Quintet of the Americas Presents Queens Jazz Greats Concert at Corona’s Langston Hughes Library on September 28

Quintet of the Americas will present a Queens Jazz Greats concert on September 28 at Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens, NY.

Quintet of the Americas, along with guest artists Earl McIntyre, bass trombone/ tuba player and arranger, Renee Manning, vocalist, and Carlos Maldonado, percussionist, will celebrate the artistry of Queens Jazz musicians as part of their Celebration of 40 Years in NY City.

This event will include performances of James P. Johnson's Carolina Shout for Quintet of the Americas alone, Fats Waller's Jitterbug Waltz, Billie Holiday's Now Baby or Never, Mongo Santamaria’s Afro Blue, Jimmy Heath's Gingerbread Boy, Cannonball Adderley's Autumn Leaves & Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Dizzy Gillespie's Night In Tunisia. Earl McIntyre has created new arrangements of these works for woodwind quintet, trombone or tuba, percussion and vocals.

The September 28 concert is free and open to the public. For more info, call 718-651-1100 or visit http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html. This concert is ADA accessible. MTA transportation info at http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx.

Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 1976, Quintet of the Americas has specialized in bringing music from the Western hemisphere to audiences in the United States since its arrival in New York in 1979. The group has enjoyed an international career that has taken them to concert halls throughout the Americas and Eastern Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Members are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Ben Baron, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn and Sasha Gee Enegren, bassoon. Visit them at http://www.quintet.org and http://www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.

This program is part of a Chamber Music America Residency. The Residency by the Quintet of the Americas, organized in partnership with Quintet of the Americas; ElmCor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc.; Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center; Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center; and Catholic Charities Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Program has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America through its Residency Endowment Fund.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes from The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, The Music Performance Trust Fund of the AF of M, and generous individuals. Special thanks to the Hon. Melinda Katz, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council. Special thanks to Danielle Gabbin-Burton.

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