Dec. 2: Don Braden, Earth, Wind & Fire tribute at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
Dec. 3, 17 and 31: Carrie Jackson at 16 Prospect Wine Bar and Bistro, Westfield.
Dec. 5: Music Conservatory Jazz Ensemble at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Dec. 6: “Big Band Wonderland: Christmas With the Stars,” with Bob Anderson, Haley Reinhart, Dave Damiani & the No Vacancy Orchestra at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Dec. 7: Dianne Reeves, “Christmas Time Is Here” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 8: Stanley Jordan, Jimi Hendrix tribute at Crossroads, Garwood.
Dec. 8: “Best of the Loft” featuring Mike Griot and the Blues People, Frank Noviello, Radam Schwartz and Dean Shot’s Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 13-14: Catherine Russell and John Pizzarelli, tribute to Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Dec. 14: The Hot Sardines at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 15: John Pizzarelli and Catherine Russell at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Dec. 18: Akiko Tsuruga Trio at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 19: Don Braden Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 20: Evan Sherman Big Band at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 21: Richie Cole at 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, Ewing.
Dec. 22: New Jersey Jazz Society Sunday Jazz Social with Ricky Riccardi (“Louis Armstrong’s Night Before Christmas”) at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 26: Winard Harper Group at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 28: The Jazz Remix featuring Alex Bugnon and Marion Meadows at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Jan. 12: Dan Levinson’s Gotham SophistiCats, “Hot Nights in Harlem” with Jeff Barnhart, Molly Ryan and Dandy Wellington at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Jan. 18: “Bossa Nova Wave” featuring guitarist Diego Figueiredo and saxophonist/clarinetist Ken Peplowski at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
Jan. 19: Carrie Jackson at Jazz in the Loft series at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Jan. 25: Sam Reider and the Human Hands at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
Feb. 6: Strunz and Farah at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Feb. 11: Gregory Porter at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 15: Regina Carter, “Simply Ella” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Feb. 16: Juilliard Jazz Duke Ellington Ensemble at South Orange Performing Arts Center. Juilliard@SOPAC series.
Feb. 16: Dave Stryker at Jazz in the Loft series at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Feb. 22: Spyro Gyra at Stockton Performing Arts Center, Galloway.
Feb. 26: Branford Marsalis Quartet at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 28: Joey Alexander Trio at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 29: Bokanté at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
March 14-15: The Hot Sardines at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 15: Vince Ector Organatomy Trio+ at Jazz in the Loft series at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
March 22: Lucia Jackson at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 31: The SFJazz Collective at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 4: “Conversations in Concert: Celebrating the Songs of Leonard Bernstein” with the Bill Charlap Trio, Jamie Bernstein and Ted Chapin at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
April 7: Brian Culbertson at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 8: Brian Culbertson at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
April 13: Max Raabe and Palast Orchester at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 17: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 18: Bria Skonberg at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
April 18: Louis Prima Jr. at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
April 19: Ty Stephens & Souljaazz at Jazz in the Loft series at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
April 23: Music Conservatory Jazz Ensemble at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
May 22: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 31: Sentimental Journey Big Band at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
June 28: Eric Mintel Quartet at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
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