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Tony Bennett's Daughter, Antonia Bennett, Elevates Jazz Angels' 'One Night Only'
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RickGomesPR
Antonia Bennett, the acclaimed jazz singer and daughter of legendary jazz icon Tony Bennett, is partnering with Jazz Angels for “One Night Only," a concert to help raise funds and awareness on behalf of Jazz Angels non-profit youth organization. This exclusive event will take place on Saturday, May 25, at the Salvation Army Red Shield Theatre from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bennett, known for her captivating performances and rich musical heritage, will grace the stage alongside select Jazz Angels ...
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Grammy Award-winning Vocalist Samara Joy Kickstarts This Summer’s 2024 North To Shore Festival Marking Her Return To NJPAC For The First Time Since Winning The 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
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AMT Public Relations
North to Shore Festival presented by Prudential Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7 PM $39-$99 on sale now. NJPAC Prudential Hall | Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 As part of NJPAC’s TD Bank Jazz series, 2x GRAMMY winner Samara Joy returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.,in a highly anticipated one-night only concert. This marks the first time she ...
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World-renowned Smoke Jazz Club Presents Album Release Concerts By Charles Mcpherson And Jane Monheit, A Benny Golson Salute, And More During The Month Of May
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AMT Public Relations
SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with another month of today’s leading artists in jazz. May kickstarts with a five-night (May 1-5) celebration of Reverence, a new SMOKE Sessions recording by the Charles McPherson Quintet. The Benny Golson sextet heard on the 2008 album New Time, New ‘Tetreunites (sans 95-year-old bandleader) for a special run (May 8-12) honoring one of the last surviving links to the Golden Age of modern jazz. Making her SMOKE debut is vocalist Jane ...
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Elio Villafranca And The Jass Syncopators Take A Musical Journey From Cuba To New York on Friday April 26, 2024
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Cheryl Duncan & Company
TRAVEL THE “CROSSROADS FROM CUBA TO NEW YORK” Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators featuring Brianna Thomas head to City College Center for the Arts for a special concert on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators will take the stage at Aaron Davis Hall on Friday, April 26, for a magical musical journey “Crossroads from Cuba to New York.” The 7 p.m. concert, produced and presented by City College Center for the Arts (CCCA), ...
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April 18: New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Presents 'High Life: The Music Of Wayne Shorter'
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Legendary jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who passed away on March 2, 2023, left a monumental artistic legacy. The NEC Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Shorter with High Life: The Music of Wayne Shorter, the orchestra’s final concert of the season, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Special guest Carl Atkins, founding director of NEC’s Afro-American Studies and Jazz Departments, and NEC Jazz Studies Co-Chair Ken Schaphorst lead the orchestra ...
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April 17: New England Conservatory's Contemporary Musical Arts Dept Reimagines Music Of David Bowie
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Hear David Bowie’s music as you’ve never heard it before on Wednesday, April 17 when New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Department pays tribute to an icon of pop culture in The Music of David Bowie, a program curated by faculty member Lautaro Mantilla in collaboration with Eden MacAdam-Somer and Anthony Coleman. For 50 years, David Bowie created a body of work that expanded the boundaries of pop culture, musical styles, gender, sexuality, social justice, protest, and fashion. “In a ...
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The Cecilia Chorus Of New York Presents On April 19 At Carnegie Hall - World Premiere Of Cyrus Chestnut’s Power In The Blood - Beethoven: Christ On The Mount Of Olives!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Maestro Cyrus Chestnut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, April 19th at 8 PM Two Passion stories, each a gripping musical narrative: Beethoven’s edge-of-your-seat Christ on the Mount of Olives features high-wire solos, dramatic choruses, and full orchestra. Cyrus Chestnut’s electrifying Power in the Blood is a cycle of spirituals arranged for chorus, vocal soloists and acoustic jazz trio. Performances are presented in two halves. At this historic world-premiere, Chestnut himself—whom Time magazine called ...
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Jazz Icon Herbie Hancock Returns To The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on September 29, 2024
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AMT Public Relations
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5, 2024 NJPAC Prudential Hall Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 14x GRAMMY winner Herbie Hancock returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.,in a highly anticipated one-night only concert. The last time he graced the NJPAC stage was in 2017 as a special guest with the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Herbie Hancock is a true icon ...
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