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SUMMARY: JazzFest 2021
DESCRIPTION: Jazz up your calendar with the 2021 JazzFest White Plains! For
  its tenth year\, the festival remains true to its roots\, presenting jazz 
 from an outstanding roster of Westchester and NYC musicians. From September
  9-12\, we welcome audiences back to see established jazz greats\, as well 
 as rising stars who are carrying jazz in new directions. 2021 JazzFest prog
 rams will be presented in-person and streamed live!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Jazz up your calendar with the 2021 JazzFe
 st White Plains! For its tenth year\, the festival remains true to its root
 s\, presenting jazz from an outstanding roster of Westchester and NYC music
 ians. From September 9-12\, we welcome audiences back to see established ja
 zz greats\, as well as rising stars who are carrying jazz in new directions
 . 2021 JazzFest programs will be presented in-person and streamed live!</p>
 <p>A partnership between ArtsWestchester\, the City of White Plains and the
  White Plains BID\, JazzFest has become a signature White Plains event pres
 enting free and affordable jazz experiences to jazz enthusiasts from Westch
 ester and beyond.</p><p>#WPJazzFest</p><h2>Wednesday\, September 8</h2><tab
 le border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%\;"><tbody>
 <tr><td><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/
 uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Shah-600x400_.jpg" style="width: 300px\; heig
 ht: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />12pm - 1:30pm | Shah/Gom
 es/Belo Brazilian Jazz Trio</strong> <strong>(FREE & OUTDOORS)</strong><br 
 />            White Plains Farmers Market\, 59 Court Street<br />          
    <br />            Vocalist and composer Kavita Shah deeply engages the j
 azz tradition\, while also addressing and advancing its global sensibilitie
 s. A lifelong New Yorker of Indian origin\, Shah incorporates her ethnograp
 hic research on Brazilian\, West African and Indian musical traditions into
  her original repertoire.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><h2>Thursday
 \, September 9</h2><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style=
 "width: 100%\;"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://artswest
 chester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Gabrielle-Garo-600x400
 __-1.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float
 : left\;" />12pm - 1pm | Gabrielle Garo Quartet (FREE)</strong><br />      
       Grace Church\, 33 Church Street<br />             <br />            D
 owntown Music at Grace Church presents Gabrielle Garo a multi-instrumentali
 st who plays flute\, piccolo\, alto\, tenor\, soprano saxophone and bass cl
 arinet. She is the 2015 International Women in Jazz Youth in Action Winner 
 and was an ambassador for the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards.<br />             <
 br />            <em>* This performance is presented by Downtown Music at G
 race and will take place indoors in accordance with New York State and loca
 l health department guidelines.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="
 https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Ravi-6
 00x400_.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; float: left\; margin-lef
 t: 0px\; margin-right: 20px\;" /></p><p><strong>6pm - 9pm | Jazz’n ARTSBASH
  ft. Ravi Coltrane Quartet</strong><em>\, a benefit concert for ArtsWestche
 ster</em><br />            City Square Park\, 50 Main Street\, White Plains
 </p><p>            ArtsWestchester and Ginsburg Development Companies prese
 nt the first annual Jazz’n ArtsBash Benefit Concert with live music by the 
 Ravi Coltrane Quartet. Join us <strong>under the stars</strong> for cocktai
 ls\, music\, and hors d’oeuvres. The night will include two sets at 7pm and
  at 8:15pm.</p><p>            Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Gramm
 y-nominated saxophonist\, bandleader and composer. Ravi has released six al
 bums as a leader. His albums include\, “Moving Pictures\,” “From The Round 
 Box\,” “Mad 6\,” “In Flux\,” “Blending Times\,” and “Spirit Fiction.” Born 
 in Long Island the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane\, Ravi wa
 s named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ravi lives in Brooklyn\, NY
  and maintains a fast-paced touring\, recording\, composing and performance
  schedule. He leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hil
 ls\, Long Island (<a href="https://www.thecoltranehome.org/" target="_blank
 " rel="noopener noreferrer">www.thecoltranehome.org</a>) and presides over 
 important reissues of his parent’s recordings.</p><p>            <strong>To
  purchase tickets or event sponsorships\, <a href="https://artswestchester.
