Art: WBGO Gallery Exhibition + Reception

Photo credit: Chuck Stewart

The Jazz Photography Of Chuck Stewart is on exhibit through March 31, 2016 at the WBGO Art Gallery. 

There's a Gallery Reception TONIGHT, March 24, 6PM - 8PM that is FREE and open to the public at the WBGO Art Gallery in Newark, NJ.

WBGO Art Gallery

54 Park Place

Newark, NJ 07102

Regular visiting hours are Monday through Friday, 9AM to 5PM.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Chuck Stewart has been an eyewitness to 20th century American social, cultural and musical history. He photographed over 2,000 album covers for record labels large and small including Mercury, Argo, Impulse, Chess, Atlantic, Columbia Records and more.

On his website, Stewart describes his work, "In my portraits and improvisational shots, I've tried to unveil the soul of the artists I photographed and communicate the essence of their craft. That's why they trusted me: James Brown, John Coltrane, Candido, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Quincy Jones, Machito, Max Roach, Frank Sinatra, and many more. You know their names, but few people have known and photographed them as I have. My pictures and I have many stories to tell."

Jessye Norman To Host An Hour On WBGO, Today, 9/10

Jessye Norman (Photo credit: Carol Friedman)

Famed opera singer Jessye Norman will be sitting in the DJ chair for an hour today, Tuesday, September 10, starting at Noon on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM. She will host an hour of her favorite music on Mid-Day Jazz with Rhonda Hamilton.

Two weeks later, on Tuesday, September 24, Norman will serve as Hostess and Honorary Chair for a special performance of Lady Day.  Lady Day stars her friend and host of WBGO's JazzSet, Dee Dee Bridgewater as Billie Holiday. The show takes place at Little Shubert Theatre, 7PM.  This special event will benefit WBGO and The Actors Fund.  For more information about the benefit and tickets visit, www.WBGO.org/LadyDay.

Upcoming: Jeremy Pelt Quintet at Brooklyn Museum, June 28

New York, Jeremy Pelt will take the stage with his quintet this Thursday, June 28 at 7PM over at the Brooklyn Museum. The show wraps up the six-event series Jazz: Brooklyn's Beat which is a partnership between Heart of Brooklyn and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM featuring low-cost and free jazz performances in Brooklyn.  The performance is free to members of WBGO and Brooklyn Museum while suggested admission for non-members is $12 adults / $8 students and senior citizens.

Jazz: Brooklyn’s Beat, a month-long celebration throughout June, gives music fans of all ages a chance to enjoy world-class jazz music at some of the borough’s favorite cultural destinations.  Heart of Brooklyn and WBGO, in collaboration with Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Alliance and Prospect Park Zoo, have been working together since 2007 to bring jazz musicians, singers and artists from around the globe to Brooklyn. The series showcases the borough’s diversity and the musical form of jazz through concerts, dances, lessons and more.

For more information, please visit www.heartofbrooklyn.org/jazz or www.wbgo.org/brooklyn, or follow @heartofbrooklyn and @wbgo on Twitter (hashtag: #JazzBklynsBeat).

WBGO Kicks Off Kids Jazz Concert Series March 31

New Jersey public radio station WBGO announced that it's award-winning free Kids Jazz Concert Series is returning this Spring! The four free interactive programs geared towards young people feature harpist Brandee Younger, saxophonist Donald Harrison, drummer Will Calhoun and saxophonist Claire Daly. If you have children, it's the perfect opportunity for them to listen to, learn and in some cases discover jazz.

The series will be held at New Jersey venues on four Saturdays at 12:30PM. Check out the schedule below.

These interactive, hour-long programs give young people opportunities to learn about the distinct qualities of jazz, and why it is a reflection of our community, nation, and world. Top jazz and blues artists produce programs tailor-made for young people, leaving time for further exploration of the music through Q&A sessions with the artists. In addition to the music, the event includes door prizes, a gift for each child and a fun-filled afternoon with other young jazz lovers.

“The Kids Jazz Series is one of several WBGO youth initiatives that build upon the legacy of jazz and help set the stage for the next generation of jazz audiences and artists,” said Cephas Bowles, WBGO President and CEO. “We’re extremely pleased and proud to have been cited by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with its MySource Community Impact Award for Engagement in 2009 for this series as well as for our live broadcasts of student jazz ensembles, which also take place in April.”

March 31, 12:30pm
Brandee Younger
Jazz: The Art of Creation
Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042

April 14, 12:30pm
Donald Harrison
Big Easy to Big Apple
Cicely Tyson School Performing Arts Center
35 Winans Street
East Orange, NJ 07017

Co-Sponsored by The High School Music Department of The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts

April 21, 12:30pm
Will Calhoun
Jazz in the Digital Age
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
Victoria Theater
One Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102

April 28, 12:30 pm
Claire Daly
How Important Is the Melody?
Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

All concerts are handicapped accessible. Adults must be accompanied by a child.