January 2020
Artist Co-Op 2019
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) proudly presents ARTIST CO-OP 2019. Once a membership based program, JCAL's Artist Co-Op has been reborn as the center's annual exhibition featuring emerging and mid-career artists from around the borough of Queens and NYC.…
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2nd Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL w/ Luis Perdomo
Ever since Luis Perdomo came to New York in 1993 from Venezuela, Perdomo has emerged as one of the most in-demand sidemen, appeared in more than 200 records – from Ravi Coltrane to Ray Barretto, and by his six critically-…
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2nd Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL w/ Arta Jekabsone
New York City based Latvian singer, composer and arranger Arta Jēkabsone is recognized by her velvety tone. Arta engages listeners with emotional and honest, adventurous and joyful expression of music. Recently Arta was awarded with the First Prize at Montreux…
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2nd Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL w/ Giveton Gelin
Giveton graduated high school in the Bahamas, and then moved to Ohio to study with Dr. Eddie Henderson at the Oberlin Conservatory. That very year he won top positions at both the Young Arts Foundation and the Betty Carter Jazz…
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2nd Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL w/ Chris Dingman
Hailed by the New York Times as a “dazzling” soloist and a composer with a “fondness for airtight logic and burnished lyricism,” his integrative approach to composition lends his music a fluidity and accessibility that transcends genres and has earned…
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2nd Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL w/ Thana Alexa
Alexa is the 2016 and 2017 Downbeat Critic’s Poll Rising Female Vocalist, runner up in the 2014 Made in NY Jazz Competition, winner of the 2011 Jazzon Alpe-Adria International Competition and nominee in the category of Best Jazz Composition for…
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