JAZZ AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE CONCERT SERIES Jerome Jennings Solidarity The Lincoln Theatre 769 East Long Street

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Press Southworth III Kimberlee Goodman Chief Executive Officer Director of Development Yvette Boyer Byron Stripling Accountant CJO Artistic Director Alexa Brennan Mary Manos Education & Outreach Coordinator Jazz Academy Coordinator & Orchestra Manager Alex Burgoyne Digital Media Manager Pete Mills Program Director, Diane Cattran Jazz at The Lincoln Theatre Grant Manager Louis Tsamous Zach Compston Director of Affiliate Musicians Director of Education & Community Engagement Terence Womble Director of Marketing & Communications

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Vital Companies Jason Clayton – Chief Marketing Officer and Founding Partner Fred Blitzer – CEO and Founding Partner The Social Firm Matt Erney – Strategy Director Jason Willis – Creative Director ABOUT TONIGHT’S JEROME JENNINGS Jerome Jennings ARTIST Jerome Jennings is a drummer, activist, bandleader, composer, sideman and educator. His debut recording ‘The Beast’ is a reflection of the every day joys and traumas of black life in the U.S. It was named one of the top three Jazz releases by NPR, Solidarity received a four star rating in Downbeat Magazine, and was nominated for the prestigious French ‘Grand Prix du Disque’ Musicians Roster award for Album of the Year in 2016. Jerome’s sophomore recording, ‘Solidarity’, released November 2019 was recognized by NPR as best music that spoke truth to power of 2019.

Jerome is a pertinent performer. To date Jerome has performed, Jerome Jennings toured and recorded with legendary musicians like Sonny Composer/Bandleader/Drums Rollins, Hank Jones, Gerald Wilson, Christian McBride, Ron Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Wynton Marsalis (J@LC), The Count Basie Orchestra, Philip Bailey, Henry Butler, and countless others. He has also made recordings and shared the stage with contemporary musicians Sean Jones, Camille Thurman, Jazzmeia Horn, Christian Sands, Charenee Wade, Zaccai Curtis and Bokani Dyer to name a few. Piano The summer of 2007 Jerome earned a MM from the prestigious Juilliard School in Manhattan NY. Jerome has been the Resident Director of The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Wallace Roney Jr. since fall 2017. He passed Jazz At Lincoln Centers Swing University 301 history course: The Trumpet most comprehensive study of jazz from a non-performance perspective, available. Jazz At Lincoln Center has Jerome Jennings on file as an accredited jazz scholar.

Jerome has participated on several panels including Chamber Music America: Music, Anthony Ware Language, and Revolution; Lincoln Center: Freedom’s State of Mind; Winter Jazz Festival: Saxophones Jazz & Gender: A Discussion Of Community, Culture & Participatory Allies. Fall 2020, Jerome co-curated with Naomi Extra, a series of panels, performances and discussions at Eric Wheeler The National Jazz Museum in Harlem entitled ‘Jazz in The Era of Black Lives Matter.’ Currently, Jerome is keeping busy teaching, conducting clinics and educational youth out Bass reach nationally and internationally. He is one of the most successful in the field of Black American music education. Jerome has been artist in residence, and have lectured at dozens of Universities, Academy’s, and Camps nationally and internationally including UNC Greensboro, John Hopkins Peabody Institute, Rutgers University, The Juilliard School, Jazz Music Institute (Brisbane, AU), Sydney Conservatory of Music, Xavier College (Melbourne, AU), The Ohio State University, Aspen Colorado, Brigham Young University, University Of Ghana - Legon School Of Performing Arts, Rockport Jazz Workshop, and the Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Bogota Colombia) and The National Taiwan University of The Arts. ColumbusMakesArt.com #artmakescbus

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