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Pianist Suzzette Ortiz proudly hosts “Jazz in the Wood,” First Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108.
Please join us on October 6, 2022 as we welcome trumpeter Fareed Simpson and his group. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15, Students $5 and children under 12 years old get in for free! MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
Fareed Simpson-Hankins is a trumpet player, producer, composer, educator and bandleader born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His trumpet playing is inspired by the sound of Miles Davis, the technical virtuosity of Dizzy Gillespie, the soulfulness of Lee Morgan, the confidence of Freddie Hubbard, and the joy and spirit of Louis Armstrong.
Recently, he has been seen on PBS, heard on WRTI 90.1, and has produced The Second Line Bebop Series, a web series that premiered on YouTube in 2022. He’s performed at the 2017 Jazz is Back festival in Grožnjan, Croatia, and at the 2016 North Sea Jazz Festival, in Rotterdam. He also won an outstanding soloist award at the 2020 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center. He currently leads his own quintet as well as co-leads Brothers.Ink with his brother.
In 2019, he was featured on Temple University’s Constant Renaissance, which was Nominated for a GRAMMY. His mission is to have an impactful career as a musician and join the long lineage of great trumpet players by performing for various audiences and connecting people of different backgrounds.
Jazz Bridge, an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to assisting Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis, sponsors these neighborhood concerts throughout the region to keep the sound of Philadelphia alive.
For more info call: 215-517-8337 or visit online at www.jazzbridge.org. #jazzbridge
