I-Revolution neJazz eHarlem

Yenza iSonto livakatye kwi-Morris-Jumel Mansion & Jazz Parlor

Kukho ababini ababhinqileyo abathandi bemyuziyam bafuna ukutyelela kwindawo yaseHorlem yaseNew York: u-Eliza Jumel no-Marjorie Eliot.

U-Eliza Jumel, owayengumfazi ocebileyo waseMerika, wafa ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka edlulileyo, kodwa umoya wakhe uye waxelwa ngokubanzi ukuba ahloniphe iMorris-Jumel Mansion , indlu enkulu kunazo zonke yaseManhattan. Kodwa uMarjorie Eliot, uphila kakhulu, kwaye i-jazz yakhe ye-jazz salon iyimyuziyam ephilayo ye-Harlem Renaissance.

Uye wabhengezwa njengempawu zenkcubeko ngeSixekoLore: iNkokheli yaseNew York yeNkcubeko yamaDolophu, kunye neKomiti yeCitizen yeSixeko saseNew York.

Yidla isidlo sasemini eHarlem, uze u tyelele i-Morris Jumel Mansion nge-2pm. Hlola ikhalenda ukuze ubone ukuba kukho ikhonsathi okanye inqubo (kudla rhoqo) uze uhambe kwibloko ukuya kwi-555 i-Edgecombe Avenue, i-Apartment 3F. Umculo uvame ukuqala malunga ne-4pm, kodwa isihlwele esikhulu samakhelwane kunye nabakhenkethi baseYurophu mhlawumbi baya kuthi bahlala zonke izihlalo ngelo xesha. Ngokuqhelekileyo isihlwele sichithwa singene kwindlovu yesakhiwo sendawo yokuhlala.

Le ngqungquthela yaseManhattan yinkqantosi yendlela yabamonyuzi eNew York. Nangona kunjalo, izitrato ngokwazo zifana nemyuziyam ephilayo ukuya kwi-American Revolution kunye neHarlem Renaissance. I-Roger Morris Park ejikeleze iMansion ikuvumela ukuba umzuzwana ukuba ummandla wabukeka njani xa wawungumalusi kwaye ungaphandle kwemida yeNew York.

Ijikeleze iJumel Terrrace yimibala emihle ye-brownstones eyakhiwe ngasekupheleni kweminyaka eyi-1800 eyayiba yindlu kwiimpawu zokukhanya kweHarlem. UPawulos Robeson wayehlala kwikhaya ngokuthe ngqo kwitalato evela kwiNdlu. Kwakhona kusondele ngasese, ngokutyunjwa kuphela iMyuziyam yoBugcisa kunye ne-Origins eyabelwe kwaye ilandiswa nguDkt. George Preston.

I-Morris-Jumel Mansion ngaphakathi kwendawo yaseRoger Morris yakhiwe ngamaLoyalists angamaNgesi awashiya indlu xa i-Revolution yase-Amerika iphelile. Kamva wathengwa ngu-Eliza noStephen Jumel ababephethe ama-acre amakhulu. UStephen Jumel, umthengisi wewayini waseBordeaux watshala iidiliya kwipropati namhlanje enokuthi ikhule ifakwe e-Highbridge Park ngqo phambi kwesakhiwo sezindlu saseMarjorie Eliot. Njengoko umhlaba uthengiswa kwaye igridi yedolophu yakhiwe malunga nepropati yaseJumel, loo ndawo yaba yindawo yokuhlala. Into ephawulekayo yiyona "I-Nickel ye-Triple" isakhiwo sezindlu esinegama lokuthiwa nguDuke Ellington.

UMarjorie uhlala apho iminyaka engaphezu kwe-30. I-lobby ekhuselekileyo ihlotshiswe ngamafabhethi e-Renaissance kunye nesithambiso sayo esenziwe ngeklasi yeTiffany.

"Kukhona induduzo apha. Ingqondo yentsapho iphela," kusho uMarjorie. UDuke Ellington wayehlala ehlala esakhiweni. Kwakhona u-Count Basie, uJackie Robinson noPaul Robeson bathiwa ngambalwa.

Ngeveki, iMarjorie idiza inkqubo yeCawa ezayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayikho inxaxheba yecala - yintlanganiso kunye neemvumi zihlawulwa. Nangona kunjalo, indlu ye-jazz ayinayo imali yokungena kwaye uMarjorie uzimisele ukugcina loo ndlela.

Ukholelwa ukuba imali ayikwazi ukuba yinto ecacileyo kunye nokuba akukho nto inomdla ngayo.

"Ubuntu bethu yinto. I-Jazz ngumculo waseAfrika-waseMelika," kuchaza. "Ndizama ukudala indawo yokulondoloza ubugcisa." Ukudabuka kunye nokukhathazeka kobomi - ezo zinto zihlala zilapho. Kodwa zibonelela ngeemeko zokubonakalisa ukudala kunye ... kwaye, ummangaliso! "

I-Jazz Parlor yazalwa yintlekele. Ngo-1992, unyana kaMarjorie uPhillip wasweleka ngenxa yesifo sesifo. UMarjorie, umdlali owenza umsebenzi kunye nomculi oqeqeshwe owayesoloko ehlala ehlala kwindawo yaseJreenwich Village jazz, waphendukela kwipiyano yakhe ukuze athole induduzo.

