Visitors and residents of the area will have lots of jazz to listen to this summer if they go down to the Newburgh waterfront on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, starting July 1st. That's when the 4th Annual Newburgh Jazz Series will be presenting 17 different jazz performances, from the Chiku Awali African Dancers and Drummers to the smooth jazz of the Willis Wilson Quintet.
The Newburgh Jazz Series is organized by Ferry Godmother Productions Executive Producer, Aquanetta Wright, who got her name because she used to serenade commuters as they debarked from the Beacon-Newburgh ferry at the waterfront.
Wright is also looking for volunteers to help set up the stage area who are physically fit and available from 9 to 11 am on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays through July and August. A person is also needed to staff the information booth.
Here's the full list of the exciting entertaines booked by the Ferry Godmother for the 2010 Newburgh Jazz Series performers:
Wednesday
July 7 The Reese Project
July 14 Mark Morganelli & Jazz Forum Brazil Project
July 21 Eric Person & Meta-Four
July 28 Taeko
August 4 Sweet Plaintain string quartet
August 11 Derrick James Quintet
August 18 SAGE
August 25 Sam "Magic Man" Waymon and the Magic Band
Thursdays
July1 Chiku Awali African Dancers & Drummers & Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure
July8 Jacob's Ladder
July15 The Christine Spero Group
July22 String of Pearls
July29 Jazz Pioneers
August 5 Jerry Costanzo with The Andy Farber Octet
August 12 The David Heckendorn Jazz Orchestra
August 19 Willis Wilson Quintet
August 26 Jason Miles
This high-profile jazz event offers opportunities for sponsorships, volunteering and vending opportunities. For more information contact the Ferry Godmother at [email protected].
