Nu Deco comes to Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center with a return collaboration with multi-Grammy winner Wyclef Jean. In addition, Nu Deco will welcome internationally acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated pianist Terrence Wilson for a performance of George Gershwin’s evergreen classic “Rhapsody in Blue”. The program also includes a reimagination of Michael Jackson’s landmark album Thriller in celebration of its 40th anniversary, as well as Sam Hyken’s Chanukah 5776.
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Wyclef Jean
Program
- Chanukah 5776 // Sam Hyken
- Rhapsody in Blue // George Gershwin ft. Terrence Wilson
- Out of the Silence // William Grant Still ft. Terrence Wilson
- Michael Jackson’s Thriller Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- Special collaboration featuring Wyclef Jean
About This Show
Wyclef Jean
The music that three-time Grammy Award winning and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated Wyclef Jean has written, performed, and produced — both as a solo superstar and as founder and guiding member of the Fugees — has been a consistently powerful, pop cultural force for over two decades. In 1996, the Fugees released their monumental album The Score. Since then, Wyclef has released eight albums as a solo artist that have sold nearly nine million copies worldwide, including his 1997 debut The Carnival and 2000’s The Eclectic: 2 Sides II a Book. In March 2019 Wyclef released Wyclef Goes Back to School, a collaboration with students he met while touring the United States and visiting colleges across the country. In December 2019, Wyclef announced the launch of his music publishing and distribution company Carnival World Music Group, with the support of entertainment industry finance firm Sound Royalties. Last year Netflix announced the production of an untitled animated project based on the real-life story of Wyclef’s childhood in Haiti, which will be co-produced by Greg Silverman’s company Stampede and have Jean as the film’s composer. 2020 also found Wyclef venturing into the podcast industry as the host of RunThatBack, a one of a kind weekly show for music lovers of any type, where Wyclef interviews heavy hitters from all walks of life, from music, to sports, politics, and
beyond. He also teamed up with Google in the fall of 2020 to create a jingle for their #BlackOwnedFriday campaign to promote and support shopping black-owned businesses for Black Friday during the holiday season. This campaign has won a Webby Award, and has been nominated for a Clio Award, among others.
In 2021 Wyclef co-founded SodoMoodLab, a jingle and scoring company. In his most recent project with Sodo, Wyclef stepped in as composer for seasons four and five of Showtime’s The Chi, a show created by screenwriter and actress Lena Waithe.