The 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival “Afternoon of Jazz" Celebrates Newark's Influence on the Genre
Newark, N.J., July 20, 2010--The Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka will open the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival with an afternoon concert on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm--2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the “Tickler's Town" spirit of Newark's past and perform a historical overview of Newark Composers and a concomitant sampling of Great Ladies of the music. The Afternoon of Jazz at the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival will go back to early in the century with Willie "The Lion" Smith “Echoes of Spring," and Besse Smith's great “Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out," to James P. Johnson's “Charleston." The All-Star Newark Arkestra will highlight the great Ethel Waters and the mood of the period with the song that made her famous “Taking a Chance on Love" and “Cabin in the Sky" from the marvelous film. For more information and a complete list of this year's performances and attractions for seniors, families and children, visit http://www.lpccd.org/mf2010.
This will be a concert of swinging memory and funky education that revives Billie Holiday's “Strange Fruit" and Ella Fitzgerald singing Ellington's “Beginning to See The Light." The Arkestra will pay tribute to Newark composers and cover James Moody's “Moody's Mood for Love," Babs Gonzalez & Dizzy Gillespie's “Oo Pappa Da" and bring back the “Divine One" Sarah Vaughan singing her BeBop version of “Lullaby of Birdland." More music by Newark's great hipsters include Wayne Shorter's “One By One" and “Hipnosis" by Grachan Moncur III. The modern age and BeBop zone will converge with a sing out to Abbey Lincoln and Thelonious Monk of “Blue Monk." The Newark All-Stars will also pay homage to two Newark icons, Woody Shaw with a big band version of “ Rosewood" and Larry Young's “Mother Ship." There will also be a fully contemporary introduction of Adegoke Steve Colson's “The Outcast."
This concert is a chance for Newarkers and concert attendees to relive swinging memories, dance on the floor and get a funky musical education. The Arkestra big bands will pay homage to two jazz icons, Composer Woody Shaw Rosewood, and organist, Larry Young Jr Mother Ship, two of Newark's greatest contributors to the Jazz genre. The afternoon of Jazz explores the music of Willie “The Lion's Smith" Echoes of Spring and Bessie Smith's Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out, and songs likes James P Johnson's Charleston and Ethel Waters's Taking a Chance on Love, and Cabin Love from the historical film.
About the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra
Produced by Amiri Baraka, the All-Star Newark Arkestra Band Leaders and Musical Directors are Billy Phipps, Adegoke Colson and Musicians Richard Leo Johnson, Grachan Moncur, James Gibbs, Jay Starks, Steve Phillips, Robert Banks, Anthony S. Nelson, Jr., Alfred Patterson and Vocalists Pat Tandy, Yvette Glover, Amina Baraka, Carrie Jackson, Ronnel Bey and Iqua Colson.
About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation's best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.
Newark, N.J., July 20, 2010--The Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka will open the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival with an afternoon concert on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm--2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the “Tickler's Town" spirit of Newark's past and perform a historical overview of Newark Composers and a concomitant sampling of Great Ladies of the music. The Afternoon of Jazz at the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival will go back to early in the century with Willie "The Lion" Smith “Echoes of Spring," and Besse Smith's great “Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out," to James P. Johnson's “Charleston." The All-Star Newark Arkestra will highlight the great Ethel Waters and the mood of the period with the song that made her famous “Taking a Chance on Love" and “Cabin in the Sky" from the marvelous film. For more information and a complete list of this year's performances and attractions for seniors, families and children, visit http://www.lpccd.org/mf2010.
This will be a concert of swinging memory and funky education that revives Billie Holiday's “Strange Fruit" and Ella Fitzgerald singing Ellington's “Beginning to See The Light." The Arkestra will pay tribute to Newark composers and cover James Moody's “Moody's Mood for Love," Babs Gonzalez & Dizzy Gillespie's “Oo Pappa Da" and bring back the “Divine One" Sarah Vaughan singing her BeBop version of “Lullaby of Birdland." More music by Newark's great hipsters include Wayne Shorter's “One By One" and “Hipnosis" by Grachan Moncur III. The modern age and BeBop zone will converge with a sing out to Abbey Lincoln and Thelonious Monk of “Blue Monk." The Newark All-Stars will also pay homage to two Newark icons, Woody Shaw with a big band version of “ Rosewood" and Larry Young's “Mother Ship." There will also be a fully contemporary introduction of Adegoke Steve Colson's “The Outcast."
This concert is a chance for Newarkers and concert attendees to relive swinging memories, dance on the floor and get a funky musical education. The Arkestra big bands will pay homage to two jazz icons, Composer Woody Shaw Rosewood, and organist, Larry Young Jr Mother Ship, two of Newark's greatest contributors to the Jazz genre. The afternoon of Jazz explores the music of Willie “The Lion's Smith" Echoes of Spring and Bessie Smith's Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out, and songs likes James P Johnson's Charleston and Ethel Waters's Taking a Chance on Love, and Cabin Love from the historical film.
About the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra
Produced by Amiri Baraka, the All-Star Newark Arkestra Band Leaders and Musical Directors are Billy Phipps, Adegoke Colson and Musicians Richard Leo Johnson, Grachan Moncur, James Gibbs, Jay Starks, Steve Phillips, Robert Banks, Anthony S. Nelson, Jr., Alfred Patterson and Vocalists Pat Tandy, Yvette Glover, Amina Baraka, Carrie Jackson, Ronnel Bey and Iqua Colson.
About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation's best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.
