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SUMMARY:NSU Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary jazz artist Jessy J will perform with the Northwestern State Jazz Orchestra on Monday\, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Galindo Rodriguez directs the Jazz Orchestra.\n\n            Jessy J's song "Tequila Moon" hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart for Jazz. "Tropical Rain" from her 2009 release\, reached the top of the Groove Jazz Music chart and also took the No. 1 spot on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown as well as the R&R and Billboard Jazz charts.\n\nIn 2008\, Jessy J was named Radio & Records Debut Artist of the Year. She also received the Contemporary Jazz Song of the Year award from R&R and Billboard for "Tequila Moon." That year\, she was featured on the cover of Jazziz Magazine. In 2009\, she was on the October cover of Saxophone Journal and Latina Style Magazine.\n\nJessy J's Album Hot Sauce debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Jazz in 2011 and was featured in People Espanol and Latina magazine. The album includes performances by jazz legends Joe Sample\, Harvey Mason\, and Ray Parker Jr.\n\nIn 2014\, Jessy was invited by producer Gerry Gallagher to record with Latin rock legends El Chicano as well as Alphonse Mouzon\, Brian Auger\, Alex Ligertwood\, Vikki Carr\, David Paich\, Siedah Garrett\, Walfredo Reyes Jr.\, Lenny Castro\, Salvador Santana\, Marcos J. Reyes\, Pete Escovedo and Peter Michael Escovedo and is featured on saxophone on a cover of a Selena song Thinking Of You that is part of Gallagher's most recent studio album due out this year.\n\nEarning a scholarship to University of Southern California\, she obtained a degree in jazz studies and was named the "Most Outstanding Jazz Student." After graduating from USC\, she worked in the studio with Michael Bubl . She toured with The Temptations\, Jessica Simpson\, Michael Bolton and Seal and also performed as a member of the Henry Mancini Jazz Orchestra.\n\nJessy J has built up a Latin following\, lending her hand in Hispanic music programs and performing with the Hispanic Musician Association Orchestra. Jessy J had the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall with Paquito D'Rivera as part of the Latin Jazz Project.\n\nThe Jazz Orchestra will play "Chicago" by Fred Fisher and arranged by Joe Clark featuring Ronald Rodriguez on piano\, Laura Lovell on tenor saxophone and Wes Scholten on trombone\, "Old School" by Bob Lark and arranged by Andrew Janak featuring Francisco B. Savas on trumpet\, Lovell\, Ian Cassidy on alto saxophone and Scholten and "Makin' Whoopee" by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson and arranged by Dave Wolpe. The Jazz Orchestra will also play "What's New" by Johnny Burke and Bob Haggart and arranged by Wolpe featuring Galindo Rodriguez and Sayas on trumpet and "My Ship" by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill and arranged by Dave Rivello featuring Jack Dyre on baritone saxophone.\n\nJessy J will perform her compositions of "Hot Sauce" and "Tropical Rain" along with "Tequilla Moon\," which she wrote with Paul Brown and "Rainbow Gold\," which was written with Joe Sample. Arrangements are by J.A. Diaz.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;Contemporary jazz artist Jessy J will perform with the Northwestern State Jazz Orchestra on Monday\, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Galindo Rodriguez directs the Jazz Orchestra.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="font-family:times\;">Jessy J&rsquo\;s song &ldquo\;Tequila Moon&rdquo\; hit the No. 1 spot on the&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Billboard</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;chart for Jazz.&nbsp\;&ldquo\;Tropical Rain&rdquo\; from her 2009 release\, reached the top of the Groove Jazz Music&nbsp\;chart and also took the No. 1 spot on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown&nbsp\;as well as the&nbsp\;R&amp\;R&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Billboard&nbsp\;Jazz charts.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">In 2008\, Jessy J was named&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_%26_Records" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Radio &amp\; Records</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;Debut Artist of the Year. She also received the Contemporary Jazz Song of the Year award from R&amp\;R and Billboard for &ldquo\;Tequila Moon.&rdquo\; That year\, she was featured on the cover of&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jazziz_Magazine&amp\;action=edit&amp\;redlink=1" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Jazziz Magazine</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">. In 2009\, she was on the October cover of&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saxophone_Journal&amp\;action=edit&amp\;redlink=1" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Saxophone Journal</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latina_Style_Magazine&amp\;action=edit&amp\;redlink=1" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Latina Style Magazine</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">Jessy J&rsquo\;s Album&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Sauce_(album)" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Hot Sauce</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Jazz in 2011 and was featured in&nbsp\;People Espanol&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latina_(magazine)" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Latina</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;magazine. The album includes performances by&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">jazz</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;legends&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sample" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Joe Sample</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Mason" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Harvey Mason</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\, and&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Parker_Jr." style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Ray Parker Jr.