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DAY 2 – Nov 4th-2023 Emerging Artist Festival: feat. Lakecia Benjamin
November 4, 2023 @ 11:00 am
DAY 2: Saturday, November 4th @ Vermont Jazz Center
Student group performances, Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians & Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet
11:00 to 5:00pm: Student group performances
Location: Vermont Jazz Center Archive Stage
On Saturday the VJC, in association with area high schools & universities, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our archive stage from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
Line up:
11:00 -11:30 Amherst College Arches Ensemble
11:45 – 12:15 Amherst College – Mesa Verde
12:30 – 1:00 Vermont Jazz Center Youth Jazz Ensemble
1:15 – 1:45 NMH Honors Jazz Combo
1:45 – 2:15 NMH Jazz Ensemble
2:30 – 3:00 UMass Brazilian Jazz Ensemble
3:15 – 3:45 BUHS Jazz Ensemble
4:00 pm: Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians and the general public
7:30- 10:00 pm Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet
Lakecia Benjamin – alto sax/ Miki Hayama – piano & keyboard/ Ivan Taylor – bass (acoustic and electric)/ E.J. Strickland – drums
2020 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin has graced stages around the world and has appeared on the covers of numerous jazz journals. She has toured and/or recorded with jazz artists Clark Terry, Reggie Workman, Gregory Porter and Christian McBride and performed with legendary pop artists including Prince, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot, and the Roots. Ms. Benjamin has served as Artistic Director of Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival and will be 2023’s artist in residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Benjamin’s music combines funky grooves with Coltrane-influenced, post-bop language. Her presence is captivating, she is a rising star.
—New York Times
