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White Plains Jazz Fest: Free Events
September 14, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
One event on September 15, 2022 at 12:00 pm
One event on September 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm
White Plains Jazz Fest: Free Events
Wednesday, September 14
12-1:30pm | FREE
Jazz at the Farmer’s Market
White Plains Farmers Market, 59 Court St.
I’RO & The Afro Latin Exchange
Pedro Millan is a Puerto Rican/American saxophonist with a specialization in woodwinds. Born in Miami, Florida but raised in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico from youth till the age of twelve only to move back to Miami. Pedro completed his Masters Degree from the Prins Claus Conservatory at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and has played around the world with people like John Clayton, Gordon Goodwin, Wayne Bergeron, Conrad Herwig, Luis Bonilla, Michael Mossman, Eddie Palmieri, Bryan Lynch, Ignacio Berroa, Charlie Persip, David Steinmeyer and many more.
Thursday, September 15
12-1pm | FREE
François Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo
Downtown Music at Grace, 33 Church Street, White Plains.
French bass virtuoso François Moutin and adventurous New York-born vocalist Kavita Shah will take listeners on an improvisational journey across both lyric-driven and wordless jazz standards and original music.
François Moutin is a Paris-born virtuosic bassist who received a doctorate in Physics at the age of 24 before choosing to become a professional musician. He was a member of the legendary Martial Solal Trio. At 29, he began co-leading the Quintet Moutin with his twin brother Louis, a project which later evolved into the Moutin Reunion Quartet. He has performed in every important European jazz festival, and toured in over 30 countries around the world.
Kavita Shah is a vocalist, composer and lifelong New Yorker hailed by NPR for her “amazing dexterity for musical languages.” Like Moutin, Shah studied languages and literature at Harvard University before pursuing a Master’s in Jazz at Manhattan School of Music. She was named Downbeat Magazine’s Best Graduate Jazz Vocalist in 2012 and won the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award in 2013
Friday, September 16
12pm | Jazz at Noon FREE
Miki Hayama & Richie Goods Ensemble
White Plains Public Library Plaza, 100 Martine Ave.
Jazz-funk bass extraordinaire Richie Goods and Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Miki Hayama join forces to present this very special ‘Jazz at Noon’ concert.
Miki Hayama born in Kyoto, Japan is a Grammy nominated jazz pianist, arranger and musical director, who lives in NYC. She is the first winner of The Yokohama Jazz Competition and has performed and shared the stage with many greats, including Kenny Garrett, Ralph Peterson, Sean Jones, Vincent Herring, Roy Hargrove, and Greg Osby, to name a few.
Bassist Richie Goods, one of the most versatile and accomplished bass players on the scene today, and the youngest person ever inducted into the Pittsburgh Jazz Hall of Fame, came to prominence while touring and recording with the late Mulgrew Miller, whom he credits for much of his success.
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