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MAURICIO SMITH JOINS THE WILLIAM PATERSON LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE FOR JAZZ ROOM SERIES CONCERT Panamanian flutist Mauricio Smith will
perform with the William Paterson Latin Jazz Ensemble led by
William Paterson professor and Latin jazz bandleader Chico Mendoza
as the Winter 2001 Jazz Room Series continues at William Paterson
University in Wayne on Sunday, March 4. Smith has worked and recorded with such Latin luminaries as Machito, Cesar Concepcion, Mongo Santamaria, and Tito Puente. He has also recorded with Clark Terry, Chubby Checker, Eartha Kitt, Harry Belafonte, and others. Smith has performed on Broadway in the orchestras of "No, No, Nanette," "Doctor Jazz," "The First," "Raisin," "The Natalie Cole Show" and "Purlie." In New York, Smith was an original member of the NBC "Saturday Night Live" band and was the leader of the Latin band at the Rainbow Room for six years. He has scored music for movies, and wrote arrangements for Tito Puente and others. In addition to his jazz performances, Smith has performed classically as a flutist and solist with the Puerto Rican Symphony and has given recitals at Avery Fisher Hall. Smith will be the guest for "Sittin' In," an informal discussion with the artists presented before the concert. The talk begins at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders. Launched in the spring of 1978, William Paterson's Jazz Room Series has earned a reputation for presenting concerts by eminent musicians in the jazz world. The series has been awarded numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and Citations of Excellence from the Council for its cultural contribution to the state. For additional information, please call William Paterson's Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371. William Paterson University, one of the
nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 30
undergraduate and 18 graduate programs through five colleges:
Arts and Communication, Business, Education, Humanities and
Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop
acres in Wayne, the university enrolls approximately 10,000 students
and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution's
358 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars
and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards
and grants from the Fulbright Program (25 scholars), the Guggenheim
Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the
American Philosophical Society.
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