Jazz Foundation of America Announces 5th Annual “Great Night in Harlem” Concert

A press release from the Jazz Foundation of America announcing its fifth annual A Great Night in Harlem benefit concert at the Apollo Theater on May 4, 2006, hosted by Bill Cosby, with Danny Glover, Jimmy McGriff and more than 60 musicians including Abbey Lincoln and James Blood Ulmer.

The foundation said it had handled nearly 900 emergency cases for New Orleans musicians since Hurricane Katrina, from replacing Fats Domino's piano to paying rent and mortgages, and set a goal of raising $1.5 million.

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