{"id":2041,"date":"2026-10-06T18:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2026-10-11T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:17:08","slug":"east-end-jazz-presents-the-heart-of-america-songs-of-our-roots-on-october-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/east-end-jazz-presents-the-heart-of-america-songs-of-our-roots-on-october-24\/","title":{"rendered":"East End Jazz Presents: The Heart of America &#8211; Songs of Our Roots on October 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of America&#8217;s 250-year celebration, the Jamesport Meeting House is proud to host an exclusive concert by East End Jazz, &#8220;The Heart of America: Songs of Our Roots,&#8221; on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The program explores the foundational music of the American experience, beautifully weaving together soulful blues, spiritual hymns and gospel, and the rich story telling of country music. Under the direction of bassist, arranger and East End Jazz Director Iris Ornig the quartet will perform reimagined, jazz-infused versions of American classics such as &#8220;Oh, Susanna,&#8221; &#8220;Just a Closer Walk With Thee,&#8221; &#8220;When Johnny Comes Marching Home,&#8221; &#8220;Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,&#8221; &#8220;Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,&#8221; &#8220;This Land is Your Land&#8221; and others. Ms. Ornig describes the selections as, &#8220;The rhythmic heartbeat of the history of the United States of America.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to hear a powerhouse of the finest jazz musicians from New York City and the Hamptons; Lauren Lee on vocals, Taka Otomo at piano, Iris Ornig on bass and arrangements, and Brian Woodruff on drums.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Tickets are only $20. Advance purchase is strongly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href='https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/q2meu5r' class='small-button smallblue' target=\"_blank\">Purchase Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2042\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-1024x709.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-1024x709.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-768x532.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-1536x1064.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3750-2048x1419.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of America&#8217;s 250-year celebration, the Jamesport Meeting House is proud to host an exclusive concert by East End Jazz, &#8220;The Heart of America: Songs of Our Roots,&#8221; on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. The program explores the foundational music of the American experience, beautifully weaving together soulful blues, spiritual hymns and gospel, and the rich story telling of country music.<br \/>\n<a href='https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/q2meu5r' class='small-button smallblue' target=\"_blank\">Purchase Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[40,30,41,35,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesportmeetinghouse.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}