Bethany Baptist Church

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275 West Market Street
Newark, New Jersey United States Get Directions
Website https://bethany-newark.org/events/jazz-vespers/

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  • Cassandra Wilson Celebrating Bethany Jazz Vespers 25th Anniversary Season

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    June’s featured artist is jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson. The New Yorker hails her as “one of the most inventive and captivating singers of her generation,” with a “smokehouse contralto” equally adept with jazz,...

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  • Arturo O’farrill in Bethany Jazz Vespers

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    Join us at Bethany Baptist Church for this free concert combining jazz music and worship. Our featured artist in May is pianist Arturo O’Farrill, a familiar face to NJPAC jazz audiences. Born in Mexico and raised in New York, the six-time GRAMMY® winner is a prolific musician, composer and passionate promoter of Latin music and its cultural heritage. He plays...

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  • Bethany Church Vespers featuring Organist Rhoda Scott and G. Earl Grice

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    Bethany Church Vespers feat Rhoda Scott and G Earl Grice The Bethany Baptist Church of Newark celebrates 25 years of monthly Jazz Vespers! Join us at Bethany Baptist for this free concert combining jazz music and worship. April’s featured artist is organist Rhoda Scott, “undoubtedly one of the most dazzling legends of jazz” (Paris-Move). The daughter...

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  • Adegoke Steve Colson and Iqua Colson Bethany Baptist

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    The Bethany Baptist Church of Newark celebrates 25 years of monthly Jazz Vespers! Join us at Bethany Baptist for this free concert combining jazz music and worship. January’s featured artists are the “musical power couple” (New York Times) Adegoke Steve Colson and Iqua Colson. Despite their international acclaim, the composer-pianist and vocalist-composer are deeply rooted...

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  • Sullivan Fortner Trio at Bethany Jazz Vespers for Bethany Baptist Church

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    Sullivan Fortner Trio Jazz pianist and GRAMMY® Award winner Sullivan Fortner brings his trio to Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers. Bethany Jazz VespersSat, Mar 2 @ 6PMBethany Baptist Church Lauded as one of the top jazz pianists of his generation, Sullivan Fortner is recognized for his virtuosic technique and captivating performances. The winner of three...

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  • Pianist Bill Charlap brings his Trio to Bethany Church Jazz Vespers

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    Join us for this free event at Bethany Baptist Church, 275 W. Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. Co-sponsored with the Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time including Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Freddy Cole and Houston...

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  • Bethany Baptist Welcomes Jazz Pianist Cyrus Chestnut

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    For 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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  • Nat Adderley Jr Presented by Bethany Jazz Vespers and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    For 150 years, The Bethany Baptist Church of Newark has been one of the leading African American houses of worship, and for 20 of those years, the Church has featured monthly jazz in its Saturday evening Vesper services. Our featured performers in March are the Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet. Growing up in Teaneck, NJ in...

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  • Lew Tabackin Presented by Bethany Jazz Vespers and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

    Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, United States

    February’s featured performer is Lew Tabackin, the visionary jazz flutist and tenor saxophonist. Early in his career, he played with The Dick Cavett Show band and The Tonight Show band with Doc Severinsen. Lew is known for his long-running big band collaborations with his wife, celebrated pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. Join us for this free event at Bethany Baptist Church,...

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