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JAZZ @ NJPAC | Sponsored by TD
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Tue 11.8 @ 7:00 p.m. A Beautiful Bond: A Jazz Poetry
Performance Celebrating Black and Latinx Solidarity
Reggie Workman (bass, hand percussion)
Nasheet Waits (drums)
Sullivan Fortner (piano)
Mahogany L. Browne, Aracelis Girmay, John Murillo, Willie Perdomo,
Vincent Toro (poets)
Christian McBride (co-host)
Vincent Toro (co-host)
Through the evocative power of poetry and jazz, this free online
event will celebrate the historic bond between African American and
Latinx people, and their shared struggle for liberation. “A
Beautiful Bond” was conceived by Vincent Toro, the award-winning
Boricua multi-disciplinary artist, Rider University creative
writing professor, and Rutgers University-Newark MFA. NJPAC Jazz
Advisor Christian McBride serves as co-curator and co-host.
Original poetry will be performed by: Lincoln Center
Poet-in-Residence Mahogany L. Browne (Chlorine Sky, Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice, Woke Baby, Black Girl
Magic), NEA Fellow and Whiting Award winner Aracelis
Girmay (Teeth, Kingdom Animalia, The Black Maria) , Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
winner John Murillo (Up Jump the Boogie, Kontemporary
Amerikan Poetry) , State Poet of New York Willie
Perdomo (Smoking Lovely: The Remix,
The Crazy Bunch, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime), and event
creator Vincent Toro (Tertulia, Stereo.Island.Mosaic). The event was recorded
live on June 5, 2021, in Prudential Hall at NJPAC and July 20, 2022, at Clement's Place, courtesy of the Institute of Jazz Studies at
Rutgers University-Newark.
This is part of NJPAC’s program, City Verses, conducted in
partnership with Rutgers University-Newark. Support for this
program was provided by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation. Additional support provided by TD Charitable Foundation
and Women@NJPAC. Tix: FREE. This
event is virtual and takes place on NJPAC’s Facebook Live.
Thu 11.10 @ 7:30 p.m. Terence Blanchard featuring The
E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet
Terence Blanchard (trumpet, synths)
Charles Altura (guitar)
Taylor Eigsti (piano)
David Ginyard, Jr. (bass)
Oscar Seaton (drums)
David Balakrishnan (violin)
Gabriel Terracciano (violin)
Benjamin von Gutzeit (viola)
Naseem Alatrash (cello)
Kick-starting the 11th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival is
trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard joined by his electric
ensemble The E-Collective and acclaimed neo-classical string
ensemble Turtle Island Quartet with his 2021 Blue Note
release Absence—a powerful
tribute to the great Wayne Shorter. Blanchard reimagines songs
from across Shorter’s vast catalog and shares original music
inspired by the legendary saxophonist—resulting in “a lush and
dramatic soundscape that calls to mind Blanchard’s career as a
successful film composer.” The New Yorker).
According to Downbeat, “Terence
Blanchard has always been forward thinking, but with E-Collective
he shoots straight into tomorrow adding all sorts of different
types of electricity and attitude to a new set of tunes.” When
he’s not wowing crowds around the world with his masterful jazz
trumpet, two-time Oscar nominee and Grammy Award
winner Terence Blanchard is blowing audiences away with his
film scores (Spike Lee films including When the Levees Broke, Malcolm X, Da 5 Bloods and BlacKkKlansman) and operas (Fire Shut Up in My Bones opened the
Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 season). Tix: $59-$69 @ Victoria Theater.
Thu 11.10 @ 8:00
p.m. Fantasia with Jazzmeia Horn
Fantasia (vocals)
Jazzmeia Horn (vocals)
TBA (band)
Grammy-winning R&B superstar, actress, and
author Fantasia broke onto the scene in 2004 as the
season three winner of Fox’s American Idol.
She was the first artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart to debut at No. 1
with her first hit single, “I Believe.” Her other chart-toppers
include “When I See U,” “Free Yourself,” and “Without Me.” Fantasia
will be joined by Grammy-nominated
singer Jazzmeia Horn who has been praised by DownBeat for her “astounding technique,”
while All About Jazz lauded her “wonderfully intuitive
improvising and heartfelt phrasing.” She’s a major award winner,
including first place in the 2013 Sarah Vaughan
International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015
Thelonious Monk Institute
International Jazz Competition. Tix: $49-$119 @ Prudential Hall.
Sat 11.12 @ 3:00 p.m. + 7:30 p.m. Dee Dee Bridgewater and
Savion Glover: Interpretations
Dee Dee Bridgewater (vocals)
Savion Glover (tap)
TBA (band)
Icons Dee Dee Bridgewater and Savion Glover come together in both
solo sets and together for an evening of jazz, dance, and
improvisation like you’ve never seen before.
Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades,
Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has
ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin
on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning
jazz classics. Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and
keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammy-winner most recently won
the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee
Dee. Bridgewater’s career has always bridged
musical genres. In 2017 she was the recipient of an NEA Jazz
Masters Fellows Award with honors bestowed at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C. In December 2017, Bridgewater was
presented with the ASCAP Foundation Champions award
acknowledging her charitable contributions. In 2018, Bridgewater
received the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. 2019 brought
her induction in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in
recognition of her contributions to music and in celebration of her
CD Memphis, Yes…I’m Ready. Savion Glover
is a Tony Award-winning choreographer and legendary hoofer, whose
career has spanned nearly four decades. He began his Broadway
stage career as The Tap Dance Kid,
and continued with Black and Blue, Jelly’s Last Jam and his
award-winning Bring in da Noise, Bring in
da Funk, which garnered him a Tony Award for
Best Choreography. He has performed worldwide with jazz
legends including McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes and Jack
DeJohnette.
Film credits include Tap, starring
Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr.; Spike Lee’s Bamboozled and George Miller’s Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. Serving as dance advisor for
NJPAC and as a member of its board of directors, he is
dedicated to furthering arts education programming with Summer
Intensives, established to help youth explore artistic
expression. Tix: $59-$69 @
Victoria Theater.
Sat 11.12 @ 6:00 p.m.
Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers: Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis (trumpet)
TBA (band)
Co-presented by the Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers, NJPAC
begins its season-long free concert series at Newark’s Bethany
Baptist Church with trumpeter Jon Faddis. Faddis is known as one of
the most innovative and inspiring jazz trumpeters of our time.
Marked by both intense integrity and humor, Faddis earned accolades
from his close friend and mentor Dizzy Gillespie, who declared of
Faddis, “He’s the best ever, including me!” Meeting Dizzy Gillespie
at the Monterey Jazz Festival and then sitting in with him at the
Jazz Workshop in San Francisco proved to be a pivotal beginning of
a unique friendship between Gillespie and Faddis, one that spanned
almost three decades. Two days before his 18th birthday, Faddis
joined Lionel Hampton’s band as a featured soloist, moving from
Oakland, CA to New York. Shortly after arriving in Manhattan,
Faddis was invited to sit in with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
Orchestra at the Village Vanguard; he rapidly became lead trumpeter
for the band, touring the world. He soon formed his own quartet,
and began directing orchestras, including the Grammy-winning United
Nation Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie 70th Birthday Big Band,
the
Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble
(2004-2010), the Carnegie Hall Centennial Big Band, the Carnegie
Hall Jazz Band (1992-2002), and the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of
New York (2003-present). Faddis has also served as guest conductor
and featured guest with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Faddis is a full-time faculty member at the Conservatory of Music,
Purchase College-SUNY, where he began in 1999 as
Artist-in-Residence, becoming shortly after Professor and Director
of Jazz Performance. Faddis holds the first-ever honorary doctorate
in Jazz from Manhattan School of Music (which he attended for about
a semester when he was 18), as well as numerous other accolades and
awards. Tix: FREE. This
event takes place at Bethany Baptist Church located at 275 West
Market Street, Newark, NJ.
Sun 11.13 @ 2:00 p.m. Jazz at Ahavas Sholom: Jazz &
Equality: Beyond the Struggle
NJPAC’s Jazz for Teens ensemble will be featured at this opening
exhibit at the Jewish Museum of New Jersey. The exhibit features
the work of differently abled artists. This FREE event will take
place at Ahavas Sholom/The Jewish Museum of New Jersey, 145 Broadway,
Newark, NJ. Tix: FREE.
Sun 11.13 @ 7:00 p.m. Yellowjackets
Russell Ferrante (piano, synths)
Bob Mintzer (woodwinds, EWI)
Will Kennedy (drums)
Dane Alderson (bass)
NJPAC welcomes back the Grammy Award-winning Yellowjackets: Russell
Ferrante (piano, synths), Bob Mintzer (woodwinds, EWI), Will
Kennedy (drums) and Dane Alderson (bass). After 25 albums and
countless sold-out tours, the longstanding jazz-fusion quartet
continues to push the creative boundaries of genre and composition.
One of the most popular contemporary jazz ensembles of the 1980s
and 1990s, the Yellowjackets was cited by JazzTimes as "...a perfectly
combustible electric-acoustic outfit whose smart, often challenging
and unpredictable compositions draw from fusion, postbop and
contemporary jazz." Tix: $65
@ Victoria Theater.
