AAPI Jazz Fest 2023 Saturday, May 20th @ Express Newark (Hahne & Co. Building), 54 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ Toshiko Akiyoshi Stage Hosted by Victor Lin & Peter Lin Free Admission for all attendees, but we ask you to consider making a donation to support the AAPI Jazz Fest. Larger donations (tax deductible) can be made here, just type "AAPI Jazz Fest" when asked to "Please specify other fund": https://tinyurl.com/aapijazzfest ---------- 12:00pm-12:45pm Julius Tolentino & Chameleon Big Band ---------- 2:00pm-2:45pm FRIENDSHIP Jenny Xu - Piano Ben Feldman - Bass Kofi Shepsu - Drums ---------- 4:00pm-4:45pm Rez Abbasi Quartet Rez Abbasi - guitar Tim Ries - saxophones Jerome Harris - bass Jerome Jennings - drums ---------- 5:00pm-5:30pm PANEL: Asian Perspectives in Jazz Education: Identifying Asians in Jazz Education ---------- 6:00pm-6:45pm Jordan VanHemert Quintet Jordan VanHemert - Saxophone Sharon Cho - Vocals Lisa Sung - Piano Kazuki Takemura - Bass David Alvarez III - drummer ---------- 8:00pm-8:45pm Takuya Kuroda Quintet Takuya Kuroda - Trumpet Craig Hill - Sax Paul Wilson - Keys Reuben Cainer - Bass Cristian X. M. McGhee - Drums ---------- About AAPI Jazz Fest: AAPI Jazz Fest celebrates the pan-Asian jazz community and its ongoing, vital presence in the music world. We seek to honor the past, present, and future, highlighting the depth and breadth of the varied Asian American artists and communities that are committed to expressing themselves through this unique art form and its derivations. The second annual AAPI Jazz Fest 2023 is the first of its kind on the East Coast and a timely celebration that will coincide with AAPI Heritage Month each May. This FREE indoor festival will feature a unique intersection of distinctive, multigenerational AAPI artists of varying jazz styles. Livestream option available! Please visit www.yardbirdent.com/aapijazzfest for more info. Follow us on social media! Website: https://www.yardbirdent.com/aapijazzfest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AAPIJazzFest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aapijazzfest Twitter: https://twitter.com/aapijazzfest  Hashtags: #AAPIJazzFest #AAPIJF  Sponsors (List in Formation): Bill Imada and IW Group Rutgers University Newark Srinija Srinivasan Jazz Generation National Jazz Museum in Harlem Partners (List in Formation): The Statuary

BDP Holdings, LLC presents MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL's Grand Finale: Downtown Jamboree. FREE! BDP Holdings Lackawanna Stage 1:30 PM Jazz House Collective Celebrates Mingus 3:00 PM OZMOSYS featuring Omar Hakim + Rachel Z 4:30 PM Artemis featuring Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Alexa Tarantino, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda + Allison Miller 6:000 PM Christian McBride + Friends 7:45 PM Danielle Ponder Fullerton Stage 1:00 PM Matthew Whitaker 2:30 PM Claudia Acuña 4:00 PM The Cookers 5:30 PM Immanuel Wilkins 7:00 PM Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Blue Note at Sea Street Stage Montclair State University Jazz Ensemble, Jazz House Alumni, Jazz House Community band and more. On the heels of a magical summer series in July and August attended by thousands of music fans, the region’s largest and favorite music festival presents the Grand Finale, a week of special events and performances leading up to the Downtown Jamboree on Saturday, September 10, a thrilling jam-packed, exciting full day of free, and thrilling live music. This year’s grand finale is expected to attract more than 40,000 fans. Internationally acclaimed headliners, regional favorites and emerging talent will perform on four stages spanning an all-pedestrian Bloomfield Avenue, the main artery of downtown Montclair, from Lackawanna Plaza to South Park. The nearly half-mile long jazz playground will feature more than 100 artisan food and craft vendors from across the town and region and an expanded Family Jazz Discovery Zone. Produced by JAZZ HOUSE KiDS

Join us in the historic Great Hall for the 2023 Stanley Feingold Lecture on American Politics, featuring Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives, (D-NY 8th District) in conversation with Colin Powell School Dean Andrew Rich. Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New York, an area that encompasses large parts of Brooklyn and a section of Queens. Serving his fifth term in the United States Congress, Rep. Jeffries is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee. Rep. Jeffries is the Democratic Leader, having been elected to that position by his colleagues in November 2022. In that capacity, he is the highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives. He is also the former Chair of the Democratic Caucus, Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus and previously co-chaired the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee where he helped develop the For The People agenda. In Congress, Rep. Jeffries is a tireless advocate for social and economic justice. He has worked hard to help residents recover from the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, reform our criminal justice system, improve the economy for everyday Americans and protect our healthcare from right-wing attacks. Stanley Feingold (CCNY '46) Feingold taught political science to a generation of CCNY students. To his students, he was far more than an exceptional teacher: he was a mentor, a guide for their lives, and an inspiration to live lives with integrity, intellectual honesty, and for many, to devote their lives to public service. He made his students intellectually hungry, challenged their assumptions, and taught them analytic rigor and careful reasoning. He retained an intellectual/teaching relationship with his students from the 1950s and 1960s for over fifty years, until his death in 2017 at the age of 91. This Lecture Series has been supported by many of his students, in loving memory of a teacher who personified the highest values of The City College of New York.

Join us for a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, one of the nation’s most distinguished diplomats, about growing up, going to college, and finding her passion for diplomacy. From 2005-2009, Secretary Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and the first Black woman to hold the post. Secretary Rice will be interviewed by Susan Porcaro Goings, an advocate for women’s empowerment, a supporter of at-risk youth, and co-founder of the World Federation of Youth Clubs. The Rick and Susan Goings Conversations in Leadership are marque public discussions with individuals who have taken unconventional paths to success at the highest levels of their professions. We probe deeply into the careers of those whose leadership has made a difference and who have persevered despite the odds. Through this series, we will develop an understanding of the styles and critical elements of leadership.

Join us on a conversation with Gayle King, one of the nation’s most distinguished journalists, about growing up, going to college, and finding her passion for journalism. Gayle King is a co-host of CBS This Morning. An experienced television journalist, King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to CBS This Morning and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She is also editor-at-large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine. Ms. King will be interviewed by Susan Porcaro Goings, an advocate for women’s empowerment, a supporter of at-risk youth, and co-founder of the World Federation of Youth Clubs. The Rick and Susan Goings Conversations in Leadership are marque public discussions with individuals who have taken unconventional paths to success at the highest levels of their professions. We probe deeply into the careers of those whose leadership has made a difference and who have persevered despite the odds. Through this series, we will develop an understanding of the styles and critical elements of leadership.

Highlights of the RALPH PUCCI 7th Annual Jazz Set, "Conversations with Christian" with host + JAZZ HOUSE Artistic Director, virtuosic bassist CHRISTIAN McBRIDE with very special guest, the spectacular vocalist GREGORY PORTER. Held on February 28, 2023 at the RALPH PUCCI International Gallery in New York City, the SRO event benefited JAZZ HOUSE KiDS and featured moving performances by Porter, McBride, and JAZZ HOUSE alumni and students. Now in its 20th year, the JAZZ HOUSE transforms lives using the power and legacy of jazz through world-class education and performances that create avenues of access, learning, career development and community building. To learn more, visit www.jazzhousekids.org. @GregoryPorterMusic @ChristianMcBrideTV @RalphPucciInternational