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Joe Lang
About Me
I have been listening to jazz since my early teens. Initially I was into New Orleans jazz and the big
swing bands. The event that got me to listen to more modern sounds was hearing Maynard
Ferguson's band on a live broadcast from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. By the time that I got
out of college in 1962, I was hooked on jazz, and the pop music of the day held no interest for me.
The only performer of the so-ca;;ed Rock Era who has any real appeal for me is Van Morrison.
For eight years, from 1985-1993, I owned a used record store, and had great fun, but never
recovered financially. I was like a drunk who bought a bar. There were just too many records
coming through the door that found their way into my personal collection
In the mid-1990s I became involved with the New Jersey jazz society where I served for many years
as the Music Chairman, and also served as President at one point. My main involvement with NJJS is
writing reviews of CD, books and live performances for their magazine, “Jersey Jazz.”
I do write occasional liner notes for jazz and vocal albums.
