Eleventh Annual Don Redman Heritage Awards and Concert

Author: ITP News Desk | Published: 06/17/2012 | 278 Views | Short URL: http://itpwv.com/local/n/8929

On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will host the Eleventh Annual Don Redman Heritage Awards & Concert. This year’s event features master jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and legendary bassist Ben Tucker. The two men will be joined by the Howard Burns Quartet.

The Don Redman Heritage Award is presented annually by the Harpers Ferry Historical Association, the Jefferson County NAACP and the Don Redman Heritage Society to legends of jazz whose musicianship, humanity and dignity serve as an asset to jazz in the tradition of Don Redman, and whose work in music and education illuminate his spirit.

This free open air concert will begin at 6:00 P.M. on the lawn behind the Mather Training Center, on the former Storer College campus in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

For more information about the concert, see
http://historicharpersferry.com/articles/Don-Redman-concert2012.pdf

For more information about the “Little Giant of Jazz” Don Redman, see
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/historyculture/don-redman.htm
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/historyculture/don-redman-the-little-giant-of-jazz.htm