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JAZZ ROOM SERIES HEATS UP WITH SAXOPHONIST RON BLAKE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
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Multitalented saxophonist Ron Blake will perform at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. on Sunday, February 15 as part of the spring 2009 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, Blake 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.
Blake has recorded three CDs as a leader, and his discography numbers more than 50 recordings as either a guest or sideman with leading artists. They include Roy Hargrove, Art Farmer, the Christian McBride Band, Spirit Music Jamia, Red, Hot + Riot, and the Grammy-nominated Latin pop group, Yerba Buena.
His recent soundtrack recording on El Cantante stars Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. Since 2005, Blake has been a member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live Band, where he plays the baritone saxophone and flute.
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 more than 25 years of continuous support from 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 for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371 or visit the Web at www.wplive.org.
February 5 , 2009
www.wpunj.edu
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