Featuring
Marcus Printup
Steve Turre
Wayne Escoffery
and the award winning
Newark Academy Jazz Program
April 12, 2013
7:30pm-9:30pm, Tickets- $10
Newark Academy Auditorium
91 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
A note from the director;
The Evening of Jazz has been an annual concert at Newark Academy to showcase it’s numerous jazz ensembles. This year we are dedicating our concert to the families of Sandyhook and the Greene family. We will have three world class musicians joining our award winning jazz program- Marcus Printup, trumpeter of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Steve Turre, trombonist currently with the Saturday Night Live Band, and Wayne Escoffery tenor saxophonist currently with Tom Harrell’s Quintet and the Mingus Big Band. Please take a look at the links below of our guest musicians and the Greene Family.
All proceeds will go directly to the families of Sandy Hook and to the Ana Grace Fund. Ana Grace Marquez-Greene was one of the children killed in the Newtown shootings. Her parents, Jimmy and Nelba are dear friends of mine that go back to my college years. My family and I have visited the Greene’s several times to support them in anyway we can and we have been in awe of how Jimmy, Nelba and their nine year old son Isaiah have been dealing with this devastating and surreal tragedy. I thought it would be fitting to honor Ana’s memory with music, as she was musically gifted. In our efforts to raise funds for this worthy cause, we hope you can join us on April 12th for this special evening of music.
Please email jtolentino@newarka.edu to purchase tickets or to make a donation.
Thank you,
Julius Tolentino
Newark Academy, Jazz Director
Ana Grace singing with Isaiah
http://on.aol.com/video/home-video–newtown-victim-ana-grace-sings-hymn-with-brother-517631142
Jimmy and Nelba on Good Morning America
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/sandy-hook-parents-interview-marquez-greene-family-discuss-18210983
Marcus Printup- trumpet w/ the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JarjaXF3lU
Steve Turre- trombone (currently in the Saturday Night Live Band and a former member of the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OncmJj90imM
Steve Turre on shells with Dizzy Gillespie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuq6prZHoA
Wayne Escoffery- tenor sax (currently with Tom Harrell, Mingus Big Band and Ben Riley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbSQW91gS40
