Jazz, January-September

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Branford Marsalis will perform at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, May 3.

Jan. 2: High Standards Trio at R Bar, Asbury Park.

Jan. 4: Adegoke Steve Colson and Iqua Colson at Jazz Vespers series at Bethany Baptist Church, Newark.

Jan. 5: The Anderson Brothers Trio at Madison Community Arts Center.

Jan. 7: Jerry Vezza Trio featuring Bob Hanlon, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Jan. 9: Michael Lee Quintet at The Bernie, Bernardsville.

Jan. 10: Aaron Parnell Brown & the Riverside Gang, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.

Jan. 11: Good Co, Winter Thaw Music Festival at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Jan. 14: Ben Collins-Siegel Trio, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Jan. 17: Brian Simpson and Jackiem Joyner at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Jan. 19: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, “Cool School & Hard Bop” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 19: Judy Carmichael, Winter Thaw Music Festival at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Jan. 21: George Naha Trio, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Jan. 22: Olli Soikkeli Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Jan. 25: Joel Zelnik Trio at Steakhouse 85, New Brunswick.

Jan. 28: Leonieke Scheuble Trio, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Jan. 30: Sun Ra Arkestra, at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 1: SOMI at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Feb. 4: Ted Brancato Trio, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.

Feb. 8: Audra Mariel & A Real Human Jazz Trio at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.

Feb. 13: Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 14: Stella Cole at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

Feb. 16: Silver Starlite Orchestra at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.

Feb. 20: Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. 

Feb. 28: “New Orleans Songbook,” presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and featuring Luther Allison, Quiana Lynell and Milton Suggs at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

March 1: Juilliard Jazz Ensemble, “The Sound of Bebop” at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

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.
March 2: Thaddeus Exposé at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

March 8: Regina Carter at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.

March 9: April Varner, Ella Fitzgerald tribute at Gia Maione Foundation Studio Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 9: The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

March 13: Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 20: Spyro Gyra at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 22: Masterwork Chorus, with Montclair State University Jazz Band, at Chatham United Methodist Church. Martin Sedek, conductor. Program includes Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Concert.”

April 3: Kurt Elling, Weather Report tribute at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

April 10: Dan Colalillo Piano Trio at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

April 13: Tony DeSare, “Sinatra & Beyond” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 27: Nat Adderley Jr. at Gia Maione Foundation Studio Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

May 2: Stanley Jordan at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

May 3: Branford Marsalis at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

May 7: MCCC Jazz Band Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 9: Will Downing at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.

May 15: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

May 16-18: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. With Samara Joy Octet, Terence Blanchard: Flow, Captain Black Big Band (featuring Lisa Fischer) and others.

May 17: Gary Bartz at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

June 1: Behn Billece and Brian Betz at Gia Maione Foundation Studio Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

June 1-7: Jersey City Jazz Festival.

June 7: Cassandra Wilson, Jazz Vespers series at Bethany Baptist Church, Newark.

July 5: Diana Krall at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Sept. 5-6: Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival.

Sept. 13: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival. Lineup TBA.

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