Welcome to Newark -- JPMORGAN CHASE SOUNDS OF THE CITY 2005 MAKES NJPAC THE PLACE TO BE THIS SUMMER!

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“. . .perhaps the most powerful statement of the arts center’s—and Newark’s—success can be glimpsed on warm summer nights, when thousands of people throng its outdoor plaza for a weekly music series that has become Newark’s town social.”

--The New York Times

JPMORGAN CHASE SOUNDS OF THE CITY 2005
MAKES NJPAC THE PLACE TO BE THIS SUMMER!

FREE OUTDOOR MUSIC SERIES TO RUN THURSDAY EVENINGS,
JULY 7 – SEPTEMBER 8, IN NJPAC’S THEATER SQUARE

Newark, NJ (June 16, 2005) – The sounds and rhythms of Latin Jazz, Gospel, Hip Hop, R&B, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Salsa, Pop/Rock, Jazz and other ethnic beats will fill the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Theater Square this summer when JPMORGAN CHASE SOUNDS OF THE CITY, NJPAC’s acclaimed FREE outdoor music series, kicks off on July 7. Every Thursday evening — July 7-September 8 — from 5:00 – 9:45 PM, three to four groups will entertain the after-work crowd and local residents who made NJPAC “the place to be on Thursdays” when Sounds of the City was introduced seven summers ago. This summer's series is sponsored by JPMorgan Chase with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Puffin Foundation. Newark Downtown District is co-host of JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City.

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"We are pleased to be the title sponsor of JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City 2005, a free summer music festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center," said Frederick W. Hill, executive vice president, Marketing and Communications, JPMorgan Chase & Co. "Sounds of the City is an integral part of JPMorgan Chase's 'Summer Arts Series' which provides free entertainment at hundreds of venues throughout the metropolitan area. It's our way of thanking the communities where we do business by showcasing the best of music, the arts and other cultural events in our markets."

JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City 2005 fires up on July 7 with the Gospel sounds of the 20-member ensemble SIII and the Truth, the gritty soul/rap outfit, The Lab Addicts, who perform with a live band, and RAINation (The Real Artist Independent Nation), an emerging independent “organic hip-hop reggae” band that fuses together the sounds of hip-hop, funk, reggae, R&B and jazz. RAINation has recently opened for popular groups like The Roots, Kanye West, Common, Ludacris, and the Black Eyed Peas.

WBGO/Jazz 88.3 FM will host a special evening of jazz music on July 14 with the Marta Gomez Trio, Joris Teepe & the Groningen Art Ensemble, the Edmar Castaneda Trio, and Putumayo World Music presents Kermit Ruffins.

Featured DJ’s during the festival are DJ Chuck Mosely, DJ L Mani V, DJ Stephon Johnson, DJ Danny Ramirez, DJ Hard Hittin Harry, DJ Les Cole, Soundtech, D Life, and DJ Earon.

Featured on WNBC-TV and WABC-TV, JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City brings together thousands of people from different ethnic groups and communities who live and work in Newark, as well as from beyond the City’s limits. Created in October 1998, this free after-work music series was the brainchild of a group of Newark residents, musicians, students and NJPAC staff, whose purpose was to help fulfill the Arts Center’s mission to be a place of access and involvement for local artists and audiences. “We have extended the great success of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center beyond its front doors,” said Evan White and Verushka Spirito, NJPAC’s co-Producers of JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City 2005.

Many of the JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City 2005 artists are New Jersey-based. Towns represented include Newark, Union, South Orange, Morristown, North Bergen, Clifton, Somerset, Holmdel, Spring Lake Heights, Fort Lee, Tenafly and Montclair. Artists such as Kermit Ruffins and Jef Lee Johnson hail from as far away as New Orleans and Pennsylvania respectively, while several more call New York their home.

A complete lists of artists performing at JPMorgan Chase Sounds of the City is at the end of this release.

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in the heart of an emerging downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. Home of the Grammy^® Award-winning New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, NJPAC has been widely cited as a catalyst in the revitalization of New Jersey's largest city, attracting over 3.5 million visitors (including more than 700,000 children) in its first seven years of operation.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

WCBS-TV/CBS2 is the official television partner for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

For more information, call the JPMorgan Sounds of the City Hotline at 973-353-8046; 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722); or visit the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org

