March 2022 Digital Program - SOPAC

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a message from the executive director Dear Friends, Though it is now mid-winter, and the days are short, the sun is shining forth at SOPAC as we rejoice in the reopening of the Jennifer and Tony Leitner Performance Hall and a return to live performances. There is no way to understate what a challenging journey it’s been for the past two years. Covid closure, then a devastating flood certainly made us step up to the plate and stretched our resources. We won’t be finished with our renovations until the permanent carpeting comes in and we hope it will be by the end of March or beginning of April. Blame the supply chain. For now, we will be content with our temporary carpet and an open theatre. And great artists on the stage!

We have a Winter-Spring season chock full of wonderful performances.

You’ll see some familiar faces, but we also have lots of exciting artists new to our stage this season. Check out Kindred The Family Soul, Red Baraat Festival of Colors, The Bad Plus, DakhaBrakha and more.

You won’t be disappointed, and you just might find a new favorite to follow. Make this the season of new beginnings.

Thank you to the many, many donors who sustained us, and continue to do so, through this difficult time. Without support from so many our doors might be closed right now. The unflagging generosity of our community has lifted us beyond words. We are filled with excitement that we are “back in business!”

Be well.

Dee Billia Executive Director, South Orange Performing Arts Center

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A Sincere Thank You to our Major Funders With a heartfelt thank you, SOPAC acknowledges the generous government, foundation, and corporate support received throughout both the COVID-19 pandemic and our mainstage closure due to damage from Hurricane Ida. The following funders helped SOPAC launch virtual events, continue its Dance and Music Residencies, and ensure SOPAC may continue to truly redefine a great arts experience.

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A Message from the Chair We waited nearly two years (yes, it was that long) to reopen the Jennifer and Tony Leitner Performance Hall at SOPAC. Our intimate 439-seat mainstage theatre has superb acoustics, sight lines, and seating. Audiences remark that attending a performance in Leitner Hall is like hearing their favorite artists right in their own living room. Artists who play SOPAC are thrilled with the intimate setting because it generates a powerful energy loop between artist and audience.

We are SO excited to welcome you back to SOPAC. Our journey to reopen was only made possible by the tireless efforts of our Executive Director Dee Billia and her remarkable staff. How remarkable? Well, imagine this scenario. After readying the theater to reopen after being dark for 18 months due to COVID-19, we were hit by Hurricane Ida a mere 8 days before we opened our doors. The storm surge left our lobby underwater and ruined our stage. That was September 1st.

Dee and the staff spent the next five months remediating and renovating the entire house so now we have a brand-new stage, new flooring, and a fresh look that we are excited to share with you.

I also want to thank our sage Board of Governors for rolling up their sleeves and leading us through the crisis. During our 23 month “break” the board has brought in Cinema Lab to operate the movie theater.

Cinema Lab is a phenomenal community partner bringing South Orange first-run Hollywood blockbusters and the best independent films. The board and staff have also worked hand-in-hand to mastermind a new strategic plan that will act as our true north star for years to come.

Finally, and most importantly, I want to thank you. We were able to reopen only through the generosity of our patrons. We are grateful to you. SOPAC is SO back!

Onward,

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The Gia Maione Prima Foundation is a proud sponsor of the upcoming SOPAC performance featuring Anders Osborne and Jackie Greene with special guest Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters.

This event exemplifies the mission of the Foundation supporting the arts since 2011.

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April 21-June 17, 2022 Liberty Hall Academic Center at Kean University Visit the Galleries at Kean University to view masterful small-scale prints made by legendary nature photographer Ansel Adams from the 1920s into the 1950s

galleries.kean.edu Image: Denali and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Image courtesy of Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

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The Jennifer and Tony Leitner Performance Hall

Kindred The Family Soul Friday, March 4 Married couple Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon are known for music that comes directly from the heart. The duo co-writes relatable and mature R&B songs that are rooted in traditional Soul and Gospel.

Aja and Fatin each got their start in music as teenagers. In 1997, they were introduced via the Hip Hop band The Roots’ production camp.

Fatin was hired to write songs for Aja’s solo project. By the fall of 1998 they became husband and wife.

Eventually, they decided to perform as a team and Kindred The Family Soul was born. Performing weekly at the famed Five Spot’s Black Lily showcase in Philadelphia, Kindred developed a reputation for electric live performances featuring a 10-piece band. A regular at the Black Lily was Jill Scott. She was close to releasing her first album and she introduced her then label, Hidden Beach, to her friends Aja and Fatin.