Wed 11.16 @ 7:00 p.m. Regina Carter and Carolyn Dorfman
Dance Jazz Legends and The Power of
Now! world premiere (NJPAC commission)
Regina Carter (violin)
TBA (band)
NJPAC welcomes back the acclaimed New Jersey-based dance
troupe, Carolyn Dorfman Dance. This performance features the world
premiere of a new work (title TBA) choreographed
by Carolyn Dorfman and set to a live performance by jazz
violinist extraordinaire Regina Carter. Carter is the Artistic
Director of NJPAC’s Geri Allen Jazz Sumer Camp for young women and
was recently awarded a 2023 NEA Jazz Master. Other Dorfman works on
the program include PRIMA! set to the
vibrant jazz recordings of trumpet legend Louis Prima,
and Pastoral Pause, as well
as the 2022 piece NOW by noted
choreographer Jule D. Lane. With virtuosity, speed and depth,
these artists take you on a heart-pounding roller coaster ride of
life’s journeys—resulting in pure joy. According to Limón Dance
Company, Carolyn Dorfman Dance is “musical, magical, and full of
surprises.” Tix: $30 &
$45 @ Victoria Theater.
Thu 11.17 @ 7:00 p.m. Jazz Jams at Clement’s Place (artist
TBA)
Co-presented by NJPAC and Wayne Winborne, Executive Director of the
Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, this marks
the first in a series of Jazz Jam Sessions to be held during the
2022-23 school year. Held at Clement’s Place on the campus of
Rutgers-Newark, this series is curated and directed by pianist and
bandleader James Austin, Jr. in consultation with the Jazz Advisory
Committee of NJPAC’s Community Engagement Department. Don’t miss a
top-flight lineup of jazz musicians! Tix: FREE. This event takes place at
Clement’s Place located at 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ.
Fri 11.18 @ 7:00 p.m. NJMEA All-State Jazz Band and
Choir with special guest Christian McBride
NJMEA All-State Jazz Band
NJMEA All-State Jazz Choir
Christian McBride (special guest, bass)
This annual concert event, co-presented by NJPAC’s Arts Education
Department and the New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA),
brings together some of the very best young musicians and vocalists
from across the state for a dynamic group performance. NJPAC’s Jazz
Advisor and acclaimed jazz bassist/bandleader/composer Christian
McBride will grace the stage as a special guest. Tix: $30 @ The Chase Room.
Sat 11.19 @ 2:00 p.m. Bethany Baptist Church Jazz
Vespers on Film: Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Co-presented by the Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers, NJPAC
continues its season-long series at Newark’s Bethany Baptist Church
with a free screening of the jazz documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White. The film
explores the life and music of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar
Peterson, told through rare archival footage and interviews with
jazz greats including Jon Batiste, Herbie Hancock and Branford
Marsalis. Jazz aficionados won’t want to miss this story of a young
piano prodigy turned legendary icon, directed by Barry Avrich (Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, The Talented Mr. Rosenberg). Tix: FREE. This event takes
place at Bethany Baptist Church located at 275 West Market Street,
Newark, NJ.
Sat. 11.19 @ 8:00 p.m. Represent! A Night of Jazz,
Hip Hop and Spoken Word
Rakim, Speech, and Chuck D (hip hop artists)
Nikki Giovanni, jessica Care moore, Sean Battle, Mayor Ras Baraka
and The Last Poets (poets)
Javon Jackson (tenor saxophone)
Ravi Coltrane (saxophone)
Christian McBride (musical director, bandleader)
Christian McBride Situation
For one unmissable night, NJPAC unites the leading voices in jazz,
hip hop and poetry. The legendary lineup includes hip hop stars
Rakim (Paid in Full),
Speech (Arrested Development), and Chuck D (Public Enemy);
award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni,
Jessica Care Moore, Sean Battle, Mayor Ras Baraka and The Last
Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, and Babadon Babatunde);
saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Javon Jackson; and Musical Director
(and NJPAC Jazz Advisor) Christian McBride. Blaring horns and
baring souls, these masterful artists exclaim their vision of
justice, change, and joy.
This unique partnership between NJPAC and Rutgers
University-Newark celebrates the rich historical connection between
jazz and poetry, creates opportunities for public engagement,
strengthens community ties through the arts, amplifies the
authentic voices of the people of Greater Newark, and engages a new
generation of poets, jazz musicians and teaching artists. This
program is supported through NJPAC and Rutgers-Newark’s City Verses: Elevating
Voices through Jazz and Poetry initiative, funded
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Tix: $29-$89 @ Prudential Hall.
