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Dorthaan's Place: Kevin Mahogany at New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on June 12, 2017
Where
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
36 Park Place
Newark, NJ
Map
888-GO-NJPAC
When
Sun, November 12, 2017
11:00 am
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Musicians
Kevin Mahogany
vocalsAbout
Kevin Mahogany, the renowned jazz baritone from Kansas City, performs at NJPAC's Sunday brunch series at NICO Kitchen + Bar as part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival. With more than 10 recordings as a leader, vocalist, businessman and educator, Mahogany has been the standard setter for jazz vocalists for three decades. Newsweek called him "the standout jazz vocalist of his generation." In his hometown, he learned to swing like Charlie Parker, shout the blues like Big Joe Turner and cry a ballad like Lester Young. He elaborates and refines the jazz vocal legacies of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Eddie Jefferson and Al Jarreau into myriad dimensions of music - from gutbucket, the Great American Songbook and gospel to Mingus and Motown...