(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a must-see event for music fans! Twenty-time Grammy winner Pat Metheny (“Last Train Home”) appears in concert and conversation with Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride. Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:30 PM at Victoria Theater. Admission is $56.
This has been a remarkable time for Pat Metheny. After receiving his 20th Grammy for Unity Band and releasing the critically acclaimed Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels, Vol. 20, he was voted into DownBeat magazine’s Hall of Fame, making him the youngest member and fourth jazz guitarist to be chosen. With the release of KIN (←→), Metheny re-invented himself in an ever-evolving career.
Bassist, composer and educator Christian McBride has performed with Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner and Milt Jackson, among many others. In the worlds of R&B, pop-rock, classical music and hip-hop, he also arranged or worked with James Brown, Sting, Carly Simon, Queen Latifah, Kathleen Battle and the Shanghai Quartet. McBride is the composer of The Movement, Revisited suite dedicated to civil rights leaders. His newest release, with the group Inside Straight, is People Music.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located at One Center Street in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in the United States and is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey -- where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over nine million visitors (including more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org or call 888.GO.NJPAC for more information.
