A month of Jazz and Pop performances on four weekends in June!
Bronx River Art Center Presents:
Bronx River Sounds Performing Arts Festival June 4 – June 25
Healing, Harmony and Rejuvenation
BRAC’s House of Jazz in the Bronx is back with some good vibes to calm our minds and our lives with music that touches the soul and re-energizes the spirit, every weekend this June. For our upcoming fourth Saturday of performances, get ready for Gabriel Chakarji, a Latin Grammy Award nominee pianist and composer who merges the music of his native Venezuela with New York City jazz, as well as legendary Papo Vázquez, an American trombonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent, known as one of the pioneers of the bomba jazz style based on a traditional musical style of Puerto Rico.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bronx-river-sounds-performing-arts-festival-tickets-343338503707
PERFORMING THIS WEEKEND…
Saturday, June 25:
4:30 – 5:45pm Gabriel Chakarji (on Piano) Quintet
Gabriel Chakarji is a Latin Grammy Award nominee pianist and composer who merges the music of his native Venezuela with New York City jazz. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club, The Jazz Gallery, and Smalls Jazz Club. In 2022 Gabriel was the recipient of the renowned Jazz Gallery Residency Commission, and the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award.
7:00 – 8:15pm Papo Vázquez (on Trombone) Octet
Of Papo Vázquez, Howard Mandel said in Downbeat Feb. 2021, “Papo Vázquez’s Mighty Pirates Troubadours are stirring. The precise, greased-gear ensemble moves through smartly arranged, post-boppishly interpreted jazz with a Latin tinge. Russ Musto / New York City Jazz Record, Dec. 2021 said, “Papo Vazquez once again affirms his status as one of the most important creative forces today”.
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This program is supported in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and its Coalition of Theaters of Color Initiative. Additional support is from Con Edison: The Power of Giving, BronxCare Health System, New York Community Trust and private donors.