In 2003 Kindred The Family Soul released their debut album Surrender to Love. “Far Away” and “Stars” both became top ten Urban Adult Contemporary hits and anthems for lovers everywhere. The album received a Soul Train Award and a BET Award nomination. The group began producing events and showcasing new talent such as then unknown, John Legend and Jazmine Sullivan.

Kindred’s second album, In this Life Together, was released in 2005. The project’s lead single “Where Would I Be (The Question)” solidified theirs as a sound for families and couples bringing “Black Love” to the forefront in an industry that rarely highlights it.

Their third album, The Arrival, was released in 2008. Singles like “House of Love” and “Just the Way You Are” continued the tradition of celebrating love and fortitude. Kindred began producing their own music videos and both songs were known for their touching visual stories.

2009 was a year of great change. The first black president was in his first term. The country was in a financial slump and the group found itself without a label. Kindred The Family Soul began documenting their journey through this climate of change in a web series called “Six Is It!,” 14

named jokingly about expecting their sixth and final child. In 2011 they released their first album with Purpose/Shinachie records, Love Has No Recession. Critically acclaimed, the album featured singles “Magic” and “You Got Love,” a collaboration with Snoop Dogg offering a sixteen bar verse about his love for his wife. Their fifth album, simply called A Couple Friends was released in 2014.

In 2015, the entire family was involved in a national commercial campaign for Walmart that had more than a million hits on YouTube and is still one of the most watched ads ever produced by the retail giant.

Legacy of Love and Auntie and Unc are the couple’s most recent albums that continue their legacy of mature R&B and socially conscious tunes.

An Evening with Marc Cohn Opening Artist: Randall Bramblett Saturday, March 5 After winning a Grammy for his soulful ballad “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters, combining the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great Soul man. Rooted in the rich ground of American Rhythm & Blues, Soul and Gospel and possessed of a deft storyteller’s pen, he weaves vivid, detailed, often drawn-fromlife tales that evoke some of our most universal human feelings: love, hope, faith, joy and heartbreak.

Born in Cleveland in 1959, Marc grew up listening to all types of music.

“There were several great radio stations and they were totally inspirational for me,” Marc told WTOP. “There’s a station that’s still-famous called WMMS where I first heard artists like Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, The Band, all the great artists of the 70s.”

Later, Marc transferred from Oberlin College to UCLA and performed in coffee shops in Los Angeles, but his big music breakthrough didn’t happen until he moved to New York City.

“In New York, I was lucky enough to meet a man who was a jingle writer,” Marc told WTOP. “He got my demo to Phil Ramone…I sang for Leiber & Stoller, Jimmy Webb…people I admired and loved. After years of sessions for other people, I eventually got offered a deal at Atlantic Records.”

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In 1991, he released his self-titled debut album featuring the smash hit “Walking in Memphis,” which was borne out of a serious bout of writer’s block.

“I went to Memphis looking for inspiration,” Marc told WTOP. “I was struggling with songwriting at the time…I read this interview with James Taylor where he said, ‘If you’re struggling with ideas, go someplace you’ve never been. It might awaken your sensibilities.’”

This past fall, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson and Colin Jost did a hilarious parody of Marc’s “Walking in Memphis” titled “Walking in Staten.” In 2019, Marc released a collaborative record with Gospel legends Blind Boys of Alabama titled Work To Do. The album is comprised of three studio tracks plus seven intimate live performances recorded at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, CT, during a taping of the PBS series The Kate. Moving forward, Marc plans to do what he does best: infuse American music with both a fresh perspective and a reverence for its deep roots.

Multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett is known as Southern Rock royalty for playing on stage with Rock heroes like Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers Band, Steve Winwood (16 years) and Widespread Panic. Respected for his songwriting – he penned the title track for the Grammy nominated Blind Boys of Alabama’s new album. But it’s Bramblett’s own career as frontman, creating 12 albums, where his artistry is in full display.

Son Volt with Special Guest Jesse Farrar Wednesday, March 9 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt, the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the Alt-Country and Americana genre. The group had just finished an Outlaw Country Cruise when the pandemic hit.

Instead of a triumphant tour marking the illustrious milestone, Farrar was forced indoors by the pandemic, and his “Reverie” during that time helped define Electro Melodier, Son Volt’s 10th studio album. The title, 16

taken from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late 40s and early 50s, also describes the disc’s unique blend of Folk, Country, Blues, Soul and Rock – an electric troubadour with melodies that hit and stick.

