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Newark-Born Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Honored at NJPAC

May 22, 2017June 19, 2017 Sheila Horne Mason10805

From April 20 to 23, 2017, Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) held Wayne Shorter Weekend in tribute to one of Newark’s own, iconic saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter. This music-filled weekend included concerts by the Wallace Roney Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant with Sullivan Fortner and the Emmet Cohen Trio, a tribute to Weather Report, and […]

Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson Bring Judy Garland to the Dunsmore Room, May 23

May 22, 2017August 25, 2019 Andrea Canter10581

“Hixson’s slightly gauzy tone and breezy phrasing evoked cool-school singers of the 1950s such as June Christy, Chris Connor and Anita O’Day. Yet there was nothing historic nor nostalgic about Hixson’s manner, her inherent swing sensibility driving the music unstoppably forward. She benefited significantly from the pianism of Rick Carlson, whose buoyant accompaniment referenced the […]

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Newark-Born Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Honored at NJPAC

Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson Bring Judy Garland to the Dunsmore Room, May 23