Duke Ellington at Woodlawn – Spring Concert

It’s National Jazz Appreciation Month and Duke Ellington Week in NYC!

On Saturday, April 30, America’s most iconic art form arrives at Woodlawn Cemetery’s Woolworth Chapel with a jazz concert from The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts – featuring Mercedes Ellington. Great music, stirring vocals, and inspirational poetry will pay tribute to the jazz legend at his final resting place.

From the dawn of the Jazz Age until today, hundreds of celebrated jazz musicians have been memorialized at Woodlawn, including W.C. Handy, Coleman Hawkins, King Oliver, Bricktop, William “Sonny” Greer, Charles “Cootie” Williams, King Oliver, Arthur Whetsol, Sandy Williams, Milt Jackson, and Florence Mills. Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet, Miles Davis and Max Roach are together in Woodlawn’s famous jazz corner. A full list of Woodlawn jazz legends can be viewed here.

What: Duke Ellington at Woodlawn – Spring ConcertWhen: Saturday, April 30, 5 p.m.Cost: $20 per personWhere: Woolworth Chapel at The Woodlawn Cemetery, Webster Avenue and E. 233rd St., Bronx, NY 10470Reservations: Brian Sahd, Executive Director, Friends of Woodlawn, (718) 920-1470, [email hidden]

*Reservations are required for this concert.

This program is made possible with public funds from the Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, and also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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