Jazz Vespers Spring 2012 Line Up
ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Supported in part by a grant from Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.

January 7th
Gregory Porter

Gregory impressed theater audiences with the one man show Nat King Cole and Me, which ran for two months at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He waseventually cast in one of eight lead roles in It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, which went on to earn both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations that year. Porter released his debut CD Water in May of 2010, earning accolades from jazz and soul media alike.

For more information on this artist visit: www.motema.com/artist/gregory-porter

February 4th
Jon Faddis Quartet

In 2005, the Jon Faddis Quartet headlined at the Heineken San Juan Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Kingston Jazz Festival, the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College-SUNY, St. Louis' Jazz at the Bistro, and other great venues. The Jon Faddis Quartet is also regularly featured at special events, such as the Friends of Education benefit at the Museum of Modern Art (2004) and at the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College-SUNY, where Faddis premiered his own compositions based on artwork by Romare Bearden on display there (2002).

Discover more about this quartet here: terangajazz.com/id5.html

March 3rd
Pianist Shamie Royston Trio

April 7th
NJCU Jazz Ensemble Big Band feat. Vocalist Roseanna Vitro

THE NJCU JAZZ ENSEMBLE, under the direction of Professor Edward Joffe, has achieved national acclaim over the last seventeen years. A faculty of world class New York area jazz artists in addition to the frequent guest artists who visit the University every semester have contributed to this ensemble's growth.

For more on the NJCU Jazz Ensemble visit: web.njcu.edu/sites/mdt/content
performance_ensembles.asp

For more info on Roseanna Vitro visit: www.roseannavitro.com

May 5th
NJSO & Jazz Group TBA

June 2nd
Gil Scott Chapman feat. Lance Bryant