Social protest songs like “Living in the U.S.A.” and “The Globe,” the former about the promises of this nation gone wrong, the latter referencing the street protests accompanying the Black Lives Matter movement, exist side by side with odes to long-term relationships (specifically his 25-year marriage) in “Diamonds and Cigarettes” and “Lucky Ones.”

Once again accompanied by the current Son Volt line up — keyboardist/ steel guitarist Mark Spencer, bassist Andrew Duplantis, guitarist Chris Frame and drummer Mark Patterson — Farrar takes a slight turn from 2019’s politically pointed Union to a series of songs that asks questions rather than demand answers.

“I had more time to devote to and concentrate on the writing,” says Farrar about his enforced quarantine. “It was still a rough year, but as a songwriter, I was able to make the most of it. I wanted to concentrate on the melodies which got me into music in the first place,” says Farrar. “I wanted politics to take a back seat this time, but it always seems to find a way back in there.”

Still based in St. Louis, Farrar was born in Belleville, IL, where he formed Uncle Tupelo with his high school classmate Jeff Tweedy.

Now, Son Volt is ready to return to what they know best after a welcome period of introspection.

“It’s a good time to take stock of what’s lost and what’s gained,” said Farrar.

Jesse Farrar is the primary vocalist and bassist for Old Salt Union, a Bluegrass Americana string band. Farrar brings an Alternative Rock spirit as well as his unique formative experiences as a Hip Hop producer and Bass player. Son Volt founder and frontman Jay Farrar is Jesse’s uncle.

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Resistance Revival Chorus Thursday, March 10 This engagement of Resistance Revival Chorus is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Founded in the wake of the 2017 Women’s March, the Resistance Revival Chorus is a passionate group of artists and activists whose mission sits at the intersection of social justice and song.

The Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 womxn and non-binary singers who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center womxn’s voices. They’re driven by the idea that “joy is an act of resistance” as eloquently stated by poet Toi Derricotte.

“RRC was founded as a way of helping to soothe our spirits,” cofounder Jenna Lauter told Teen Vogue in 2018. “One of the things we’re trying to do is draw the connection that the struggle we’re in has deep, long, historic roots. We’re just carrying on the torch for those that have come before us.”

Chorus members are musicians, actors, performers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, professions, creative backgrounds, and activist causes. The Resistance Revival Chorus centers womxn in music, and address how historically marginalized womxn have been in the music industry.

As Pitchfork puts it, “they work to change the tune.”

The artist and activist Harry Belafonte once said, “when the movement is strong, the music is strong” and the Resistance Revival Chorus strives to live up to that call. The Resistance Revival Chorus calls for justice and equity for womxn across racial, ethnic, economic, sexual identity and religious lines. They aim to be intersectional in their feminism and reveal that all social justice issues overlap with womxn’s issues; to harness the collective power of womxn to help change the world; and to celebrate each other through song.

Since their founding, they’ve backed Kesha during her Grammy performance, performed at Babefest with Ani DiFranco, sung Spanish lullabies to detained migrant children outside a New York holding facility, and been shouted-out by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“Mood: @ResistanceRevChorus,” she tweeted, along with a video clip).

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Their debut album This Joy on Righteous Babe Records is out now.

This Joy was recorded in New York City amid Covid-19 lockdown and Black Lives Matter protests. It features Rhiannon Giddens, Valerie June, and Deva Mahal.

Panel Discussion: Womxn’s Voices Ring Out for Social Justice Moderator: Taneshia Nash Laird, President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall Taneshia Nash Laird is president & CEO of Newark Symphony Hall, the vintage 1925 performing arts center in Newark, NJ. As a social change agent, Taneshia centers cultural equity in her work. In her career in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, she has been a city and state official for economic development, a regional director for the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton, and co-founder of the MIST Harlem venue in NYC. Founder of Legacy Business Advisors, Taneshia has also been a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and is a member of the board of directors of the National Independent Venue Foundation. In 2019, she was elected to a threeyear term as president of the board of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. Additionally, Taneshia is a member of the executive committee of the NAACP NJ State Conference, serving as chair of the economic development committee, and is an adjunct professor in the Entertainment and Arts Management program at Drexel University.

