Attend an open house and meet area artists at LightSoundSpace January 9 at 730 pm. LightSoundSpace is located next to the Union County Performing Arts Centers, 1591 Irving Street, Rahway.
The open house will feature pianist James Weidman and artist Marcel Truppa. Hors D’oeuvres and beverages will be served at the free event.
According to the LightSoundSpace website at http://www.ucpac.org, "Weidman currently tours internationally with Grammy Award Winning saxophonist Joe Lovano. James was born into a musical family and first learned to play jazz from his father (a saxophonist and bandleader) at the age of seven...Weidman...has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max Roach, Woody Herman, Archie Shepp, James Moody, Greg Osby, Marty Ehrlich, Bobby Hutcherson, Slide Hampton, Jay Hoggard, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Gloria Lynne and blues diva Dakota Staton. For five years he was the featured keyboardist (replacing Geri Allen) for avant-garde saxophonist Steve Coleman and the Five Elements and the M-Base Collective. And James was co-leader (with saxophonist TK Blue) of the Afro-Caribbean-Jazz quartet, Taja. He has also been the accompanist of choice for some of the world’s most celebrated singers , including legendary jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln (for nine years), and Cassandra Wilson (for two years)...
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Marcel Truppa is a Rahway Arts District treasure. He worked with Andy Warhol and other pioneers of the contemporary art movement of the mid-20th century. Come and meet Marcel and find out in the first person what it really was like to be shoulder to shoulder with a legend of the arts."
For more information on upcoming concerts and events at this locale, call 732-499-8266.
