Ka ziyarci Masallacin Morris-Jumel & Parlor Jazz
Akwai mata masu muhimmanci guda biyu masu sha'awar gidan kayan gargajiya suna bukatar su ziyarci unguwar Harlem dake birnin New York: Eliza Jumel da Marjorie Eliot.
Eliza Jumel, sau ɗaya mace mafi arziki a Amirka, ya mutu tun shekara dari da suka wuce, amma an san cewa an gano mahaifiyarsa a cikin gidan Morris-Jumel Mansion , gidan gidan Manhattan mafi girma. Marjorie Eliot duk da haka, yana da rai ƙwarai, kuma ranar Lahadi ta jazz ita ce gidan kayan gargajiya na Harlem Renaissance.
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Ku ci abincin rana a Harlem, sa'an nan kuma ziyarci Morris Jumel Mansion a kusa da 2pm. Bincika kalandar don ganin idan akwai kida ko shirin da ke faruwa (akwai sau da yawa) sannan kuma ku yi tafiya zuwa to 555 Edgecombe Avenue, Apartment 3F. Yawan kiɗa yana farawa ne a kusa da 4pm, amma babban taron makwabta da 'yan yawon bude ido na Turai sun yi da'awar duk kujerun a lokacin. Sau da yawa taron ya rushe cikin ɗakin masaukin gidan gini.
Wannan kusurwa na Manhattan ya zama mai banƙyama daga hanyar da aka yi wa dukan masu sha'awar kayan gargajiya a birnin New York. Duk da haka, titunan tituna suna kama da gidan kayan tarihi mai rai ga juyin juya halin Amurka da Harlem Renaissance. Roger Morris Park wanda ke kewaye da Mansion yana baka damar tunanin lokacin da yankin ya yi kama da lokacin da yake bazara da kuma nisa waje na birnin New York.
Duk a kusa da Jumel Terrrace suna da kyakkyawar launuka masu launin ginin da aka gina a farkon marigayi 1800 wanda daga bisani ya zama gida ga masu haske na Harlem Renaissance. Bulus Robeson ya zauna a cikin gida a kan titin daga Mansion. Har ila yau a nan kusa ne masu zaman kansu, a lokacin da ake kira Museum of Art da Origins da Dr. George Preston ya warkar.
Masaukin Morris-Jumel a cikin Roger Morris Park ya gina shi ne daga Turanci Turanci wanda ya bar gidan lokacin da juyin juya halin Amurka ya ɓace. Bayan haka sai Eliza da Stephen Jumel suka saya su da yawa daruruwan kadada na dukiya. Stephen Jumel, mai sayar da ruwan inabi na Bordeaux, ya dasa inabi a kan dukiyar da za a iya yi a yau a dandalin Highbridge Park a gaban gidan ginin Marjorie Eliot. Lokacin da aka sayar da ƙasar kuma an gina grid na gine-gine kewaye da gidan Jumel, yankin ya zama zama. Mafi mashahuri shi ne "Triple Nickel" wani ɗakin gini mai suna Duke Ellington.
Marjorie ya zauna a can fiye da shekaru 30. Gidan da aka yi wa launi yana yi wa ado da ƙyama Renaissance da kuma rufin da aka yi da gilashin Tiffany.
"Akwai ta'aziyya a nan." Sanarwar iyali ta cika, "in ji Marjorie. Duke Ellington ya zauna a cikin ginin. Don haka, Counting, Jackie Robinson, da Paul Robeson sun yi suna.
A cikin makon, Marjorie ya tsara tsarin shirin Lahadi mai zuwa. Ba shakka ba jamba ba ne - yana da kide-kide kuma masu biya suna biya. Amma duk da haka, gidan wasan jazz ba shi da kudin shiga kuma Marjorie ya ƙaddara ya ci gaba da hakan.
Ta yi imanin cewa, kudi ba zai iya zama mahimmanci ba, kuma babu wani abu mai daraja game da shi.
"Mu 'yan Adam ne abu ne, Jazz ne' yan kabilar Amirka," in ji ta. "Na yi kokari wajen samar da yanayi mai kyau na fasaha. Abin bakin ciki da bala'in rayuwa - waɗannan abubuwa ne a koyaushe, amma suna samar da yanayi don faɗakarwa da ma'ana ... da kyau, abin al'ajabi ne!"
An haifi Parlor Jazz ta wani bala'i. A 1992, ɗan Marjorie Phillip ya mutu daga cutar koda. Marjorie, wani dan wasan kwaikwayon da ya kammala karatunsa da kuma horar da kade-kade wanda ya kasance a lokaci daya a kan mujallar Greenwich Village jazz, ya juya zuwa ga piano domin jin dadi.
Wannan ya haifar da wani wasan kwaikwayon na tunanin tunawa da Phillip a kan farar da gidan Morris-Jumel. Ba da da ewa ba, Marjorie ya yanke shawara ya sa ta zama zane-zane a ranar Lahadi.
"Ina so in yi wani labari mai ban al'ajabi da kuma sanya shi a cikin abin farin ciki," in ji ta.
