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Introducing Saxophonist Kevin Huang
by Sanford Josephson
When Kevin Huang was in middle school, he started attending the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's TD Jazz for Teens program. “There were lots of incredible people there," he said, “not only the mentoring from the actual teachers but the community of people I got to play with--my fellow peers, who were incredible musicians." He spent ...
Introducing Violinist Jacquie Lee
by Sanford Josephson
When Jacquie Lee was nine years old, she went with her family to see violinist Regina Carter at Birdland. “I had never felt a connection to jazz at that point," she recalled, “but I saw someone who was a woman and a violinist playing jazz. I idolized her for a long time. We had family connections, ...
Introducing Drummer Maria Marmarou
by Sanford Josephson
At the 2023 Jazz at Lincoln Center Jack Rudin Championship, held January 14 and 15 at JALC's Rose Hall, drummer Maria Marmarou, a graduate student at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance, received the Earl Hines Outstanding Musician Award. She also shared Outstanding Drums honors with Nygel Anderson of Florida State University and Pete ...
Introducing Saxophonist Anthony Ware
by Sanford Josephson
When Anthony Ware was a fourth grader at the Hillcrest Elementary School in Somerset, NJ, he had the opportunity to select a musical instrument to learn. “We had our pick of instruments," he recalled. “I had always seen this saxophone in my father's closet, and I'd heard stories--'Your father played saxophone.' I fell in love with ...
Introducing Pianist Samvit Prem Singhal
by Sanford Josephson
Growing up in Delhi, India, Samvit Prem Singhal always had a love for jazz, although he played classical piano. “I was playing piano since I was three years old," he recalled. “I started playing Indian classical music. Then, I transitioned into western classical music. But my dad had some jazz CDs, and, in the back of ...
Introducing Bassist Adi Meyerson
by Sanford Josephson
As a teenager in Israel, Adi Meyerson played the electric bass and was “into fusion and rock, listening to Jaco (Pastorius) and stuff. I was about 17, and I think it was a family friend who gave me a bunch of Sonny Rollins albums. I kinda listened to them and was like, 'What's that? How do ...
New Jersey Jazz Society 50th Anniversary Concert Set For October 9th
During the early 1970s, New Jersey jazz fans would gather at the Chester Inn to hear Chuck Slate’s Traditional Jazz Band or at the Hillside Lounge (also in Chester) to see cornetist Wild Bill Davison, or alto saxophonist Rudy Powell, or guitarist Al Casey. In October 1972, under the leadership of the late Jack Stine, these ...
Meet Saxophonist Zoe Obadia
by Sanford Josephson
In April 2019, alto saxophonist Zoe Obadia sat in with the Bill Charlap Trio to play Dave Brubeck's “Time Out" at International Jazz Day. “I was definitely very nervous to sit in with such an established and refined trio," she said," but I had fun and felt very supported on stage and off." Said Charlap: “She ...
Learn About More Jazz Giants this fall online at Rutgers Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Course: More Giants of Jazz Wednesdays, September 7 through October 12 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. No class is scheduled for October 5. Course code: RV42 Class Size: Medium Member: $50 / Non-Member: $75 This course includes all new jazz giants! Each class will focus on jazz legends, someone ...
Meet Bassist Laura Simone-Martin
by Sanford Josephson
As a fifth grader at Lawrence Intermediate School in Lawrenceville, NJ, Laura Simone-Martin was planning to play the cello. But her mother, Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, who teaches Vocal Jazz at Princeton University, showed her a video of bassist Esperanza Spalding performing at the White House. “I saw her in her Afro, playing and singing. I just ...
