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William Paterson University announces its 29th annual Summer Jazz Room series, featuring WP faculty and top name jazz
performers. As the longest-running program of its kind in the nation,
the series celebrates the complete genre of jazz—from early jazz and
swing to avant-garde—presenting intimate solo performances and big bands.
For over a quarter century, major performers have graced our
stage. Please join us in support of live music and the WP jazz
program.
Admission: $10
per evening concert
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The WP Jazz Workshop
Faculty Ensemble featuring
Angelica Sanchez
JULY 18, 7:30 PM
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This year the
WP Jazz Workshop Faculty Ensemble features the music of accomplished
pianist, composer, and educator Angelica Sanchez. She is a WP Jazz
Studies alumnus who has acclaimed recordings as a leader, numerous
credits as a sidewoman, is recipient of many grants, fellowships,
residencies, and has recently been appointed an Assistant Professor of
Music at Bard College. The ensemble is filled out with two more WP
alums, drummer Jon DiFiore and trombonist Tim Newman, as well as
veteran faculty members saxophonist David Demsey, and bassist Marcus
MacLaurine. This evening of music should be spontaneous and fresh!
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Vanderlei Pereira and
Blindfold Test
JULY 19, 7:30 PM
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The dynamic
sextet Blindfold Test, led by drummer Vanderlei Pereira is comprised of
specialists in Brazilian jazz and provides an exciting journey through
a varied and rich musical landscape. Pereira combines his extensive
knowledge of Brazilian rhythms, popular music, and jazz to produce a
drumming style that grooves hard yet has subtle shadings of color and
nuance. He is also proficient on bass, piano, and guitar, and is a
well-known teacher of Brazilian music. Pereira has worked with Toots
Thielemans, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Tito Puente, and Claudio
Roditi, among others. Blindfold Test’s latest CD Vision For Rhythm was
released in 2020. This is bound to be a joyous and lively night of
music!
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The Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet with Big Beat Big Band
JULY 20, 7:30 PM
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The Groover
Quartet group couldn’t be more aptly named. It is a powerhouse jazz
ensemble led by the brilliant organist and pianist Mike LeDonne and
includes some of the most formidable players on the jazz scene: Peter
Bernstein, guitar; and WP Jazz Studies alumni Eric Alexander, tenor
sax, and Joe Farnsworth, drums. With this band LeDonne follows the
long-standing traditions of funky, groovy, blues-infused Hammond B3 organ
ensembles. For this very special performance they will be accompanied
by Big Beat, a big band started by WP alums and filled with local
talent. The combined groove and beat is sure to swing us out of our
seats!
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Rossano Sportiello and
Ken Peplowski
JULY 21, 7:30 PM
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This concert
presents two masters in duet, whose playing follows in the line of
virtuoso and creative musicians on their respective instruments.
Rossano Sportiello’s deft piano playing is grounded in classical
studies and explores a universe of improvisation through traditional
stride and swing styles. He plays locally and internationally and has
produced numerous recordings; his latest solo album That’s It was
released on Arbors records in 2020. Well-known clarinetist and tenor
saxophonist Ken Peplowski is a voracious musician, at home with diverse
styles and types of music, with over 70 recordings as a soloist and
close to 400 as a sideman. This will certainly be a profound musical
dialogue!
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The Helen Sung Quartet
JULY 22, 7:30 PM
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Summer Jazz
Workshop Artist-In-Residence Helen Sung is a major force in the jazz
world. A 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Sung has nine albums out
as a leader, and she and her band have performed at festivals in
Newport, Monterey, Sydney, and at major venues like SFJAZZ, Disney
Hall, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, and Blue Note
Beijing. As a sidewoman, Sung has performed with Clark Terry, Wayne
Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Regina Carter, Terri Lynne
Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and the Mingus Big Band. Involved
in music education residencies and workshops, Sung has produced a
program benefiting underserved youth in Camden, NJ, has served on the
jazz faculties at the Berklee College of Music and the Juilliard
School, and was named jazz artist-in-residence at Columbia University’s
Zuckerman Institute in 2019. This is a chance to hear a cutting-edge
jazz artist’s most current work!
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In an effort to provide the tools necessary for student
success in the music program and for the University to continue to
provide outstanding public performances, The WP 88 Keys Campaign is being launched to generate support for the
purchase of a new Steinway piano for the Shea Center for the Performing
Arts. You are invited to join this campaign with a purchase of a piano
key.
If you are interested, please contact Maureen O’Connor
at oconnorm24@wpunj.edu or 973.720.3990. For
general support of the campaign, click the donate button and choose WP 88 Keys Campaign as your gift designation.
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Shea Center for Performing Arts | 973.720.2371 | boxoffice@wpunj.edu
wp-presents.org
Shea Center Box Office
Hours of
Operation
Monday: 10:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 10:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:00
a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
No refunds or
exchanges. All sales are final. All programs, artists, dates, policies,
prices and times are subject to change.
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WP Presents!
programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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