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SUMMARY:Rutgers IJS Presents Whitney Marchelle Jackson Quartet featuring Jeff "Tain" Watts
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Jazz Studies’s presents the dynamic song stylings of international performing\, recording & educational songwriting artist Whitney Marchelle with special guest Jeff Twain Watts. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\nWHITNEY MARCHELLE JACKSON – Voice and Piano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew York based vocalist / pianist\, award recipient\, Berklee Alumni Whitney Marchelle\, has opened for Kiss\, Bill Withers\, James Brown. Performance – Herbie Hancock\, Quincy Jones\, Dee Bridgewater\, Clark Terry\, Helen Sung and others.  JazzTimes Magazine -” She is a formidable singer with praiseworthy scat and vocalese skills\, impressive range and an appealingly scorched soul-jazz sound”.  Toured and performed on the Tonight Show with Wayne Newton. Sang National anthem at the World Cup polo event\, and Chris Evert Tennis classics at Shea Stadium. She performs internationally Dubia\, Japan\, Paris.  New York Blue Note Apollo\, United Nations\, Rutgers Clements Place\, Minton’s Harlem and numerous festivals. Whitney Marchelle has 3 albums available with international air play. A WBGO and Grammy Voting Member. Vocalist on Spike Lee’s CState Farm Insurance commercial and Mr. Gadget television series. \n\n\n\nwww.whitneymarchelle.com \n\n\n\nARCO SANDOVAL – Pianist\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArcoiris Sandoval is a jazz pianist\, arranger\, composer\, and Fulbright award recipient. Performs internationally. Master’s degree graduate of Manhattan School of Music.  Two-time ASCAP young jazz composer award winner. Semifinalist at in the Montreux Solo Jazz Piano competition. Performs numerous prestigious venues internationally\, including Mary Lou Williams Festival.    \n\n\n\nJEFF TAIN WATTS – Drums\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Berklee College Alumni American Jazz Drummer\, nick name “Tain” is an extraordinary multi-talented drummer\, arranger\, with numerous albums of his own. He has recorded or performed with Elis Marsalis\, Brandford Marsalis\, McCoy Tyner\, Betty Carter\, Ravi Coltrane\, Michael Brecker and others and numerous major Festivals internationally. Tonight Show and Spike Lee’s Mo Better Blues. \n\n\n\nLONNIE PLAXICO – Bass \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLonnie Plaxico is a Chicago born bassist who has won the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award among others. Performed or recorded with Wynton Marsalis\, Cassandra Wilson\, Abbey Lincoln\, Ravi Coltrane\, Dizzy Gillespie\, and 12 albums with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as well as his own projects. Lonnie recorded on Spike Lee’s movie entitled\, School Daze.  L Has performed on David Lettermen show. Performs numerous major festivals and venues. \n\n\n\nFRANK KUMBA LACY  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrank Kumba Lacy is a Berklee Alumni\, Grammy winner\, Texas native extraordinaire trombonist\, vocalist\, arranger\, and educator. Nicknamed “Roots” who plays 8 instruments and has worked with Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers\, Roy Hargrove\, Mingus Big Band\, D’ Angelo.  He has numerous albums on his own. Performed numerous festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival. \n\n\n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://gregoryburrusproductions.com/event/rutgers-ijs-presents-whitney-marchelle-jackson-quartet-featuring-jeff-tain-watts/
LOCATION:Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building\, 15 Washington Street\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rutgers IJS Closing Women's History Month Celebration  featuring Yayoi Ikawa
DESCRIPTION:Clements welcomes Renowned Pianists and Bandleader Yayoi Ikawa  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Institute of Jazz Studies’s presents the dynamic Yayoi Ikawa and her band featuring Michael O’Brian on bass and Kenneth Salters on drums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\nYayoi Ikawa . Born in Tokyo\, Japan\, but raised musically in New York\, Yayoi is an experience in ingenuity and compassion. As a pianist\, composer\, arranger\, and bandleader\, Yayoi has worked in many countries. Being exposed to diverse music scene in New York after moving from Japan\, Yayoi quickly adopted herself in various styles of music such as Jazz\, Gospel\, R&B\, Soul\, Classical and World music. After completing her studies at New School where she received the Henry and Gill Block scholarship\, Yayoi was a faculty member at the International Jazz and Dance Academy in Slovenia along with her mentor Reggie Workman in 2003 and 2004. \n\n\n\nAfter recording a straight ahead jazz piano trio on Nippon Crown release “Angel Eyes” in 2004\, she self produced “Color of Dreams” in 2005 displaying her original compositions. Yayoi has toured nationally as well as internationally with her groups\, and appeared International Jazz festivals in Japan\, Italy\, Haiti\, France\, Slovenia\, and Costa Rica. In 2008\, Yayoi started “The Bridge Project” to create musical dialogue between New York and Tokyo musicians in an experimental environment. In 2009\, the project toured in Costa Rica through a sponsorship of U.S. Embassy. In 2018\, Yayoi was invited to participate in Piano Kon Sa Ka Ekri\, a piano festival in Martinique. She started to collaborate with local musicians immediately\, and the project performed at Première Rencontre Autour du Piano in Guadeloupe. In 2019\, Yayoi’s bridge project featuring Hatian vocalist Emeline Michel was featured in Sakura Matsuri\, a celebration of Japanese culture in Brooklyn Botanical Garden. While working towards her master degree at NYU\, Yayoi’s orchestra work for film was premiered at Lincoln Center in 2007. As a composer and arranger\, Yayoi received commissions from Modern Music Society of Tokyo\, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Montreal based sculpture David Baumflek. \n\n\n\nYayoi has worked with such legendary artists as Reggie Workman\, Michael Carvin\, Howard Johnson\, Michal Urbaniak\, Butch Morris\, Craig Harris\, Lenny Pickett\, Frank Lacy\, Lonnie Plaxico\, Fostina Dixon\, Salim Washington\, Emeline Michel\, James Germain\, Daniel Bernard Roumain\, The Meditations\, Kaissa etc. Yayoi is a music director at First Baptist Church in Piscataway NJ\, and a jazz piano instructor at City College of New York\, Brooklyn College. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from International Christian University in Tokyo\, Japan. \n\n\n\nMichael Slatters – Drummer\, composer and bandleader Kenneth Salters presents his debut album as a leader\, Enter to Exit (Destiny Records). Salters has become a fixture on Manhattan’s West Village independent jazz scene and around the world as an in-demand sideman. His band is comprised of a coterie of musicians with whom Salters has surrounded himself for the better part of a decade\, performing a set of originals and two emotionally significant covers that serve as a memoir to Salters’ time in New York City.Born in New Haven\, CT\, and raised in Columbia\, SC\, Salters began his musical career on trombone before pursuing his studies as a percussion major at the University of South Carolina. Since moving to New York in 2006\, he has worked with luminaries in jazz and R&B including Don Byron\, Chris Potter\, and Aretha Franklin. \n\n\n\nSalters’ birthplace is part of the double meaning behind the band’s name–Haven. Salters explains that one goal with the band is to serve as the audience’s safe haven for music. The band includes one of Salters’ mentors\, Myron Walden\, on saxophone\, joined by Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition finalist Tivon Pennicott and rising star trumpeter Matt Holman in the front line. Salters’ rhythm section compatriots include guitarist Aki Ishiguro\, pianist (and Destiny Records labelmate) Brad Whiteley\, and Spencer Murphy on bass. The group is complemented by special guest pianist Shai Maestro on “Deception” and harpist Bridget Kibbey on four pieces. \n\n\n\nMichael O’Brien . Bassist. Composer. Educator Michael O’Brien studied bass under Anthony Cox\, and West African and Haitian percussion under Marc Anderson. Michael has been performing and composing for over a decade with such notables as Gene Pitney\, Dave King\, Jeff Kashiwa\, Todd Reynolds\, Wessel Anderson\, David Binney\, The Jazz Mandolin Project\, Joel Harrison\, Marty Haugin\, Peter Ostroushko\, Christian Howes\, John Van Ohlen\, Hod O’Brien\, Stephanie Nakasian\, Dan Weiss\, Marc Giuliana\, Roseanna Vitro\, Daniel Kelly\, Marc Anderson\, Mary Ellen Childs\, Bruce Henry\, Laura Caviani\, Electropolis\, Clay Moore\, Daniel Alexander Jones\, J. Otis Powell!\, Connie Evingson\, and Prudence Johnson. His compositions are performed by the acclaimed string quartet Ethel\, the Clay Moore trio\, the Kelly Rossum Quintet\, Electropolis\, the April Sellers Dance Collective\, and Karen Lyu and Global Jazz. In June of 2004 Michaels’ composition “Pine” was premired by Ethel at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven\, CT. \n\n\n\nEthel debuted “Pine” at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C in January of 2005. Michael has been commissioned by the Jazz is Now Orchestra through the Jerome Foundation. He has had compositions recorded on Kelly Rossums’ “The Party’s Over/Begun” and “Renovation”\, Electropolis’ “More Music for Trips”\, and Karen Lyu and Global Jazz’s “live”. In 2004 Michael received the New Mexico Music Industry Award for Best Remake with the group New York Louie and Friends. The Kelly Rossum Quintets cd “Renovation” was voted one of the top ten cds released in 2004 by the City Pages. The Star and Tribune voted it one of the top ten local releases and one of the top twenty overalll releases of 2004. The Kelly Rossum Quintet were also nominated for the best acoustic jazz group\, and best jazz recording for the 2004 Minnesota Music Awards. Electropolis was nominated for the category of Best New Artist in the 2003 Minnesota Music Awards. \n\n\n\nO’Brien’s experience includes inter-arts collaborations with The Choreographers Evening in collaboration with Choreographer April Sellers; Three Legged Races’ Summer Blizzard in “La Chanteuse Nubiene” collaborating with playwright Daniel Alexander’ Jones\, the Miami production of “Gershwin the Klezmer”; the Illusion Theater’s productions of “Spirit House” and” Another Song About Paris”; composer Mary Ellen Childs’ percussion and choreography piece\, “Crash”\, the Zorongo Flamenco dance company\, and collaborations with the poet J. Otis Powell!Michael has performed at the IAJE (International Jazz Educators conference)\, PASIC (Percussive Arts Societies International Convention)\, American Composers Forums’ Sonic Circuits Festival\, the Musica Mundi Choir festival and competition\, the LaCrosse Jazz Festival\, and the Twin Cities’ Hot Summer Jazz Festival. \n\n\n\nClick to join us  \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://gregoryburrusproductions.com/event/rutgers-ijs-closing-womens-history-month-celebration-featuring-yayoi-ikawa/
LOCATION:Clements Place Jazz IJS – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building\, 15 Washington Street\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
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SUMMARY:Diamond In Jupiter Dinner Show at Par 440 Restaurant.
