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With Rakim, Speech, Chuck D, Nikki Giovanni, jessica Care moore, Ravi Coltrane, Mayor Ras Baraka, The Last Poets, Javon Jackson and Christian McBride Situation

Christian McBride – Musical Director

For one unmissable night, NJPAC’s City Verses program unites the leading voices in jazz, hip hop and poetry. The legendary lineup includes hip hop stars Rakim (Paid in Full), Speech (Arrested Development), and Chuck D (Public Enemy); award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni, jessica Care moore, Ravi Coltrane, Mayor Ras Baraka, and The Last Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, and Babadon Babatunde); Musical Director (and NJPAC Jazz Advisor) Christian McBride and the Christian McBride Situation. We’ll also celebrate the young poets who have participated in City Verses this year, and hear some of their incredible original work. Blaring horns and baring souls, these masterful artists exclaim their vision of justice, change, and joy.

This program is made possible by NJPAC and Rutgers-Newark’s City Verses: Elevating Voices through Jazz and Poetry initiative, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This unique partnership between NJPAC and Rutgers University-Newark celebrates the rich historical connection between jazz and poetry, creates opportunities for public engagement, strengthens community ties through the arts, amplifies the authentic voices of the people of Greater Newark, and engages a new generation of poets, jazz musicians and teaching artists.

"The guitarist David Gilmore has a pronounced fondness for metric convolution, jigsaw complexity and a near-mystical spirit of intrigue." —The New York Times

Acclaimed jazz guitarist David Gilmore brings his formidable quartet to Zinc on Monday, November 28. He's supported by bassist Boris Koslov on bass, Victor Gould on piano, and Rudy Royston on drums.

David Gilmore has performed and recorded with many of today’s most influential artists, including Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Christian McBride, Dave Douglas, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Randy Brecker, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Sam Rivers, and many others. His latest release, Transitions (2017 Criss Cross Records) is one of Downbeat Magazine’s top CDs of 2017. He was also recently voted into both the Critic’s Poll and Reader’s Poll of 2017. Gilmore’s playing has been compared to guitarists as diverse as George Benson and Jimi Hendrix. Gilmore has been the recipient of numerous grants, including two Chamber Music of America, New Jazz Works Composer Grants, and nominated for the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. Committed to an improvisational approach that reflects a global awareness, he conducts master classes around the world, and is a Professor at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.

Join us for an evening at the intersection of jazz, classical music, and creative writing. Featuring Wynton Marsalis’ String Quartet No. 1, performed by the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players and interspersed with spoken word by Simeon Marsalis, writer and faculty member at Rutgers University-Newark. We hope you will attend this monumental collaboration with Rutgers’ Institute of Jazz Studies.

SALUTE TO MOTHER'S DAY FREE JAZZ CONCERT ON TAP AT RIVERBANK


Supported by the JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, this event will feature tap dance star, Calvin Booker

and John Satchmo Mannan's Renaissance 2.0 Jazz Band featuring vocalists John Satchmo Mannan and

Nikita White, saxophonist Alvin Flythe, Yayoi Ikawa Piano, Tarik Shah bass,Dave Gibson drums etc
ADMISSION IS FREE

Calling all pups! Grab your owners and join South Orange Downtown and Pet Wants for a Pup Pride Parade at the South Orange Farmers Market on Wed June 14th from 4PM-5PM in the Sloan Street Lot.

Attire is encouraged that captures you and your furry friend’s true colors and commemorates Pride! Sign them up for a chance to walk the red carpet and win some great prizes for the Most Sparkle, Most Creative & Best in Show! Enjoy giveaways, crafts, and more!

This program is a presentation of Original Music by Composer and Pianist Tyese Andrea Brown mixed with Jazz Standards, Classical, and Art, highlighting talent from in and around the Newark, New Jersey Metropolitan Area. This show will feature gifted Musical Artists such as Hunter Hayes, Denise Hamilton, Gregory Booker, Chris DeCarmaine, Steven Pitman, Christina Rogers and Artist, Bradford Brown.

The Roosevelt Library will present a Women's History Month screening of Jean Stapleton's Emmy and Golden Globe award nominated performance in ELEANOR, FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD (1982) at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2024. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center. This is a free public event, but registration is required.

The FDR Presidential Library presents a Women's History Month Conversation with Paula J. Giddings, author of IDA, A SWORD AMONG LIONS: IDA B. WELLS AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST LYNCHING, at 6:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center. This is a free public event, but registration is required.

As 2018 comes to a close, Gary Walker, Rhonda Hamilton and Bill Daughtry share their favorite jazz albums of the year. Gary Walker, host, Morning Jazz…

Dorthaan Kirk can vividly recall the evening she introduced her fellow 2020 NEA Jazz Master, the esteemed bassist Reggie Workman, for an event at the…