(NEWARK, NJ) -- JAZZ @ NJPAC (Sponsored by TD Bank) brings several top artists to Newark in September and October. Shows include An Evening with Gregory Porter (September 24), “Salsa Meets Jazz” (September 25), Boney James (October 14), and Tierney Sutton & Ann Hampton Callaway – In Technicolor (October 15).
Friday, September 24 @ 8:00pm: An Evening with Gregory Porter. Grammy award-winning vocalist Gregory Porter returns! Hot on the heels of his revelatory 2020 album, All Rise, he’s helping NJPAC welcome jazz back with his distinctive bone-deep baritone. If you’ve missed live music, this is one earth-rumbling, bone-shaking performance you absolutely can’t miss. Gregory Porter swings with all the earthy warmth of Nat King Cole, the soulful spirit of Stevie Wonder, and the poet’s truth of Bill Withers. Come experience “one of the most amazing singing voices you’ll hear on planet earth” (The Guardian). Tickets: $53.75-$103.75
Saturday, September 25 @ 8:00pm: “Salsa Meets Jazz” - Tito Nieves (vocals); Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra. In the best tradition of the venerated “Salsa Meets Jazz,” this all-star lineup features three of the greatest attractions in all of contemporary Afro-Latin music: 10-time Grammy Award-winning, hard-swinging virtuoso pianist Eddie Palmieri and his Salsa Orchestra, Puerto Rico’s celebrated son and “Pavarotti of Salsa” singer Tito Nieves best known for his version of Pete Rodriguez’s 1967 classic “I Like It Like That,” and storied bandleader and keyboardist Arturo O’Farrill (son of legendary Cuban musician Chico O’Farrill and heir to a great musical legacy) and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra who are fresh off of a 2021 Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz Album for Four Questions (Zoho Music). Tickets: $29-$89
Thursday, October 14 @ 7:30pm: Boney James. It’s smooth. It’s sultry. It’s got just the right amount of swagger. That’s the music of four-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum saxophonist Boney James. In June 2020, he released his 17th album, Solid. Solid follows his smash 2017 release Honestly which became his 11th #1 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album. Over the years, his soul- and R&B-infused style of jazz has earned Boney James four RIAA gold albums, a Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. Billboard named him one of the Top Three Contemporary Jazz Artists Of The Decade along with Kenny G and Norah Jones. “I love playing live, maybe more than I ever did,” says James. “A lot of guys get tired of the traveling but it’s still a joy for me every time I go out there and play.” Tickets: $59-$99
Friday, October 15 @ 7:30pm: Tierney Sutton & Ann Hampton Callaway – In Technicolor; Tierney Sutton (vocals) and Ann Hampton Callaway (vocals). Jazz queens Tierney Sutton and Ann Hampton Callaway join forces for the first time with a tribute to famous film music. Tierney (“a serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level” – The New York Times) and Callaway (“one of the best equipped jazz vocalists swinging today” – Chicago Tribune) will perform solos, duets and exciting new arrangements of songs you’re sure to remember from movies both classic and contemporary including, but not limited to: “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” “Blue Skies,” “As Time Goes By,” and “Windmills of Your Mind.” Tickets: $59-$69.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located at One Center Street in downtown Newark, N.J., is America’s most diverse performing arts center, and the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey – where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. 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 nearly 10 million visitors (including over 1.7 million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.
TD Bank, headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing more than 8 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services at approximately 1,300 convenient locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro D.C., the Carolinas and Florida. In addition, TD Bank and its subsidiaries offer customized private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®, and vehicle financing and dealer commercial services through TD Auto Finance.
