Eagle Rock Entertainment presents WYCLEF JEAN'S ALL STAR JAM AT CARNEGIE HALL on DVD. Multi-platinum, award-winning superstar Wyclef Jean welcomes an all-star line up for the first annual "Clef's Kids" concert, which benefits the Wyclef Jean Foundation and raises money for inner-city youth musical education. The concert, which was held at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City, will be released to DVD for the first time on December 7, 2004. WYCLEF JEAN'S ALL STAR JAM AT CARNEGIE HALL DVD features countless performances by special guest stars including legends Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, Destiny's Child, Marc Anthony, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige and many more. Together with a dazzling array of teen-aged "Clef's Kids" musicians, this one-of –a –kind show presents an eclectic program of pop, hip-hop and classical music on the fabled Carnegie stage.
"Clef's Kids" is a performing arts sponsorship program in which NYC children, chosen for their gifts in music and the performing arts, received a new instrument and private lessons in their field. Through this program, the children had the opportunity to perform with Wyclef and the other musicians. Get a chance to witness this incredible event as the cameras give viewers an exclusive up-close look at some of the hottest superstars coming together on one stage.
Wyclef Jean explains, "The Wyclef Jean Foundation is a foundation which focuses on music and restoring the music in the schools and getting the kids instruments, getting them involved in music programs and scholarships and things like that."
"Being that I wasn't a good kid myself in school, music is what saved my life. I felt like this was a good tool and a good avenue to help kids. I feel that there is a lot of music and a lot of great legends that pass and they never got a chance to play at Carnegie Hall. And I felt like my job tonight is to make people remember those legends and those cultures and to let them know that it still lives in all of us. Whether we're listening to opera or classical music, we still like a little salsa in our lives; a little bit of merengue; a little bit of reggae; a little bit of rock 'n roll; a little bit of hip hop. It's all part of the same thing."
The DVD includes performances of:
* "Now That We Found Love" Third World / Stevie Wonder
* "Wonderful Tonight" Eric Clapton
* "No Woman No Cry" Wyclef Jean / Steven Marley
* "911" Mary J. Blige / Wyclef Jean
* "Amazing Grace" Tim (Clef's Kids)
* "Gone 'Til November" Wyclef Jean / Stevie Wonder
* "Summertime" Charlotte Church
* "Wish You Were Here" Macy Gray / Wyclef Jean
* "Say My Name" Destiny's Child
* "Independent Women" Destiny's Child
* "Maria Maria" Wyclef Jean
* "Guantanamera" / "Hot Hot Hot" Entire Cast
...and many more.
The Wyclef Jean Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a primary mission to provide musical education with expanded opportunity to youth. Co-founded by Wyclef Jean and Chantal Prud'homme in 1998, the Wyclef Jean Foundation has gained national and international recognition for it's work. Wyclef and his Foundation were recently one of the recipients of the "Save the World Awards." He also won a "Rock the Vote Award" in 1999. The Wyclef Jean Foundation is a supporter of VH1's Save the Music and other organizations that benefit from the Foundations efforts include: Foundation Artistes Creation, an organization that aids Haitian orphanages, Camillus House, a homeless shelter in Miami and Florida International University, in which a music scholarship has been established.
