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September 28, 2007
JERRY GONZALEZ AND THE FORT APACHE BAND TO PERFORM OCTOBER 7 IN THE JAZZ ROOM AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, an Afro-Caribbean jazz ensemble, will perform on Sunday, October 7 as part of the fall 2007 Jazz Room Series. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus in Wayne. Prior to the concert, Gonzalez will be the guest for “Sittin’ In,” an informal discussion about jazz, at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders.
Tickets are available in advance or on the day of the performance at $15 standard; $12 senior citizens, William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; $8 for non-William Paterson students. William Paterson students may attend free of charge.
Multi-instrumentalist Jerry Gonzalez plays trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion and his Afro-Cuban music reflects the influence of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. He formed Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band with his brother and bassist Andy and drummer Steve Berrios. The group topped the Worldbeat group category in a readers' poll conducted by Down Beat following their album, Rumba Para Monk in 1989. The album was named Jazz Album of the Year by the Academie du Jazz in France. Gonzalez has performed and/or recorded with a lengthy list of jazz artists, including Tony Williams, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Dorham, Anthony Braxton, Tito Rodriguez, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and Machito. In 2001, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band were prominently featured in Fernando Trueba’s film on Latin jazz, Calle 54, music from which is available on Blue Note Records.
Now in its 30th year of exciting performances, 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.
For more information, call Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371.
www.wpunj.edu
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