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Hot Jazz 6 Cool Nites
Hot Jazz 6 Cool Nites
Date Posted: July 13 2009
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Each of the six “Hot Jazz - 6 Cool Nites” concerts presented the week of July 17-23 at North Central College will provide a unique experience for listeners, offering a different combination of featured jazz artists and musical selections to make each evening’s performance distinctive.
The concerts will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave, Naperville. Presented in conjunction with the Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp, the series is co-sponsored by North Central College and the First National Bank of Naperville, with radio sponsorship from 90.9fm WDCB Public Radio from College of DuPage. The event has been featured on the national PBS news program “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer,” WGN-TV, WTTW Channel 11 Chicago and HDNET-TV.
The series will open on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 with the entire vocal jazz camp artist faculty: Blujazz recording artist Janice Borla, Sunnyside recording artist Jay Clayton and Dash Hofmann recording artist Cathy Segal Garcia, joined by trumpeter Art Davis, guitarist John McLean, pianist Dan Haerle, bassist Bob Bowman and drummer Jack Mouse.
Monday through Wednesday, July 20-22, two of the three vocalists will be featured in various combinations, both individually and together, backed by Davis, McLean, Haerle, Bowman and Mouse: Borla and Segal Garcia on Monday; Clayton and Segal Garcia on Tuesday; and on Wednesday, Borla and Clayton. On Thursday, July 23, all eight artists will again be featured to conclude the series.
“What makes this series so unique,” says Janice Borla, the camp’s founder, “is the wide range of jazz material and vocal performance styles it encompasses. Because this series was originally created for the benefit of the vocal jazz camp participants, our intention is to present the widest possible variety of jazz repertoire -- blues, standards, bebop tunes, Brazilian and contemporary jazz -- as performed by three singers with distinctly different vocal styles and backed by world-class instrumentalists.”
In honor of the camp and concert series, Naperville Mayor George Pradel will proclaim July 17-23 “Vocal Jazz Week.” The proclamation recognizes the camp, “which has gained an international reputation as one of vocal jazz’s most prestigious and unique events.” The Mayor “urges all residents to support this assemblage of world-class jazz vocalists and instrumentalists who will be performing in Naperville, Illinois during this week.”
Tickets to the concerts are $17.00 for adults and $14.00 for students/senior citizens. A 5-night concert pass can also be purchased for $68.00 (adults) or $56.00 (students/seniors). For concert reservations and further information, contact the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469), or purchase tickets online at www.northcentralcollege.edu/show
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