Da yake rashin jin kunya a hanyar da ake yi wa mawaƙa jazz da mawaƙa ta hanyar masu kulob din, ta yanke shawarar karɓar salon jazz a gidansa. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ta gabatar da wani wasan kwaikwayo a kowace Lahadi daga karfe 4 na yamma zuwa min.
Kowace shekara ta kuma shirya wasan kwaikwayon a kan farar Masallacin Morris-Jumel inda ta fara. Musamman ma, tana so ya gane barorin da suka rayu da kuma aiki a gidan. Lokacin da Mansion ya kasance hedkwatar soja ga George Washington , 'yan bayi sun zauna. Daga bisani Ann Northup, matar Sulemanu Northup ta yi aiki a matsayin mai cin abinci a Mansion yayin da mijinta, dan jariri ne daga New York, ya ɓace bayan da aka yi masa barazana, ya kama shi da sayar da shi a cikin kudancin kasar. Ya kasance da farin ciki ya rubuta game da kwarewa a littafinsa "Shekaru 12 da Bawa."
Gwaninta na jin kiɗan jazz a cikin wannan wuri mai haske yana da sauƙi da kuma gari. Marjorie na haskaka kyandir a cikin ɗakin abinci. An sanya gilashin furen furanni a kan tarkon da aka sanya tare da kofuna na filafi wanda zai cika da ruwan 'ya'yan itace ga baƙi. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya fara ne tare da Marjorie a Piano, yana saye kayan ado mai launin ruwan hoton. (Ba ta da wani waƙa na musika.) Hotuna, katunan, da takardun jarida suna tattake ganuwar. Masu kiɗa sun fara shiga Marjorie kuma ƙarshe ta bar piano lokacin da danta, Rudel Drears, ya karbi. Cedric Chakroun, ke takawa ɗan Adam Eddn Ahbez a kan busa. Wata mace a cikin masu sauraro tana magana da abokantaka a hankali, "Kuna iya ji masa rauni" daga nan, ba za ku iya ba? " Aboki ya rungumi hannunsa da tabbaci. Ana amfani da kwasfa tare da guda biyu na zafi, mai soyayyen kaza. Kullon ƙofa da Kiochi, suna zaune "backstage", yana buga buzzer. Dandalin daki-daki Al Drears yana tafiya a ciki kuma daga bisani yana drumming a cikin ɗakin. A cikin hallway, wani mahaifiyar yaro tana tsalle waƙa, yana ƙoƙari ya kafa jaririnta mai shekaru 3. Gidan wasan ya rabu da izinin shiga kuma Cedric ya shiga su a cikin hallway don buga Twinkle Twinkle Little Star .
Wadannan wasan kwaikwayo ba wai kawai suna adana jazz a Harlem ba, suna ba da sabon rai ga masu sauraren zamani. Bisa ga mahallin tarihi mai suna "Triple Nickel", yana da tarihin tarihin tarihin Harlem Renaissance.
"Sau da yawa mutane sukan tambaye ni abin da ya fi damuwa game da wadannan kide-kide na kide-kide kuma ina gaya musu cewa su ne masu sauraro," in ji Marjorie. "Mutane daga gine-ginen ba su zo ba, amma mutane daga ko'ina cikin gari da kuma duk duniya suna yi, ruwan sama ko ruwan sama, ban taba samun mutane 30 a nan ba." Lalle ne, littattafan yawon shakatawa na New York da aka rubuta a cikin Italiyanci, Faransanci da Jamusanci kusan dukkanin sun ƙunshi jerin abubuwan da ake amfani da shi don salon salon jazz na Marjorie. Yawancin Turai sun san game da ita da Mansion Morrison-Jumel Mansion fiye da New Yorkers.
A wannan ranar Lahadi, wani rukuni na Italiya a cikin farkon shekarun 20 sun karbi abincin. Wani mutum daga Uzbekistan yana murna da jin daɗin kiɗan da ya yi nazarin karkashin kasa a cikin USSR. (Ya ji game da wasan kwaikwayo na jazz yayin jira a cikin layi na tikiti don Opera Metropolitan.Ya tambayi inda zai iya jin jazz mai kyau a New York kuma an gaya masa cewa wuri mafi kyau ya kasance a Marjorie.
Amma ga Marjorie, wannan har yanzu game da danta. Yanzu ma yanzu shine dan na biyu da ta rasa a Janairu 2006. "A gare ni, a hankali, wannan shine game da Phillip da Michael."
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Roger Morris Park, 65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY 10032
Hours
Litinin, rufe
Talata-Jumma'a: 10 am zuwa 4pm
Asabar, Lahadi: 10 am-5pm
Shiga
Manya: $ 10
Tsofaffi / Makarantu: $ 8
Yara a karkashin 12: Free
Membobin: Free
Jazz na Parlor
555 Edgecombe Avenue, Apt 3F, New York, Ny 10032
Kowace Lahadi daga karfe 4 zuwa min
Kyauta, amma kyauta a cikin akwati a baya na dakin ana amfani da shi don biya masu kiɗa