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Jazz & Roses
Sunday, June 3, Noon–5:30 pm
| Time | Happening |
|---|---|
| Noon–1:00 | Rose Garden Tour With BBG Rosarian Anne O'NeillBrooklyn Botanic Garden's renowned rose curator for five years, Anne O'Neill has been a professional gardener for over two decades. Originally from Ireland, she started her career gardening in Ireland's famed Altamont Garden. |
| 12:30–4:00 | Discovery Workshop for Families: Make a Rose-Scented SachetKids can learn all about scent in a rose-inspired workshop designed just for them. Each child will make a rose-scented sachet to take home. |
| 1:00–2:00 | Jazz Concert With Marje Wagner and FriendsDubbed "a velvet-voiced jazzer," Wagner swings hard through a repertoire of classic jazz standards while peppering her music with Latin, world beat, and fusion sounds. Wagner is joined on stage by New York luminaries Eli Yamin on piano, MaryAnn McSweeney on bass, and Anthony Pinciotti on drums. Listen: Marje Wagner—"Lover" |
| 1:00–2:00 | Rose Garden Tour With BBG Garden GuidesLocation: Cranford Rose Garden |
| 2:30–3:30 |
Jazz Concert With Gretchen Parlato and Lionel LouekeTwo jazz masters team up for a concert to be remembered! Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, Parlato brings her breezy phrases and lilting Brazilian rhythms to center stage. She is joined by guitarist and Benin native Lionel Loueke, whose playing the L.A. Times called "remarkable." Listen: Lionel Loueke with Gretchen Parlato—"Vivi" |
| 3:00–4:00 |
Rose Garden Tour With BBG Garden GuidesLocation: Cranford Rose Garden |
| 4:00–5:30 |
Jazz Concert With the Christian Howes Quartet, Featuring Bobby FloydStrings Magazine recently described Christian Howes as "a force of nature... one of the best young jazz violinists in the world." Howes has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe and has recorded with the likes of Les Paul, D.D. Jackson, and Steve Turre. Howes is joined today by the legendary organist Bobby Floyd of Ray Charles fame, as well as the spectacular Joel Newton on guitar and Joel Rosenblatt on drums. Listen: Violinist Christian Howes—"Caprice No. 24" |
