Jazz For Peace featuring Rick DellaRatta to perform benefit concert in NYC on Sat. Feb 21St for

The Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services at 8pm! LYSISTRATA 100 at 9:30pm!

(PRWEB) February 18, 2004 --Purchase advance tickets now online at www.jazzforpeace.org and save $$$$$ on advance tickets.

Jazz For Peace featured in the current issue of Big News!

Jazz For Peace Concert's featuring Rick DellaRatta continue with a special benefit concert on Sat. Feb. 21st for The Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services (ESC) at 8:00 pm and LYSISTRATA 100 at 9:30 pm at Jazz on the Park - 36 W. 106 st. between Manhattan Avenue and Central Park West. and patrons may BYOB! For details and to purchase advance tickets online for special discount please go to www.jazzforpeace.org or call 212-947-1104 for reservations.

Jazz For Peace featuring Rick DellaRatta has been featured on the cover of UPWARD , the feature article insert of BIG NEWS which is distributed widely in the streets and subways of New York City as well as Albany, NY.

The Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services (ESC) is a consortium of programs and individuals concerned with the plight of our States homeless, runaway and street-involved youth. ESC helps to strengthen and support programs in their life-affirming and often life-saving work. In New York City, ESC provides free training and technical assistance to over 75 programs that help disenfranchised youth.

LYSISTRATA 100 is a sexy comedic theatrical production with a cast of 100. Following worldwide readings of the play to protest the war, this 2,400 year old farce tells the story of the women of Greece, who refuse to have sex with the men until they call off their war. The atmosphere will be like an ancient Festival of Dionysus, in a totally new, environmental theater! Go to our website for more info: Lysistrata

On September 25, 2002, Jazz Pianist & Vocalist Rick DellaRatta was invited to lead a band consisting of: 'Israeli, Middle Eastern, European, Asian & American' Jazz musicians in a concert inside the United Nations, for an international audience.Rick named this band:

"Jazz For Peace"

Jazz for Peace's mission is to help advance people to their highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace through our "Jazz For Peace Concerts" worldwide - joining forces (or performing) with multi-cultural musicians to spread peace through the artform of Jazz and entering regions that are politically controversial. By the means of live concerts, video taping, on hands/ on-line teaching as well as supplying musical instruments to under-privileged children in under developed areas worldwide, Jazz for Peace will re-enforce what past history has proven - that the art form of Jazz has the ability to create a positive effect that unites people and may eventually start to transform the barriers and issues of different cultures and beliefs.
For more information please visit www.jazzforpeace.org

Recent Quotes:
"Rick DellaRatta is one of the finest Jazz pianists alive."
             --Savannah Times
"It is actually the quality of DellaRatta's voice that grows on me more & more with repeated listenings. At first I felt that Rick's strengths as a pianist were foremost, but with time I have come to understand that Dellaratta's skill as a vocalist is not to be underestimated."His voice has quite a haunting quality to it, being slightly androgenous in tone, sometimes ghostly.... sometimes sexy. "
                --Jen Karpin, Green Mtn Jazz Messenger

".....sure it will be a good show."
             --New York Times Jazz Forum

The latest Jazz for Peace Concert Review now available online at www.Robertaonthearts.com!
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