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Things are bounding back to normal! It’s hard to fathom that a month ago I was barely gigging and now it’s back to a schedule reminiscent of 2019. This week my youngest child, Jacquie, takes a huge step forward in her blossoming career as a jazz violinist. She will be hosting a student jam session at Montclair’s classic Barbeque joint – Ruthie’s BBQ and Pizza. Then Friday and Saturday I will return to the Jazz Gallery in New York for a reunion of Roy Hargrove’s Big Band, celebrating his life and music. Also Saturday afternoon I’ll be taking the stage at the Kean University Jazz Festival with the Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet
Ruthie’s Bar-B-Q Student Jam Session
Thursday October 14th 6 pm until 9 pm
Hosted By Jacquie Lee (Violin)
Featuring Derrick Campos (Guitar), Michael Topping (Bass) and
Gilad Perlman (Drums).
Join us this Thursday Night at 6 pm as Ruthie’s Bar-B-Q and Pizza hosts an open jazz jam session for students. Led by up and coming 16-year-old violinist Jacquie Lee, the house band will open with a short set then segue directly into an open jazz jam. Bring your horn and your appetite!
Thursday October 14th 6 pm until 9 pm Ruthie’s Bar-B-Q and Pizza
64 1/2 Chestnut St, Montclair, NJ
No Cover
Food Minimum is $8
BYOB
An Evening Celebrating Roy Hargrove’s 52nd Birthday with Big Band directed by Jason Marshall
- Friday, October 15, 2021 &
- Saturday October 16, 2021
- The Jazz Gallerywww.jazzgallery.org (map)
- Google Calendar ICS
with special guests Renee Neufville & Lezlie Harrison – vocals
Trumpets
Frank Greene
Tanya Darby
Wayne Tucker
Josh Evans
Trombones
Jason Jackson
Andrae Murchison
Barry Cooper
James Burton
Saxophones
Bruce Williams
Justin Robinson
Keith Loftis
Mike Lee
Jason Marshall
Brandon McCune -piano
Danton Boller -bass
Saul Rubin –guitar
Jerome Jennings -drums
Since its founding in 1995 by Roy Hargrove, Dale Fitzgerald, and Lezlie Harrison, New York City’s The Jazz Gallery has been a key institution in the city’s jazz and creative music scene. Known as “the most imaginatively booked jazz club in New York” (New York Times), The Gallery has welcomed and nurtured several generations of musicians from around the world, including many who have gone on to critical acclaim as Grammy Award® nominees and winners, MacArthur Fellows, Thelonious Monk Competition winners and finalists, Critics’ Poll-winners, and headliners at major international festivals.
Saturday, October 16
Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet
Kean University Jazz & Roots Music Festival
Rain Date: October 17
- Free Outdoor Concert
- Live Music
- Food Trucks
Pack a picnic basket — or visit the food trucks when you get here — and bring a blanket or chair to the inaugural Jazz & Roots Music Festival, a free outdoor music concert on The Lawn at Enlow Hall in Hillside NJ. Performing at the music festival is pianist/composer Nat Adderley Jr.; rap and hip-hop artist JSWISS, featuring Casey Benjamin and Mark Whitfield; the jazz group Dave Stryker Quartet; and the evening’s headliner — the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience.
For more information, email alumni@kean.edu.
SCHEDULE
- 4:30 p.m. – Nat Adderley Jr.
- 5:15 p.m. – JSWISS, featuring Casey Benjamin & Mark Whitfield
- 6:00 p.m. – Dave Stryker Quartet
- 7:00 p.m. – Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience