Global Weekends: Saluting Our Jazz Elders February 19, 2011

Celebrate African-American History Month by honoring trailblazing artists and musicians whose outstanding contributions are reflected in varying musical styles. Enjoy performances from New Amsterdam Music Association, which has supported and featured jazz artists since 1904. Experience the blending of New Orleans jazz and gospel through the jubilant sounds of legendary Edward Babb and the McCollough Sons of Thunder. Be thrilled by the power and passion of Joey Morant and Catfish Stew. Robert O' Meally, founder of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, will moderate a panel discussion about jazz as an evolving art form and cognitive process worthy of research and study.