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WBGO Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Kids Jazz Concert Series in April & May

3/26/2013

 

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Kids Jazz Concert Series
with Five Free, Interactive Programs for Young People

2013 Spring Series Includes Concerts Featuring
Bobby Sanabria, Mimi Jones, Lenny White, Lauren Hooker and Michael Wolff


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Bobby Sanabria
NEWARK, NJ, March 26, 2013 – WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM celebrates the 20th anniversary of the award-winning Kids Jazz Concert Series with five, free interactive programs for young people. The celebration features percussionist Bobby Sanabria at Newark Symphony Hall on April 6; bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones, Montclair Art Museum, April 13; drummer Lenny White, Newark Museum, April 20; vocalist Lauren Hooker, Luna Stage, April 27; and pianist Michael Wolff, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, May 4.

Through the generous support of the Agnes Varis Trust, whose mission is supporting affordable access to the arts, education and healthcare, along with support from PNC and the Coleman Family Charities, the 2013 Spring Kids Jazz Concert Series will be widely accessible to more young people than ever before. The grant will support a newly-launched program to provide transportation to youth organizations in Essex County to get young people to and from the Saturday afternoon concerts.



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Newport Jazz Festival® Swings with the Ages

3/19/2013

 

From Emerging Geniuses to Established Giants
The Newport Jazz Festival® Swings with the Ages


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Roy Haynes (credit Carol Friedman)
Newport, RI – Jazz, like life, begins at 40! That is around the age when jazz musicians sift through their early impressionable years; when they go through the necessary period of trying to emulate their heroes, and eventually sound like themselves – singing and swinging with their own unique voices.  The Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which itself turns 60 next year, has seen numerous emerging artists evolve into the giants of jazz, and August 2 – 4, some living legends will once again take the stage.

The ageless 88 year-old drummer Roy Haynes has been sounding like himself for an incredible seven decades. He has played with titans Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong. Lester Young, Miles Davis. John Coltrane, Bud Powell, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, to name a few. On Sunday, August 4, he comes to the Newport stage in a swinging mood with his Fountain of Youth Band, a quartet of fire-spitting whippersnappers young enough to be his grandkids – pianist Martin Bejerano, saxophonist Marcus Strickland and bassist John Sullivan. "I must be a great artist to be this age" and still performing, Mr. Haynes told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I'm an old-time player who plays modern music."

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