Jazz, September-May

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Cyrille Aimée will perform at The South Orange Performing Arts Center, Sept. 10.

Sept. 1: Kristin Field Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.

Sept. 3: Sun Ra Arkestra at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Sept. 6: Piero Romano Latin Jazz Ensemble, Summer Concert Series at Hamilton Plaza, Weehawken.

Sept. 10: Mike Davis & the New Wonders, Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
Sept. 10: Cyrille Aimée Quartet at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Sept. 11: Atlantic City Jazz Fest with Kirk Whalum, Jeanette Harris, Tom Browne, Marion Meadows, Alex Bugnon, at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

Sept. 12: Atlantic City Jazz Fest with Norman Brown, Maysa, Jeff Bradshaw, at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Sept. 12: Edmar Castañeda Quartet at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Sept. 12: Kim & Kayla Waters at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Sept. 12: James Austin Jr. Trio (“Songs in the Key of Wonder and More” featuring Stevie Wonder songs and jazz standards), Ellie Lee at Fanwood Performance Series at Kuran Cultural Center.

Sept. 13: Nat Adderley Jr., Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at Prima Studio Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Sept. 13: The Next Wave Jazz Orchestra featuring Caelan Cardello and Jonny Gittings, Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Wayne.
Sept. 13: Smooth Jazz Brunch with Reggie E. Harris at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

Sept. 14: Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers, Sunset Jazz Series at Wiggins Park, Camden.

Sept. 16: Highland Swing Orchestra Big Band, Swing Music at Sunset Under the Pavilion, Raritan Avenue between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, Highland Park.

Sept. 18: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+ at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Sept. 18: Paquito D’Rivera, “Music and Conversation” at Kean Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Sept. 18: Ultrablue, Stix Bones at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.

Sept. 19: Kenny G at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Sept. 19: Jazz Fest at Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center, West Orange. With Dion Parson & 21st Century Band, The Antoinette Montague Experience, Freddie Hendrix, Joe Locke, Montclair State University Jazz Ensemble, NJPAC TD Jazz for Teens.
Sept. 19: The Jazz Room at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

Sept. 23: Middlesex County Jazz Festival with Shayna Steele Quintet, Eli Yamin Jazz & Blues Band, Woodbridge High School Jazz Choir, Woodbridge Wednesdays at Parker Press Park.

Sept. 24: Kenny G at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Sept. 24: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Liberty Square Park, New Brunswick. Featuring Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet, Cocomama.

Sept. 25: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Carteret Performing & Events Center. Featuring Lance Bryant’s Shout Big Band, Jeff Levine.

Sept. 26: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Metuchen High School Auditorium. Featuring Mingus Big Band, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Metuchen High School Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra, Metuchen Dance Center (jazz tap)

Sept. 27: Bergen All-Star Jazz Blast, Music at the Barn at Wortendyke Barn Museum, Park Ridge.

Oct. 2: John Pizzarelli, Tony Bennett tribute at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Oct. 3: SOMI at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 4: Samara Joy & Her Septet at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Oct. 8: Sharp Radway Trio at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.

Oct. 15: Veronica Swift at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Oct. 16: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 18: Art Topilow at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 18: Boney James at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 18: Rutgers Mingus Big Band at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 18: Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test, Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Wayne.

Oct. 22-25: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. With Kenny Garrett, Marcus Miller, Chucho Valdés, Danilo Pérez Trio, Michael Mayo, The Eddie Palmieri Experience, Marel Hidalgo Sextet, Brian Betz-Behn Gillece Quartet, others.

Oct. 25: Marcus Miller at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 25: Jazz Ambassadors: United States Army Field Band at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Nov. 1: Cécile McLorin Salvant at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Nov. 7: Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars tribute to James Moody at Bethany Baptist Church. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

Nov. 8: “Louis Armstrong Hot Five Centennial Celebration” featuring Andrew Stephens, Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Series at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Nov. 8: “A Tribute to Count Basie: The Kid From Red Bank” with James Langton’s New York All Stars at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Nov. 12: “Miles @100,” Miles Davis tribute with Jon Faddis & Friends featuring Erena Terakubo, Gary Smulyan, Steve Turre, John Clark, Bob Stewart, Mike LeDonne, Todd Coolman and John Riley at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

Nov. 13: Gregory Porter at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 13: New Jersey Music Educators Associations Jazz Band and All-State Jazz Choir at Chase Room at NJPAC. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

Nov. 14: Jesse Cook at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

Nov. 15: Bruce Hornsby & Christian McBride at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 15: The Jazzwomen, Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Wayne.

Nov. 21: Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Bill Frisell, Larry Grenadier and Kweku Sumbry at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 21: Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Septet at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Nov. 22: Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 22: Wallace Roney Jr. Quartet: Dorthaan’s Place at NICO Kitchen + Bar at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

Nov. 28: “Giants of Jazz,” curated by John Lee, honoree TBA, at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 4: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Eddie Palmieri tribute.
Dec. 4: Nate Smith, Sam Fribush at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 5: Will Downing at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

Dec. 6: Rutgers Mingus Big Band at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Eddie Palmieri tribute.
Dec. 6: Seth Kibel & the Kleztet at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Dec. 8-9: Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensembles at Shindell Choral Hall at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Dec. 14: Ed Vezinho & the Jim Ward Big Band, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Campus Center Theatre at Stockton University, Galloway.

Dec. 20: “Jukebox Saturday Night: Swingin’ Holiday Spectacular” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Jan. 17: Danny Lipsitz & the Brass Tacks, Winter Thaw Music Festival at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Jan. 30: Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass at Kean Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.

Feb. 7: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 14: The Cab Calloway Orchestra at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 7: “Big Bands and Their Singers: Sing Me a Swing Song” with Gimme Four, James Langton’s New York All Star Big Band at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

April 17: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 19: Brad Mehldau, “In Conversation and Performance,” Music & Healing Series at Princeton University Art Museum.

May 8: John Pizzarelli with Swing 7, Tony Bennett tribute at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

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