As the Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its third week, donations from around the world are being sent in support of the Ukrainian people.
Here in New York City the non-profit music activist organization Arts for Art will present 10,000 Tones for Peace on March 18 to benefit Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine. The event at the Clemente Flamboyan Theater, will feature an all-star lineup of avant-garde artists, who believe in taking this music called jazz to an upper stratosphere.
Some of the many artists to perform will be: Oliver Lake, William Parker, Matthew Shipp, D.D. Jackson, Jason Kao Hwang and Mark Dresser. The concert will be in-person and virtual tickets are available on Eventbrite or visit the website artsforart.org. Funds raised will go to Doctors Without Borders Ukraine.
When Jones isn’t producing, touring or working in her new role as a filmmaker, she is on the first call list for such bandleaders as Kenny Barron, Beyoncé, Bertha Hope, Tia Fuller, Marc Cary, Toshi Reagon, and Terri Lyne Carrington’s Grammy award-winning “The Mosaic Project.” Jones was awarded a full scholarship at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. She studied classically under the tutelage of Linda McKnight and simultaneously attended weekend classes at the historic Jazzmobile on Saturday mornings with bassist Lisle Atkinson. She also studied with jazz masters such as Barry Harris, Ron Carter, Dr. Billy Taylor, Yusef Lateef, Max Roach, and Maria Schneider.
Makeba was one of South Africa’s first female singers to bring her native music to a Western audience, popularizing world music and its nuances. Aside from her recognition as an international singer/songwriter Makeba was a strong advocate against Apartheid and during her stay in New York she became a civil rights activist alongside her mentor Harry Belafonte.
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