VOCALIST CARRIE JACKSON TO PERFORM IN JAZZ ROOM SERIES ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1
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Vocalist Carrie Jackson will perform at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. on Sunday, November 1 as part of the fall Jazz Room Series. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on the campus.
Prior to the concert, Jackson 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.
Jackson honed her early talents in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, a city rich in its jazz history. Her vocal talents have been featured with such notables as Barry Harris, Norman Simmons, Earl May, and the Ellington Legacy Band.
She has produced several CDs including her debut release The Nearness of You, a collaboration with musician and band leader Cecil Brooks III, and her most recent release, If I Had My Way, featuring Jackson and her all-star ensemble.
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.
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.For tickets or information, call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371 or order online at /www.wplive.org.
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October 19, 2009
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