Grammy winner Elling headlines Jazz in June lineup

This 12 months’s Jazz in June lineup incorporates a two-time Grammy Award winner, a Minneapolis-based group with a New Orleans-inspired sound and a few Nebraska favorites.

The free live performance sequence, now in its thirty first 12 months, takes place at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in June within the Sheldon Sculpture Backyard, west of Sheldon Museum of Artwork. A market gives meals and drinks from 5 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday. The live performance sequence is produced by the College of Nebraska–Lincoln with help from the Lied Heart for Performing Arts.

“I couldn’t be happier with the lineup and might’t look forward to Lincolnites and out of doors vacationers to get outdoors and luxuriate in this historic occasion, together with highlighting a number of the greatest meals vans on the town,” mentioned Mike Semrad, the competition’s new coordinator.

Every live performance function two units of music from 7-7:45 p.m. and 8-8:45 p.m., respectively, with a 15-minute intermission.

Bike Valet will present free, safe parking for bicycles from 5 p.m. till an hour after every live performance on the east finish of the market. For extra data, click on right here or name the Outside Adventures Heart at 402-472-4777.

Nebraska’s longest-running free live performance sequence, Jazz in June will function a number of the high jazz artists within the nation.

The lineup:

• June 7: Andy William and the Nebraska All Stars — A local of Havana, Cuba, William has assembled a stellar forged of musicians for the delivery of a brand new Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra. Fronted by Havana vocalist Onelio Perez, the group gives totally different kinds of Cuban music and performs tributes to the famed Buena Vista Social Membership.

• June 14: Darryl White Quartet —White’s group will carry out a mix of conventional and up to date jazz kinds, together with works starting from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis. An affiliate professor of trumpet and jazz research at Nebraska, White has carried out as a soloist with the Omaha Symphony, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and the Grand Junction Symphony, and on the Roaring Fork Jazz Pageant.

• June 21: Kurt Elling — One of the celebrated artists in DownBeat journal historical past, Elling has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, successful two. A extremely adept singer-songwriter who possesses a resonant baritone and four-octave vary, he has gained over a world fan base, along with quite a few awards, for his distinctive model of vocal jazz.

• June 28: Davina and the Vagabonds — This group’s New Orleans sound options parts of blues, jazz, R&B, soul and gospel. The group has created a stir on the nationwide music scene with its high-energy stay reveals, skillful musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism and Davina Sowers’ commanding stage presence. With influences starting from Fat Domino and the Preservation Corridor Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is successful over audiences one present at a time. This rollicking quintet is held collectively by Sowers’ keyboard taking part in, with acoustic bass, drums, and a spicy trumpet and trombone horn part.

Whereas Jazz in June is free, there’s a reserved, shaded seating space in entrance of the stage that prices $25 for a single-day ticket or $80 for all 4 weeks. Patrons involved in prime, reserved seating ought to click on right here.

The neighborhood is invited to hitch Jazz in June’s membership program, The Rhythm Membership. Membership helps the reserving of top-tier artists and new teaching programs, and helps hold the concert events free. Donate instantly by the Give To Lincoln web page right here. For extra data, go to the Jazz in June web site and Fb web page.

These involved in donating or serving as a Jazz in June volunteer or board member can electronic mail Semrad at jazzinjune@unl.edu.