DATE	TIME	PERFORMER	GENRE	CITY	STATE
July 7, 2005		DJ CHUCK MOSELY		IRVINGTON	NJ
July 7, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	S III & THE TRUTH	GOSPEL	UNION	NJ
July 7, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	LAB ADDICTS	HIP HOP	SOUTH ORANGE	NJ
July 7, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	RAINATION	ORGANIC HIP-HOP BAND	MORRISTOWN	NJ
July 14, 2005	5:00-5:30pm	MARTA GOMEZ	WORLD, LATIN	NORTH BERGEN	NJ
July 14, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	JORIS TEEPE & THE GRONINGEN ART ENSEMBLE	JAZZ	NEW ROCHELLE	NY
July 14, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	EDMAR CASTENADA TRIO	JAZZ, LATIN	WHITESTONE	NY
July 14, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	KERMIT RUFFINS	JAZZ/NEW ORLEANS BRASS	NEW ORLEANS	LA
July 21, 2005		DJ L MANI V		MAPLEWOOD	NJ
July 21, 2005	5:00-5:30pm	FRED NIZNIK	POP, ROCK	CLIFTON	NJ
July 21, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	THE LOST PATROL	RETRO LOUNGE	PIERMONY	NY
July 21, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	JEF LEE JOHNSON	BLUES, ROCK	PHILADELPHIA	PA
July 21, 2005	8:45-10:00pm	ANGELA JOHNSON	HOUSE, SOUL	NEWARK	NJ
July 28, 2005		DJ STEPHON JOHNSON		NEWARK	NJ
July 28, 2005	5:00-5:30pm	DAN LAVOIE	NEW AGE, HARP GUITAR	SOMERSET	NJ
July 28, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	SPIRALING	ROCK	NEW YORK	NY
July 28, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	MATT O'REE & THE BLUESHOUNDS	BLUES TRIO	HOLMDEL	NJ
July 28, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	THE BILLY HECTOR BAND	BLUES, FUNK	SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS	NJ
August 4, 2005		DJ DANNY RAMIREZ		NEW YORK	NY
August 4, 2005	5:15-6:00pm	3D	LATIN	FORT LEE	NJ
August 4, 2005	6:45-7:30pm	CHEMBO & GRUPO CHAWORÓ	JAZZ, LATIN	JERSEY CITY	NJ
August 4, 2005	8:15-9:45pm	JIMMY BOSCH	SALSA	TENAFLY	NJ

August 11, 2005		DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY		BROOKLYN	NY
August 11, 2005	5:00-5:30pm	SPARLHA SWA	SOLO-NEO-SOUL, FOLK	BROOKLYN	NY
August 11, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	ALIX “BUYU” AMBROISE	JAZZ HAITIAN	ROSEDALE	NY
August 11, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	SHUSMO	MIDDLE EASTERN	BROOKLYN	NY
August 11, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	EARTHMAN	WORLD, HAITIAN	BROOKLYN	NY
August 18, 2005		DJ LES COLE		UNION	NJ

August 18, 2005

5:15-6:00pm

MORLEY

R & B SOUL

NEW YORK

August 18, 2005	6:45-7:30pm	PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER	WORLD SEPHARDIC, ARABIC	NEW YORK	NY
August 18, 2005	8:15-9:45pm	THE BOMB SQUAD	BLUES, FUNK	BRIDGEPORT	CT
August 25, 2005		SOUNDTECH		NEWARK	NJ
August 25, 2005	5:00-5:30pm	TRIO DEL SOL	JAZZ, LATIN	NEW YORK	NY
August 25, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	MAMADY KOUYATE CHEF D'ORCHESTRA DU MANDINGO AMBASSADORS	WORLD-GUINEA, MANDINGO	NEWARK	NJ
August 25, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	AKOYA AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE	AFRO BEAT	NEW YORK	NY
August 25, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	MARTINO ATANGANA & AFRICAN BLUENOTE	WORLD-CAMEROON	BROOKLYN	NY
September 1, 2005		D LIFE		BROOKLYN	NY
September 1, 2005	5:45-6:30pm	ROB CURTO'S FORRó FOR ALL	WORLD- BRAZILIAN FORRO	NEW YORK	NY
September 1, 2005	7:15-8:00pm	SAMBA NEW YORK!	WORLD, BRAZILIAN SAMBA	PALISADES	NY
September 1, 2005	8:45-9:45pm	SIDIKI CONDE	WORLD- GUINEA	NEW YORK	NY
September 8, 2005		DJ EARON		IRVINGTON	NJ
September 8, 2005	5:30-6:15pm	COLOR AND TALEA	PROGRESSIVE JAZZ	BOSTON	MA
September 8, 2005	7:00-7:45pm	NICK ROLFE & SLICK JACKSON	NEO-SOUL	MONTCLAIR	NJ
September 8, 2005	8:30-10:00pm	TORTURED SOUL	HOUSE, SOUL	BROOKLYN	NY

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