Some of the Hottest Jazz Around Is in Your Own Backyard, at Rutgers University, Newark
There’s no need for metropolitan-area residents to travel to New Orleans for great jazz; instead they should simply head to the Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University in Newark. The IJS has announced another great schedule of jazz concerts, talks and exhibits for the 2010-2011 academic year, all of which are open to the public and free.
IJS also is again teaming up with radio station WBGO-FM 88.3 to present its “Jazz from the Archives” radio series, which is broadcast on WBGO-FM 88.3, every Sunday, 11 p.m. – 12 a.m. The series is produced and hosted by the IJS.
Events are subject to change; for updated information and additional events, visit www.newark.rutgers.edu/arts. The John Cotton Dana Library is wheelchair- accessible; it is at 195 University Ave., on the Rutgers campus in Newark.
IJS JAZZ EVENTS FOR 2010-2011
LENA HORNE CELEBRATION
Sept. 22
, Dana Room, Dana Library, 5 p.m. , Remembering Lena Horne: lecture/book signing by author James Gavin and special performance by Daryl Sherman.
JAZZ RESEARCH ROUNDTABLES, Dana Library, Dana Room; 7-9 p.m.
Sept. 29, Ed Berger: Benny Carter’s Collection: New Discoveries/Old Favorites
Oct. 6, Alf Arvidson: Raising Status: How Jazz Was Accepted as High Art and Swedish Cultural Politics, 1950-1975.
Nov. 17, Jamale Davis, Jared Negley, Joe Peterson: Bottoms Up: The Bass in Jazz (with performance)
Dec. 8, Vincent Gardner: topic to be announced
Jan. 19, 2011, Gretchen Michelson: Harry Connick Jr.: When Entertainment Meets Art
Feb. 16, 2011 , Susheel Kurien: Jazz in India—Uncovering the Story
March 23, 2011, Josh Duffee: Chauncey Morehouse
April 13, 2011, Charlie Lester: Jazz Migration
Concerts
Dana Library, Dana Room (except for March 1, 2011)
Oct. 26
Wycliffe Gordon (trombone) and Eric Reed (piano), 2-4 p.m. 
Oct. 27, Lewis Porter (piano), Vincent Gardner (trombone) with guests; 2:30-3:50 p.m.
Nov. 9, Joe Wilder (on trumpet), Jack Wilkins (guitar), and Nicki Parrott (bass), 2 – 4 p.m.
Nov. 17, Lewis Porter and Dharma Jazz, 2:30 – 3:50 p.m.
Feb. 2, 2011, Lewis Porter and guitarist Marc Ribot, 2:30 – 3:50 p.m.
March 1, 2011, Lewis Porter and David Rothenberg. Bradley Hall, corner of MLK Blvd and Warren St., 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
March 8, 2011, Tia Fuller, saxophone, 2- 4 p.m.
April 6, 2011, Lewis Porter, solo piano, 2:30 – 3:50 p.m.
April 21, 2011, Ethan Iverson, solo piano, 2- 4 p.m.
GETTING TO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEWARK
BY MASS TRANSIT: New Jersey Transit buses and trains, the PATH train and Amtrak from New York City, and the Newark Light Rail, Washington Street Station or Broad Street Station.
BY CAR: Via Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 95, 21, 78, or 280, and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels. Metered parking is available on University Avenue. Other parking: Rutgers-Newark’s parking garage (200 University Ave.) or the Bradley Hall Lot. Printable maps and driving directions at: www.newark.rutgers.edu/maps/index.php
Media Contact: Carla Capizzi
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