As you know Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Wikipedia. And here Gregory Burrus Productions has big fun discovering, acknowledging and celebrating the accomplishments of local women during Women’s History Month. While we celebrate women all year long, we take time in March to focus on some that we know that are doing significant and amazing work everyday. Therefore we either create events to celebrate those women who are performers and acknowledge others in our area who are just moving through life and making a huge difference in our lives everyday.
Let’s get started as we recap our events for Women’s History Month 2022.
- March 2 Kim Clarke, Lucianna Padmre and Yayoi Ikawa
- March 4 WHM2022 Just Us Just Music
- March 4 Sleep Out Montclair Community Edition
- March 13 Equinox – Art and Music Exhibition
- March 23 Dara Star Tucker
March 2 Kim Clarke, Lucianna Padmre and Yayoi Ikawa
Event Overview
Jazz973 Presents Kim Clarke Trio at Clements Place Jazz
Very happy that Bassist Km Clarke Founder of Lady Got Chop Festival is joining us for Womens History Month as Part of The Lady Got Chop Festival . In its 20th year this festival presents some of the most notable women professionals playing Jazz in the industry.
Interview with Kim Clarke
We were very happy to have our Gregory Burrus Productions Interviewer, Lynette Sheard talk with Bassist Kim Clarke before our Jazz973 at Clements Place Jazz Performance honoring Womens History Month.
Performance Short —
Jazz973 Presents Kim Clarke Trio at Clements Place Jazz
For this Jazz973 event Kim Clarke bought with her some jazz industry heavyweights – Lucianna Padmore on Drums and Yayoi Ikawa on Keys to perform at Newark Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies – Clements Place Jazz Club.
Full Performance
You can catch the full performance right here on my Youtube Channel
March 4 WHM2022 Just Us Just Music
Event Overview
WHM2022 Womens History Month Celebration at the Cricket Club
Celebrating Ife Basim’s 9th Annual Women’s History Month Celebration, “Just Us. Just Music.” Always, a night you don’t want to miss, and a night you won’t forget. Just Us. Just Music.
Interview with Ife Basim
In its 9th year our Gregory Burrus Productions Interviewer, Lynette Sheard talk with the Founder Joy Topping Mann right before this very successful sold out event.
Performance Short
Over 125 folks showed up to have a great time on Friday March 4th at the Cricket Club. The musicians featured were Kate Cosco on Keys, Caylen Bryant on Bass, Iyonna Herbert on Drums and Lee Odom on Saxophone.
Our vocalist included Jackie Harmon Johnson, Patricia Walton, Omisanya Karade, Phyllis Blanford, Zakiyyah Zai’meh and the founder Joy Topping Mann. The night was hosted by Norman Mann.
Full Capture of the nights events:
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Ife Basim WHM2022 at the Cricket Club Entertainment Complex by Gregory Burrus Productions
March 4 Sleep Out Montclair Community Edition
Event Overview
2022 Sleep Out: Virtual Discussion Aging Out Foster Care and Homelessness
Every year we lose kids to gangs, jail, human trafficking, substance abuse, and even death. Covenant House, New Jersey mission is to provide comprehensive residential care and related services to help New Jersey’s youth who have suffered from abuse, neglect, abandonment, human trafficking and homelessness. The Junior League of Montclair – Newark, Inc (JLMN) is committed to helping resolve this situation by conducting this years’ 2022 Sleep Out: Montclair Community Edition,
Interview with JLMN President Heather LeClair
Discussion on Homelessness, Aging Out of Foster Care and Mental Health
The Junior League Montclair – Newark President Heather LeClair and our interviewer, the Director of Mental Health in New Jersey, Lynette Sheard conducted an important conversation to discuss this situation and help us understand the implications of aging out of Foster Care, Homelessness and the impacts upon one’s Mental Health.
Learn More:
2022 Sleep Out: Montclair Community Edition Junior League Montclair – Newark
March 13 Equinox – The Birth and Rebirth of a Woman
Event Overview
WHM2022 Art Exhibition featuring the Latin Jazzy Sounds of Marilyn Castillo
Equinox, the Exhibit
Through an exciting collaboration between photographer/artist Christine Keeley and collage/mixed media artist Maria Estrela, the idea of Equinox: The Birth and Rebirth of a Woman, a celebration of Women’s International History Month, was born. The exhibition will be on view at The Jewish Museum of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey from March 6th to April 3rd.
Interview with Artist Maria Estrela – Christine Feeley
Take a listen. We caught up with Maria Estrella and Christine Keeley to understand the exhibition and more importantly the connection between the artist and their work.
Performance Short
Exhibition till April 4th.
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” Equinox Art Exhibition Featuring Maria Estrela and Christine Keeley with Live Music by Marilyn Castillo and Nedelka Sotelo (Sunday, March 13, 2022)
Full Performance
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Castillo – Nedelka Sotelo – Antonios Cotez – at Equinox Exhibit by Gregory Burrus Productions
March 23 Dara Star Tucker
Overview Event Link
Jazz973 Presents Dara Tucker and her Band at Clements Place Jazz
Dara Starr Tucker is making her mark in the world of music and activism as a singer, satirist and social commentator. Her latest album, Dreams of Waking: Music For A Better World (2021), was featured on Grammy.com and in American Songwriter Magazine. On the album, Tucker embraces the urgent, topical works of songwriters of the protest era, along with her own compositions, as vessels for justice awareness, instruction and healing. Her album reached #7 on the Jazzweek National Radio Charts and reached #6 on the ITUNES jazz chart.
Interview with Dara Star Tucker
Dara Star Tucker Interviewed by Lynette Sheard for Gregory Burrus Productions
Today on Interviews by Gregory Burrus Productions, we encountered a truly fabulous, soulful multidimensional singer. As you may know, a live music career is a business that requires the performer to stay relevant in the audience’s mind. The performer in order to be successful must be committed to ensure long-term relevance. Dara Tucker has found many ways to stay in the minds of fans using multiple platforms and, as her bio proclaims, singer/songwriter Dara Tucker is no stranger to producing “composition as commentary.” Take a listen.
Performance Short
Jazz973 Presents Dara Tucker and her Band at Clements Place Jazz
This very special Womens History Month Celebration produced by Jazz973 featured the fabulous Dara Starr Tucker and her awesome band. Dara Starr Tucker – vocals, Mike King – piano, Greg Bryant – bass and Curtis Nowosad- drums.
Full Performance
You can catch the full performance right here on my Youtube Channel
Thank you for joining us – Hope you enjoyed our Women’s History Month 2022 Recap.
