20th Annual NCCU Jazz Festival
The 20th Annual NCCU Jazz Festival, April 15-17, marks a milestone for the Jazz Studies Program at North Carolina Central University. The festival concept, “Education Beyond the Classroom,” was developed to expose students and the NCCU community to noted jazz musicians of the highest quality.
Below you will find the festival schedule of events. For more information, visit <www.nccu.edu/jazzfestival>.
Bobby Broom w/ the NCCU Jazz Faculty
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 8 P.M., B.N. DUKE AUDITORIUM, TICKETS: $10
Broom, a Chicago-based jazz guitarist, was a teenager performing in a Weldon Irvine musical, when he was first offered the chance to tour with jazz composer and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins.
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Nnenna Freelon w/ the NCCU Jazz Ensemble
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 8 P.M., B.N. DUKE
AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $15
Known as the “international voice of jazz,” Freelon has released 11 CDs and shared the stage with legendary artists from every genre.
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Christian McBride & Inside Straight
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 8 P.M., B.N. DUKE AUDITORIUM, TICKETS: $20
Called a wunderkind, McBride has been featured on hundreds of albums and received a commission from Jazz at Lincoln Center to compose “Bluesin’ in Alphabet City,” performed by Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
