Joe Lovano Newark Tickets - New Jersey Performing Arts Center

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Jeff Tain Watts

1 concert

Pittsburgh-born Jeff "Tain" Watts is a Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and composer, celebrated for his dynamic, polyrhythmic drumming and hard-swinging grooves. A Guggenheim Fellow, he is known for extensive collaborations with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, and McCoy Tyner. Watts' influential recordings include "Blue, Vol. 1" and "Citizen Tain".

Joe Lovano

6 concerts

Cleveland, Ohio-born saxophonist Joe Lovano is a swinging post-bop improviser blending bop, modal and free jazz. A Blue Note mainstay, he won a Grammy for 52nd Street Themes and earned nominations for Tenor Legacy and Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard.

Nduduzo Makhathini

Nduduzo Makhathini is a multi-award-winning musician and scholar from Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. A jazz bandleader with 11 albums, he’s signed to Blue Note Records and has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Richard Bona and Black Coffee.

Melissa Aldana

Melissa Aldana, born in Santiago, Chile, is a tenor saxophonist who began playing at 6 and performed in Santiago jazz clubs as a teen. A Berklee grad who moved to NYC, she became the first female and South American to win the 2013 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition.

John Patitucci

John Patitucci, born in Brooklyn, is a renowned jazz bassist known for his work in various genres. A 4-time Grammy winner, he's collaborated with legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, and Alicia Keys. As a composer, he has sixteen solo albums and writes for chamber groups and orchestras. Notable projects include the John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet and collaborations with the Harlem String Quartet.