Panelists: Eliana Kissner, Cantor at Oheb Shalom Eliana Kissner received cantorial ordination in May 2021 from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Throughout her artistic and professional life Cantor Kissner has pursued various projects that center around the arts, Judaism, youth empowerment and interfaith relationships. She was an Arts Fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York, lead singer of Safra 19

Jewish Middle Eastern Ensemble in Berkeley, CA, and a co-founder of the Muslim-Jewish Arts Fellowship. She also spent time as a playwriting mentor for incarcerated youth through Each One Reach One in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a 2015-16 Dorot fellow, she studied and performed at the Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music in Jerusalem and co-wrote an EP entitled “Painted Wood.” She has worked as a ritual leader and educator at Lab/Shul, New Shul, B’nai Jeshurun, and Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, CA. She was a summer chaplaincy intern at New York Presbyterian in 2019 and student clergy intern at Fort Tryon Jewish Center in Washington Heights from 2019-2020. She is married to Noah Ginsburg who works in solar energy, and they have two children.

As a cantor, she hopes to foster experiences that promote healing, the pursuit of justice, and continued rediscovery and renewal of Jewish tradition. Check out her website hazzanista.com for more information.

Janeece Freeman Clark, Founder of Vanguard Theatre Company Janeece Freeman Clark is a director, producer and skilled vocal technician all rolled into one.

She is the founding Artistic Director of Vanguard Theater Company, a Montclair, NJ based regional theater where she has spent the last seven years reimagining musicals through color-conscious lenses, as well as developing original musicals told from the perspective of underrepresented voices.

Through her work, Janeece explores how theatre can challenge participants, both theatre-makers and audiences, to think critically and increase empathy and understanding for others, therefore becoming more responsible members of our democracy. Vanguard receives funding from TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and has been the recipient of numerous grants awarded to theater-makers committed to “changing the narrative.” Janeece received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan with both a Voice Performance and Musical Theater emphasis, and her masters degree in Vocal Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College (Rider University.) Janeece is an adjunct professor of theater at Seton Hall University where she teaches acting and frequently directs main stage productions — most recently: Oklahoma, Twenty-Six Pebbles, and The Revolutionists. Janeece serves as special Advisor to Seton Hall’s Arts Council and sits on several boards within the tristate area, including the NJ Theater Alliance Board of Directors where she serves on the Equity and Access Committee.

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Jessica James, President of SOMA Action Jessica James is a corporate social responsibility and nonprofit fundraising consultant and mindfulness-based meditation teacher. Jessica lives in Maplewood with her husband Chris and two sons, Baxter (7) and Pearce (3), and recently became the president of SOMA Action. She started her life in activism doing peer-based HIV/AIDS prevention in high school in her hometown of Birmingham, AL. Jessica also serves on the Board of Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network and is currently leading Development for Common Defense, the country’s only grassroots movement of progressive veterans. Check out her website jessicajamesconsulting. com for more information.

Rebecca Moses, Cantor at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Rebecca Moses joined TSTI in July 2012.

She was ordained as Cantor in 2009 by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music in New York City, where she received her Master’s Degree in Sacred Music in 2008.

She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.

Cantor Moses currently serves on the Executive Board of the American Conference of Cantors. Prior to becoming part of the TSTI community, Cantor Moses served for three years as Cantor-Educator at Temple Anshe Sholom in Hamilton, Ontario. Before ordination, Cantor Moses enjoyed a career in professional and community theatre. She enjoyed playing favorite roles in such beloved shows as Annie, Jekyll and Hyde, Into the Woods, Hank the Cowdog, Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins, the Phantom of the Alamo, and many more with companies across the country, but most especially with her mother’s theatre company, the Beth-El Players! She resides with her husband, Aaron, daughter, Alexandra, and son, Levi, in West Orange.

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Red Baraat Festival of Colors Friday, March 11 This event is generously sponsored

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Red Baraat Festival of Colors is an immersive celebration through music, dance and visuals. After presenting a multi-city festival for nine straight years that showcased South Asian artists during the Hindu holiday of Holi, Red Baraat has taken the spirit of the festival to the next level: a year round show of communal revelry that brings together what NPR has called “the best party band in years,” a montage of classic Bollywood visuals, and a fiery dancer.

Traditionally, Holi is marked by public gatherings of songs, dance and the exchange of ‘colors.’ It signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and for many, a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair ruptured relationships.

Red Baraat Festival of Colors debuted in 2012 at a sold out Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and then expanded to over a dozen cities in the United States. The night of music highlights the South Asian Diaspora through a diverse range of styles.

