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Award-winning Lineup For The 2025 Season Of The Back Deck Outdoor Concert Series in Morristown, NJ
Entering its sixth year, the popular Back Deck concert series returns with a robust season of performances featuring a lively mix of outstanding talents in jazz, classical, and genres in-between. Under the direction of Producer Gregory Burrus, the 2025 season promises a dynamic variety of memorable concerts under the stars. Patrons are invited to bring chairs, ...
On April 25, Explore The Life And Times Of A Singular Jazz Icon With 'Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got', Winner Of The 1986 Oscar For Best Documentary, Now Restored In 4k
Outspoken, manipulative, independent thinking and oftentimes controversial, Artie Shaw (1910-2004) was one of the most popular stars of the Swing Era, who famously broke the color barrier by hiring the legendary Billie Holiday, Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge for his bands. His complex love-hate relationship with his own celebrity caused him to walk away from ...
Prescribing Jazz: A Top Ten
by Artur Moral
National Doctors' Day is celebrated unevenly across our mistreated planet. It is absent in most countries, while it is observed as a holiday in a few. Coinciding (in the United States and Australia) with this day of recognition for a vital profession, this article is especially directed to the entire jazz-loving medical community, focusing on six ...
Next Generation Of Jazz Performs Free Concert At New Jersey Performing Arts Center, April 26
Featuring Young Local Artists from NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens, Jazz House Kids, Riverdale Country School (Bronx) and Susan E. Wagner High School (Staten Island) Hosted by WBGO Radio’s Sheila Anderson Sat. April 26, 25 at 4:30 p.m. Free. To register, visit njpac.org. Reservations are strongly encouraged. NJPAC One Center Street Newark, NJ ...
Soulful Singer Gregory Porter Returns To New Jersey Performing Arts Center, June 29
Prudential North to Shore Festival + sponsored in part by TD Bank Tickets go on sale Friday, March 7, 2025 NJPAC Prudential Hall Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, NJ 07102 As part of this summer’s highly anticipated Prudential North to Shore Festival, smoother-than-silk 2X GRAMMY winner Gregory Porter ...
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Peter Lin
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Peter Lin is a Taiwanese-American trombonist, producer, and educator based in New Jersey & New York City. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and raised in northern New Jersey, Peter played violin and piano before picking up the trombone at 10 years old. His love for music continued, motivating him to pursue a jazz studies degree at the esteemed music programs of William Paterson University (undergraduate) and Rutgers University (graduate). Since then, he has become an integral part of the music scene, performing and sharing the stage with renowned artists including Ron Carter, Slide Hampton, Winard Harper, Charli Persip, Jerry Weldon, George Cables, Valerie Ponomarev, JD Allen, Josh Evans, and Radam Schwartz. He also spent a considerable amount of time studying with his influences, including trombone masters Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Robin Eubanks, Steve Davis, and Frank Lacy. He continues to perform prolifically as both a leader and sideman at established venues in the tri-state area such as Carnegie Hall, NJPAC, Blue Note, Dizzy’s, Birdland, Smalls, and Zinc Bar.
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Don Messina
I met Lennie Tristano in 1973, while accompanying a friend to his weekly lessons. I did this about a dozen times over a few months. I was 17, the same year I started to play the double bass and it was after I heard a recording of the Metronome All-Stars featuring Charlie Parker and Lennie that I decided I wanted to be a jazz bassist. Since then I have been a devoted admirer and fan of Lennie’s music and his teaching as well as the beautiful music of Bird, Prez, Billie Holiday, Sal Mosca, Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, Roy Eldridge, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, Charlie Christian, Art Tatum, Django, Wes Montgomery, Max Roach, and Kenny Clarke. I spent the next 5 years traveling and playing music, ultimately realizing that I needed to study. In September of 1978 I called Lennie to take lessons. He told me he would get back to me; unfortunately, Lennie died weeks later in November, 1978.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center And The Bethany Baptist Church Celebrate 25 Years Of Free Monthly Jazz Vespers Concerts
February to June 2025 Schedule Includes Cassandra Wilson, Sheila Jordan, Arturo O'Farrill, Rhoda Scott and More First Saturday of every month—February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3 and June 7, 2025. All shows begin at 6:00 p.m. Bethany Baptist Church 275 W. Market Street Newark, NJ 07103 Tickets + Information FREE. For ...
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Continues Free Monthly Jazz Jams At Clement’s Place
Co-presented by NJPAC’s Jazz Advisory Committee and Rutgers Institute for Jazz Studies, Jazz Jams at Clement’s Place is a monthly Jazz Jams Session concert series (January-June 2025) featuring top-flight New Jersey musicians directed by pianist and bandleader, James Austin, Jr.. Audience members immerse themselves in the relaxing sounds of jazz music that stimulate the players’ and ...
April May Webb Wins 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced April May Webb as the winner of the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Hosted by WBGO Radio’s Sheila Anderson, yesterday’s“The SASSY Awards” presented the Top Five Finalists on the iconic NJPAC stage in front of ...
