Music writer Jessica Novak profiles Onondaga Community College’s Legends of Jazz series, which starts Friday with Chick Corea and the Vigil
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by Jessica NovakWednesday, September 17th, 2014
The Legends of Jazz music series is now in its sixth season of bringing world-class jazz names such as Allen Toussaint, Joey DeFrancesco and Pat Metheny to the intimate Storer Auditorium at Onondaga Community College. The series, part of the college’s Arts Across Campus initiative, will keep the tradition going with four major acts, starting with this week’s appearances by Chick Corea and the Vigil. The Heath Brothers, Cecile McLorin Salvant and the Rebirth Brass Band will perform later in the season.
“No one is doing a series of this caliber,” says Frank Malfitano, producer of the event as well as founder and producer of the Syracuse M&T Jazz Fest. “No one is bringing jazz legends of this magnitude into a facility of this size. It’s kind of unprecedented. We’ve got two NEA Jazz Masters this year (Jimmy Heath and Chick Corea).”
Considering the quality of the acts and the size of the Storer venue (only 353 seats), the combination is unique. It’s one that Malfitano hopes works as a bridge between Jazz Fests each year, also held at OCC.
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