MATT BAKER
The Tony DeSare Quartet will perform at The Berrie Center at Ramapo College in Mahwah, May 4.
May 1: Stéphane Séva Swing Ondulé Trio featuring Dan Levinson and Conal Fowkes, at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 1: MCCC Jazz Band Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
May 1-4: Django a Gogo Festival with Stephane Wrembel and others at The Woodland, Maplewood, and Town Hall, New York.
May 2: Dan Crisci Piano Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 2: Forbidden Tropics at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
May 4: Tony DeSare Quartet at Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Mahwah.
May 4: John Lee & Friends at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 4: Tyreek McDole Quintet at Bethany Baptist Church, Newark. Jazz Vespers series.
May 5: Mariel Bildsten at Madison Community Arts Center.
May 5: Martin Wind All-Star Quartet, with Scott Robinson, Jim McNeely and Matt Wilson, at Jazz Room Series at Shea Recital Hall at William Paterson University, Wayne.
May 7: Bob Himmelberger at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 8: James Gibbs III at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 10: Don Braden Quartet at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 14: Ted Brancato Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 16: Alexia Bomtempo with Art Topilow and Danny Bacher at Bell Theater, Holmdel.
May 16: Michela Lerman Marino Tap Jam, Mike Lee Ambassadors at Soundcheck Series at Jazz House Annex, Montclair.
May 16: John Zweig Band at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 17: Mark Lettieri Group at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
May 18: Nicki Denner Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
May 19: James Austin Jr. at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
May 24: Lindsey Webster at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 24: LAAPI Jazz Collective featuring Peter Lin, trombone, and Tammy Huynh, at Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills.
May 29-31 and June 1-2: Jersey City Jazz Festival.
May 30: Juanga Lakunza, J. Marshall Ambassadors at Soundcheck Series at Jazz House Annex, Montclair.
June 1: Chris Botti at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Part of Jazz in June series.
June 1: Matthew Whitaker at Bethany Baptist Church, Newark. Jazz Vespers series.
June 2: Bill Mays Trio at Rutherfurd Hall, Allamuchy.
June 2: Joel Zelnik Trio, featuring pianist Zelnick with bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer David Cox, “My Bill Evans: A Personal Conversation” at Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
June 3: Esperanza Spalding, Sunset Jazz Series at Camden Waterfront.
June 4-9: “Echoes of Freedom: Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela’s Jazz Heritage,” presented by Crossroads Theatre Company at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
June 5: Lakecia Benjamin at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Part of Jazz in June series.
June 5: Suede at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Asbury Park.
June 7: SuperBlue featuring Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 13: Winard Harper & Jeli Posse, Radam Schwartz Ambassadors at Soundcheck Series at Jazz House Annex, Montclair.
June 21: César Orozco’s Kamarata Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
June 23: Samara Joy at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
June 25: Kenny G at Ocean City Music Pier.
June 27: John Pizzarelli at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 27: Eric Alexander Quartet, E Alexander Ambassadors at Soundcheck Series at Jazz House Annex, Montclair.
June 29: Stanley Clarke at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 30: Will Downing at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
July 1: The Lao Tizer Band featuring Elliott Yamin, Eric Marienthal, Karen Briggs and Chieli Minucci, Sunset Jazz Series at Camden Waterfront.
July 10: Stanley Jordan (Grateful Dead tribute), Funk You, Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk series at Kennedy Plaza, Atlantic City.
July 19: Vanessa Perea Quintet featuring trombonist Robert Edwards at Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills.
July 25: Wallace Roney Jr., Jacquie Lee Quartet at Soundcheck Series at Jazz House Annex, Montclair.
July 30: Rick Martin Swing Orchestra, Free Summer Concerts at Lake Drive Gazebo, Robbinsville.
Aug. 5-6: Glenn Miller Orchestra at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, Asbury Park.
Aug. 14: Charlie Halloran & the Tropicales, Zydeco Revelators, Woodbridge Wednesdays series at Parker Press Park.
Aug. 16: Andy Rothstein at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
Aug. 17: Norman Brown at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Aug. 19: Brubeck Brothers Quartet featuring Dan and Chis Brubeck, Sunset Jazz Series at Camden Waterfront.
Aug. 21: Raul Midón, Lia Menaker, Sundown Music Series at McLaughlin Norcross Memorial Dell, Haddon Lake Park, Haddon Heights.
Aug. 22: Jazz Is Phish, jazz tribute to Phish at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
Aug. 25: James Langton’s New York All Stars Big Band, “Big Band Royalty: Swingin’ with the King, the Count, the Duke and the Earl” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Sept. 6: José James at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Sept. 14: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival on Morristown Green. Artists TBA.
Sept. 14: Montclair Jazz Festival. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 14: Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival.
Sept. 21: Jazz & Roots Festival with Third World, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Solomon Hicks, DJ Prince Hakim at The Lawn at Enlow Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Sept. 21: Atlantic City Jazz Fest with Brian Culbertson, Jonathan Butler, Jazmin Ghent at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Sept. 22: Glenn Miller Orchestra at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Sept. 25: Middlesex County Jazz Festival, Edison. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 26: Middlesex County Jazz Festival, Carteret. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 27: Middlesex County Jazz Festival, Perth Amboy. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 28: Middlesex County Jazz Festival, New Brunswick. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 29: Herbie Hancock at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Sept. 29: Middlesex County Jazz Festival, Woodbridge. Lineup TBA.
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).
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. 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.
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.
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