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October 17, 2006
JAZZ VOCALIST KEVIN MAHOGANY TO HEADLINE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY JAZZ ROOM CONCERT SERIES ON OCTOBER 29
Baritone Kevin Mahogany, an acclaimed jazz vocalist, will perform during William Paterson University’s Jazz Room Series, one of the most prestigious university-sponsored jazz events in the country, on Sunday, October 29.
The concert begins at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus. “Sittin’ In,” an informal jazz talk with the afternoon’s artist, will be presented prior to the concert at 3 p.m. in Shea Center 101 and is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders. The concert begins with a performance by a William Paterson student jazz ensemble.
Mahogany will join the William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Demsey, professor of music and coordinator of jazz studies. The Kansas City-born baritone and scat-singing virtuoso has eleven CDs as a leader on the Warner Brothers and Telarc labels. Last year, Mahogany debuted his own record label, Mahogany Jazz, with his release, “Kevin Mahogany Big Band.” The next Mahogany Jazz project scheduled is "To Johnny Hartman," a tribute to the incredible vocalist of the 1940-70s.
Mahogany grew up in a musical family, and studied piano as a child. By the time he was 12, he played both the clarinet and the baritone saxophone and was performing with Eddie Baker’s “New Breed Orchestra.” A graduate of Baker University, he formed two groups: “Mahogany,” a contemporary R & B and jazz ensemble, and “The Apollo’s,” an R&B dance band. His debut album “Double Rainbow,” was released in 1993.
Admission prices to the Jazz Room series are $15 standard; $12 for senior citizens; and $8 for students. For information, call the Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371. Funding for The Jazz Room at William Paterson University has been made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.
Launched in 1978, The Jazz Room is one of the largest and most prestigious college-sponsored jazz events in the country. Performers include renowned professionals who encompass the complete spectrum of jazz, from practitioners of traditional jazz to avant-garde to bebop to swing to Afro-Latin jazz, as well as William Paterson’s own student ensembles. The series has won numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its innovative programming.
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