
Rising Star: Langston Hughes II
In the April 2024 issue of Jersey Jazz, drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. told me he had recently taken four young

In the April 2024 issue of Jersey Jazz, drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. told me he had recently taken four young

“There are 12 seconds that changed the course of jazz — the opening of Louis Armstrong’s 1928 trumpet solo on

The joint was jumpin’! There’s no other way to describe it. Alto saxophonist Julius Tolentino (left in photo above), recipient

The New Jersey Jazz Society is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $2,950 grant from The Summit Foundation

When bassist Martin Pizzarelli (right in photo above) celebrates the centennial birthday of his father, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli (left in

Growing up in Houston, Texas, Kate Kortum shared a computer with her five siblings. “Somehow, the Ella Fitzgerald recording of

Drummer Evan Sherman (photo above) will kick off the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s 2026 Jazz in the Loft series

Alto saxophonist/educator Julius Tolentino (photo above) received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz Education from DownBeat Magazine in 2024, the

The Madison (NJ) Community Arts Center was bursting at the seams as guitar maestros Frank Vignola (right, above) and Vinny

Two celebrated jazz artists are part of the fifth annual Immersive Residency program at Montclair State University’s John J. Cali
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