Oku kwakhokelela kwikhonkco kwimemori kaPhillip kwintshonkco yendlu kaMorris-Jumel. Kungekudala emva koko, uMarjorie wagqiba ekubeni enze i-konsenti yeCawa ntambama yokuma.

"Ndandifuna ukuthatha ibali elibuhlungu kwaye lenze into evuyisayo," ushoyo.

Emva kokudumala kwindlela umculo we-jazz kunye nabaculi bephathwa ngayo ngabanikazi beqela, wagqiba ekubeni amkele i-jazz salon ekhaya lakhe. Ukususela ngoko, unike ikhonkethi nganye ngeCawa ukususela nge-4: 00 ukuya ku-6pm.

Ngonyaka uyaba nekhonsathi enqeni yomnquba we-Morris-Jumel apho onke aqale khona. Ngokukodwa, uthanda ukuqaphela amakhoboka ayekade ehlala aze asebenze endlwini. Xa uMbutho wawukhonza njengokomkhulu wamkhosi eGeorge Washington , amakhoboka ayehlala. Kamva u-Ann Northup, umfazi kaSolomon Northup wasebenza njengompheki kwiNdlu yeNdlu ngenkathi indoda yakhe, indoda engumntu omnyama ephuma eNew York, ilahlekile emva kokuba idakamizwa, ithathwa yathengiswa ngabathengisi bentengiso eMzantsi. Ngentlonelo wabhala malunga namava encwadini yakhe ethi "iminyaka eyi-12 engumkhonzi."

Amava omculo we-jazz kwisiganeko esithandanayo sinokukhawuleza kunye noluntu. UMarjorie ukhanyisa ikhandlela ezimbalwa ekhitshini. I-vase yeentyantyambo ezitsha zifakwe kwi-tray efakwe kwiikomityi zeplastiki eziza kuzalisa i-apple juice kwiindwendwe zayo. Intsebenzo iqala ngo-Marjorie kwi-piano, egqoke iingubo ezimhlophe ezibomvu. (Akanayo nawomculo wephepha.) Iifoto, amakhadi kunye neenkqubela zephephandaba zifakwe kwiindonga. Abaculi baqala ukujoyina uMarjorie kwaye ekugqibeleni uhamba epilano xa unyana wakhe, uRudel Drears, ethatha. UCedric Chakroun, udlala u- Nature Boy Eddn Ahbez kwiqhekeza. Ibhinqa elilaphuli lixela umxhwane umhlobo, "Ungamva u-hurtin 'apha, akunjalo?" Umhlobo uphinda isandla sakhe ngokuqinisekisayo. Iiplati ezimbini zeenkukhu ezitshisayo, ezisikiweyo zenziwa. Umnyango wesikhonkwane kunye ne-Kiochi, ehleli "ngasemva", ucinezela i-buzzer. I-Percussionist i-Al Drears ihamba kwaye emva kwexesha idlumbing kwi-parlor. Kwindlovu, umama osemncinci uhlabelela kumculo, ezama ukulungisa umntwana wakhe oneminyaka engama-3 ubudala. Ikhonsathi idlulela ukungena kunye neCedric iyabajoyina kwindlovu ukuze idlale i- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star .

Ezi konsathi azilondolozi nje ifa le-jazz eHarlem, bayifumana ngobomi obutsha kubavakalisi bexesha langoku. Ukunikezelwa kwimeko yomlando othi "I-Nickel yeTriple" isakhiwo sezindlu, ngokwenene imyuziyam ephilayo ye-Harlem Renaissance.

Abantu badla ngokundibuza into endimangalisa ngayo ngamakhonsathi kwaye ndihlala ndibaxelela ukuba ngabaphulaphuli bam, "kusho uMarjorie. "Abantu abavela kwisakhiwo abafiki, kodwa abantu abavela kulo lonke isixeko nakwihlabathi lonke." Imvula okanye iqhwa, andikaze ndibe nabantu abangaphantsi kwama-30 apha. " Enyanisweni, iincwadi zokukhokela eziseNew York ezibhalwe ngesiTaliyane, isiFrentshi kunye nesiJamani ziphantse ziqulethe uluhlu lwe-jazz salon. Abanye baseYurophu bayazi malunga naye kunye neMorris-Jumel Mansion kuneNew Yorkers.

NgeliCawa elithile, iqela lamaTaliyane ekuqaleni kwawo-20 liye lithatha ikhitshi. Indoda yaseUzbekistan ivuyisa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuva umculo awayefundela ngasese e-USSR. (Uvile nge-jazz parlor ngelixa elinde kumgca wetikiti ze-Metropolitan Opera. Wabuza apho angayiva khona i-jazz enhle eNew York kwaye watshelwa ukuba indawo eyona ndawo yayingaphezulu kwi-Marjorie.

Kodwa ngo-Marjorie, oku kusele ngunyana wakhe. Kwakhona ngoku kwindodana yesibini elahlekile ngoJanuwari 2006. "Kwaye, ngokuzithoba, konke oku malunga noPhillip noMichael."

I-Morris-Jumel Mansion

I-Roger Morris Park, 65 Jumel Terrace, eNew York, NY 10032

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Abantu abadala: i-$ 10
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Jazz Parlor

555 Edgecombe Avenue, Apt 3F, eNew York, Ny 10032

Njalo ngeCawa ukususela ngo-4: 00 ukuya ku-6pm

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