Jazz Under a Simple Tree at the Ward: Evening at the Savoy - (Themed Event)

249 Northwest 9th Street,Miami FL 33136

30 October, 2021

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Hampton Art Lovers Presents " Jazz Under a Simple Tree : Savoy Ballroom Edition", a themed event celebrating the 1920s (Halloween Weekend) Hampton Art Lovers Presents " Jazz Under a Simple Tree : Savoy Ballroom Edition", a Themed event celebrating the 1920s during Halloween weekend. The evening will feature live jazz from the Sunblazers Jazz Quartet (FIU Jazz) with special guest Carol Ann Taylor "sitting in". Spirits Courtesy of Duke and Dame Whiskey and Fish Fry Courtesy of Captain Gooch. Join us for a themed evening of jazz, food (fish fry) and spirits as we celebrate the closing of our current exhibition on Halloween weekend. Sponsored by Art of Black Miami, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, FIU Public Humanities Lab, Southeast Overtown / Parkwest CRA, Law Firm of Brenda Gitchev Guerrero -- Miami Family Law Attorney. REEF Tech and Duke & Dame Whiskey. Hampton Art Lovers series of Story Gathering Saturdays with the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab collects and preserves the oral histories of African-American families of the Great Migration. We will spend the evening gathering community stories for participating guests. One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty explores stories of freedom and liberty through the poetry of Langston Hughes and the featured artwork of Jacob Lawrence, with other works from Charles White, Basil Watson, John Biggers, Charles Alston, David Driskell, Leroy Campbell, Anthony Reed II (Mojo) and Marvin Weeks. The Savoy - The Theme The Savoy Ballroom was a jazz nightclub in Harlem, New York. It was located between 140th and 141st Streets, at 596 Lennox Avenue. The Savoy opened in 1926 during a time called the Harlem Renaissance and the roaring 20s, when the arts flourished among African Americans in the United States and Europe. The Savoy was a center for Jazz music and dance. It was the most famous ballroom in the nation and the only place with Black and White kids could dance together. At a time when racial segregation was quite strict, the Savoy enforced a non-discrimination policy where all people were welcome in an unsegregated public space. The only question was can you dance? The Savoy, immortalized in the swing standard ''Stompin' at the Savoy,'' helped launch the careers of Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford and many other big-band performers who often ''battled'' each other from the club's two bandstands. Hampton Art Lovers We inspire the appreciation of African-American Fine Art. We honor the heart and soul of Fine Artists and make their work accessible to anyone who loves art. Hampton Art Lovers believes that understanding culture through experiencing the arts is becoming increasingly vital in the modern world. We live in an information economy, a world in which technology can provide access to products and services that have been previously inaccessible. Intense, experiential learning is the currency of the knowledge economy and lovers of art do this naturally. Hampton Art Lovers believes that through culture and arts education we can improve our communities and communities all over the world. Historic Ward Rooming House The Ward Rooming House is owned by the City of Miami SE Overtown/Park West CRA and operated by Hampton Art Lovers. The Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery has a rich socially significant history. It is an honor to bring this exhibition to this space. Built in the 1900s by an African-American family with Bahamian roots (Shaddrack and Victoria Ward), the Ward Rooming House served as a home for both African American and Native Americans who needed a safe place to sleep at night. In the 1940s and 50s it was known for hosting various civic groups and became the “Club House”. Built in the era of Overtown's historic heyday, when it was known as "Colored Town," the Ward Rooming House stands as a tribute to the history of one of the oldest historic Black community in the City of Miami. As one of the few remaining buildings of its time, a seemingly ordinary rooming house becomes significant for the larger role it serves in preserving the history and architecture of Miami's Black community. It was designated a historic site by the City of Miami in 2006 and fully restored in 2010. Now it serves as a gallery and event space.