Thursday, July 31, 2014

2014 Mayor's Jazz & Blue's Festival

The Town of Morristown and Mayor Timothy Dougherty Present
2014 Mayor's Jazz & Blue's Festival
A Celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Founding of New Jersey
 
Saturday, August 16th
Noon to 10:00 PM
 
Free music on the Green in Morristown

Trio Da Paz                                          12:00 – 1:30
Featuring Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca
Trio Da Paz is one of the most popular Brazilian jazz groups in the world, and they make New Jersey their home.


Bucky Pizzarelli’s Guitar Summit        2:00 – 3:30
With guest guitarists Frank Vignola, Vinnie Raniola and Ed Laub
Guitar Summit was so popular last year, we are bringing Bucky and friends back with the addition of Vinnie Raniola. Bucky is in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.


Winard Harper & Jeli Posse                4:00 – 5:30
The renowned jazz drummer and his exciting new sextet are based in Jersey City. Their newest CD hit number one on the jazz charts and was the most requested jazz CD of 2014 on college campuses.


Mikey Junior Band                              6:00 – 7:30
Mikey Junior is a much acclaimed harmonica player out of South Jersey and performs at festivals and blues clubs up and down the East Coast.


Matt Schofield Trio                            8:00 – 10:00
Voted British Blues Awards Guitarist of the Year 2010, 2011 & 2012, Schofield is hailed by Guitarist Magazine as “the UK’s most exciting blues guitar player.” It is fitting that four great New Jersey bands turn the stage over to a British artist to close out the festival.

Major sponsors for this summer’s Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival include JCP&L, The Metropolitan at 40 Park, PSE&G, Riker Danzig and Roseland.
Additional sponsors include Alaimo, Atlantic Health, ConnectOne Bank, Delaware-Raritan Engineering, Fairview Insurance, Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster, Greenbaum Rowe, Hyatt Morristown, Inglesino Pearlman, Investors Bank, Lindabury McCormick, Morristown Municipal Airport, Morristown Parking Authority, O’Donnell McCord PC, Porzio Bromberg & Newman, McEnerey Brady & Company, Jeff Rawding AIA, David Brady Esq., Villa Enterprises, Trustees of the Morristown Green, Hot House Jazz, New Jersey 350 and the New Jersey Jazz Society.  
For more information, visit www.MorristownJazzandBlues.org

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