During Red Baraat Festival of Colors, the band, the visuals and the dancer are like a mélange of colors, each bold on its own but commingling to form a stunning panorama.

The ever-evolving Red Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its merging of North Indian Bhangra with elements of Funk, Go-Go, Rock and raw Punk energy. Created with the agenda of manifesting joy and unity in all people, the band’s effortless outlook empowers their audience in a near hedonistic celebration of music and dance.

“A knitted blend of poly-rhythmic panache exploring what it means to communicate music between individuals and across cultures,” states SPIN Magazine.

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firmly placing it within the context of a globalized generation. NPR’s All Songs Considered called their latest release “wildly infectious, soulgrooving music.” And Stereogum said “Red Baraat delivers an explosion of sound. A frenzy of Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Indian Bhangra.”

Red Baraat has released five albums prior, including 2017’s Bhangra Pirates (#4 on World Music Charts Europe), 2012’s Shruggy Ji (debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music Charts) and their debut release in 2010, Chaal Baby, which was featured in FX TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Their beloved live show has crisscrossed the globe including stops at Bonnaroo, Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD Festival (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Spain), Austin City Limits, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Luxembourg Philharmonic, New York City’s iconic Bowery Ballroom and Vienna Concert House. The band has performed at the request of The White House (Obama), TED and the Olympic Games.

The Bad Plus Saturday, March 12 The Bad Plus is a critically acclaimed, avant-garde Jazz quartet. As the American Jazz saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman says, “[They’re] one of the great, true groups in Jazz of the past 25 years.”

Now in their 21st year, The Bad Plus continues to push boundaries as founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums) embark on a new piano-less incarnation of the band with Ben Monder (guitar) and Chris Speed (tenor saxophone)– instigating a new wave of excitement and anticipation within the band that is re-energizing their sound and inspiration. The Bad Plus have constantly searched to bridge genres and techniques while exploring the infinite possibilities of exceptional musicians working in perfect sync.

As The New Yorker puts it, “The Bad Plus are the Coen brothers of Jazz: Midwesterners, both ironic and dead earnest, technically brilliant, beyond versatile, a little chilly sometimes, but funny, surprising, and pretty hard to pin down.”

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categorization, The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and fans worldwide with their unique sound and flair for live performance.

Rolling Stone raves, “By any standard, Jazz or otherwise, it is moving, mighty music…bad to the bone, hot players with hard-rock hearts.”

Since its outset, The Bad Plus has dared to be different, challenging all preconceived notions of jazz. Through a provocative style of arrangements and compositions they call “avant-garde populism,” their unique blend of influences, ranging from experimental Jazz, Indie Rock, Pop, and Classical music has earned this “audacious, rule-breaking jazz trio” (Billboard) a reputation as one of the most universallywell-respected bands in Jazz today.

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap Sunday, March 13 When Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap take the stage, an incomparable experience awaits. With a vast repertoire spanning the greatest periods and genres in music, the duo crafts masterful performances and delivers captivating storytelling.

Drawing on the canons of luminary composers — Ellington, Porter, Sondheim, Lengrand, Simon and others, their virtuosic interpretations traverse the musical spectrum from the intimate ballads to soulful grooves, delivered with daring expression borne of their musical chemistry.

The New York Times writes “Bill Charlap is masterful. His stylistic range encompasses rollicking stride piano, Bebop virtuosity and harmonically opulent modernism.”

The Guardian (UK) says “[Dee Dee Bridgewater] has a technique and musicality that bests most performers of her generation.”

Of their joint performance, The New Yorker says, “This occasional union of the veteran singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and the pianist Bill Charlap is a duet of divergent temperaments that somehow coalesce. Charlap is normally the picture of composure; Bridgewater is passion personified.

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differences. Charlap thrives when engaging an assured vocalist…and Bridgewater is his most recent beneficiary, her heat tempered by his comportment.”

The story of Dee Dee Bridgewater, the 2017 NEA Jazz Master, threetime Grammy winner, Tony winner and UN Ambassador for the Food And Agriculture Organization, begins in Memphis, Tennessee. Dee Dee’s father, a trumpet player also affectionately known as “Matt the Platter Cat” was a DJ at WDIA, the top Memphis radio station. Even when the family moved to neighboring Flint, Michigan, a young Dee Dee would listen to the great sounds of the Memphis music scene by tuning-in late night from across state lines.

