KENNY GARRETT - Sounds From The Ancestors
With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 251 min read
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE & INSIDE STRAIGHT
A true renaissance man, Christian McBride is a 9-time GRAMMY® Award-winning bassist/composer and advocate for jazz and American music....
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 241 min read
JAZZ HOUSE COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES SARAH VAUGHAN ft. MELISSA WALKER
The JAZZ HOUSE Collective, directed by Nathan Eklund, is composed of nationally and internationally recognized jazz artists who also...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 231 min read
LISA FISCHER + GRAND BATON
After four decades of background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan and Tina Turner, vocalist...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 221 min read
EDMAR CASTAÑEDA
Upon arriving in the United States in 1994, Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda has made a name for himself as the preeminent jazz harp...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 211 min read
BRIANNA THOMAS BAND
Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “perhaps the best young straight-ahead jazz singer of a new generation,” Brianna Thomas is poised...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 201 min read
JEROME JENNINGS & iLL PHILOSOPHY
Jerome Jennings is a drummer, activist, bandleader, sideman, and Emmy Award-winning composer. Jennings has performed, toured, and...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 192 min read
STEVE TURRE SEXTET
One of the world’s preeminent jazz innovators, trombonist and seashellist Steve Turre , has consistently won both the Readers’ and...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 171 min read
2024 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The MONTCLAIR STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE , directed by Oscar Perez and composed of majors in Jazz Studies and other music majors, is dedicated...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 161 min read
2024 JAZZ HOUSE LEGACY
JAZZ HOUSE Legacy , directed by Caelan Cardello is composed of an elite group of alumni of JAZZ HOUSE KiDS who are rising stars in the...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 112 min read
CYRUS CHESTNUT
Cyrus Chestnut started his musical career at age six, playing piano at the Mount Calvary Star Baptist Church in his hometown of...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 81 min read
JEFF “TAIN” WATTS
Jeff Watts, the drummer they call "Tain," spent his formative years with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and his compositional skills now...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Aug 11 min read
JULIAN LEE
Julian Lee has performed with critically acclaimed artists, including Wynton Marsalis , Christian McBride and Jon Batiste . He hosted...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Jun 202 min read
ERIC ALEXANDER QUARTET
Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
May 261 min read
JUANGA LAKUNZA
Born in Pamplona, Spain in 1982, NYC based trombone player Juanga Lakunza completed his BM degree in Jazz Studies at Musikene-Basque...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
May 251 min read
WINARD HARPER + JELI POSSE
A talented drummer, Winard Harper started his jazz career in the 1980s with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and with Betty Carter for four...
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Montclair Jazz Festival
Jul 25, 20231 min read
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE
Christian McBride is a nine-time GRAMMY®-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader. He is the Artistic Director of the historic Newport...
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