Hoboken Public Library presents Garden State Jazz Greats – Stacey Kent Zoom Listening Session – November 1st at 6:30pm.

Come and join Jazz scholar Ben Young on Zoom as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s own jazz greats. Many of these names you may already know and all of them you should know as each of these innovators have left their indelible imprint on world culture through the great African American creation of Jazz.

Ben Young will discuss the lives and contributions of each of these home state heroes along with the musical and historical context to help illustrate what made each of their unique and singular artistic visions have such an impact.

November's featured artist is South Orange native and internationally renowned vocalist, Stacey Kent. Ms. Kent launched her professional career in England, gaining a reputation not just for interpretative abilities musically, but endowing the lyrics with drama and emotion as well. Kent was one of the vanguard figures in a new intimate approach to Jazz singing that has been applied widely in the 21st century.  We'll examine how that viewpoint fits into the panoply of Jazz vocal expression.

Registration closes an hour before the start time. Zoom links will sent to the registants about 30 minutes before the start of the event.