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2019 Northwest Jazz Festival Main Stage Headliners Friday, August 23 to Saturday August 24
Friday, August 23, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 10:15 pm
The 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY is pleased to present an exciting two days of Main Stage Headliners! The featured Friday night and Saturday night headliners welcome to Lewiston, NY two of the biggest names in jazz, jazz vocalist Roberta Gambarini and the legendary jazz pianist Monty Alexander. The entire two days of Main Stage headliners will include award-winning and rising stars jazz musicians to include:
Pianist Mike Jones, jazz pianist/vocalist Carol Welsman with jazz bassist/vocalist Nicki Parrott, jazz composer/vocalist Aimée Allen, and jazz dancer/vocalist Lucia Jackson. A lineup not to be missed! Click on JazzBuffalo event listing links for each Main Stage Performance:
Friday, August 23rd
Mike Jones “The Show Before The Show” at the Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
This special festival engagement celebrates The Show Before the Show, Jones’s new Capri Records album with bassist/magician Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller. “The most remarkable pure technique of any piano player working in jazz today.” – Neil Tesser, Author of The Playboy Guide to Jazz. “Yup, this is Jonesy, our piano player. He’s a monster.” – Penn Jillette Jones, one of our most accomplished mainstream jazz pianists, has been the musical director for Penn & Teller’s Las Vegas show…
Roberta Gambarini at the 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
Italian-born Roberta Gambarini is, without question, one of the most accomplished jazz singers on the current scene. Her warm, velvety tone and captivating eloquence inspired the Boston Globe to call Gambarini “a true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae.” Born in Turin, Italy, Gambarini received her first exposure to jazz at an early age when her father, an amateur tenor saxophonist, took her to concerts by Dexter Gordon, Benny Carter, Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, as well as…
Lucia Jackson at the 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
A graduate of the Alvin Ailey School of Dance, dancer and jazz singer Lucia Jackson has created her own hybrid of modern dance and jazz vocalizing, a successful combination that melds the forward-looking motion of modern dance with the proud traditions and the endless possibilities of jazz singing into a unique art form—one’s that exciting and unquestionably transcendent. Lucia is currently performing music from her debut album, You and The Night and The Music, which was released in September 2018…
Aimée Allen Quartet at the 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
“A fully fledged composer, lyricist and vocalist, her ideas are filled with depth and meaning and her lyrics profoundly unique.” – Constance Tucker, All About Vocals “A brilliant singer and even more thoughtful lyricist” – H. Allen Williams, JazzTimes Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist Aimée Allen’s intimate connection with music began as a child. Her childhood was scored with classic jazz because her mother kept selections from the tradition on the family turntable. Though singing was a part…
Carol Welsman and Nicki Parrott Together at the 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
The Northwest Jazz Festival is excited to present the exciting award-winning duo of Carol Welsman and Nicki Parrot. Each a star in their own right coming together for a special festival concert performance. Carol Welsman Carol Welsman, a six-time Juno Award Nominee, is an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist and pianist whose expressive vocal styling and dynamic stage presence has captivated audiences around the world. Her recordings have earned her high critical acclaim, including being named one of the Top 5…
Monty Alexander and the Harlem-Kingston Express at the 2019 Northwest Jazz Festival in Historic Lewiston, NY
Nearly 60 years after he moved to the United States from his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, Grammy-nominated pianist Monty Alexander is an American classic. His music spans a broad range of jazz and Jamaican musical expressions: the American songbook and the blues, gospel, bebop, calypso, and reggae. Over the decades Alexander has toured the world relentlessly, delighting a global audience drawn to his vibrant personality and soulful message. Documented on more than 75 recordings, he was ranked number five in Hal…