Sat 11.19 @ 3:00 + 7:30 p.m. Maria Schneider Orchestra
Maria Schneider (conductor)
TBA (orchestra)
NJPAC is thrilled to welcome back the award-winning Maria Schneider
Orchestra for what has become a seasonal Thanksgiving concert. For
the past quarter–century, beginning with her orchestra’s debut
album Evanescence (1994),
composer/conductor and NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider has
developed a deeply personal way of writing for her 17–member
collective; like Duke Ellington, she has tailored her compositions
to highlight the individually expressive voices of her soloists.
Her highly original work often blurs the lines between
post-bop, classical and the avant-garde. Maria and her
orchestra are fresh off of winning two Grammy Awards, “Album of the
Year” award from Grand Prix de L’Academie du Jazz, Jazz Journalists
Association, and NPR Jazz Critics Poll, as well as a nomination for
a Pulitzer Prize for their latest album, Data Lords. Tix: $59 @ Victoria Theater.
Sun 11.20 @ 11:00 a.m. + 1:00 p.m. Dorthaan’s Place:
Vanessa Rubin Trio
Vanessa Rubin (vocals)
Brandon McCune (piano)
Kenny Davis (bass)
Winard Harper (drums)
NJPAC’s NICO kitchen + bar continues Dorthaan’s Place, its popular Sunday jazz
brunch series curated by Newark’s First Lady of Jazz, Dorthaan
Kirk. The series made its debut during NJPAC’s 2012-13 season and
has grown ever since. “The finest in jazz is on the
menu…anticipation runs high at Dorthaan’s Place, whether you’re
there for the music, the food, the scene, Dorthaan, or all of the
above.” (All About Jazz)
This edition presents the Vanessa Rubin Trio. Revered as both
a torchbearer and a storyteller, Vanessa’s voice exudes crystalline
clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland
native brings a wealth of diverse influences to the microphone,
including the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother,
traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father, and her love
of the Motown Sound…especially girl groups like the Supremes.
Tix: $49 (adult) $19 (child) each.
There are two brunch seatings: 11:00 a.m. (music begins at
11:30a.m.) or 1:00 p.m. (music begins at 1:30 p.m.). This event
takes place at NJPAC’s NICO kitchen + bar located at One Center
Street, Newark, NJ.
Sun 11.20 @ 3:00 p.m. 11th Annual Sarah
Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
Gary Walker (host)
Regina Carter (judge)
Christian McBride (judge)
T.S. Monk (judge)
Pat Prescott (judge)
Maria Schneider (judge)
special guest artists:
Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim (vocals)
Gabrielle Cavassa (vocals)
The Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, also known as
“The SASSY Awards”, has become one of the top annual vocal
competitions in jazz. The SASSY Awards offers outstanding jazz
singers a one-of-a-kind platform for embarking on a career in the
music business—and offers audience members a chance to discover the
jazz stars of tomorrow. The competition recalls the humble
beginnings of legendary jazz singer/NEA Jazz Master Sarah
Vaughan (1924-1990) who, back in 1942, was a Newark
teenager and winner of an amateur singing contest at the Apollo
Theater. That memorable night helped launch the lifework of one of
the most successful, influential jazz vocalists in the history of
American music. Past winners of The SASSY Awards include Cyrille
Aimée, Jazzmeia Horn, Ashleigh Smith, Arianna Neikrug, Deelee Dubé,
Quiana Lynell, Laurin Talese, Samara Joy, Gabrielle Cavassa and
Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim, and G. Thomas Allen.
For one night only, this year’s Top Five finalists will compete at
NJPAC in front of a live audience and before a distinguished panel
of judges, including premier jazz violinist Regina Carter, NJPAC’s
Jazz Advisor and multi-Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride,
drummer T.S. Monk (Thelonious Monk, Jr.), NEA Jazz Master Maria
Schneider, and WBGO Radio personality Pat Prescott.
Hosted by WBGO Radio’s Gary Walker, this special event will also
include performances by the 2021 co-winners of the Sarah Vaughan
International Jazz Vocal Competition Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim and
Gabrielle Cavassa, and more to be announced soon. The first-prize
winner of The SASSY Awards will receive a $5,000 cash award, second-place
$1,500, and third-place $500. Tix: $39
@ Victoria Theater.
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About NJPAC
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC),
located in downtown Newark, N.J., is America’s most diverse
performing arts center, and the artistic, cultural, educational and
civic center of New Jersey – where great performances and events
enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse
communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the
state’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading
catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its
extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next
generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted 10
million visitors (including more than 1.8 million children) since
opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting
relationships with each of its constituents.
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