AMBE J. WILLIAMS
Samara Joy will perform at The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, Dec. 4.
Dec. 1: Will Downing & Friends, Gerald Veasley’s Nina Simone Project featuring Carol Riddick at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
Dec. 1: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop at Rutherfurd Hall, Allamuchy Township.
Dec. 3: “A Swingin’ Little Christmas!” starring Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis and The Tony Guerrero Quintet at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Dec. 3: George Naha Trio, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 4: Samara Joy, “A Joyful Holiday” featuring The McLendon Family at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Dec. 4: Rutgers Jazz Lab Big Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 4: Ramapo Jazz Ensemble, John Coltrane tribute at H-Wing Auditorium at Ramapo College, Mahwah.
Dec. 5: Jerry Weldon Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 6: The Hot Sardines, “Holiday Stomp” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 6: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 7: David Benoit, tribute to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” featuring Courtney Fortune at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 7: Nilson Matta, Samba night at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 8: Summer Camargo Trio at Madison Community Arts Center.
Dec. 10: John Bianculli Trio at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 10-11: Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensembles at Shindell Choral Hall at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dec. 11: MCCC Jazz Band Winter Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 12: Kate Curran Quartet at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 13: V. Shayne Frederick & Co., “A Joyful Jazzy Holiday” at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington.
Dec. 13: Brynn Stanley at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 14: “A Very Maysa Christmas” with The String Queens at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Dec. 14: Rio Bossa at Flemington DIY.
Dec. 14 and 28 and Jan. 25: Joel Zelnik Trio at Steakhouse 85, New Brunswick.
Dec. 15: New Jersey Youth Symphony Jazz Concert at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Works by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter and others.
Dec. 15: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 16: Ed Vezinho & the Jim Ward Big Band, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
Dec. 17: Bob Himmelberger, Rich Court at Shanghai Jazz, Madison.
Dec. 19: Dave Stryker Trio at Tavern on George, New Brunswick.
Dec. 22: Water Gap Orchestra at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Program includes Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite and more.
Jan. 10: Aaron Parnell Brown & the Riverside Gang, Perkins House Concerts series at Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown.
Jan. 19: The Jazz at Lincon Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, “Cool School & Hard Bop” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 30: Sun Ra Arkestra, at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 1: SOMI at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
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 8: Regina Carter at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
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.
April 13: Tony DeSare, “Sinatra & Beyond” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 2: Stanley Jordan at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
May 7: MCCC Jazz Band Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
May 15: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
May 16-18: Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May. Lineup TBA.
Sept. 13: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival. Lineup TBA.
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