It’s Almost Showtime: Jeannine Otis and Jazz Greats this Saturday!

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Performer Profile: Jeannine Otis Jeannine Otis to Perform at the Universal Temple of the Arts Staten Island Jazz Festival 32 Jeannine Otis/Jahneen has an eclectic array of experiences as a performer, educator and music director. She has performed all over the world as a vocalist, including the Pori Jazz Festival with Heikki Sarmanto. Her segment at the Pori Jazz Festival was recently included in a film about that festival with Jazz greats such as Miles Davis, the Brecker Brothers and Maynard Ferguson. Her recording with Mr. Sarmanto and the Helsinki Philharmonic entitled Magic Songs, is available on Warner European Records. In addition, Ms. Otis has a long-standing collaboration with jazz great Vishnu Wood, working on music education projects under the auspices of the United Way as part of Safari East Cultural Productions, founded by Vishnu Wood.

Jeannine Otis performing at Staten Island JAZZ Festival 31 (2018).  Photo Credit: Wink Photography/Willie Chu Jeannine is the Director of Music at the historic Saint Marks Church in the Bowery, as well as Theaterworks USA's yearly production of Freedom Train, a piece about the young Harriet Tubman that travels all over the country including TownHall, the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and The Grand Ole Opry. Ms. Otis is the only black recipient of the Presser Music Foundation Award from Wellesley College as well as a Teaching Fellow award from Emerson College, Boston. She continues to collaborate internationally, nationally, and locally as a consultant with arts programming while performing and teaching. Jeannine joins an extraordinary lineup of featured performers, Reggie Workman Presents New Stars on This Horizon, Winard Harper & Jeli Posse, Leopoldo Fleming Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, Danny Mixon, Antoinette Montague and other favorites of the festival including Rudi Mwongozi, Karlus Trapp, Darrell Smith, Sylvester Scott, Earl Saul, and WaFoo. STATEN ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL 32  ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE DISCOUNT DEADLINE EXTENDED   SAVE $5.00 with code UTASGT purchased online at  Ticketmaster  up until showtime on October 19, 2019!  Please note that fees apply to credit card purchases. Tickets may be purchased at the St. George Theatre Box Office up until the day of the festival. There are no fees for cash transactions. Please call the St. George Box Office at 718-442-2900 for information.

Pictured Left to Right: Winard Harper, Danny Mixon, Leopoldo Fleming (Staten Island JAZZ Festival 31 2018)  Photo Credit: Wink Photography/Willie Chu