WHAT A SPECTACULAR NIGHT!
Thank you Sting and Christian for helping JAZZ HOUSE KiDS hit all the right notes as we move into our third decade!
THE LOWDOWN: CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRISTIAN Ⓡ
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024
This one night only, sold-out exclusive Concert & Conversation supported JAZZ HOUSE KiDS and its many life-changing programs that level the playing field to access and learning through tuition assistance to year-round classes and programs, private music lessons, music education in schools, instruments in the hands of young artists, and bringing jazz to the community. We are grateful to RALPH PUCCI for its leadership support and our many generous sponsors. Thank you to many attendees who were inspired to make a special gift to our mission.
All proceeds benefited JAZZ HOUSE KiDS
2024 Ralph Pucci Program Book
SPONSORS
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
EVENING HOSTS
Ann + Ralph PucciDIRECTORS
- Paula + Michael Lazaroff, Jazz Cruises
- JPMorgan Chase; Rita + Terry Woodard
- JT Magen & Company, Inc.
- Trinity Church Wall Street
PERFORMER’S CIRCLE
Visionary
Dinan Family Foundation
Champions
- Cool Wind Ventilation
- Jayne + Hans Hufschmid
- Eden Lopez-Robles + Paula Steinberg, The LSS Group at RBC Wealth Management
- Manhattan Mechanical Contractors
- Ronald McCray
- Mary Catherine + Trevor K. Person
- Rosado Group
ABOUT THE RALPH PUCCI JAZZ SET
For eight years, RALPH PUCCI INTERNATIONAL has partnered with nationally-acclaimed music education organization JAZZ HOUSE KiDS and its Artistic Director CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, eight-time GRAMMY-winning virtuosic bassist, composer, Newport Jazz Festival Artistic Director, host of NPR’s Jazz Night in America and Sirius XM Jazz show, The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian®. Each year JAZZ HOUSE turns Ralph’s House – RALPH PUCCI International’s spectacular NYC luxury furniture design gallery — into a world-class jazz club for the RALPH PUCCI JAZZ SET, an exclusive evening of music and conversation.
ABOUT RALPH PUCCI
RALPH PUCCI INTERNATIONAL is a luxury furniture, lighting and mannequin company, regarded as one of the best in the world. The gallery and showroom is based in NYC, with outposts in Miami and Los Angeles. Previous esteemed guests of CHRISTIAN McBRIDE have included ESPERANZA SPALDING, JOHN PIZZARELLI, LAURIE ANDERSON, DIANA KRALL, WYNTON MARSALIS and GREGORY PORTER.ABOUT THE JAZZ HOUSE
Now in its third decade, the award-winning JAZZ HOUSE KiDS transforms the lives of young people using the power and legacy of jazz through world-class education that creates avenues of access, learning, career development and community building. JAZZ HOUSE builds tomorrow’s community leaders and global citizens and serves all students regardless of their financial circumstances.
“Jazz runs through RALPH PUCCI veins, both the person and the place. It is the soundtrack that fills our galleries.”
