Jens Thekkeveettil | Unsplash
Jens Thekkeveettil | Unsplash
33rd Annual WCU Jazz Festival: Nicholas Payton & Criterions Jazz Ensemble
WHEN Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:30 – 9pm
WHERE Madeleine Wing Adler Theater, Performing Arts Center Lobby
EVENT TYPE Concert
EVENT NAME 2023 Jazz Fest: 3/24 7:30PM
NOTE
West Chester University Wells School of Music proudly presents...
33rd Annual WCU Jazz Festival: Nicholas Payton & Criterions Jazz Ensemble
Livestream | Program | wcupa.edu/jazzfest
March 24, 7:30 PM
NICHOLAS PAYTON & CRITERIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The centerpiece of the 33rd Annual Jazz Festival features world-renowned trumpeter, composer, and essayist Nicholas Payton. Payton has released over 20 recordings as a leader, pushing musical boundaries and showcasing a variety of contemporary and traditional styles, while displaying his ambidextrous ability to play both the trumpet and keyboard at the same time when he’s inspired to do so. He has collaborated with numerous mentors and contemporaries alike, ranging from Common and Cassandra Wilson to Trey Anastasio, MonoNeon, and Jill Scott, to Dr. John, Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste of The Meters, Allen Toussaint, and Abbey Lincoln to name a few. His most recent albums are Quarantined with Nick and Maestro Rhythm King, both released in 2020. “I’m striving to help lift, if possible, raise the vibration of the collective conscious one audience, one album, one song at a time. If I can’t do that, there’s no point in me playing. That’s why I play. It’s about contributing to society and inspiring. That’s my life as an artist, period. Challenging people to think differently, to
think critically and to not be slaves to the system and the status quo.”
Free and Open to the Public
Tickets Not Required
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Performing Arts Center
817 S. High Street
West Chester, PA 19383
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