The music begins at 11 am each day and runs until 5 pm in three covered venues, including one with a dance floor, On Saturday, the featured artists are 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 and the Hot Club of New York, Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band and the Johnny Varro/Frank Tate Duo.
The festival kicks off on Friday, June 2 with a free outdoor concert by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Carriage House Field at the Madison, New Jersey campus of Drew University. The concert begins at 7:00 pm.
Tickets at the gate will be $40.00 per day or $75.00 for both days. Advance sale discounts are available on line at 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.