 org/crm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset=1&id=279" target="_b
 lank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.</strong> Tickets are non-re
 fundable. In the event of inclement weather\, the concert event will be res
 cheduled. Date to be determined.</p><p>            <em>For ticketholders\, 
 proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for entry. Given the outdoor sett
 ing and vaccination requirement\, masks will be optional.</em></p></td></tr
 ></tbody></table><p> </p><h2>Friday\, September 10</h2><table border="0" ce
 llpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%\;"><tbody><tr><td><p><stro
 ng><img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/
 2021-JazzFest-Pete-and-Anais-600x400_____-1.jpg" style="width: 300px\; heig
 ht: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />12pm | Jazz at Noon: Ana
 ïs Reno with the Pete Malinverni Trio (FREE and OUTDOORS)</strong><br />   
          White Plains Public Library Plaza\, 100 Martine Avenue<br />      
        <br />            Anaïs Reno\, having performed with highly acclaime
 d jazz artists since the age of 10\, has had a rapidly growing career as a 
 singer with a love for jazz and the Great American Songbook. Reno will atte
 nd SUNY Purchase in the fall as an Ella Fitzgerald Scholar. Pete Malinverni
  is Head of Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College. 
 He has been a fixture on the New York City jazz scene since moving there in
  the early 1980s and has recorded fourteen times as a leader in solo piano\
 , trio\, quartet\, quintet\, big band and choral contexts.</p></td></tr><tr
 ><td><p><img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/202
 1/07/2021-JazzFest-Emmet-Cohen-600x400-.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 
 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" /></p><p><strong>7:30pm and 9p
 m | Emmet Cohen Trio | </strong><strong>($25/set | $40 for both 7:30pm & 9p
 m)</strong><br />            Grace Church\, 33 Church Street<br />         
     <br />            <strong>Returning for his third performance at JazzFe
 st!</strong> Recognized as a prodigy who began playing at age three\, multi
 faceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is in the vanguard o
 f his generation’s advancement of jazz. Cohen is the winner of the 2019 Ame
 rican Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists A
 ssociation. In addition to leading the Emmet Cohen Trio\, Cohen has appeare
 d regularly with Ron Carter\, Benny Golson\, Jimmy Cobb\, George Coleman\, 
 Jimmy Heath and Billy Hart\, among others. During the 2020 lockdown\, Cohen
  developed “Live From Emmet’s Place\,” a series of weekly performances by h
 is trio and special guests who livestreamed from his New York apartment\, r
 ecalling the Harlem rent parties of yesteryear.  These concerts have receiv
 ed millions of internet views worldwide.</p><p>    <a href="https://artswes
 tchester.org/crm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Fregister&reset=1&id=27
 7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" src="/sites/defaul
 t/files/p-ticket_button.svg" style="width: 150px\; height: 43px\;" /></a></
 p><p><em>* For ticket holders\, proof of COVID-19 vaccination and masks are
  required for entry.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><h2>Saturday
 \, September 11</h2><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style
 ="width: 100%\;"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://artswes
 tchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Alphonso-Horne-600x40
 0_.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: 
 left\;" />12pm - 2pm | Music in Motion: Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings
 </strong><br />            Starting at White Plains Plaza\, One North Broad
 way<br />             <br />            Catch the Gotham Kings live in down
 town White Plains as they serenade outdoor cafés! Eat at your favorite rest
 aurant and enjoy the band’s performance as they stroll along the sidewalk p
 laying music for outdoor diners.<br />             <br />            A dini
 ng guide with restaurants providing outdoor seating can be found <u><a href
 ="https://wpbid.com/dining">here</a></u>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><img alt=
 "" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFes
 t-Ballet-600x400_2.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padding-right
 : 20px\; float: left\;" /><strong>4:30pm | Dinner and a Show: Carole Alexis
  Dance Theatre and Via Garibaldi</strong><br />            (Dinner price $5
 8pp | Children 5-12 $29pp)<br />            White Plains Plaza\, One North 
 Broadway<br />             <br />            A family experience for all ag
 es\, The Dancing Caravan “Peter and The Wolf” and “Dance Jazz Mosaic” is ch
 oreographed by Carole Alexis to the music of Sergei Prokofiev and various j
 azz influenced artists. Enjoy a three-course menu provided by Via Garibaldi
 \, an authentic Italian restaurant serving a traditional “family style” exp
 erience.<br />             <br />            Ticket purchase includes:<br /
 >            •  prime seating on the plaza<br />            •  3-course din
 ner inclusive of tax and gratuity<br />            •  live performance by a
  professional dance company</p><p><strong><a href="https://wpbid.com/jazzfe
 st_ballet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/f
 iles/p-dinner_reservation_button.svg" style="width: 150px\; height: 43px\;"
  /></a></strong><br />            <a href="https://wpbid.com/sites/default/
 files/p-jazzfest_ballet_menu.jpg">View menu</a><br />             <br />   
          <em>* This performance will take place outdoors with advanced dini
 ng reservations required for prime seating. Patrons can also view the perfo
 rmance on the plaza\, but must bring their own chair. Advanced tickets requ
 ired. <a href="https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/38jyvvnj71" target=
 "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show only tickets available here.</a></e
 m></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://artswestchester
 .org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Theo-Croker-600x400_.jpg" sty
 le="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />7
 :30pm and 9pm | Theo Croker Quartet ($25/set | $40 for both | 7:30 & 9pm)</
 strong><br />            The Playgroup Theatre\, 1 North Broadway\, #111</p
 ><p>            Theo Croker is a storyteller who speaks through his trumpet
 . The GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist\, composer\, producer\, thought leader
  and influencer projects his voice through the music. After seven years of 
 sojourn in Shanghai\, Croker crash-landed with an original sound on the 201
 4 Dee Dee Bridgewater-assisted album Afro Physicist. Following the success 
 of Escape Velocity in 2016\, he ascended to a new stratosphere with Star Pe
 ople Nation in 2019. The record garnered a nomination in the category of “B
 est Contemporary Instrumental Album” at the 62nd GRAMMY® Awards. Along the 
 way\, he has also lent his sound to platinum-selling albums by everyone fro
 m J. Cole to Ari Lennox while touring his band across the globe. In 2020\, 
 he hunkered down at his childhood home in the midst of the global pandemic 
 and wrote his sixth full-length album\, which is set to be released this fa
 ll on SPN Records via Sony Music Masterworks.</p><p>    <a href="https://ar
 tswestchester.org/crm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Fregister&reset=1&
 id=278" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" src="/sites/d
 efault/files/p-ticket_button.svg" style="width: 150px\; height: 43px\;" /><
 /a></p><p><em>* For ticket holders\, proof of COVID-19 vaccination and mask
 s are required for entry.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><h2>Sun
 day\, September 12</h2><p><strong>1pm - 6:30pm | White Plains JazzFest Culm
 inating Event</strong><br />Court Street between Main Street and Martine Av
 enue<br />Tickets Required for Admission: $25/$15/$10<br />(rain or shine)<
 /p><p><span style="color: #008080\;"><strong>JUST ADDED: </strong></span><s
 trong>General Auditorium Seating</strong> (seating will be Auditorium Style
  which will be behind designated table/pod seating)</p><p> </p><p><a href="
 https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/g3xl77z960" target="_blank" rel="n
 oopener noreferrer"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/p-ticket_button.s
 vg" style="width: 150px\; height: 43px\;" /></a></p><table border="0" cellp
 adding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%\;"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
 <img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/202
