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Registration For The 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Is Now Open

May 2, 2024

As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the opening of the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The search is on for the next great jazz singer! Solo vocalists from around the world are encouraged to submit their entries before September 3, 2024, ...

Introducing Baritone Saxophonist Evan Gongora

by Sanford Josephson
May 1, 2024

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Evan Gongora's father, Oscar, is a classical saxophonist and Founder and Director of The Vitral Saxophone Quartet. “So," recalled the 18-year-old Evan, “he put a saxophone in my mouth at a very early age." Evan “fell in love with the baritone saxophone. I loved the sound. ...

Grammy Award-winning Vocalist Samara Joy Kickstarts This Summer’s 2024 North To Shore Festival Marking Her Return To NJPAC For The First Time Since Winning The 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

April 25, 2024

North to Shore Festival presented by Prudential Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7 PM $39-$99 on sale now. NJPAC Prudential Hall | Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 As part of NJPAC’s TD Bank Jazz series, 2x GRAMMY winner Samara Joy returns to the New Jersey ...

Aaron Parnell Brown

With his trailblazing, instantly memorable songs and gritty, unvarnished vocals, Aaron Parnell Brown is among the most extraordinary artists in Jazz, Soul, and Blues. Since the 2012 release of his self-released debut, Sing, Brown's rise from playing small clubs in Northeastern Pennsylvania to playing live on the iconic NPR roots music show Mountain Stage is nothing short of phenomenal. With accolades like winning an Independent Music Award and Soul/R&B Artist Of The Year (Tri State Indie Music Awards) he continues to be an artist to watch.

Jazz Icon Herbie Hancock Returns To The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on September 29, 2024

April 5, 2024

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5, 2024 NJPAC Prudential Hall Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 14x GRAMMY winner Herbie Hancock returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.,in a highly anticipated one-night only concert. The last ...

Introducing Pianist Esteban Castro

by Sanford Josephson
April 1, 2024

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Esteban Castro's parents gave him a toy piano when he was three years old. “I would just kind of gravitate toward it a lot," he recalled. “When I was four, they rented a piano and started getting me lessons. I got into jazz because I would ...

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells at Perkins Center for the Arts

by Elizabeth Millar
March 25, 2024

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells Perkins Center for the Arts Moorestown, NJ March 8, 2024 Perkins Center for the Arts, a 1910 historic Tudor home in Moorestown, New Jersey, provided an intimate setting for Jersey bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on March 8th. The home exudes charm including the faux fireplace in the main ...

Dave Wish (Music Will): The Kids Are Alright… With Music Education

by Lawrence Peryer
March 2, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On Dave Wish, founder and Chief Vision Officer for Music Will. This nonprofit organization funds and runs one of the largest instrumental and vocal music programs in US public schools. Dave, a former Palo Alto, California school teacher, launched Music Will due to frustration with the lack of music programming ...

Thomas Reilly

Born: December, 1998

Thomas Reilly is an award winning multi-instrumentalist and composer from Bernardsville, New Jersey. Playing in rock bands since the age of twelve, Thomas’ passion for music has taken him through many styles. In 2021, he received his Bachelor’s of Music in Composition from Rowan University, during which he studied classical and jazz performance on drumset, vibraphone and piano, as well as classical and jazz composition. Thomas received the 2019 New Jersey Jazz Society Young Artist scholarship for his endeavors in jazz performance. Continuing his studies, Thomas received his Master’s of Music in Jazz Composition and Arranging from the University of North Texas in 2023. While at the University of North Texas, he played and recorded with the GRAMMY- nominated One o’Clock Lab Band.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center And The Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Continue Free Monthly Jazz Concert Series February–June 2024

February 2, 2024

First Saturday of every month @ 6:00 p.m. February 3, March 2, April 6, May 4 and June 1 Bethany Baptist Church 275 W. Market Street Newark, NJ Free. For more information, contact NJPAC at 1.888.466.5722 or visit NJPAC.org/jazz. Sat 2.03 @ 6:00 p.m. | Bethany Vespers Series: Bill Charlap Trio Bill ...