(WAYNE, NJ) -- The Shea Center for the Performing Arts presents Brian Lynch and Spheres of Influence on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 7:30pm. The esteemed trumpeter Brian Lynch and his high-powered Latin jazz ensemble Spheres of Influence are sure to light up the stage with their fiery playing.
One of the most accomplished jazz trumpeters anywhere, Lynch is a veteran of stints with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Horace Silver Quintet, Eddie Palmieri, and Phil Woods, and has collaborated with jazz artists such as Benny Golson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charles McPherson, Latin music icons Hector LaVoe and Lila Downs, and pop luminaries such as Prince.
He was voted Trumpeter of The Year by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2017, and garnered a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2006. Professor Lynch teaches at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and Meet The Composer. His group, Spheres Of Influence, mixes Black American, Afro-Caribbean, and other musical traditions in original works and arrangements by Lynch. Bring the fire extinguishers for this one!
Tickets are $18 and available for purchase online. A $60 Jazz Pass for all 5 Summer Jazz concerts at the Shea Center for the Arts is also available. Note: the Jazz Pass is only available for sale via phone or in person sales at the Box Office. Shea Center for Performing Arts is located on the campus of William Paterson University at 300 Pompton Road in Wayne New Jersey.
The 2024 Summer Jazz concerts series includes The Kelly Green Seems Quartet (July 22), Benny Benack with the Big Beat Big Band (July 23), Brian Lynch and Spheres of Influence (July 24), The Tia Fuller Trio (July 25), and Wycliffe Gordon and Friends (July 26). All concerts begin at 7:00pm. For more information on these shows, click here.
The Shea Center for Performing Arts is an intimate 922-seat theater built in 1965. The theater boasts a customized, state-of-the-art sound system, computerized lighting system and a unique seating/stage configuration that ensures a close performer/audience connection. Shea Center is air-conditioned and handicapped accessible
