NEMPAC’s Jazz in the Park

The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) returns to The Rose Kennedy Greenway with their free NEMPAC Jazz in the Park Summer Concert Series open to the public, Thursday evenings from 7 PM to 8:30 PM on July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3, and August 10.  Performances will take place in the Greenway directly adjacent to the Canopy Hotel by Hilton.

An international array of Jazz Musicians & Ensembles will take the stage in the North End park

July 13 – Boston-based Panamanian singer-songwriter and educator, Gaby Cotter will take the stage with her band the Timba Messengers, blending Latin-American sounds with jazz, blues, pop, and R&B.
July 20 – Celebrated Irish-Austrian bass guitarist Ciara Moser will perform diverse genres of music including jazz, funk, fusion, rock and pop.
July 27 – Singer and guitarist Nadia Washington will perform as the leader of the Nadia Washington Quartet. Nadia appears on the Grammy Award Winning jazz album Beautiful Life with Diane Reeves and has performed with Esperanza Spaulding, Lalah Hathaway, and George Duke.
August 3 – Malagasy singer, songwriter and performing artist Niu Raza will perform a set of Afrofusion music.
August 10 – Cettina Donato—an internationally acclaimed classical and jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor— will perform as the bandleader of the Cettina Donato Trio.

The concert series, presented by NEMPAC, is a collaboration with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Special Events and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy with support from this year’s headlining sponsors Canopy Boston Downtown and Rose Town Kitchen & Bar.

To find out more, please visit https://nempacboston.org/jazz-in-the-park/.