Jazz Jam set for Deep Roots Cafe this Friday evening
Lincoln College Jazz Ensemble performance is warm up for December Main Stage Performance

 

[October 25, 2017]  LINCOLN - Members of the Lincoln College Jazz Ensemble will perform Friday, Oct. 27, at the Deep Roots Café, 127 S. Kickapoo, in downtown Lincoln.

The performance will begin at 5:30 p.m. and run until 7:30 p.m. The café’s autumn menu items include a sampling of Deep Root’s sandwiches and sweets.

“This will be a fun jazz jam that will give the Lincoln community a preview of what they can expect when the full Jazz Ensemble takes to the main stage in December at the Johnston Center,” said Denise LaGrassa, lead faculty member for the Jazz Studies program at Lincoln College.

The performance is also intended as a learning experience for the students, LaGrassa explained. “It’s a chance for our jazz performers to gain critical experience by performing at a commercial venue before a live audience. No matter how much instruction they receive in class and rehearsals, it can never replicate an actual on-site performance,” she added.

The full Jazz Ensemble will present “Next Stop: Harlem” on the main stage of the Johnston Center Dec. 7-8.

[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College]