Posted 10:04 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014
An evening featuring jazz on the banks of the Mississippi River is planned for the 6th annual Riverside Jazz Party.
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Vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar is the guest artist with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra at the Riverside Jazz Party Sunday, July 13.[/caption]
An evening featuring jazz on the banks of the Mississippi River is planned for the 6th annual Riverside Jazz Party. The free festival will feature vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar and the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, along with Al Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band.
The Riverside Jazz Party takes place at the band shell in Riverside Park, downtown La Crosse. Admission is free; bring a lawn chair and pack a picnic to enjoy a great evening of music. The rain site is The Weber Center For The Performing Arts.
The schedule includes:
6 p.m. Rev. Al Townsend and The Wonderful World Jazz Band
7 p.m. The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra
7:30 p.m. The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra with Vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar
Judi Gonaghy Vinar “Curry” is a vocalist who sings everything from classic jazz to country, gospel and rock. In 2001 Bobby McFerrin hired her to join his 12-member a cappella group “Voicestra.” A busy concert schedule has taken Vinar to performing arts centers, opera houses, colleges, universities, jazz festivals and jazz clubs across the US and internationally, with appearances in Europe. At home in the Twin Cities, Vinar works regularly with The Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra, JazzMN Big Band, St. Croix Jazz Orchestra and The Girls.
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Rev. Al Townsend and The Wonderful World Jazz Band will perform at the Riverside Jazz Party Sunday, July 13.[/caption]
Rev. Allan Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band was formed in 1978 and has become a Wisconsin favorite. Specializing in Mississippi River traditional jazz, the band has appeared in river cities jazz events from New Orleans to the Twin Cities, including 26 years with the La Crosse Great River Jazz Fest, and more than 20 years at Riverfest and Oktoberfest.
The Riverside Jazz Party is part of the Gertrude Salzer-Gordon Jazz in the Park 2014 Concert Series. This year’s series concludes Friday, July 25 at 5 p.m. on the 300 block of Pearl St. with a Downtown Street Dance with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra singers and dance professionals.
The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, directed by UW-L Music Professor Greg Balfany, is western Wisconsin's only jazz repertory orchestra. The ensemble formed in 1972 to perform "Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon" for the Great River Festival of the Arts Summer Concert Series. The band has continued that tradition and during the last decade has assumed a much larger role. For more info visit www.lacrossejazzorchestra.com
If you go—
Who: La Crosse Jazz Orchestra with vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar; Al Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band.
What: Riverside Jazz Party
When: Beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 13
Where: Riverside Park, downtown La Crosse. (Rain site is The Weber Center For The Performing Arts)
Admission: Free; bring a lawn chair; picnic dinner welcome
Vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar is the guest artist with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra at the Riverside Jazz Party Sunday, July 13.[/caption]
An evening featuring jazz on the banks of the Mississippi River is planned for the 6th annual Riverside Jazz Party. The free festival will feature vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar and the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, along with Al Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band.
The Riverside Jazz Party takes place at the band shell in Riverside Park, downtown La Crosse. Admission is free; bring a lawn chair and pack a picnic to enjoy a great evening of music. The rain site is The Weber Center For The Performing Arts.
The schedule includes:
6 p.m. Rev. Al Townsend and The Wonderful World Jazz Band
7 p.m. The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra
7:30 p.m. The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra with Vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar
Judi Gonaghy Vinar “Curry” is a vocalist who sings everything from classic jazz to country, gospel and rock. In 2001 Bobby McFerrin hired her to join his 12-member a cappella group “Voicestra.” A busy concert schedule has taken Vinar to performing arts centers, opera houses, colleges, universities, jazz festivals and jazz clubs across the US and internationally, with appearances in Europe. At home in the Twin Cities, Vinar works regularly with The Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra, JazzMN Big Band, St. Croix Jazz Orchestra and The Girls.
[caption id="attachment_35193" align="alignright" width="255"] Rev. Al Townsend and The Wonderful World Jazz Band will perform at the Riverside Jazz Party Sunday, July 13.[/caption]
Rev. Allan Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band was formed in 1978 and has become a Wisconsin favorite. Specializing in Mississippi River traditional jazz, the band has appeared in river cities jazz events from New Orleans to the Twin Cities, including 26 years with the La Crosse Great River Jazz Fest, and more than 20 years at Riverfest and Oktoberfest.
The Riverside Jazz Party is part of the Gertrude Salzer-Gordon Jazz in the Park 2014 Concert Series. This year’s series concludes Friday, July 25 at 5 p.m. on the 300 block of Pearl St. with a Downtown Street Dance with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra singers and dance professionals.
The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, directed by UW-L Music Professor Greg Balfany, is western Wisconsin's only jazz repertory orchestra. The ensemble formed in 1972 to perform "Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon" for the Great River Festival of the Arts Summer Concert Series. The band has continued that tradition and during the last decade has assumed a much larger role. For more info visit www.lacrossejazzorchestra.com
If you go—
Who: La Crosse Jazz Orchestra with vocalist Judi Donaghy Vinar; Al Townsend’s Wonderful World Jazz Band.
What: Riverside Jazz Party
When: Beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 13
Where: Riverside Park, downtown La Crosse. (Rain site is The Weber Center For The Performing Arts)
Admission: Free; bring a lawn chair; picnic dinner welcome