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Article: Live Review

Leonieke Scheuble: June 2019 Tour

by David A. Orthmann
July 29, 2019

Located right in front of a train station, the South Orange Gazebo is an uncommonly boisterous location for a jazz concert. Whistles blowing, brakes screeching, trains arrive and depart every ten minutes or so. Automobiles access parking lots via a rotary about fifteen feet away. Their horns and sound systems blare as drivers compete for space. ...

About Jim Lutz

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Musician

Jim Lutz

Born: November 21, 1978

Jim Lutz makes music, mainly with trombones, bass guitars, and keyboards, in the greater NYC area. He composes and produces music for clients around the world, and for his YouTube channel, Twitch livestream, Patreon page, and other outlets. Current work includes Beetlejuice 1st National Tour, Beginnings Chicago Tribute Band, and Brian Kirk & the Jirks. Originally from central Michigan, Jim has appeared on stages, in recording studios, and in broadcast media in dozens of cities around the world including London, Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and of course New York. His credits include Cirque du Soleil, Disney, and the TONY® and EMMY® award-winning production "Blast!"

News: Performance / Tour

Terri Lyne Carrington: A Bi-Coastal Weekend

November 8, 2018

By Cristofer Gross On Friday evening, November 9, drummer-composer-educator Terri Lyne Carrington will headline a special concert in UCLA's Royce Hall. Two days later she will be at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for her half of another special concert entitled “Jazz Vinyl Revisited." In addition to having Carrington on the bills, there ...

Article: Live Review

Ted Chubb Band at Trumpets Jazz Club

by David A. Orthmann
June 26, 2018

Ted Chubb Band Trumpets Jazz Club Montclair, NJ June 21, 2018 The other night I went to Trumpets Jazz Club to check out the Ted Chubb Band without any preconceptions as to what I was about to hear. I was nonetheless interested in answers to some basic questions. Knowing nothing about ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz House Kids: The House that Jazz Built

by Bob Kenselaar
April 6, 2018

When we think of jazz education, we might first think about what's developed at the college level and at music conservatories over the last fifty years or so, and then maybe consider how jazz instruction and jazz bands have flourished at the high school and middle school levels a little more recently. But beyond these settings, ...

Article: Live Review

Bob DeVos Quartet At Trumpets Jazz Club

by David A. Orthmann
February 8, 2018

Bob DeVos Quartet Trumpets Jazz Club Montclair, NJ January 26, 2018 We live in a time when some of the septuagenarian jazz survivors, with roots in the music's venerated years, are taking a well-deserved victory lap. They've earned the right to expect audiences to pay to hear them ...

Article: Profile

Savoy Records: From Newark To The World

by Jordan Levy
February 6, 2018

On June 26, 1942, James Petrillo, President of the American Federation of Musicians, the nations union for working musicians did the unthinkable and announced a recording ban on all major labels. The ban was set in place due to perceived uneven compensation for musicians. The AFM ban on recording occurred at a critical time, as it ...

Article: Live Review

James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt at the Prudential Center

by Mike Perciaccante
July 15, 2017

James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt The Prudential Center Newark, NJ July 6, 2017 On a pleasant Thursday evening just after the 4th of July, when many of the audience members were enjoying an extended Independence Day holiday, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt touched down at Newark, NJ's Prudential Center for the ...

Article: Live Review

Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears For Fears with special guest Allen Stone at the Prudential Center

by Mike Perciaccante
June 25, 2017

Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears For Fears with special guest Allen Stone The Prudential Center Newark, NJ June 17, 2017 On a pleasant Saturday evening in mid-June, the Hall & Oates/Tears For Fears co-headlining tour made its way to NJ's Prudential Center. It was definitely pop and soul night ...

News: Event

Alexis Morrast Sings: Summer Solstice Concert At Rutgers Gardens

June 16, 2017

The New Brunswick Jazz Project kicks off summer with two back to back outdoor events on Wednesday June 21 with the Second Annual Summer Solstice Jazz and Wine Concert, in conjunction with Rutgers Gardens. This year's event will feature 16-year-old jazz vocal phenom Alexis Morrast. Alexis, a singer/song writer, is a native of Newark and currently ...