Open World Jazz Concert and Events

The fifth annual Open World Jazz Concert - an evening of jazz with Brubeck Institute musicians and visiting jazz musicians from Russia - will be held at the Empire Theater on the Miracle Mile this year. The concert starts at 8 p.m. November 13, and will feature the renowned jazz trumpeter, Nicholas Payton, with the Open World Jazz Quintet (OWJQ) and the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (BIJQ).

There also will be other opportunities to hear the world-class musicians play. A master class with famed pianist Benny Green, the OWJQ and BIJQ will be held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Recital Hall on the Stockton campus of University of the Pacific.

There will be an informal concert and jam session in The Lair on the second floor of the Don and Karen DeRosa University Center on the Stockton campus at 8 p.m. Nov. 5, and there will be another master class with Nicholas Payton and the two groups in the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11.

The groups will also perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at JB's Lounge in the Sacramento Red Lion Inn. 

This program is part of the Library of Congress' Open World Cultural Leadership Program where musicians from the United States, Eurasia and the Baltic States work together to better promote understanding between their countries and learn about their respective cultures. The program is funded by the United States Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts.