20th Anniversary WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series Spring 2013

Saturdays at 12:30 PM, Free and Open to the Public

LISTEN! LEARN! DISCOVER! JOIN US!

YOU BRING THE KIDS, WE'LL BRING THE JAZZ

Discover America's original musical art form at the WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series - a free concert series bringing jazz culture and performance to your neighborhood. WBGO presents these concerts during the Spring and Fall on Saturday afternoons. These interactive, hour-long concerts give kids opportunities to learn about the distinct qualities of jazz, and why it's a reflection of our community, our nation, and our world! Q&A sessions with the artists, small gifts, and a chance to win a door prize are just some of the reasons to come out and join us!

The WBGO Kids Jazz Series is sponsored by

  • Agnes Varis Trust – supporting affordable access to the arts, education, and healthcare
  • PNC Foundation
  • The Clarence B. Coleman and Joan F. Coleman Charitable Foundation
  • The New Jersey State Council on the Arts
  • NJPAC Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens
  • NJPAC

Schedule

All concerts begin at 12:30 PM, and last for approximately one hour. Please arrive 30 minutes early to ensure seating.

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    BOBBY SANABRIA

    Saturday, April 6
    Newark Symphony Hall
    1020 Broad Street
    Newark, NJ 07102

    What is Latin Jazz?

    Families will be introduced to the idioms, concepts, and historical timeline of intoxicating Afro-Caribbean and Pan-American rhythms fused with the elevated harmonic structure and instrumental virtuosity of jazz.
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    MIMI JONES

    Saturday, April 13
    Montclair Art Museum
    3 S Mountain Avenue
    Montclair, NJ 07042

    We All Get The Blues

    A blues history lesson focusing on the origin, structure, and affects on the music throughout our time. Performance will include audience participation for all ages lead by Bassist Mimi Jones.
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    LENNY WHITE

    Saturday, April 20
    Newark Museum
    49 Washington Street
    Newark, NJ 07102

    Lenny White Presents Jazz For Kids, Performed with Kids

    The Lenny White Quartet will perform jazz for all audiences, featuring internationally recognized 16-year-old Georgian pianist Beka Gochiashvili, with Tom Guarna (guitar), Daryl Johns (bass), and Lenny White (drums).
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    LAUREN HOOKER

    Saturday, April 27
    Luna Stage
    555 Valley Road
    West Orange, NJ 07052

    Music Legends presents Jazz 4 Kids

    Audiences will be lead through the origins of Jazz including a participatory African “Call and Response” song, Slave songs and spirituals, improvisational Scat singing, and Jazz’s global influences on music like Calypso. Children will be exposed to jazz legends Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Miles Davis.
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    MICHAEL WOLFF

    Saturday, May 4
    NJPAC
    1 Center Street
    Newark, NJ 07102

    Blues is Underneath Jazz

    Pianist Michael Wolff brings blues back to jazz exploring different styles of blues including old standards, rock and roll, Be Bop and beyond. Q&A sessions with the artists, small gifts, and a chance to win a door prize are all reasons to come out and join us!

    Special guest artist (and Michael's son): Alex Wolff!

    Mike Clark drums
    Daryl Johns bass
    Rodney Jones guitar
    Alex Wolff vocal, guita

FREE ADMISSION

Tickets are handed out in the lobby of each venue on the day of performance only and on a first-come, first-served basis. The concerts are free and open to the general public. Adults must be accompanied by a child. We cannot guarantee seats prior to each program.

All venues are handicapped accessible. Sign language interpretation of performances by request.

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