Festival Schedule
Saturday
1:30 PM	Jazz Ain't Dead Dance Troupe Featuring: Maurice Chestnut from the Award Winning Play, Bring in da Noise Bring in the Funk	Performance	Ronnie Wells Main Stage

Bio

JAZZ AIN’T DEAD is a high energy, genre bending, live concert extravaganza featuring musicians, singers, dancers, and even a live DJ, presenting a theatrical jazz interpretation of the blues and classic standards, plus two premieres:  “My Heart Belongs to NoLa” a tribute to Katrina victims featuring spoken word by Mo Beasley and original music by Drummer Kenneth Salters, and, a dance number, “Zombie Blues”, composed by music director, Lafayette Harris, Jr.  Also on hand, Baakari Wilder, tap dancer from “Bring in da’ Noise, Bring in da’ Funk.”
Produced by Candice Michelle Franklin, Jazz Ain’t Dead is the work of a young urban jazz music and dance collective based in New York City.

See Jazz Come to LIFE onstage with JAZZ AIN’T DEAD!

Jazz Ain’t Dead® with Lafayette Harris, Jr.

Featuring Spoken Word Artist/Host, Mo Beasley,

Tap dancer, Baakari Wilder, from the Broadway Cast of Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk,

Dancers from JAZZ AIN’T DEAD®, and Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin 

plus Two World Premiers of New Music Composed by

Kenneth Salters, and Lafayette Harris, Jr.

 

Lafayette Harris, Jr., Music Director

Candice Michelle Franklin, Artistic Production DirectorSee Jazz Come to LIFE onstage with JAZZ AIN’T DEAD!

Jazz Ain’t Dead® with Lafayette Harris, Jr.

Featuring Spoken Word Artist/Host, Mo Beasley,

Tap dancer, Baakari Wilder, from the Broadway Cast of Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk,

Dancers from JAZZ AIN’T DEAD®, and Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

 

plus Two World Premiers of New Music Composed by

Kenneth Salters, and Lafayette Harris, Jr.

 

Lafayette Harris, Jr., Music Director

Candice Michelle Franklin, Artistic Production Director