This summer's Outdoor jazz concerts at Medgar Evers

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Aka Jazzy Jazz

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The Jazzy Jazz Festival takes place in front of the college’s Academic Complex Building at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Crown Street, in Brooklyn. The program is from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Seating is on a first-come basis. This event is FREE to the public. This year’s lineup includes Eric Wyatt Quartet, Steven Kroon and Sextet, MEC Jazz Ensemble, Hillard Greene and The Jazz Expressions, Melba Joyce and Friends, Ngoma’s “Not Your Average String Thing,” Rhythm Healing featuring Bashiri Johnson and Frances Elizee, Jazzmeia Horn and Alex Blake and Collective. Bring your lawn chairs; the street is blocked off every Friday. The great Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, June 20, 1917, 100 years ago; hence this year is her centennial year