This past October, producer, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist Sérgio Mendes and singer/songwriter Bebel Gilberto presented a special “60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova” concert at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown.
Alto saxophonist Richie Cole, a Ewing, NJ, native, will bring his Alto Madness Orchestra back to Ewing on Saturday, December
Each year the Christmas Season brings a new influx of holiday music. Here are the new releases from the current crop that I found most appealing.
Baritone saxophonist Frank Basile was called a “prized sideman” by The New Yorker. That’s because he has appeared with a wide range of prestigious bands including the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars Big Band, and a Bill Charlap-led salute to Birth of the Cool at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 3 …
The Chicken Fat Ball returns Sunday, January 5, at 1 p.m, with another all-star cast of swing musicians to start off the New Year with a bang. Since the first CFB in 1964, this event has been fortunate to attract a star-studded lineup; and 2020 is no exception.
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