Jazz
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NJPAC Jazz Crawl – Carlos Frias and Circulo Social at Medallion Steakhouse & Seafood
Medallion Steakhouse & Seafood 50 Park Place, Newark, New Jersey, United StatesNJPAC Jazz Crawl -In collaboration between NJPAC, Newark Arts Festival and Newark Restaurant week. How does culture influence the artistic process? How does culture impact a community? Each of us has our own thoughts, perceptions, behaviors, and expressions based on our lived experience. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective starts with listening and learning from others who...
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Lynette Sheard Experience in Morristown -50 Anniversary Celebration
Private Event Invitation Only - Lynette Sheard with Glenn Merritt TRIO Morristown -50 Anniversary Celebration Private Event Invitation Only Lynette Sheard is a gifted versatile vocalist with a five octave range. She is an actor, producer and director. She is the unseated “West Orange Idol”. Her performances have been acknowledged in numerous publications including the New...
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Jazz Night featuring Norman Mann and Rafiki at Monsignor Linder Plaza aka the Priory
Priory Venue 233 West Market Street, Bewark, New Jersey, United StatesAs you can see and hear, Norman Mann curates a stellar list of musicians that perform some incredible sets. Part of this may be hinted at in the band name Rafiki. Norman has been quoted as saying, "Rafiki is a Swahili word that translates to English as ‘friend.’” So now, let's meet the friends in...
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Canceled!!! Annual West Orange Jazz Festival at OSPAC
Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center 4 Boland Drive , NJ USA, West Orange, New Jersey, United StatesDue to inclement weather, again, the Oct 7 Festival has been canceled. Pleasant Valley Productions presents the Annual West Orange Jazz Festival at OSPAC Pleasant Valley Productions presents the Annual West Orange Jazz Festival at OSPAC – the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center located at 4 Boland Drive in West Orange NJ About the Festival...
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Dining and Dancing with MPACK in Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge in Short Hills NJ
Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge 440 Parsonage Hill Rd, Short Hills, New Jersey, United StatesMPACKClarence Conover’s MPack Band MPack is a band, a brand, and a musical production enterprise, consisting of multiple elements in an ever-evolving flow. Like a river, it’s unpredictable and never flows the same way twice. It is an ever evolving, thought provoking, limitless musical experience that will elevate your mind, body & soul and make...
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MBOP ABDOU & ZAWAAH at Clements Place Jazz
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesMonthly Jazz series sponsored by Rutgers Newark, Institute of Jazz Studies, honoring the legacy of Dr. Clement Price Newark’s city historian and devoted jazz fan. Catch talented musicians perform at this new venue. Having attended several events at the recently opened club and performance space located at Rutgers University-Newark’s 15 Washington Street building, Clements Place is...
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Cecilia Tenconi’s Latin Jazz Quintet at Clements Place Jazz
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesMonthly Jazz series sponsored by Rutgers Newark, Institute of Jazz Studies, honoring the legacy of Dr. Clement Price Newark’s city historian and devoted jazz fan. Catch talented musicians perform at...
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Lance Bryant & Shout! Big Band at Clements Place
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesThis full sixteen piece big band performs compositions and arrangements by Lance and occasionally arrangements of his colleagues. Lance has been arranging for other artists and bands for over twenty five years, starting with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. “Lionel Hampton always encouraged me to keep writing,” Lance says of the iconic Jazz legend. “I found...
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NJPAC Jazz JAM Session at Clements Place
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesTHURSDAY OCTOBER 19 – NJPAC JAM SESSION Free Open to the Public Hi If you like to jam then show up and be ready, these sessions move fast so bring what you got. if you love to listen to great jazz in a wonderful environment - register and come hear some truly world class jazz....
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Smooth Jazz NJ Presents Two Ladies of Soul: Oleta Adams & Maysa
UNION County Performing Arts Center 1601 Irving St, Rahway, NJ, New Jersey, United StatesSmooth Jazz NJ presents Two Ladies of Soul: Oleta Adams & Maysa. ABOUT MAYSA LEAKFrom Stevie Wonder’s female backup group to lead vocalist for Incognito. Maysa’s voice – sultry, jazzy and soulful – powered Incognito to international super stardom on a series of albums in the 1990s: “Tribes Vibes a Scribes,” “Positivity,” “100° and Rising,” “Beneath...
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Dining and Dancing with MPACK in Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge in Short Hills NJ
Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge 440 Parsonage Hill Rd, Short Hills, New Jersey, United StatesMPACK Clarence Conover’s MPack Band MPack is a band, a brand, and a musical production enterprise, consisting of multiple elements in an ever-evolving flow. Like a river, it’s unpredictable and never flows the same way twice. It is an ever evolving, thought provoking, limitless musical experience that will elevate your mind, body & soul and...
