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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

After being discharged from the Army in 1945, Pete Rugolo became the primary arranger for the Stan Kenton Band and

In the 1970s and ’80s, the New Jersey Jazz Society held summer festivals at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, NJ, sometimes

“A lot of what we do comes from spontaneity, the idea of creating a moment.” That was a bit of

There are hardly words adequate to describe the phenomenon that is Marilyn Maye. At the age of 97, she is

“If they hire me,” said Dr. David Demsey, “they know they’re getting some Thad Jones.” Demsey, who recently retired after

The popular composer Burt Bacharach had some roots in jazz. Shortly after he died in February 2023 at the age

As pianist-in-residence at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival, Jason Moran (photo above) gave three performances. One of them featured John