Jersey Jazz Archives

April 2025

ON THE COVER:

Michael Feinstein. Photo by Brittany Duncan

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Larry Fuller Trio; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet; Jazz HIstory: Gene Ammons; Jazz at Kean Stage: Michael Feinstein; Jazz at SOPAC: Endea Owens; Jazz at Berrie Center: Shayna Steele; Princeton Jazz Festival: Rising Star Alex MacArthur; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky: Roy Ayers COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You

March 2025

ON THE COVER:

Anat Cohen. Photo by Rodrigo Lopez

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Chuck Redd and John DiMartino; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Vocalist April Varner; Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Life of Louis Armstrong; Women’s History Month: Anat Cohen Turns 50; Grammy Winner: Dan Pugach Big Band; Jazz History: James Moody; Rising Star: Holly Bean; Sarasota Jazz Festival; Big Band in the Sky: Roberta Flack COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Pelote’s Place; Not Without You

February 2025

ON THE COVER:

Celebrating The Jazztet. Photo by Brian McMillen

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Champian Fulton; 2025 Jazz Scholarship Competition; Celebrating The Jazztet; Jazz at Kean Stage & McCarter Theatre: ‘New Orleans Songbook’; Stryker With Strings; Rising Star: Skylar Tang; Jazz at UCPAC: Juilliard’s ‘Sound of Bebop Jazz’; Book Review: The Rhythm of Unity; Album Review: Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You

January 2025

ON THE COVER:

JALC Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Gilberto Tadday

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Tribute to Gigi Gryce; Jazz History: Barbara Carroll; Grammy Nominee: Donald Vega; Jazz at Mayo PAC: JALC’s ‘Cool School & Hard Bop’; North Carolina Jazz Festival: Bill Easley; Rising Star: April May Webb; Album Review: Classic V-Disc Small Group Sessions; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Guest Column: Vincent Pelote; Not Without You

December 2024

ON THE COVER:

Jullius Tolentino. Photo by Roy Cox

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Anderson Brothers Trio; Jazz Education: Julius Tolentino; Big Band in the Sky: Quincy Jones; Big Band in the Sky: Lou Donaldson; Big Band in the Sky: Roy Haynes; Jazz at Grunin Center: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Rising Star: Karen Xie; Review: The Louis Armstrong Musical; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest.

November 2024

ON THE COVER:

Warren Wolf. Photo by Roy Cox

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Summer Camargo Trio; TD James Moody Jazz Festival: Cindy Blackman Santana; TD James Moody Jazz Festival: All-State Jazz Ensemble and Choir; Jazz at William Paterson: Warren Wolf; Giants of Jazz: Lewis Nash; Jazz History: Paul Desmond; Rising Star: Veronica Leahy; Book Review: Songbook Summit; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You!

October 2024

ON THE COVER:

Dan Morgenstern with Louis Armstrong

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Scholarship Winners; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Jazz Lobsters; Big Band in the Sky: Dan Morgenstern, Benny Golson, Sergio Mendes; Jazz@ThePoint: Brian Bromberg; Jazz at the Newton Theatre: John Scofield; Jazz History: Terry Gibbs; Jazz Education: Shamie Royston; Jazz Education: Nathan Eklund; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow's Nest; Not Without You!

September 2024

ON THE COVER:

Festival Feast

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Celebrating Jimmy Van Heusen; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: The Midiri Brothers; Jazz History: Bud Powell; Big Band in the Sky: Russell Malone; Montclair Jazz Festival; Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival; Central Jersey Jazz Festival; Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival; West Orange Jess Festival; Kean Jazz & Roots Festival; Middlesex County Jazz Festival; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Not Without You!

July/August 2024

ON THE COVER:

Wycliffe Gordon

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Free Summer Jazz in New Jersey; Jazz History: Dinah Washington; Jazz at William Paterson: Wycliffe Gordon; Jazz at UCPAC: Mindi Abair; Jazz in New York: Bruce Harris; Rising Star: Ani Chakavarthy; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky: Angela Bofill. Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Not Without You!

June 2024

ON THE COVER:

Samara Joy

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

2024 NJJS Scholarship Winners; Jersey Jazz LIVE! Forbidden Tropics; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Joel Zelnik Trio; Big Band in the Sky: David Sanborn; Jazz at NJPAC: Samara Joy; Jazz on the Back Deck: Jazz Goes to the Movies; Rising Star: Dani Assis; NYO Jazz Orchestra: Ben Schwartz; Big Band in the Sky: Bill Holman; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.

May 2024

ON THE COVER:

Esperanza Spalding

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE!: Mariel Bildsten; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: James Austin, Jr.; Jazz at McCarter: Esperanza Spalding; Generation Y: Ulysses Owens, Jr.; Essentially Ellington: Newark Academy Jazz Band; Rising Star: Evan Gongora; Big Band in the Sky: Albert “Tootie” Heath; Book Reviews; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

April 2024

ON THE COVER:

Terence Blanchard

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Chicken Fat Ball: Ehud Asherie; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Sentimental Journey Big Band; NEA Jazz Master: Terence Blanchard; Rising Star: Esteban Castro; Jazz at Rutherfurd Hall: Tomoko Ohno Quintet Plays Rodgers and Hart; Jazz and Blues Showcase: Philly 5 Honors Larry McKenna; Sarasota Jazz Festival; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.

