Live music prevails with JCAL's upcoming 'Thursday Night Jazz'
2nd Thursday Night Jazz begins on October 8th
Despite COVID-19's effect on the live performance landscape, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) continues its devotion to delivering quality, accessible programs to Southeast Queens. On Thurs., Oct. 8, at 7pm, JCAL’s acclaimed 2nd Thursday Night Jazz series will return, live-streamed for free from the institution’s 99-seat black-box theater in Jamaica via JCAL’s Youtube. To view this event, RSVP on JCAL’s website.
The return of the acclaimed 2nd Thursday Night Jazz series marks the latest step forward in JCAL’s 2020-21 “community first” and “digital first” season. Bringing together jazz artists from up-and-coming and mid-career artists to Grammy-winning performers, the series is curated by Rio Sakairi, artistic director and director of programming for The Jazz Gallery in Manhattan.Sakairi will also curate JCAL’s annual, multi-day Jazz Festival in May 2021, which will take place outside in Southeast Queens as well as live-streamed from JCAL.
2nd Thursday Night Jazz will run monthly from October 2020 to April 2021, live-streamed on JCAL's Youtube. The 2020-21 season features a diverse lineup of seven acts-- including some of the most exciting names in contemporary jazz.“Yes, we wish the pandemic wasn’t keeping our performance spaces closed to the public,” added Interim Executive Director Leonard Jacobs. “But JCAL has invested in the technology and redoubled its commitment to segue 2nd Thursday Night Jazz to a live-streaming format -- making it accessible to our audience in Southeast Queens and to jazz aficionados worldwide.”Here is the 2nd Thursday Night Jazz season lineup:October 8, 2020 Vanisha Gould TrioNovember 12, 2020 Melissa Aldana TrioDecember 10, 2020 Ritual Space: Jen Shyu, Immanuel Wilkins, Cory Smythe January 14, 2021 Nir Felder Trio February 11, 2021 Samora PinderhughesMarch 11, 2021 Amirtha Kidambi April 8, 2021 Immanuel Wilkins TrioMay 2021 JCAL Jazz Festival (details TBD)For more Jazz content click here
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