TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- "Bending Towards the Light - a Jazz Nativity," a fixture for several years on the New York jazz scene, moves this December to Trenton's Patriots Theater.
The Christmas story, told through the medium of jazz with jazz stars in full costume playing all the roles, will be performed Dec. 6 at the theater, located in Trenton's War Memorial.
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The performance will feature trumpeter Jon Faddis, trombonist Slide Hampton and tap dancer Jimmy Slyde as the Three Kings and Clark Terry as "The King of Jazz."
The Shiloh Baptist Church Gospel Choir will round out the cast. Guests who will join the cast in the closing piece, "Deck The Halls," include trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and flutist Dave Valentin.