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a night of dancing fun with Diamonds in Jupiter at Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge! Join Gregory Burrus Productions as we present a Diamonds in Jupiter dinner show that will have you eating delectable food while grooving to soul\, funk and more. \n\n\n\nDinner Show – Free Entry No Cover – Call (973) 467 8882 Secure your table. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\nDiamonds in Jupiter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiamonds in Jupiter is an R&B band based in Newark\, NJ. They are known for their dynamic performances that blend Old and New School R&B\, Pop\, Funk\, Dance\, and Smooth Jazz. The band consists of eight talented musicians\, including three excellent vocalists who can handle a wide range of songs. \n\n\n\nTheir current lineup includes Chris Almeida on drums\, Tonya Carmen on lead vocals and keys\, Denise Santoro on keys\, Emory Toler on lead vocals and keys\, Chris Barnett on bass\, James Turner on guitar\, Ralph Knight on percussion and vocals and John Dubose on saxophone and flute. \n\n\n\nDiamonds in Jupiter has been performing since 2011 and is known for their ability to create an engaging atmosphere at events\, from weddings to parties. They also offer DJ services and can customize their performances to suit the event’s needs \n\n\n\nPar 440 Restaurant and Lounge\n\n\n\nReserve your table now for a night of dining\, drinking\, and dancing with friends and family. Don’t miss out on the excitement – call (973) 467 8882 to secure your table! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPar 440 is a unique restaurant and lounge located at 440 Parsonage Hill Road\, Short Hills\, NJ. It offers a diverse menu that includes brick oven pizza\, sushi prepared by a master sushi chef\, and quality cocktails. The restaurant also features 17+ large screen HDTVs\, making it a great spot to watch sports and socialize with friends and coworkers. \n\n\n\nPar 440 is known for its relaxed atmosphere\, making it an ideal place for happy hour\, private parties\, and weekend dinners with live entertainment. The food is generally praised by guests\, and the service is highly rated. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiamonds In Jupiter\, Par 440 are Teaming up with Gregory Burrus Productions to bring you an incredible Live Music Dinner Show. \n\n\n\nPlease make your table reservations and join us for a night of live funk music at Par 440 bought to you by Gregory Burrus Productions – it’s going to be an absolute blast!