March 2024

ON THE COVER:

Sarah Vaughan

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Lucy Wijnands; Sarasota Jazz Festival: Grace Kelly; Women’s History Month: Sarah Vaughan; Bethany Jazz Vespers: Camille Thurman; Rising Star: Olivia Hughart; International Women in Jazz; Other Views; COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

February 2024

ON THE COVER:

Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Lance Bryant Trio; Jazz History: Sonny Stitt; Jazz at Paper Mill Playhouse: After Midnight; Jazz at the Vogel: Joshua Redman; Rising Star: Tyler Bullock; PBS Documentary: Dr. Eddie Henderson; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Not Without You.

January 2024

ON THE COVER:

Roy Hargrove Big Band

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Daryl Sherman and Jay Leonhart; North Carolina Jazz Festival; Rising Star: Kellin Hanas; Jazz at SOPAC: Roy Hargrove Big Band; Jazz History: Max Roach; Jazz at McCarter: Blue Note 85th Anniversary; Suncoast Jazz Festival; Giants of Jazz Photo Gallery; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

December 2023

ON THE COVER:

Count Basie Orchestra’s Scotty Barnhart

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! The Royal Bopsters; Jazz at Birdland: Lucy Wijnands; Grammy Nominee: Basie’s Scotty Barnhart; Jazz at Brvsh Cul7ur3: Riza Printup’s Harp Trio; Jazz at the Morris Museum: Water Gap Jazz Orchestra; Rising Star: Tyreek McDole; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.

November 2023

ON THE COVER:

Pianist Kenny Barron

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Chuck Redd Duo; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Cynthia Sayer; Giants of Jazz: Kenny Barron; TD James Moody Jazz Festival: Stefon Harris; Rising Star: Jacob Tolentino; TD James Moody Jazz/Grunin Center: Sean Mason; Shanghai Jazz: Eric Mintel; Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Winner; Review: Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky

October 2023

ON THE COVER:

Alto Saxophonist Erena Terakubo

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Bill Mays Trio; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Swingadelic; Detroit Jazz Festival; Jazz@The Point: Erena Terakubo; Jazz at Smoke: Steve Davis Sextet; Rising Star: Liany Mateo; Jazz History: Barney Kessel; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.

September 2023

ON THE COVER:

Evan Palazzo & Elizabeth Bougeron; Nat Adderley, Jr., Jazz House Collective Band

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Big Band in the Sky: Tony Bennett; Central Jersey Jazz Festival; Montclair Jazz Festival; Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival; West Orange and Middlesex County Jazz Festivals; Kean Jazz & Roots Festival; Rising Star: Mecadon McCune; Other Views COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

July/August 2023

ON THE COVER:

Evan Sherman Big Band at the Morris Museum

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jazz History: Johnny Hartman; Jazz at William Paterson: Art Baron’s Duke’s Men; Jazz on the Back Deck: Evan Sherman Big Band; Vincent Herring’s Something Else!; Rising Stars: NYO Jazz, JHK All-Stars; Jazz History: Tal Farlow; Book Review: Kansas City Jazz; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den

June 2023

ON THE COVER:

On the Cover: NJJS 2023 Scholarship Winners

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Ted Rosenthal Trio; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Brian Betz/Jon Barnes; Jazz History: Lucky Thompson; Rising Stars: 2023 NJJS Scholarship Winners; Jazz at NJPAC: George Benson; McCarter’s Jazz in June; Rising Star: April Varner; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

May 2023

ON THE COVER:

John & Bucky Pizzarelli

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Chicken Fat Ball; Big Band in the Sky: Ahmad Jamal; Jazz at Mayo PAC: John Pizzarelli; Django A Gogo 20th Anniversary; Jazz History: Red Garland; Jazz For Teens 25th Anniversary; Rising Star: Kevin Huang Other COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan's Den; Not Without You.

April 2023

ON THE COVER:

Freddie Hendrix & Bruce Williams at William Paterson Jazz Room Series

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Chicken Fat Ball; Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon: Aaron Weinstein; Big Band in the Sky: Wayne Shorter; The American Song at NJPAC: Audra McDonald; Jazz at William Paterson: 50th Anniversary; Highlights in Jazz: 50th Anniversary; Sarasota Jazz Festival; Rising Star: Jacquie Lee; Other Views. COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; The Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

March 2023

ON THE COVER:

Brianna Thomas

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jazz History: Wes Montgomery; Jazz History: Thad Jones; Women in Jazz: Brianna Thomas; Jazz at the Vogel: Stanley Clarke; Sarasota Jazz Festival; Rising Stars: Mingus Winners; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky. COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.

February 2023

ON THE COVER:

Camille Thurman & the Princeton Jazz Collective

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jersey Jazz LIVE! Women in Jazz; Jazz History: Dexter Gordon; McCarter/Princeton Jazz Partnership; Jazz at Thompson Central Park; Rising Stars: Temple’s Rhythm Section; North Carolina Jazz Festival; Other Views; Big Band in the Sky. COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; From the Crow’s Nest; Not Without You.

January 2023

ON THE COVER:

Milt Jackson, Chuck Redd, Gary Burton, Warren Wolf

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Jazz Education: NJJS Scholarship; Jersey Jazz LIVE! Sarah Partridge; Jazz History: Milt Jackson; Jazz at Smoke: Billy Harper; Suncoast Jazz Festival; Jazz Education: The New School; Rising Star: Anthony Ware; Big Band in the Sky. COLUMNS All That’s Jazz; Editor’s Choice; Dan’s Den; Not Without You.