Juneteenth celebrates the final freedom of African Americans from Slavery and the end to a cruel institution. Jazz music epitomizes freedom in its composition, performance and history and it is only natural that it was born from people who were liberated from such hardship.
Carrie Jackson and her All Star Jazz Ensemble
will be performing in honor of Juneteenth at the Belleville Public Library.
Belleville Public Library and Information Center
on June 19, 2025 from 6pm to 8pm.
Please welcome her and join the celebration.
CARRIE JACKSON
Carrie Jackson is a Vocal Stylist, Classic Jazz, Blues, Pop and Gospel, she rekindles thoughts of America’s great music history and credits her mentors for her style of improvisation and song to the great ladies of jazz, Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington,
Billie Holiday, and others as a primary musical influence for her vocal style, which indelibly helped shape vocal jazz for every generation … to these extraordinary ladies.
Ms. Jackson also attributes her style of singing to great composers, Edward “Duke’ Ellington, Mary Lou Williams Erroll Garner, Dr. Billy Taylor, Fats Waller, and songs from the Great American Songbook featuring George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter Lerner & Lowe, bringing new horizons to this classical American art form called Jazz. The truth is that she has a bit of all of them and much more that is uniquely her own style and proudly carries the jazz banner. Carrie is a performer that honed her skills in her hometown, Newark, NJ the cultural jazz mecca of performing arts while performing throughout the USA, and abroad.
Carrie spreads, shares her joy and well-honed expertise on the stage, while headlining her own performances. Carrie has performed at Birdland, Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club-Cola, Iridium, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Smoke, with many international musicians. Carrie’s CD Discography includes, CARRIE JACKSON,
THE NEARNESS OF YOU, A TRIBUTE TO SARAH VAUGHAN, NEWARK’S OWN,
CARRIE JACKSON, IF I HAD MY WAY, and soon to be released 2025,
JERSEY BOUNCE, CARRIE JACKSON, just to name a few.
Ms. Jackson is a favorite among jazz aficionados and musicians alike, she sings with great feeling for jazz. Carrie has worked with Duke ‘Howard” Anderson, Norman Simmons, Houston Person, Lisle Atkinson, Calvin Hughes, Stanley Jordan, Bill Goodwin, Lafayette Harris, Bradford Hayes, Radam Schwartz, Barry Harris, Carrie, with her multifaceted singing style can harmonize & swings classic jazz standards with sweet soul, wail the blues, cabaret, pop tunes, ballads, or Gospel, all complimented by her engaging stage presence and graceful moves. She is a gifted lyricist, has great timing and truly sings from her heart and is comfortable performing with a Small Ensemble, Big band and Orchestra. z c
sounds supremely comfortable playing the tenor.”
THIS VERSATILE performer has sung with many different groups and leads her own groups. She has been a guest vocalist for a variety of occasions including live radio and television as an artist and events around the world touring abroad and in the USA in years before and since.
Ms. Jackson is President/CEO Mo-Jazz LLC, Former President C-Jay Recording & Productions, Inc. Former, Music Director, New Jersey Jazz Society, current member New Jersey Jazz Society Board of Directors, Former Treasurer of International Women in Jazz, NYC, currently Community Advisory Board Member WBGO Radio 88.3 Newark. NJ Director, Jazz Vocal Collective, Newark, NJ
THIS VERSATILE performer has sung with many different groups and leads her own groups. She has been a guest vocalist for a variety of occasions including live radio and television as an international artist touring and playing events around the world touring abroad and in the USA in years before and since. Ms. Jackson has performed as an actress and dancer, for musical theater as a principal artist to include ‘AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, THE LIFE OF CHRIST, and NUNSENSE, while also appearing on live Television and Radio programs.