Cécile McLorin Salvant will perform at The Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University, Oct. 9.
Oct. 1: Lionel Hampton Big Band, presented by Seton Hall University Arts Council at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 1: John Vourtsis, Leonieke Scheuble and Clayton Thompson, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 1: Chris McCrum Sextet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 2: Mark Wade Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 3: Leonieke Scheuble Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 4: April Varner Quartet at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington.
Oct. 5: Rusty Monks, Jazz in the Park series at Cambridge Park, Aberdeen Township.
Oct. 6: “Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin’ with Frank & Bing” film at Madison Community Arts Center. With presentation about Van Heusen by Jim Burns and Chuck Granata and Van Heusen music performed by singer Anaïs Reno, pianist Jon Weber and guitarist Lance Conrad.
Oct. 6: Bill Corvino Trio at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington.
Oct. 6: Olli Soikkeli Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 8: Christian Orlowski Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 8: John Bianculli and Sue Williams, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 9: Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals, with Sullivan Fortner, keyboards, Emi Ferguson, flute, Dušan Balarin, theorbo and lute, Yasushi Nakamura, bass, and Keita Ogawa, percussion, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Book of Ayres: A Fusion of Early Music & Jazz” (premiere).
Oct. 10: Howard Paul, John Lee and Karl Latham at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 10: Marianne Solivan at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 10: Ciara Moser & Friends at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point. Part of Jazz@thePoint Fall Festival.
Oct. 11: Bria Bromberg, Scott LaFaro tribute at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point. Part of Jazz@thePoint Fall Festival.
Oct. 11: Andy Lalasis & Musical Collusion at Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar, Somers Point. Part of Jazz@thePoint Fall Festival.
Oct. 12: Chris Botti at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 12: John Patitucci Brazilian Trio at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point. Part of Jazz@thePoint Fall Festival.
Oct. 12: Mike Boone Group featuring Mekhi Boone at Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar, Somers Point. Part of Jazz@thePoint Fall Festival.
Oct. 12, 19 and 26: Joel Zelnik Trio at Steakhouse 85, New Brunswick.
Oct. 13: The Jazz Lobsters at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 13: Hendrik Meurkens Quartet at Rutherfurd Hall, Allamuchy Township.
Oct. 13: Petra van Nuis and Andy Brown, with Harry Allen and Neil Miner at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 15: Gerald Albright at The Vogel at Count Basie Center or the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 15: John Korba, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 15: John Pachnos Sextet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 17: John Scofield Trio at Newton Theatre.
Oct. 17: Behn Gillece Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 18: Acoustic Alchemy at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 18: Hot Club of Philadelphia at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Oct. 18: Grover Kemble & Jerry Vezza Quartet at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 18: Waterside Vibes, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.
Oct. 19: Makaya McCraven & Shabaka, at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Oct. 22: Pink Martini featuring China Forbes, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 22: Ben Collins-Siegel, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 23: Rutgers Jazz Lab Big Band at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 24: Amani featuring Stephen Fuller at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Oct. 24: David Kikowski Trio at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Oct. 25: Damien Escobar, Kim Waters at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 25: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, “Prof. Fielder Memorial Concert” featuring trumpeter Philip Dizack, at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 25-27: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. With Christian McBride & Ursa Major, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Keyon Harrold presents Foreverland, Lakecia Benjamin & Phoenix, Nduduzo Makhathini, The Cookers, Brian Betz & Behn Gillece, others.
Oct. 26: Gabrielle Stravelli and Billy Stritch, tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Tormé at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 26: Yvonnick Prené and Dave Kikoski Duo, Antônio Carlos Jobim tribute at Flemington DIY.
Oct. 27: Glenn Miller Orchestra at Newton Theatre.