“Even as a young girl the music moved me, inspired me, made me dance with joy and cry with emotion. My life journey may have started in Mali, West Africa, as a descendent of the Peul tribe and the Fulani of Nigeria (explored on her 2007 recording, “Red Earth” recorded in Mali) but it certainly was nurtured by my childhood in the South and all of the amazing music that I was being exposed to.”

Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time including Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Freddy Cole and Houston Person. Born in New York City, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who toured with Benny Goodman and was a regular on the Perry Como show. In 1997, Charlap formed his trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. In 2000, he received two Grammy Award nominations, for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard. He is known for his interpretations of American popular song.

Time magazine wrote, “Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.”

Charlap is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University in Wayne.

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Edwin McCain Acoustic Trio Friday, March 18 Called the “great American romantic” by The New York Times, Edwin McCain has built an enviable career balancing his massive Pop success with the year-round touring schedule of a tireless troubadour. His hit songs, authentic spirit and surprisingly affable sense of humor keep fans coming back time and time again for nights that feel more like parties with old friends than Rock concerts. After recording two of the biggest love songs in the history of Pop music, Edwin now performs upwards of 100 shows annually throughout the US. Those enduring love songs (and wedding must-haves) “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask For More” aren’t just for the romantic at heart; “American Idol” and “The Voice” contestants turn to Edwin’s ballads every year to help them win over judges and fans alike. Even Justin Bieber has been known to belt out “I’ll Be” during his own concerts.

2018 marked the 20th year of the success of “I’ll Be,” which topped the Billboard charts in 1998 and has proven to be a timeless classic over the past two decades.

Earlier this year, Edwin suddenly found himself with a whole new crop of fans when his “Flipping Ships” television show debuted on Animal Planet. “Flipping Ships” took him from the chart tops to the boat shop — his very own Boats Have Souls, a restoration outfit dedicated to bringing life back to vessels and customizing them to perfectly fit their new owners.

“We started the business to put good boats into good families’ hands by restoring them in ways that might otherwise be financially out of reach,” Edwin explains. Viewers were fascinated by the blood, sweat and the occasional tear that he poured into his renovations while rehabbed boats found new life and new owners, including a few non-profit organizations in his home state of South Carolina.

But his heart remains on the road. Once the “Flipping Ships” season ended, Edwin picked up his guitar once again and returned to the stage.

Whenever he can, he likes to drop by favorite club haunts, a comfortable return to his early days that delights both his fans and himself.

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“The 15-year-old me would have crawled through a river of fire to be the singer/songwriter that I am today, and I remember that. I am incredibly grateful to be able to do this.”

Celebrate the Sounds of New Orleans with

Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Nathan and The Zydeco Cha Chas Sunday, March 20 This special double-bill features two world-famous music machines and celebrates the feel-good sounds of The Big Easy!

Celebrating 45 years since their founding in 1977, the New Orleansbased Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres including Bebop Jazz, Funk and R&B/Soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a “musical gumbo,” has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across five continents and more than 30 countries, record 12 studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.

In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when Black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of Jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as onlookers danced in the streets.

By the late 70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue’s name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

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Nathan Williams plays Zydeco, the fast and furious accordion-driven dance music of the Creole people of South Louisiana, a relatively modern style that emerged after the Second World War. The music of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas is the expression of a remarkable South Louisiana family. Dennis Paul Williams, Nathan’s brother, brings his Jazz-influenced guitar chops to the band. The eldest Williams brother, Sid ‘El Sid O’ Williams, is a Lafayette legend unto himself. Nathan formed The Cha-Chas back in 1985, and since then has brought his unique take on this regional music to all corners of the globe. From Lincoln Center in New York to The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Nathan’s music has crossed all barriers to speak to the very heart of his audience. Keepers of the Zydeco flame, they are committed to keeping their Creole heritage alive.

The Moth Mainstage Thursday, March 24 New York’s “hottest and hippest literary ticket” (The Wall Street Journal) makes its SOPAC debut in an evening of old-fashioned storytelling.

The Moth began on a back porch in Georgia, where the founder — poet and best-selling novelist George Dawes Green — would spend summer evenings swapping spellbinding tales with a small circle of friends. There was a hole in the screen, which let in moths that were attracted to the light, and the group started calling themselves “The Moths.” When he moved to New York City, George wanted to recreate the feeling of those nights. The first New York Moth event was held in George’s living room.

But word spread fast and the events soon moved to cafes and clubs throughout the city, and soon, to popular venues throughout the country and beyond.

