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October 8, 2007
LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSICIAN JIMMY HEATH TO PERFORM OCTOBER 21 IN THE JAZZ ROOM AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Jazz icon Jimmy Heath will perform on Sunday, October 21 with the William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra as part of the University’s 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, Heath 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; and $8 for non-William Paterson students. William Paterson students may attend free of charge.
A legendary saxophonist, composer and arranger, Jimmy Heath has performed with many of the jazz greats of the last 50 years, from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis. During his career, Heath has performed on more than 100 record albums including seven with The Heath Brothers and twelve as a leader. Heath has written more than 125 compositions, many of which have become jazz standards and have been recorded by other artists including Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson and Dexter Gordon. Heath maintains an extensive performance schedule and, as a jazz educator, continues to conduct workshops and clinics throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
The William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra, comprised of 18 students from nine states, is under the direction of David Demsey, William Paterson University professor of music and coordinator of the University’s Jazz Studies Program.
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.
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