JAZZ JAM FUND RAISER FOR PAN AFRICANIST ELOMBE and NOMSA BRATH February 10, 2008

The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC announces they will host a Jazz Jam Session to benefit unsung hero, Pan Africanist Elombe Brath and his wife Nomsa. The ‘Giving Back’ fund raiser will take place on Sunday, February 10, 2008 from 3:00 - 7:00 PM at JAZZ 966, located at 966 Fulton Street between Grand Avenue and Cambridge Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. Admission to the event is $25.00. Refreshments will be available.

Artists scheduled to perform include Jimmy Owens, Olu Dara, Craig Harris, Renee McLean, Danny Mixon, Melvin Sparks, Bill Saxton, Tulivu Cumberbatch, Ed Stoute, Greg Bandy, Gerald Hayes, Stanley Banks, Donald Smith, Songhai Djeli, Kiane Zawadi, Gerry Eastman, Black Rose, Andy McCloud, Patsy Grant, Taru Alexander, Kim Clarke, Eric Frazer, Art Jenkins, Gene Ghee, Dwayne ‘Cook’ Broadnax, Robert Rutledge, Will Calhoun, Michael Howard, Pheeroan Aklaff, Eric Johnson, George Amorim, and Cyril D. Greene. Community Activists scheduled to give testimony include Charles Barron (New York City Council Member), Viola Plummer, Bob Law, Dr. James McIntosh, Betty Dobson, Jitu Weusi, Bernard White and Mari Toussaint.

Elombe Brath has been a selfless, learned and loyal educator in our community for more than fifty years. We first became aware of his activism as a very young founder/organizer of African Jazz Art Society and Studio (AJAZZ) progenitors of the ‘Black is Beautiful’ movement that spawned the Grandassa Models in the early 1960's. In addition to chairing the Patrice Lumumba Coalition, Elombe is the long time host for the weekly program ‘Afrikaleidoscope’ which airs on WBAI Pacifica Radio. Elombe has certainly enriched our lives with his valuable contributions to our cultural enlightenment.

Currently, Elombe and his wife Nomsa are experiencing profound health challenges that require expenses above and beyond their medical insurance coverage. It is in the spirit of Umoja-Unity that we are asking the entire community to circle the wagon around this royal family so highly deserving of our support.

For additional information contact CBJC at 718.875.1016, 917.535.9781

Official Website: http://www.cbjcjazz.org