(NEWTON, NJ) -- This show has been postponed until April 2017. It was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. The Newton Theatre presents an Evening with Jose Feliciano on Friday, April 7, 2017. This performance with the legendary guitarist was originally scheduled for September 29. Tickets for the original date will be honored on the new date.
FELICIANO is a name that is synonymous with MUSIC. It is synonymous with an international presence that has influenced popular music for more than two generations. It is synonymous with a presence that has bridged musical styles in a way that has never been equaled. Jose Feliciano is recognized as the first Latin Artist to cross over into the English music market, opening the doors for other artists who now play an important role in the American music scene.
Feliciano has been acclaimed by critics around the world as “The Greatest Living Guitarist.” His accomplishments include forty-five Gold and Platinum records, nine Grammy Awards, nineteen Grammy nominations, and the LARAS Award for Lifetime Achievement. His musical career has been immortalized with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and has had a school in East Harlem, New York City named “The Jose Feliciano Performing Arts School.” Guitar Player Magazine has awarded him “Best Pop Guitarist,” placing him in their “Gallery of the Greats,” and he’s been voted both Best Jazz and Best Rock Guitarist in the Playboy Magazine reader’s poll, as well. In 1996, Jose received Billboard Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The list of honors goes on.
Some of Feliciano’s major record releases include, Amor Gitano, Light My Fire, Feliz Navidad (Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010), Chico And The Man, Che Sara, Porque Te Tengo Que Olvidar? Rain, La Copa Rota, The Sound of Vienna and Affirmation – to name but a few.
Jose was also the first artist to publicly stylize the American National Anthem and, after years of controversy, is now regarded as THE patriotic pioneer of artistic interpretation and his rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner is included in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Being constantly in demand, Jose has performed for and with some of the most important people on the planet. He enjoys playing with many of the top symphonic orchestras including the London Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He appears on major television shows worldwide; having done a number of his own specials. His music has been featured on television, in films and on the stage.
Born blind in Lares, Puerto Rico, Jose came to New York as a child, and launched his meteoric career in Greenwich Village. 50 years later, he continues on.
Jose’s gifts of time, treasure and talent have earned him the reputation of great humanitarian and “Ambassador of Good Will” throughout the world. “I’ll never forget where I came from or the people who helped my family or me along the way.” For this reason, Jose will often lend a hand or his name in support of causes that he believes are important. Even though Jose has recorded nearly 70 albums in his impressive career he is still humble with all the successes he has had and, remarkably, feels that he has just started to share his talents with the world.
Tickets for Jose Feliciano range from $34 to $49. Purchase tickets by visiting www.thenewtontheatre.com or contact the Box Office at 973-383-3700.
The historic Newton Theatre, located at 234 Spring Street in Newton, NJ, was founded in 1924. Revitalized and fully renovated, Sussex County’s premier entertainment venue reopened in 2011 as a 605 seat capacity live performing arts center. With it’s rich history and diverse programming The Newton Theatre is essential to the buoyancy of New Jersey’s Skylands region.
