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Hear the story of African American music as you move & sing along to
Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Lindy Hop Dancing, African American Art Exhibit & more…

• Featured performers include Montclair State’s African Dance and Drum ensemble
• Metropolitan Opera Bass/Baritone, Roosevelt Credit
• Montclair Early Music Ensemble with contralto, Elsa Larsson
• Jazz House Kids with Lindy Hop dancers
• School of Rock
• Emily O’Brien virtuoso Recorder, accompanied by APEX String ensemble playing contemporary compositions by African American composer Melika Fitzhugh.
• Art Exhibit by Carter Fine Arts – art sales benefit MEM’s children’s program.
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Hosted by Rev. Jesse Branson

Mauricio de Souza Trio at Moonstruck. The group will play jazz and Brazilian jazz standards, featuring the music of Tom Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Ivan Lins, Pat Metheny, Freddie Hubbard, and Wayne Shorter among others. The Trio will feature Mauricio de Souza on drums, Steve Myerson on piano, and Dave Kingsnorth on bass.

New Camerata Opera (NCO) presents Summer Concerts, a FREE live performance of favorite opera excerpts hosted by Chashama, on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2pm, 4pm & 6pm at Anita's Way, 135 W. 42nd St, NYC. Principal soloists from NYC's most exciting young opera company will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written. For more information, visit newcamerataopera.org/events.

Richard Baratta—“The 3 B’s + 2” will be in concert at the Englewood Public Library, on Thursday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m. on the library’s front plaza. This will be the 3rd concert in the Library's 10th annual Summer Jazz Concert Series - "Jazz Under the Stars". This acclaimed series takes place every Thursday evening at 7:30 from June 23 through August 25. The concert series is free and open to the public. No registration is needed, but library parking is very limited. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church one block north at 113 Engle St.
The performers are drummer Richard Baratta, guitarist Paul Bollenback, organist Pat Bianchi, saxophonist Vincent Herring and percussionist Paul Rossman.
The lineup for the rest of the jazz series is as follows:
July 14-- Bill Saxton
July 21-- Frank Noviello
July 28--Camille Thurman & Darrell Green
August 4—The Vince Ector Group
August 11--Mark Gross
August 18--Chris Beck
August 25--Sharp Radway
For further information, visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org. The Englewood Library is located at 31 Engle St., Englewood, N.J.

Born from the rich musical and historical heritage of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia (the first free Black town in the Americas), Kombilesa Mí fuses the traditional sounds of the community with urban pop. The band's members experiment with the instruments created by their ancestors (and introduced to them when they were young) by layering them between new sounds.

Over traditional percussion, metal handmade drums of their own design, and marímbula, Kombilesa Mí rhymes and raps in Spanish and the traditional Palenquero language, a fusion of African Bantu, Portuguese, French and English. During the performance, you'll hear them call their music "RFP," which means Rap Folklórico Palenquero, a combo of cumbia, son de negro, mapalé and son palenquero.

Over the course of a 40+ year career, Joe Magnarelli has emerged as one of the premier trumpeters, improvisers, composers, and educators in jazz.

Initially training as a pianist who accompanied songs sung by his father, Magnarelli took up trumpet as a youth in his native Syracuse. He was inspired by lessons with noted trumpeter Sal Amico as well as performances with esteemed tenor saxophonist J. R. Montrose. He also studied briefly with distinguished trumpeter Louis Mucci at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and others.

During his first two years as a student at the State University of New York-Fredonia, where he earned a Special Studies B.A. in 1982, Joe was the choir director and pianist for the Central Baptist Church in Syracuse, which he regards as a pivotal experience. He plays piano to this day, and considers it a key aspect of his creative journey.

Magnarelli, known to friends and fans as “Mags,” moved to New York City in 1986, with the goal of a fulfilling life devoted to music.

Sarah Cabral was born in southern Brazil. She draws on modern jazz, avant-garde, and classical influences to breathe new life into seemingly bygone eras of traditional and popular Brazilian music. A recent review by Helvécio Cardoso in Diário da Manha read that her music “unites the sophistication of the most exquisite taste and simplicity.”
Cabral studied at The California Jazz Conservatory

Camille Aramburu, known as CVMILLE (pronounced kuh-meel), is an international Latin artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. From a very young age Camille developed an interest for music and songwriting which eventually led her to Los Angeles, California where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts. After graduating in 2018, Camille went back to Buenos Aires where she collaborated with producers that helped propel her music to the public. Her first single, “Quiero", gained a remarkable response. Since then, she’s been captivating audiences all across the world with her music while also collaborating with artists from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, India, and others countries.Now settled in New York, CVMILLE has performed all over the city and worked with several producers and artists hoping to keep amplifying her global reach. This bilingual artist’s awaited first EP titled "SuperBaby” is set to be released by early 2022 along with another EP coming out this Summer.

What is Summer Arts?

For the second year, ACCA Creates is working in collaboration with Keys 2 Success!

Summer Arts is an immersive arts program that is free of cost to all students. Breakfast and lunch will also be provided to participating campers. Student Artists engage in six weeks of arts training in community activism, creative writing, dance, music-piano/voice, theater, and visual art, culminating in performances in selected county and city parks of Newark. Classes are from 9am-4pm. This immersive summer arts program culminates with a showcase of students' works of art/creative writing, works in progress, and a production of Lion King Jr.

Summer Arts will conclude with performances by the students during the week of August 8-13 after camp hours. More information about the performance schedule can be found on the ACCA Creates Instagram page (@acca.creates).

Jazz Alive presents their 2022 Summer Concert Series at the historic Waterfowl Building located at 40 South Harrison Street in Easton, Maryland. Continuing the club-like setting of the 2021 series, concertgoers can reserve seats at tables set throughout the hall that offer great views of the stage while enjoying a beverage and lite snacks from a candlelit table.

Jazz Alive concludes its 2022 Summer Concert Series with the powerhouse trio of guitarist Shawn Purcell, organist Pat Bianchi, and drummer Jason Tiemann. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shawn Purcell is a jazz guitarist, educator, arranger, and composer in the Washington DC region whose credits include performances and tours with Terell Stafford, Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Sean Jones, Brian Charette, Regina Carter, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Jim Pugh, Chip McNeill, Eddie Daniels, Chris Potter, Steve Allee, and many others. Grammy nominated organist, winner of Downbeat Magazine's 2016 rising star poll and Hot House magazine's 2019 poll, Pat Bianchi has established himself as one of the premier organists on the international scene today. Jason Tiemann is a New York City based jazz drummer who is quickly forging his musical voice on the New York scene by fusing his depth of historical foundation with crisp technique and propulsive, intuitive swing. With a new recording coming out later this year, you won't want to miss this great trio!

The Waterfowl Building is at 40 South Harrison Street in Easton, Maryland. Tickets are $48 and available at jazz-alive.org or at the door the day of the event. Students attend free with a Student ID. A cash bar will be available. Proceeds from ticket and concession sales support Jazz Alive's mission of providing educational support in developing future artists and preserving this great art form through school and community programs.

Shawn Purcell - guitar | Pat Bianchi - organ | Jason Tiemann - drums