Centenary Stage Company's January Jazz Fest Continues with Stanton Davis Jr. and New Orleans Sound

Centenary Stage Company's annual January Jazz Fest continues this month with Stanton Davis Jr. and the New Orleans Sound on Saturday, January 17 at 8pm in the Sitnik Theater located in the David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College. Born and raised in the rich musical traditions of New Orleans, Stanton Davis Jr. is American Jazz trumpeter whom has performed with the biggest names in Jazz, as well as, the orchestra pits of Broadway.

After studying and playing trumpet locally, Davis attended the Berklee College of Music, graduating at the end of the 60s, then continued his studies at the New England Conservatory of Music. He worked in radio and clubs in the Boston area, gradually extending his skills and experience with a variety of engagements with leaders such as Lester Bowie, Charlie Haden, George Gruntz and Richard Muhal Abrams. As these artists suggest, Davis' musical inclinations lie on hard bop and post-bop areas of jazz. He has also clearly indicated a desire to encourage young musicians and in this direction he has taught extensively, including spells at Wellesley and Bennington colleges, NEM, and at Southeast University, Massachusetts, in the mid-70s to early 80s. Also in the early 80s, he extended his own studies at Wellesley. His more commercially orientated work includes stints with Broadway theatre pit bands. He has recorded with some if the above named artists and also with Ray Anderson and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Tickets for Stanton Davis Jr. and the New Orleans Sound are $22.50 in advance for adults and $15 for children under 12, and may be purchased on line at centenarystageco.org, by calling the box office at (908) 979 - 0900 or in person at the box office directly. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 - 5 p.m. and is located in the David and Carol Lackland Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. All ticket orders for concerts, jazz and special events increase $5 on the day of the performance.

Also closing out the January Jazz series will be Fete Manouche on Saturday January 24 at 8pm. Tickets for Fete Manouche are $22.50 for adults and $15 for children under 12. Stanton Davis and the New Orleans Sound and Fete Manouche performances are sponsored in part by Bea Nally's Irish Pub in Hackettstown.

The 2014-15 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and CSC sponsors, including Premier Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, The Holiday Inn in Budd Lake, and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.

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