Jan 24 - 25, 2025
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DateJan 24 - 25, 2025
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On SaleOn Sale Now
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Groups
10% for Groups of 10+, with one (1) complimentary ticket for Purple is a Beautiful Thing and The Evolution of Jazz
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Special OffersStudent Rush Offer for Purple is a Beautiful ThingStudent Rush Offer for The Evolution of Jazz
- Jan 24| Friday 8:00 PM Purple is a Beautiful Thing Get Tickets
- Jan 25| Saturday 1:00 PM Black Notes Project: CSYO Get Tickets
- Jan 25| Saturday 8:00 PM The Evolution of Jazz Get Tickets
Presented By:
Black Notes Project & Blumenthal Arts
Event Description
Black Notes Project is a weekend music festival with the mission of celebrating and amplifying Black music and artistry through a diverse schedule of programming to engage the community. The second annual installment of the festival will feature two evening concerts and a family-friendly show featuring the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra.
This year’s theme is JAZZ and will bring artists like the Niels Lan Doky Experience, Trap Jazz, and Sainted Trap Choir. Please follow @blacknotesproject for musical notes and event updates.
About Purple is a Beautiful Thing: A Jazz Celebration of Prince - hosted by Mayte Garcia
Prince, who would have turned 66 this year, had a strong connection to jazz. According to Mayte Garcia, during her highly publicized marriage to Prince, he listened to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album every single night for a very long period of time - to the point where she has declared “I can sing that entire album in my sleep!”
Today, Mayte is engaged to Sir Niels Lan Doky, a renowned Danish jazz pianist who was knighted in 2010 for his contributions to jazz music. He has been called “The best pianist of his generation” (Swing Journal, Japan) and “fresh and provocative” (New York Times).
Hence, a collaboration on a jazz celebration of Prince was a natural calling for Niels and Mayte. So Mayte delved into Prince’s vast catalog of iconic songs to select material for Niels to arrange and rework into jazz standards. During this show, Mayte will deliver compelling background stories and anecdotes about each song that Niels will perform with former Prince drummer David “Fingers” Haynes, the breathtaking French bass virtuoso François Moutin, and New York City’s hottest new jazz trumpet star, Wallace Roney Jr.
About Black Notes Project: CSYO
Join us at Booth Playhouse for a concert featuring an impressive display of young talent. Enjoy the harmonious sounds of the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra led by Conductor Ian Passmore, featuring a soon-to-be announced special guest, as they play a jazz-inspired repertoire from a diverse array of composers and arrangers. Bring the whole family for an outing that will delight all ages! General Admission tickets for adults are $15. General Admission tickets for students are free.
About The Evolution of Jazz: An Evening with Sainted Trap Choir + Trap Jazz
Since their first show in 2016, under the direction of legendary Atlanta arranger music director Chris Moten, Trap Jazz has been able to perform its own signature brand of genre-bending Jazz alongside the likes of Terrace Martin, Christian Scott, GhostNotes, Quincy Jones, and many more.
Sainted Trap Choir offers audiences an eclectic range of musical achievement. Paying homage to the Southern Black Church experience, Sainted highlights the spectrum of Black musical excellence throughout the decades and takes you on a journey that identifies Black church music as the bedrock of countless musical traditions–including Jazz.
Come see Trap Jazz and Sainted Trap Choir take the stage together at Knight Theater for a night to remember that will have you on your feet!