The Akiko Tsuruga Quintet- Live Stream

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Admission: “Pay what you choose” - FREE, $5, $10, $15, $20, $25. (You will choose from the drop down menu.)

The popular Jazz Room concert series, features performances by renowned professionals and William Paterson student ensembles. The Series began in 1976 and is the longest-running campus-based jazz series in the nation.

We appreciate and thank you if you choose to financially support the William Paterson University Jazz program which includes: • Scholarship Opportunities for students in the Jazz Program. • William Paterson Jazz Program support. • William Paterson University 88 Keys Campaign providing support for the purchase of a Steinway piano for the Shea Center for the Performing Arts. If you wish to specifically support any of our initiatives please make a note in the comment section when you place your order.

Raised in Osaka, Japan, now living in New York City, Akiko Tsuruga has performed with Frank Wess, Jimmy Cobb, Grady Tate among many others, and was a member of the Lou Donaldson quartet. She has 10 albums as a leader, with her first album selected as a "Best album of 2007" in Downbeat Magazine. Akiko has been a regular in the Downbeat polls since 2008, coming in at #2 in the "Rising Star: Organ" category. Hot House Magazine just named her 'Best Organ" in the 2017 Readers Poll. Her albums constantly place in the top ten on the National Radio Jazz Chart. She recently released a trio project entitled Equal Time.


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