</span></span></a><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">In 2014\, Jessy was invited by producer Gerry Gallagher to record with Latin rock legends&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chicano" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">El Chicano</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;as well as&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mouzon" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Alphonse Mouzon</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Auger" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Brian Auger</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ligertwood" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Alex Ligertwood</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikki_Carr" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Vikki Carr</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paich" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">David Paich</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siedah_Garrett" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Siedah Garrett</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walfredo_Reyes_Jr." style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Walfredo Reyes Jr.</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Castro" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Lenny Castro</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Santana" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Salvador Santana</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_J._Reyes" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Marcos J. Reyes</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Escovedo" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Pete Escovedo</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Michael_Escovedo" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Peter Michael Escovedo</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;and is featured on saxophone on a cover of a&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Selena</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;song Thinking Of You that is part of Gallagher&#39\;s most recent studio album due out this year.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">Earning a scholarship to&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">University of Southern California</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\, she obtained a degree in jazz studies and was named the &quot\;Most Outstanding Jazz Student.&quot\; After graduating from USC\, she worked in the studio with&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Michael Bubl&eacute\;</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">.&nbsp\;She toured with&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">The Temptations</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Simpson" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Jessica Simpson</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Michael Bolton</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(musician)" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Seal</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;and also performed as a member of the&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mancini" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Henry Mancini</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;Jazz Orchestra.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">Jessy J has built up a Latin following\, lending her hand in Hispanic music programs and performing with the Hispanic Musician Association Orchestra. Jessy J had the opportunity to perform at&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Carnegie Hall</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;with&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paquito_D%27Rivera" style="color:rgb(0\, 102\, 204)\;text-decoration:none\;outline:none\;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:times\;">Paquito D&#39\;Rivera</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times\;">&nbsp\;as part of the Latin Jazz Project.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">The Jazz Orchestra will play &ldquo\;Chicago&rdquo\; by Fred Fisher and arranged by Joe Clark featuring Ronald Rodriguez on piano\, Laura Lovell on tenor saxophone and Wes Scholten on trombone\, &ldquo\;Old School&rdquo\; by Bob Lark and arranged by Andrew Janak featuring Francisco B. Savas on trumpet\, Lovell\, Ian Cassidy on alto saxophone and Scholten and &ldquo\;Makin&rsquo\; Whoopee&rdquo\; by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson and arranged by Dave Wolpe. The Jazz Orchestra will also play &ldquo\;What&rsquo\;s New&rdquo\; by Johnny Burke and Bob Haggart and arranged by Wolpe featuring Galindo Rodriguez and Sayas on trumpet and &ldquo\;My Ship&rdquo\; by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill and arranged by Dave Rivello featuring Jack Dyre on baritone saxophone.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times\;">Jessy J will perform her compositions of &ldquo\;Hot Sauce&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Tropical Rain&rdquo\; along with &ldquo\;Tequilla Moon\,&rdquo\; which she wrote with Paul Brown and &ldquo\;Rainbow Gold\,&rdquo\; which was written with Joe Sample. Arrangements are by J.A. Diaz.</span>
LOCATION:Magale Recital Hall NSU Natchitoches\, LA 71457 United States
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