Podcast appearances and mentions of darrin ross

Host Deardra Shuler talks with creator, producer and director, Darrin Ross, who will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of his spectacular show in tribute to Michael Jackson 10 years after his passing.  The Tribute show will be at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx, Saturday, May 25 at 8pm. Darrin Ross has been producing and engineering songs since 1984. He worked with Jam On Productions, producing hit songs “Jam On It,” “Push the Button,” “Destination Earth” etc. He later created his own record company with Keith Davis wherein they started a group called The Roots. He worked with Rennie Harris Pure Movement as the Executive Director and co-collaborator, creating music and lighting.  He worked on Rome and Jewels, a hip hop version of Romeo and Juliet resulting in Ross winning a Bessie Award for Sound Design and Composition. Darrin created his current show Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson in 2009, right after Jackson died. Ross searched all over the world to find people that could sing and dance like Michael and worked closely with them to perfect his vision of a one of a kind spectacular tribute show that truly captures the essence of Michael Jackson. Tickets for INVINCIBLE can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 or through online access at www.LehmanCenter.org.  

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. Rennie Harris, choreographer, joins us to talk about his work, Lazarus, commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Cal-Performances for AAADT's 60th Anniversary (1958-2018). Program A, performed Tuesday, April 9 at 8pm and Saturday, April 13 at 8pm at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall, features the Bay Area premiere of hip hop dance pioneer Rennie Harris’ Lazarus (2018), inspired by the life and legacy of Alvin Ailey. The work is the company’s first two-act ballet and was a 2018 recipient of the New England Foundation For the Arts prestigious National Dance Project grant. With Lazarus, which has a score by Darrin Ross, Harris addresses the racial inequities America faced when Ailey founded this company in 1958 and still faces today. True to tradition, the program closes with Revelations, Ailey’s 1960 masterpiece celebrating the African-American experience. 2. Rebroadcast of Wed., April 3, 2019: Erik Lee & Latanya Tigner, Mazin Jamal, Dr. David Campt, Shelley Davis Roberts

Host Deardra Shuler invites as her guests Darrin Ross, creator, producer and director of the show "Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson," the #1 tribute show endorsed by Joe Jackson, Michael's father.  This year the show will feature dances that Michael choreographed with his choreographer Lavelle Smith Jr, but never brought to the national stage. So fans will be privy to new material.  NJPAC, the venue housing the show at their Performing Arts Center, is hosting a special Michael Jackson Day that will involve festive events, workshops, a Sound-alike, Look-alike and Dress-alike contest, face painting, memorabilia on display and other events which ticket holders can partake in from 5-8pm culminating with the Invincible show at 8pm.  Vocal Percussionist Anointed S will also be a guest who talks about his career and involvement in the show. For tickets go to Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 and/or call the NJPAC box office at 888-466-5722 or see www.njpac.org.

Deardra Shuler interviews Darrin Ross producer of Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson and LaValle Smith, Jr. who worked with Michael Jackson over the years as a dancer and choreographer of several of the Michael Jackson tours like Badd, History and Dangerous. He appeared on the concert tours of The Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Diana Ross and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour. Invincible is appearing at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) at 8;00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.  The show, nothing short of a extravaganza, features dancers, Jackson's songs, videos, light show, and two look alike impersonators, Pete Carter (dancing Michael) and Jeffrey Perez (concert Michael). Invincible Producer and Director, Darrin Ross is the recipient of a 2001 New York Dance & Performance Award (BESSIE) for his music composition for Rome & Jewels. Mr. Ross has worked with and established many artists in the industry such as Freeway, PM Dawn, Newcleus, Doug E. Fresh, King Britt, Zhane, Jungle Brothers, Kim Waters, Todd Terry, the Roots, Bahamadia, Victor Duplaix, and more. Fans can obtain tickets by calling the NJPAC box office at 888-GO NJPAC (466-5722) or can go on line at www.njpac.org.   Also through www.Ticketmaster.com    

A conversation with Darrin Ross about throwing lots of creative ideas at the wall seems to resonate very well in the twilight of this show's existence. Best show yet.

Jeremy and Darrin Ross continue to talk after The Cocktail Napkin episode 66.