Now, the Moth Mainstage is a live, curated event featuring five tellers who have developed and shaped their stories with director. It’s a community where entertainment and enlightenment emerge. The Moth celebrates the ability of true, personal storytelling to illuminate both the diversity and commonality of human experience. It allows people all over the world and from all walks of life: astronauts, students, a dental hygienist, a hotdog eating champion, a mechanic, exonerated prisoners, veterans, Nobel laureates and everyone in between, to share their stories on stage in front of a live audience. Through live and virtual shows, storytelling workshops, a podcast, Peabody Award-winning 28

Radio Hour, and New York Times Best Selling books, The Moth brings the power of personal storytelling to millions of people each year— creating community and building empathy around the world.

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Moth. Throughout its more than two-decade history, The Moth has presented more than 50,000 stories, told live and without notes by people from all walks of life to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.

The Machine performs Pink Floyd Friday & Saturday, March 25 & 26 The Machine performs Pink Floyd, America’s top Pink Floyd show, has forged a 30+ year reputation for extending the legacy of Pink Floyd, selling out theaters, premier showcase rooms and casinos across North America, Europe and Asia, performing at renowned music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Riverbend and Gathering of the Vibes and sharing the stage with full symphony orchestras, including the Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and San Diego Symphonies, as well as the Buffalo Philharmonic.

With stellar musicianship and passionate delivery, The Machine explores collective improvisation rivaling that of an early 1970s Pink Floyd. Their use of expanded theatrical elements and elaborate stage displays and lighting continues in the spirit of the later Pink Floyd of the 1980s. The New York-based quartet performs a diverse mix of The Floyd’s extensive 16-album repertoire, complete with faithful renditions of popular hits as well as obscure gems. The band is also known for recreating entire albums as a part of their show, accepting requests from fans and for taking an A to Z approach in which one song is played for every letter of the alphabet.

“They duplicate the sound and hits of Pink Floyd with chilling accuracy and they play for a hell of a long time,” says Rolling Stone. And as Spin Magazine puts it, “The Machine look nothing like Pink Floyd, but that doesn’t matter — they sound exactly like Pink Floyd and that’s what counts.”

The band features Adam Minkoff (guitar, vocals), Tahrah Cohen (drums), Scott Chasolen (keys, vocals) and Ryan Ball (bass, vocals).

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Sadly, this year The Machine lost longtime beloved bandmate and founding member Joe Pascarell. On their Facebook page, the band wrote the following tribute: “It is with the most broken of hearts that we announce the passing of our friend, bandmate, and brother, Joe Pascarell. We’re eternally grateful for the lifetime of friendship and music we’ve shared on-stage and off, and we know he will be with us as The Machine continues on.

Shine on, Joe.”

Damien Escobar: Breakthrough Thursday, March 31 Two-time Emmy-winning violinist Damien Escobar is a musical prodigy who graduated from the Julliard School of Music at 13 years old. He sits at the intersection of Hip-Hop and Classical music. His classic yet edgy style and unstoppable swagger have helped propel his career from playing the violin in New York City subways to performing for President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, the royal family of Dubai, Oprah Winfrey and many more.

Damien is a world-renowned violinist, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist, hailing from Jamaica, Queens, New York. His musical career spans over a decade and his inspiring journey of making it big, losing it all, fighting to rebuild and getting a second chance at success is as much a part of his brand identity as being among the top violinists in the world.

The NAACP Image Award nominee and Billboard chart topping artist was once humbled by homelessness after calling it quits from his famed group, Nuttin but Stringz. The group, comprised of Damien and his brother, Tourie — known in New York City for playing their violins on the subway; gained global recognition when they appeared as contestants on America’s Got Talent. The competition helped to catapult the duo into stardom and they quickly experienced all the highs of being the most sought-after musicians of their time.

However, that glory was short-lived and the fall from grace was hard as the group disbanded and Damien made the decision to retire his violin.

What came next was a struggle — not only with his identity and depression, but with finding success in other non-creative endeavors.

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Looking back at his journey, Damien realizes it all needed to fall apart so he could be forced to grow while putting it back together the right way. In 2013, Damien released his first album as a solo artist, Sensual Melodies. Once thought of as a passion project, the album garnered over 200K downloads, landed on the iTunes Top 100 chart, and served as a springboard for a successful national tour where he headlined, for the first time, as the one and only, Damien Escobar.

