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Lakecia Benjamin & Phoenix

Lakecia Benjamin & Phoenix

2024 PURDUE JAZZ FESTIVAL

Friday, January 19 / 8:00 pm

128 Memorial Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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ABOUT THE SHOW

On Lakecia Benjamin’s latest recording, “Phoenix,” the jazz saxophonist captures the fiery performance that has been realized at international festivals as well as on-stage with such acts as The Roots, Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder. Pulling from jazz, soul, and funk, Benjamin’s music soars live and on record. She was part of the Monterey on Tour show with revered jazz vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, which included a concert at the Lincoln Center.

The charismatic Benjamin routinely engages her audiences on the mic and she is usually the most stylish in the venue. A recent concert in Germany saw her dressed in gold from head to toe, matching her trusted sax. However, that fit still could not outshine her massively impressive live performance, which the Wall Street Journal called “assertive and vital.”

Purdue Jazz Festival Schedule

Community Jazz Showcase
Thursday, January 18, 7:30pm / Long Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring the Purdue Jazz Band and jazz bands from Tippecanoe County.

Lakecia Benjamin & Phoenix
Friday, January 19, 8:00pm
Loeb Playhouse at Stewart Center

Jazz Festival Competition and Clinics
Saturday, January 20, 8:00am – 6:00pm
Various locations
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, details

VISIT ARTIST WEBSITEPURDUE JAZZ FESTIVAL

EXPLORE THE SHOW

Judd Danby interviewing alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin for Purdue Convocations

Watch a short preview of Lakecia Benjamin’s upcoming performance at Purdue.

Jazz that is sprinkled with the rich flavors of funk and soul.

The New Yorker


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