WINTER JAZZ WEEKEND HAS NEW YORK NIGHTS THEME The sixth annual Winter Jazz Weekend in Bridgeport is set for Friday and Saturday, January 23-24, at the Bridgeport Conference Center, according to event planners with the Bridgeport Arts Council. The theme of this year’s culture and arts festival is “New York Nights”, billed as “a celebration of music and dining from Manhattan’s distinctive clubs and restaurants.” Scheduled to appear on successive evenings on the Jazz at Charles Pointe stage in BCC is Eddie Allen’s PUSH, a New York City-based septet, presented on Friday with a five- course dinner with wine pairings, and on Saturday with dining stations featuring cuisine from five NYC neighborhoods. “We want to offer a genuine taste of New York City, musically and with the dining,” said Mary Kay Greer, BAC Chairperson, “So we asked the West Virginia Jazz Society to work with the Bridgeport Conference chefs to make the event authentic Manhattan.” Greer said the Conference Center chefs plan an “Uptown Steakhouse” plated dinner with red and white wine pairings on Friday evening featuring Romaine salad, Manhattan Clam Chowder inspired by The Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station, sliced filet ala Keene’s Steakhouse, plus similarly inspired dishes of crab stuffed shrimp, angel hair primavera, salad and dessert . On Saturday evening, five Manhattan Dine Around” dining stations will feature dishes from Chinatown, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Little Italy and the Upper West Side neighborhoods in New York, including chef sliced strip steak, seared pork and beef meatballs, baked mac n cheese with peas and bacon, gnocci with sausage and peppers, Asian BBQ pork ribs, a variety of salads and sides, and canolli and cheese cake, added Greer. On Saturday morning, the West Virginia Jazz Society and West Virginia Wesleyan College will host the sixth annual West Virginia Winter Jazz Academy for high school and college students, held each year in conjunction with the larger weekend event. The Academy includes instruction, a luncheon and a performance opportunity on the Jazz at Charles Pointe stage, a space donated by the Bridgeport Conference Center. Under the direction of veteran music educators, the Jazz Academy provides students with a demonstrated interest in jazz music the opportunity to meet, study with and perform with professional jazz musicians who appear in the Winter Jazz Weekend’s Friday and Saturday night performances. This year, Eddie Allen, a trumpeter, band leader, composer and educator with a 30-year resume in the New York City jazz scene, will present to the students along with Dr. James Moore, Director of Jazz Programs at Wesleyan. Reserved seating for Winter Jazz Weekend events is available through the Benedum Civic Center by phoning 304 842 8240 or email to gee1mom@aol. Seats are $80 for the Uptown Steakhouse dinner with wine pairings on Friday night, and $50 for the Manhattan Dine Around event on Saturday evening. Entertainment is included both evenings.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:01:17 +0000
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