A look back at their lives and careers will appear in the November-December issue of Jersey Jazz Magazine.

A look back at their lives and careers will appear in the November-December issue of Jersey Jazz Magazine.
The New Jersey Jazz Society (NJJS) is a non-profit organization of business and professional people, musicians, teachers, students and listeners working together for the purpose of advancing jazz music.
Pianist Anthony Aldissi discovered jazz in his freshman year at Gibbs High School in Clearwater, FL. “My biggest ongoing inspiration is the great pianist Chick Corea,” he said. “I would like to share the joy of music...
Tuesday nights are special at New York’s Thompson Central Park Hotel (formerly the Parker Meridien). From 6-9 p.m. in Parker’s lobby/atrium bar there is now live jazz, thanks to the efforts of the Jazz Foundation of...
When Kenny Brawner was about 13 years old, growing up in Augusta, GA, he heard Ray Charles on the radio. His two favorite albums are Ray Charles at Newport, from his 1958 appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival; and Ray...