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An Evening of Exquisite Jazz with Meant To Be Quartet & Vocalist Lynette Sheard at Shanghai Jazz
Shanghai Jazz 24 Main Street, Madison, NJ, United StatesMEANT TO BE QUARTET! With Glen Merritt on piano, Alan Hayes on bass, Pete Omelio on drums, John Higgins on trumpet and will feature vocalist Lynette Sheard. These four fantastic musicians have been playing together for over 15 years and each feeds off of the others’ enthusiasm and improvisations. For her inaugural Shanghai Jazz performance Lynette Sheard, a gifted versatile vocalist with a five octave range is also...
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Jazz Night featuring Nat Adderley Jr at Monsignor Linder Plaza aka the Priory
Priory Venue 233 West Market Street, Bewark, New Jersey, United StatesMusic arranger and pianist Nat Adderley, Jr. was born on May 23, 1955 to Nat Adderley, Sr. and Ann James in Quincy, Florida. Adderley attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York. In high school, he performed and wrote music for his father’s group, the...
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IJS & Gregory Burrus present The Winard Harper and the Jeli Posse Septet
Jazz973 Clements Place Jazz IJS - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey, United StatesJazz Drummer, Band Leader, Composer, Educator, dedicated to bringing Jazz to where it is needed “Winard Harper was born in Baltimore, a child prodigy. Although his parents were not musicians, they were full of encouragement as they noticed him beating on cans when he was three or four years old. At five years old, Winard would...
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NJPAC Jazz JAM Session at Clements Place
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesNJPAC JAM SESSION Free Open to the Public Hi If you like to jam then show up and be ready, these sessions move fast so bring what you got. if you love to listen to great jazz in a wonderful environment - register and come hear some truly world class jazz. Gregory Burrus - NJPAC...
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Bethany Baptist Welcomes Jazz Pianist Cyrus Chestnut
Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United StatesFor 150 years, The Bethany Baptist Church of Newark has been one of the leading African American houses of worship. The Church features monthly jazz in its Saturday evening Vesper services. In November, Bethany Baptist welcomes jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Raised in the church, he balances lithe technical skill with a robust, soulful style that...
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Party with MPack at an amazing Dine, Dance, and Sagittarius Celebration at Par 440!
Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge 440 Parsonage Hill Rd, Short Hills, New Jersey, United StatesKick off your holiday season in style with the MPack Band! Join us for an unforgettable night of delicious dining, fantastic dancing, and a special birthday celebration for all those Sagittarius out there. Don't miss out - make your Thanksgiving weekend one to remember! A little taste of what happens MPACK Band Clarence Conover’s MPack...
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Giants of Jazz – Honoring Kenny Barron
SOPAC - South Orange Performing Arts Center One SOPAC Way, , South Orange, New Jersey, United StatesGiants of Jazz - Honoring Kenny Barron Join us for what has become a legendary event in South Orange, featuring the convergence of countless Jazz greats in an unforgettable evening of music. Curated by Jazz legend and South Orange resident John Lee, this year SOPAC celebrates a titan of Jazz piano who The Los Angeles Times lauds...
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Jazz Night featuring Lynette Sheard Experience at Monsignor Linder Plaza aka the Priory
Priory Venue 233 West Market Street, Bewark, New Jersey, United StatesThe Lynette Sheard Experience The Lynette Sheard Experience is coming to the Monsignor William J. Linder Plaza aka “The Priory” located at 233 West Market Street, Newark, NJ Friday, Dec 1 from 7-11 pm. There is free parking, light refreshments, and cash bar available. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased at the door or online...
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IJS Presents Eri Yamamoto Colors of the Night Trio CD release
Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United StatesIJS Presents Eri Yamamoto Colors of the Night Trio CD release Eri Yamamoto celebrates her latest recording with her Colors of the Night trio featuring bassist William Parker and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi.
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Clements Place Singer Showcase featuring Ty Stephens, Angela Arthur and Rosetta Jefferson
Jazz973 Clements Place Jazz IJS - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building 15 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey, United StatesYeah! We have a date and performers locked in ... !!! Clements Place Jazz Singer Showcase Don't miss this upcoming session featuring these talented singers and a stellar house band, all hosted by Rutgers IJS and Gregory Burrus Productions. This one-of-a-kind event is a must-see, where you can experience extraordinary local talent firsthand. With each...
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