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The VJE

It takes a bold, knowledgeable, and inventive group to call itself The VJE. The moniker Verve conjures the legendary jazz label Verve Records: once home to the greatest pioneering names in the artform – from Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald to Bill Evans, Count Basie, and Buddy Rich. It is in the spirit of the Verve label’s 1950s - ‘60s hard bop heyday that The VJE composes, arranges, and performs jazz of a timeless quality. Across eight albums and counting – the latest entitled All In – the “VJE” has been satisfying the cravings of critics and audiences alike, consistently placing near or at the very top of the JazzWeek radio chart for the past decade. No less than Ellis Marsalis, the late, revered patriarch of the highly distinguished Marsalis Family that gave us Wynton, Branford, Jason and Delfeayo Marsalis, observed, “The VJE is the new MJQ,” referring to the fabled Modern Jazz Quartet.

Connect the Dots

By The VJE

Label: LightGroove Media
Released: 2018
Track listing: Bistro; Tangerine; Connect the Dots; Disk Jockey Jump; Autumn Left; Little Karin; On the Run; Ceora; Intermission Riff; Love for Sale; My Shining Hour; Jumping on the Couch; Lil Darlin'

Josh Feldstein

Verve Jazz Ensemble leader Josh Feldstein has been a jazz drummer for more than 30 years. The VJE's 5th album, "Connect The Dots," to be released in July 2018, features Josh Feldstein on drums supported by an expanded VJE septet and a front line of horns including trumpet, tenor, alto / flute, and trombone. A native New Yorker who grew up on the NYC jazz scene, Josh has studied with drum legends John Riley and Joe Morello. Josh formed the VJE in 2006 as a local jazz group in the Danbury, CT area. The straight-ahead jazz group – which paid homage to the legendary music of the famed Verve record label – soon took off with a large local following

East End Sojourn

By The VJE

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Sister Sadie; Jitterbug Waltz; You And The Night And The Music; My One And Only Love; Flor De Lis; East End Avenue; Corner Pocket; Strollin' Meets Cute; Dill Dally Doodle.

It's About Time

By The VJE

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Lady Bird; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Big Swing Face; Boplicity; The Days of Wine and Roses; Jordu; Lady Bird (alternate take); Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (alternate take); Big Swing Face (alternate take).