Back in the spotlight, Damien decided this time around he would do more with his visibility and began by penning and self-publishing a children’s book, The Sound of Strings; building his very own line of custom designed violins; and establishing partnerships to develop a wine line, perfume and fragrances and a non-profit organization that would include a music program for children.

Motivated by his past and grateful for his fans and future, Damien went on to release his second album, Boundless. Damien sought to inspire change and spread positivity by sharing uplifting messages and telling unfiltered personal stories to sold-out arenas across the world during his second tour. Though he’s achieved more than he could have imagined after pulling himself up by his bootstraps and kick starting his solo career — Damien Escobar’s story isn’t over yet.

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2022 Jazz & Blues in the Loft The 2022 Jazz & Blues in the Loft series are dedicated to Lee Boswell-May, longtime curator of Jazz in the Loft. Lee will always be affectionately remembered for helping to “keep the music alive” in South Orange.

Jazz in the Loft is curated and hosted

by John Lee. Blues in the Loft is curated and hosted

by Mike Griot.

Blues in the Loft

Alex Tea Sunday, April 24

Blues in the Loft presents Roots/Reggae songwriter, multiinstrumentalist and producer Alex Tea. Of his latest single Away, NJ.com says, “put this on your next mixtape with Beach House, Lana Del Rey and Low and you’ll lower your blood pressure by 30 points.”

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Steve Carrington Quintet Sunday, March 6 Join us for an extra special Jazz in the Loft show featuring Steve Carrington (tenor & soprano saxophone), Bruce Harris (trumpet), Alex Collins (piano), John Lee (bass) and Karl Latham (drums).

Roseanna Vitro Sunday, April 10 This Grammy-nominated artist is a world-renowned vocalist specializing in Jazz. In 2021, Roseanna announced her latest musical adventure, her 15th release, “Sing a Song of Bird,” featuring the music of alto saxophone icon, Charlie Parker.

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SOPAC Donors

March 2020 – December 2021

$50,000 and up

$5,000 to $9,999

New Jersey State Council on the Arts The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Anthony & Jennifer Leitner

Anonymous Friends of SOPAC Dan Arrighi & Sam Joseph BCB Bank Seymour Beneroff Barbara G. Bornstein Carol & Larry Brodey Sara & Walter Clarke Samuel M. Convissor Coverys Joseph Crobak & Julie Phelan Paul & Catherine Desjardins Carol & Gerry Gardner Matt & Jennifer Glass Michael & Annette Grimaldi Randall Haase & Judy Rosenberg Andrew Hart Investors Foundation JACLO Dean & Emily Kameros PSEG Foundation Roseanna & John Zoubek

$20,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Friends of SOPAC E.J. Grassmann Trust Edrington Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Frederick & Maureen Gammon The Hyde and Watson Foundation New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund New Jersey Economic Development Authority Orange Orphan Society Peter Shapiro & Bryna Linett Union Foundation

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$10,000 to $19,999

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Anonymous Friends of SOPAC American Express Fannie and Morris Sklaw Foundation First Baptist Church of South Orange George A. Ohl, Jr. Trust Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation M&T Bank New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel & Tourism Terry & NaDeen Richardson Glen & Margaret Skar Spartan Capital Leo & Barbara Sender Carl & Marion Wolf

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Doris Moses Elizabeth & Harry Mugford Peter Nardelli Anne B. Ndiaye Thomas & Eileen Neri Louis Nesbitt Phil Nostrand James O’Brien Patricia O’Brien Susan O’Donnell Jane O’Hara Jeffrey Oliver Carlo Orrico Brian & Karen O’Toole Rich Ottenstroer Lisa Goldberg Ozer James Paddock Madhu Pai JoAnn Paralusz Frank & Diane Passucci Shailesh Patel Ronald & Mary Pellecchia Harriet Perlmutter David Peterson Ann Pineles Thomas & Randi Pirozzi Gina & Niko Plaitakis Brett & Aimee Promisel Michael Pulcinella Robin & Bob Rabinowitz The Radecki Family Jolly Raiss Jeffrey Rappaport Helene Reich Nell Reid Michelle Reo-Regan Richard Rew Nancy & Thomas Rich Patricia Weston Rivera Mary L. Robinson Brenda Rogers Dr. Allan Rosenberg Johnathan & Pamela Rosenbluth Henry Rosin Ellen & Hugh Ross Linda & Sean Ross Maria S. Rost Rebecca & Bruce Rounsavill Cathy Rowe Deborah Rowett

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