Thank you for a great spring season of piano concerts. The 2012-2013 season will be announced on June 15, 2012
Up Next From LightSoundSpace
July 2012 Caramoor Jazz Festival
Saturday, July 28 3:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15.00, $30.00, $45.00 Buy Now
The legendary Roy Haynes has been a dominant force on the jazz scene for seven decades, playing with everyone—Bird, Diz, Monk, Trane… After appearing in 2010 with Chick Corea’s quartet, this veritable rhythmic volcano returns to Caramoor with his Fountain of Youth Band. The evening opens with three-time Grammy® award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater demonstrating why she continues to be one of the great jazz singers of our time. Recognized the world over as a master, Kenny Barron shares a solo set of his consummate and lyrical pianism. The young Gretchen Parlato demonstrates why she is one of the hottest voices on the jazz scene these days. Hard Bop icons Billy Harper and the Cookers open the day by taking us back to the hard-driving jazz of the mid-1960s.
July 29 Caramoor Jazz Festival
Sunday, 4:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15,.00 $20.00, $37.50, $52.50 Buy Now
Pat Metheny Unity Band with Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez and Ben Williams
19 time Grammy® Award winner Pat Metheny is one of the most influential and creative guitarists on the planet. Throughout his career, Metheny’s versatility has lead him to perform with artists as diverse as Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, and David Bowie, among many others. Now he has teamed up with an all star group: bassist Ben Williams who recently won the Monk Competition, Grammy® nominated saxophonist Chris Potter, and long time collaborator and drummer Antonio Sanchez. This remarkable group should not be missed!
August 4 Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $37.50, $52.50 Buy Now More Info
BÉLA FLECK, considered the premier banjo player in the world, brought his Africa Project to Caramoor in 2009. The genre-busting Fleck, winner of 14 Grammy Awards ®, has been nominated in more different categories than anyone in Grammy® history. Hear Béla’s latest project as he reveals the jazz side of his multiple musical personalities in brilliant collaboration with the MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO, led by Roberts on piano, with Jason Marsalis on drums and Rodney Jordan on bass, and known around the world for their signature, virtuosic trio style. The Trio reciprocates by visiting Béla’s more traditional musical geography
Debussy at 150. 1 Liberty Plaza, New York City.
August 20, 21, 22, 23 Noon to 2:30pm
Many consider Claude Debussy to be the father of musical Impressionism for his use of tone, color, and texture in his compositions. This label permanently linked the composer to the Impressionist painters of the era as well as the fashionable writers and musicians of mid-19th century Paris, including Eric Satie, Ernest Chausson, and Stéphane Mallarmé. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth and in honor of his indelible influence on the evolution and future of music, we will play 150 minutes of Debussy’s music each day.
September RSI Bank Piano Masters Series
Hamilton Stage, Rahway.
The world’s newest mecca for piano performance opens in September as RSI Bank Presents the 2012-2013 season of Piano Masters. Visit here for all details as they are announced in early June.
Piano Culture Concerts, Stamford, New York City.
This September, the elite and the rising stars from the exciting world of piano performance congregate in New York City and Stamford Connecticut at the showrooms of Allegro Pianos for the launch of the premiere season of Piano Culture – a concert series and radio broadcast distributed worldwide on public radio. Details here in early June.
October Thelonious Monk at 95 Centennial Pianothon
Debussy at 150. Bank of America Plaza. Los Angeles.
Now through June 14th
POSTERS FOR THE PEOPLE. THE WPA POSTER EXHIBITION
Thursdays 10am – 6:30pm
Wednesday & Friday by appointment: 732-540-1075
Social Impact Studios teams up with the Rahway NJ Arts District to present POSTERS FOR THE PEOPLE: Art of the WPA this spring. This traveling exhibit, unveiled at the Constitution Center in 2009, explores the social landscape of America during the New Deal through posters created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Featuring 100s of posters, including originals and reproductions, Posters for the People communicates the values, vision, and vitality of American democracy through art.
See the poster originals and reproductions and hear the stories of how this collection of rare American art is 
being rediscovered and brought back to the public through a new comprehensive online collection. See NEWLY DISCOVERED and never-before-displayed poster designs from Newark Poster Division artist Vincent Murphy and meet his surviving family at the opening. We also welcome Jerry Roth’s (artist of “See America Montana”) family for this special evening. Sample ice cream and sweet treats from Old City’s award-winning ice cream saloon, Franklin Fountain.
Posters for the People, the book, available for sale and signing by author Ennis Carter.
Closing Reception & Community Screenprinting: June 7th
6:30-9:30PM
On Exhibit: May 3rd – June 14th, 2012
LightSoundSpace
1591 Irving Street, Rahway NJ
Hi Jim,
Are there any more jazz pianists performing at your Rahway location over the next couple of months?
Bernie P.
Bernie!
We are about to book the 12-13 series.
You should come to the Caramoor Jazz Festival July 28 and 29
in Katonah NY…
It’s 2 days of great music.
caramoor.org/festival/jazz
Hey Jim,
Late last year/early January, you promoted a concert with Jose James that resulted in a last minute cancellation by the artist. We spoke on the phone and you assured me that the show was not cancelled, but instead, rescheduled and because of the inconvenience, light.sound.space was going to provide a free show for all those affected by the rescheduling. You also stated during the phone call that you were “personally” going to communicate the time and date for this event with all those affected. It’s been 5 months and I have yet to receive any kind of update about the rescheduling of the original show and/or the free show you mentioned. I am very disappointed with how light.sound.space has handled this particular situation.
Jim, the updated website on Jo-Yu Chen’s Jazz Trio is here:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=28637