The main event for the New Jersey Jazz Society's sanofi-aventis JazzFest 2006, New Jersey's longest running jazz festival, will be held on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. A portion of the profits have been earmarked to help jazz musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. Already, the NJJS has collected almost $1,000.00 since the festival began on June 2. The music on June 10 and 11 begins at 11:00 am each day and runs nonstop in three covered venues until 5:00 pm. On Saturday, the featured artists will include singer Jackie Cain, the Bill Charlap Trio, the Kit McClure Big Band, the Ed Polcer Sextet with Kenny Davern, Tom Artin, Johnny Varro, Frank Tate, Joe Ascione and special guest, 10-year-old violin sensation Jonathan Russell. Also appearing will be the Barry Harris / Earl May Duo and the Howard Alden/Gene Bertoncini Duo.
On Sunday, the featured artists will be the Kenny Davern-Bucky Pizzarelli Quartet, Roberta Gambarini, the Harry Allen Quartet, Warren Vache, Stephane Wrembel, Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band and the Johnny Varro / Frank Tate Duo.
All of the JazzFest events have been made possible by the generous support of corporations and local organizations, including sanofi- aventis, Reckson Associates, Wyeth, Bank of America, Verizon, Schering-Plough, PNC Advisors and Toyota of Morristown. The sanofi- aventis JazzFest is also sponsored by WBGO Jazz88FM and JazzTimes Magazine.
Tickets for the June 10-11 weekend will be $40.00 per day or $75.00 for both days. Advance sale discounts are available on line at www.njjs.org or by calling the ticket hotline at 800-500-7939. Students are $10.00 and children 12 and under are free. There will be a free shuttle bus from the Convent Station stop on the NJ Transit Dover line. For more information, call 800-303-6557.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
