The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) is a not for profit arts organization. Jitu Weusi was one of the co-founders. CBJC organized an annual jazz festival in Central Brooklyn, New York, and created the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum. The festival occurs every April.
The festival presents 35 events on 23 days with over 100 musicians performing in clubs, venues, colleges, faith-based and cultural institutions throughout this borough of New York City. Brooklynites, jazz musicians such as Cecil Payne, Betty Carter, and Kenny Durham as well as less heralded artists Cal Massey, Betty Roche, Gigi Gryce, and C. Scoby Stroman contributions are remembered by way of conferences and performances.
Hall of fame
The Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame was established in 1999.[1] A museum component added in 2009 to immortalize musicians, venues, and preserve artifacts which perpetuate Brooklyn's jazz legacy. Members of the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame include: Lena Horne, Max Roach, Cecil Payne, Randy Weston, Eubie Blake, Herbie Mann, C. Scoby Stroman, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Wynton Kelly, Irving "Duke" Jordan, Ronnie Mathews, Ernie Henry, Kenny Kirkland, Stanley Banks, and Noel Pointer just to name several.
The hall of fame awards notable Brooklyn jazz musicians, community members, and venues who have made an impact on Brooklyn's jazz community; the Deacon Leroy Applin Young Lion(ess) Award is given to parvenu.
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