 1-JazzFest-West-Jazz-600x400-1.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; p
 adding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />1pm - 1:45pm | Westchester Center for
  Jazz & Contemporary Music</strong></p><p>The Westchester Center for Jazz &
  Contemporary Music provides opportunities for musicians of diverse backgro
 unds\, abilities and ages to develop their skills in jazz and other related
  musical forms. This performance features a selection of the Center’s top s
 tudent musicians and faculty.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><img alt="" s
 rc="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Gi
 lberto-600x400-1.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padding-right: 
 20px\; float: left\;" />2:05pm - 2:55pm | Gilberto Colón Jr. & Ensalada De 
 Pulpo </strong></p><p>Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón Jr. is a pianist\, composer\, 
 arranger\, producer and band leader best known for his role as Musical Dire
 ctor for salsa superstar Héctor Lavoe. Colón has worked and recorded with s
 ome of Latin music’s most popular artists.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>
 <img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/202
 1-JazzFest-Erena-600x400-2.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; paddi
 ng-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />3:15pm - 4:05pm | Erena Terakubo Quartet<
 /strong></p><p>Born in Sapporo\, Japan\, Erena Terakubo began playing the a
 lto saxophone at the age of nine. In 2010\, Terakubo released her first alb
 um\, “North Bird” with Kenny Barron\, Christian McBride\, Lee Pearson and P
 eter Bernstein\, through the major Japanese label King Records. It marked N
 o. 1 on the Japanese jazz charts and was awarded Swing Journal‘s Gold Disc.
  Terakubo has performed with Ron Carter\, Jimmy Cobb\, Louis Hayes\, Vincen
 t Herring\, John Beasley’s MONK’estra\, Lewis Nash and Lenny White\, to nam
 e a few. Terakubo has released six albums as a leader.</p></td></tr><tr><td
 ><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads
 /2021/07/2021-JazzFest-Kotoko-Brass-600x400-1.jpg" style="width: 300px\; he
 ight: 200px\; padding-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />4:25pm - 5:15pm | Koto
 ko Brass</strong></p><p>Kotoko Brass melds the traditional drum rhythms of 
 Ghana\, the sturdy bass and keyboards of the Caribbean\, and the joyous hor
 ns of New Orleans to forge a new sound of its own. The band has shared the 
 stage with Femi Kuti\, the California Honeydrops\, Vieux Farka Toure\, Inno
 v Gnawa\, Take 6\, Boston Pops and more.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><i
 mg alt="" src="https://artswestchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-
 JazzFest-Ray-Blue-600x400-2.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 200px\; padd
 ing-right: 20px\; float: left\;" />5:35pm - 6:30pm | Ray Blue Quartet with 
 Special Guest Samara Joy </strong></p><p>Ray Blue is a soulful and tender s
 axophonist\, composer and music educator. Ray has toured extensively both n
 ationally and internationally. He has seven releases with his most recent p
 roject\, Jazzheads. His newest recording\, which features Kenny Barron on p
 iano\, is scheduled to be released this fall. Samara Joy\, winner of the 20
 19 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition\, has a voice as smoo
 th as velvet. In her self-titled debut album (Whirlwind Recordings)\, she i
 s backed by guitarist Pasquale Grasso\, bassist Ari Roland and drummer Kenn
 y Washington.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http
 s://wpbid.com/jazzfest-dining-options"><span style="color: #008080\;">Dinin
 g options available from various restaurants throughout downtown.</span></a
 ></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>** These performances will take place 
 outdoors\, at reduced capacity with advanced ticket purchase required. For 
 the safety of all attendees and employees\, tickets are sold in group seati
 ngs. Each group will have their designated table for the duration of the ev
 ent and re-enter the event at their leisure. Tickets are non-refundable.</e
 m></strong></p><p><em>JazzFest events are accessible and welcome to people 
 with disabilities. For more information call (914) 422-1336.</em></p><p> </
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