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A Look at Musicians' Hard Lives
If you'd like to get a realistic glimpse of the life of a jazz musician, turn in to HBO's “Treme," set in post-Katrina New Orleans. Several of the show's primary characters are musicians, jazz or other, who eke out a living in one of America's most musical cities. If you can't make it here, can you ...
Summer's Near and Jazz is in the Air
Last night launched John Henry Goldman's summer series of performances at Labyrinth Books on Nassau Street in Princeton, which will continue each Wednesday night through July. If you missed it, you can catch John Henry, with Luke Abruzzo, Gary Schaeffer and Mike Ipri at Tre Pieni in Forestal Village at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night. Friday, ...
Time to Move On?
I'm about to betray my generation, but I have to say I'm growing tired of the music of my youth. This is something that many of my fellow baby boomers apparently haven't felt ... yet.While I still dearly love listening to -- and regularly do -- the music I grew up with, from the ...
Mary Lou, We Hardly Know Ya ...
The Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble will be paying tribute Saturday to Mary Lou Williams, possibly jazz's most overlooked genius, on the centennial of her birth.Maybe it was her gender, maybe it was the company she kept (she worked for Dorsey, Goodman, Ellington ... you name it, anyone with a decent band in the ...
Enjoy a Big Band?
If you enjoy big band music, there are precious few opportunities to hear one outside of New York City. One regular exception is the Jazz Celebration Big Band, which performs (almost) monthly at the Temperance House in Newtown, Pa. -- and will at 8 p.m. April 29.The band will also have an ...
Shows to See This Week
I haven't been able to stay current with all of the great performances these days, but here are a few Central Jersey Jazz highlights to check out:The John Bianculli Trio with Earl Sauls on bass and Taro Okamoto on drums will be at Steakhouse 85 on Church Street in New Brunswick from 7 p.m. ...
March: In Like a Jazz Lion
Thursday, March 11Join the fun at the Hopewell Inn with the jazz jam lead by Jim Popik, of Black Diamond Jazz. Bring your horn, ax or sticks anytime after 8 p.m. Friday, March 12The John Bianculli Trio, with vocalist Jackie Jones will be at Christopher's at the Heldrich Hotel, 10 Livingston ...
Time to Stomp
The New Jersey Jazz Society does a lot for jazz fans -- and for the future of jazz. One project the NJJS undertakes is the support of young jazz musicians, with scholarships awarded to students at New Jersey's fine schools of jazz: Rutgers University, William Paterson University, Rowan University and New Jersey City University.Scholarships ...
Is It Clear?
The last few weeks' performances have been scrambled by the weather -- a special event planned by John Bianculli has been delayed, possibly until April, and the Jazz Celebration Big Band February show at the Temperence House in Newtown, Pa., was called off.And to top it off, the launch of a new jazz jam ...
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