Nov. 2: Stanley Jordan at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Nov. 3: U.S. Navy Band — Commodores Jazz Ensemble at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Nov. 7: Samara Joy at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Nov. 7-8: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC. Newark. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. Paquito D’Rivera, guest artist and co-curator; Paquito D’Rivera Quintet. Program is part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and includes George Gershwin/Paquito D’Rivera’s Medley for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Paquito D’Rivera’s Adagio on a Mozart Theme; Daniel Freiberg’s Latin American Chronicles; Carlos Chávez’s Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”; Aaron Copland’s El Salón México; Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2; José Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango.
Nov. 8: The Hot Sardines at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Nov. 9: Peter Lin Quartet at Flemington DIY.
Nov. 10: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. Paquito D’Rivera, guest artist and co-curator; Paquito D’Rivera Quintet. Program is part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and includes George Gershwin/Paquito D’Rivera’s Medley for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Paquito D’Rivera’s Adagio on a Mozart Theme; Daniel Freiberg’s Latin American Chronicles; Carlos Chávez’s Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”; Aaron Copland’s El Salón México; Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2; José Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango.
Nov. 10: “Perfectly Frank: Frank Sinatra’s Radio ‘Symphonette’ of the 1950s,” featuring James Langton at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Nov. 12: United States Military Veterans All-Stars at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Nov. 13: Jesse Cook at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Nov. 14: The Bad Plus at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Nov. 15: Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Sandbox Percussion, Max Roach tribute at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 16: Madeleine Peyroux, at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 17: Cindy Blackman Santana at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 17: New York Voices at Shea Center Auditorium at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Nov. 21: “Jazz Vespers at Bethany @ 25/Honoring Reverend Howard” with Nat Adderley Jr., Jon Faddis, Vanessa Rubin and Lizz Wright, at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 22: John Pizzarelli and Catherine Russell, tribute to Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 22: Axel Tosca at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Nov. 23: Christian McBride Big Band with singers Philip Bailey, Dianne Reeves and Lisa Fischer, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 23: Dorado Schmitt & Sons: Django Festival Allstars at Chase Room at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 24: Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 24: Brandee Younger Trio: Dorthaan’s Place Jazz Brunch at NICO Kitchen + Bar at NJPAC, Newark. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Nov. 24: Warren Wolf at Shea Center Auditorium at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Nov. 24: Tony Corrao, vocals, and Joel Zelnik, piano, “Tony Bennett & Bill Evans: The Legendary Recorings” at Ocean County Library, Upper Shores Branch, Lavallette.
Nov. 29: Steve Myerson, Vince Guaraldi tribute at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Nov. 30: “Giants of Jazz” tribute, honoree TBA, at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 1: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop at Rutherfurd Hall, Allamuchy Township.
Dec. 3: “A Swingin’ Little Christmas!” starring Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis and The Tony Guerrero Quintet at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Dec. 4: Samara Joy, “A Joyful Holiday” featuring The McLendon Family at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Dec. 4: Rutgers Jazz Lab Big Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 6: The Hot Sardines, “Holiday Stomp” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 6: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 7: David Benoit, tribute to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” featuring Courtney Fortune at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 7: Nilson Matta, Samba night at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 10-11: Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensembles at Shindell Choral Hall at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 13: V. Shayne Frederick & Co., “A Joyful Jazzy Holiday” at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington.
Dec. 14: Rio Bossa at Flemington DIY.
Dec. 15: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 16: Ed Vezinho & the Jim Ward Big Band, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
Jan. 10: Aaron Parnell Brown & the Riverside Gang, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.
Jan. 19: The Jazz at Lincon Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, “Cool School & Hard Bop” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 30: Sun Ra Arkestra, at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 13: Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 28: “New Orleans Songbook,” presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and featuring Luther Allison, Quiana Lynell and Milton Suggs at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 2: “Boogie Woogie Big Band: Shuffle, Boogie and Swing” featuring James Langton & the New York All Stars, and Gimme Four, at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
March 8: Regina Carter at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
April 13: Tony DeSare, “Sinatra & Beyond” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
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