URL:https://gregoryburrusproductions.com/event/diamond-in-jupiter-dinner-show-at-par-440-restaurant/
LOCATION:Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge\, 440 Parsonage Hill Rd\, Short Hills\, New Jersey\, 07078\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jesus and Jazz WHM2025 Celebration feat Dorthaan Kirk and Yayoi Ikawa
DESCRIPTION:Jesus and Jazz WHM2025 Celebration feat Dorthaan Kirk and Yayoi Ikawa \n\n\n\nMt. Zion AME Church Jesus and Jazz unique jazz inspirational service at 11:30 AM every 4th Sunday of the month. People of all faith traditions (or no faith tradition) are welcome. Free to attend! \n\n\n\n\n\nGet ready for a very special WHM2025 Jesus and Jazz. Our spiritual blessings will come from Rev Eyesha Marable. Our Jazz Blessings will come from the prolific NEA Jazz Master Dorthaan Kirk. The Jazz will be delivered by the  Dynamic Pianist Yayoi Ikawa with Bassist Singer Caylen Bryant and Drummer Jinmi Kimm with songs by Vocalist Lynette Sheard.  \n\n\n\nLets Celebrate together.  \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRead on to learn more about our special guests\n\n\n\nDorthaan Kirk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOriginally from Texas\, she was married to jazz legend Rashaan Roland Kirk. Dorthaan is one of the first people hired by Newark’s jazz station WBGO and became the face of and a fierce advocate for the station. She served as Director of Community Relations and Special Events\, among other roles over the years.  Dorthaan has promoted\, curated and produced jazz events throughout the region. For 25 years she is also co-chair of Jazz Vespers at Bethany Baptist Church and consultant producer for Dothaan’s Place jazz series at NJPAC. She is known as “Newark’s First Lady of Jazz”..In 2003 she received a Discretionary Award from the JJA for her “humanitarian contributions” to Jazz. In 2013\, she received the Humanitarian Award from the American Conference on Diversity\, Essex County Chapter.  In 2020\, She was identified with the highest honor in the land for Jazz\, the National Endowment for the Arts which honored her with a Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.. We are honored to welcome our own national NEA Jazz Master Dorthaan Kirk.  \n\n\n\nPianist: Yayoi Ikawa \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYayoi Ikawa is a talented jazz pianist\, composer\, arranger\, and bandleader originally from Tokyo\, Japan. She has made a name for herself in the global music scene\, particularly in New York City\, where she has embraced diverse musical styles such as jazz\, gospel\, R&B\, soul\, classical\, and world music. Yayoi is known for her innovative compositions and her ability to connect with audiences through her music. She has performed at international jazz festivals\, collaborated with musicians from around the world\, and led projects like “The Bridge Project\,” which fosters musical dialogue between Tokyo and New York. Yayoi is also a music director at a church in New Jersey and teaches jazz piano at City College of New York and Brooklyn College. Her work reflects her mission to use music as a tool for compassion and connection. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBass: Caylen Bryant \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a child\, Caylen Bryant began her musical journey as a songbird and cellist. Many years later\, she picked up the bass while at school at Oberlin College and Conservatory\, where she earned her degrees in Africana Studies and Jazz Bass Performance. She studied with Peter Dominguez and Gerald Cannon\, and now plays a wide variety of music on both the upright bass and electric bass. Bryant is passionate about teaching\, and directs a community music program for youth in Brooklyn\, NY. The program was founded by New York Times best selling author and musician\, James McBride. She has worked extensively with Jazz House Kids and the New Jersey Youth Symphony Orchestra\, and teaches private lessons as well. She is the current bassist for Blue Note Record Artist\, Kandace Springs\, and toured the West Coast with her in February of 2020. In her most recent studio recording\, Bryant was the bassist for the 2020 Grammy award-winning album “All the Ladies” by Joanie Leeds \n\n\n\nDrums: Jinmi Kim \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJinmi started learning classical piano at 7 years old in Korea and majored in drums in college in Korea. She also furthered her studies where she   went to William Paterson University in the United States and majored in Jazz Composition & Arranging where she attained her Master of Music in Jazz Arranging.  Drummer and composer Jinmi Kim has performed around the world\, from New York to Korea. Now Jinmi is a New York\, New Jersey based drummer who has played at numerous clubs in Korea such as Club Evans\, Jass and All that jazz in Korea. In the New Jersey area she has performed in Glen Pointe\, Hat City\, etc and in New York at the Red Room\, Smoke\, Silvana and and is also participating in the BMI jazz workshop.  Jinmi is a student of Jim McNeely\, Pete McGuinness and has successfully performed with heavy hitter musicians such as Vincent Herring\,  Roni Ben-Hur and others on the local scene. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynette Sheard is a Community Education Coordinator at the Mental Health Association in New Jersey and the Director of the national award-winning NJ Mental Health Players\, an improvisational community mental health education program.  The program provides audiences with a dynamic way to receive basic education about mental illness\, addiction\, and other relevant challenges impacting emotional wellness. The mission of this art and advocacy program is to increase education and awareness\, decrease stigma and break the silence often associated with mental health. She is uniquely qualified\, as she combines her skills as a professional performer with her passion for advocacy.  She is a versatile vocalist\, actor\, producer\, director\, and vocal coach. In 2017 she was inducted into the Encyclopedia of Newark Jazz. Her live performances have been reviewed in numerous publications including\, The New York Times\, Broadway World\, and The Star-Ledger which proclaimed that “Her voice reaches deep into one’s soul and finds a soft spot”. Theater credits include principal roles in Dream Girls\, Smokey Joe’s Café\, Ragtime\, Swing\, Aida\, For Colored Girls\, A Raisin in the Sun\, and Avenue Q of which Broadway World declared that “she is fabulous with a voice that shakes the rafters.”Please join us
URL:https://gregoryburrusproductions.com/event/jesus-and-jazz-whm2025-celebration-feat-dorthaan-kirk-and-yayoi-ikawa/
LOCATION:Mt Zion AME Church\, 54 Church Street\, Milburn\, New Jersey\, United States
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