennedy Lawford” takes time out to promote the 2012 Dizzy Gillespie/Englewood Memorial Benefit taking place at the historic Cotton Club in New York on October 16th. Visit the website for ticket information. http://fundraiserdizzygillespiememorialfund.info/
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Join jazz lovers for an evening of music to benefit The Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund on Tuesday October 16 at the historic Cotton Club in New York City. In partnership with the New York City-based Jazz Foundation of America, Englewood Hospital and a network of more than 50 dedicated physicians in a variety of specialties, provide free care to the musicians at Englewood Medical Center. This special fundraiser will feature jazz with guest hosts Christopher Kennedy Lawford and Cheryl Wills. Mr. Lawford, a New York Times best-selling author, actor and activist, is widely regarded for his advocating awareness about addiction and mental health issues on the international stage. Ms. Wills is an award-winning journalist and anchorwoman for Time Warner Cable’s NY 1 news channel. Tickets are $65 in advance. $ 70 at the door. The Fundraiser for The Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund is organized by Dr. Ana Isabel Ordoñez of Ruby Flower Productions.
The Historic Cotton Club Harlem, Ruby Flower Productions and a stellar line up of musicians present on October 16, 2012 the Dizzy Gillespie/Englewood Fundraiser. The Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund helps underwrite the costs of hospitalization, diagnostic tests, and a full range of surgical and medical care for jazz musicians who are uninsured and without the ability to pay. Dr. Francis Forte, Oncologist and accomplished guitar player runs the cause. The Memorial Fund was the last wish of Dizzy.
The fund-raiser is hosted by actor, writer, lawyer, and activist Christopher Kennedy Lawford. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption (2005) and Moments of Clarity (2009). He has also published Healing Hepatitis C (2009) and his newest work, Recover to Live, Kick Any habit, Manage Any Addiction, is forthcoming. Mr. Lawford holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University, aJuris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Masters Certification in Clinical Psychology from Harvard Medical School where he held an academic appointment as a Lecturer in Psychiatry.
Chris will be accompanied by NY1 Anchor Woman, Cheryl Wills. Mrs. Wills is an award-winning television personality for Time Warner Cable flagship national news network, New York 1 News, based in New York City. The journalist is also the author of Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale. Cheryl Wills made history as the first journalist invited to speak inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall for the International Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Cheryl is the Founding Commander of the New York Chapter of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Colored Troops.
Musicians Line up :
DR. FRANCIS FORTE/Guitar
ALEX GARCÍA/Drums, musical direction & compositions
OLE MATHISEN/Soprano & tenor saxophones
CARLOS CUEVAS/Keyboards
ARIEL DE LA PORTILLA/ Electric bass
RATZO HARRIS/Bass
DAVID TAYLOR/Trombone
LEX SAMU /Trumpet
ELLIOTT LEVIN/ compositions & performances through flutes, saxophones, words
GLORIA TROPP/Poet
KEN YAMAZAKI/Drummer
RAS MOSHE /Saxophones, flute and poetry
SHAYNA DULBERGER/Bass
TRACIE MORRIS/Poet, writer
STEVE DALACHINSKY/Poet
FRANCOIS GRILLOT/Bass
BRIAN GRODER/Trumpet
MATT LAVELLE/Bass Clarinet
BERN NIX/Guitar
BLAISE SIWULA/Alto Saxophone
CATHERINE SIKORA/Saxophone
DAVE MILLER/Drums
WEASEL WALTER/Drums
TIM DAHL/Bass
MATT NELSON /Saxophone
MARC EDWARDS/Drums
GENE JANAS/Bass
TAKUMA KANAIWA/Guitar
ALEXIS MARCELO/Piano
DJ’iING BY GRAN MANZANA RECORDS
We look forward to seeing you there!
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