Jazz, July-April

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Alexis Morrast will perform at The Morris Museum in Morris Township, July 2.

July 1: The Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Jon Faddis, Soundcheck Series at Wellmont Arts Plaza, Montclair.

July 2: Alexis Morrast, Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
July 2: John Petrucelli Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.

July 3: Westwood Community Jazz Band, Summer Concerts at The Bandstand, at Veterans Park.

July 7: Chris McCrum Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.

July 9: Swingadelic, Sinatra Summer Concert Series at Sinatra Park Amphitheater, Hoboken.
July 9: Mike Lee Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
July 9: Richard Baratta Gotham City Latin/Jazz Septet, Live Music Under the Stars at Kasschau Memorial Shell, Ridgewood.
July 9: Carolyn Montgomery, “girlSINGER: A Celebration of Rosemary Clooney,” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

July 10: Kate Curran Quintet, Essex County Parks Summer Music at Brookdale Park, Montclair/Bloomfield.
July 10: Dave Stryker Band at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

July 11 and 18 and Aug. 15: Joel Zelnik Trio at Steakhouse 85, New Brunswick.

July 14: Michele Rosewoman & Quintessence, The Orrin Evans Trio, Soundcheck Series at Wellmont Arts Plaza, Montclair.
July 14: Leonieke Scheuble Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

July 14 and 23: Lynette Sheard, Summer Sounds at Eastman Clock Plaza, Cranford.

July 16: Amani, “The Music of Burt Bacharach,” Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

July 17: John Lee, Walt Bibinger, Sparta Summer Concerts at Dykstra Park.
July 17: Danny Jonokuchi & the Revisionists at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

July 18: Swingtime Big Band at BergenPAC, Englewood.
July 18: “Creative Freedom: A Salon Experience featuring Marshall Allen, Salvador Jiménez-Flores and Jamaaladeen Tacuma” at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.
July 18: Jazz Festival, lineup TBA, Essex County Parks Summer Music at Monte Irvin Orange Park.

July 19: Boney James, Sunset Jazz Series at Wiggins Park, Camden.
July 19: Erez Lirov & Guest, Jazz, Blues & More Summer Concert Series at Gazebo, Freehold.
July 19: Joel Zelnik, “My Bill Evans: A Personal Conversation” at Mahwah Public Library.
July 19: Cape May Jazz Orchestra, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

July 20: Jon-Erik Kellso Quintet, Summer Jazz Room Series at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.

July 21: Summer Camargo Quintet, Summer Jazz Room Series at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
July 21: John Bianculli at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

July 22: Joe Farnsworth Big Room Quartet featuring Emmet Cohen, Summer Jazz Room Series at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.

July 23: Duduka Da Fonseca Quartet with singer Maucha Adnet, Summer Jazz Room Series at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
July 23: Swingadelic, Music in the Park at Overpeck County Park Amphitheater, Ridgefield Park.

July 24: Dennis Mackrel Jazz Orchestra, Summer Jazz Room Series at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
July 24: Jonathan Blake Band at Brvsh Cul7ur3, Teaneck.

July 25: Jack Melton Swing Band, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

July 26: Acute Inflections at Montclair Women’s Club.

July 28: Joel Ross’ Good Vibes, Soundcheck Series at Wellmont Arts Plaza, Montclair.
July 28: Jerry Vezza & Bob Hanlon at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
July 28: Danielle Illario Group, Essex County Parks Summer Music at Independence Park, Newark.

July 29: Towner Galaher, Bannon & Beeman, Wednesday Evening Concert Series at Church Square Park, Hoboken.
July 29: The Vintage Vibe Tribe at Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit.

July 31: Herbie Hancock at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
July 31: Gotham City Jazz, Sounds of Summer at Atlantic Street Park, Hackensack.
July 31: Rowan College South Jersey Band, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

Aug. 1: Little Johnny Rivero & His Giants, “Tribute to Our Legends of Jazz & Latin Jazz,” Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 2: Winard Harper, Summer Fest at North Cove Field, Liberty State Park, Jersey City.

Aug. 4: Bob Himmelberger Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Aug. 11: Richard Baratta Trio, Summer Sounds at Eastman Clock Plaza, Cranford.

Aug. 12: George Naha Band, Bannon & Beeman, Wednesday Evening Concert Series at Church Square Park, Hoboken.

Aug. 13: Evan Sherman & Friends, at Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 14: Van Martin & his Big Band Sound, Essex County Parks Summer Music at Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange.

Aug. 15: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival at Morristown Green. With Richard Baratta‘s Gotham City Latin/Jazz Septet, James Langton’s New York All-Star Big Band, LaBamba & the Hubcaps, Dylan Triplett, more.
Aug. 15: Montclair Jazz Festival Downtown Jamboree. With Dianne Reeves, The Christian McBride Big Band (with Bilal), Patrice Rushen, The Take Me to the River New Orleans All-Stars (featuring Cyril Neville), The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, The Jazz House Collective, The Jazz House All Stars, Alphonso Horne & the Gotham Kings.
Aug. 15: Yvonnick Prené, Downtown After Sundown at Spiotta Park, South Orange.

Aug. 16: Vel Johnson/Kelli Sanders, Jazz, Blues & More Summer Concert Series at Gazebo, Freehold.
Aug. 16: Marel Hidalgo Quintet, Summer Fest at North Cove Field, Liberty State Park, Jersey City.

Aug. 20: Carla Cook, Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
Aug. 20: Deep Groove Organ Trio featuring Leonieke Scheuble at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Aug. 21: “William ‘Count’ Basie Birthday Block Party” with Count Basie Orchestra at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Aug. 21-23: Union Arts Center Jazz Festival. Lineup TBA.

Aug. 22: Count Basie Orchestra at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Aug. 23: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Aug. 24: Will Calhoun, Miles Davis tribute, Sunset Jazz Series at Wiggins Park, Camden.

Aug. 24-25: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Asbury Park.

Aug. 25: Laurie Vega Trio, Summer Sounds at Eastman Clock Plaza, Cranford.

Aug. 26: Bria Skonberg, Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 28: The RPG Project, Music in the Park at Rotary Park, Cape May.

Aug. 29: Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival, Great Lawn & Promenade. With The Jimmys, Sharon Lasher & Jersey Blue, Soul Project, Jane Stuart, Sweet Academy Youth Band.
Aug. 29: Lynette Sheard, tribute to Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, with bassist John Lee, Back Deck at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
Aug. 29: Chris Botti at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

Aug. 30: Chris Botti at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Aug. 30: CMJ Jazz Band, Jazz, Blues & More Summer Concert Series at Gazebo, Freehold.

Aug. 31: Miguel Zenón Quartet, Sunset Jazz Series at Wiggins Park, Camden.

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

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. 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. 18: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+ at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
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. Lineup TBA.

Sept. 23: Middlesex County Jazz Festival with Shayna Steele, 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.

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. 18: Art Topilow at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 18: Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test, Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Wayne.

Oct. 23-25: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. Lineup TBA.

Oct. 25: Marcus Miller at The Vogel at Count Basie enter for the Arts, Red Bank.

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

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

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

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