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Four-time World Series champion and legendary New York Yankees centerfielder Bernie Williams joins some all-stars of a different kind: his talented band, The Bernie Williams Collective. Featuring Williams on guitar, the band includes music director Don Harris on trumpet, Joel Rosenblatt on drums, Dave Anderson on bass, Chris Clark on piano/keyboards and Erik Piza on percussion. While best known as a 5-time All Star for the Yankees, Williams has been playing and studying music since his childhood, reaching #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts with his tropical-tinged debut album The Journey Within. Since then he's worked with Bruce Springsteen, Jon Secada, Dave Koz and more on albums and performances and as a crusader for arts education through the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation's SupportMusic Coalition and the Turnaround Arts program, working locally with students in Bridgeport public schools. IN 2016, Williams received his bachelor of music degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and he was awarded an honorary degree from the State University of New York, recognizing his achievements as both a Yankee and a top-flight musician.

Grammy nominee Mariza (“Meu Fado Meu”), the modern voice of fado, brought these beloved, traditional Portuguese songs from Lisbon’s Mouraria neighborhood to stages across the globe. “(Mariza) remakes fado’s ancient sadness into a majestic modern sound” (Rolling Stone magazine). With her rich, vibrant voice and strong artistic personality, Mariza has performed fado at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Sydney’s Opera House, and at both the World Cup and the Olympics. She’s performed with musical partners ranging from Gilberto Gil to Lenny Kravitz and Sting. Mariza has released seven studio albums, devoted to both pure fado and a blend of these traditional tunes with jazz, flamenco and African music. Her latest, Mariza, dropped in 2018, and immediately became a chart-topper in Portugal. Upon the new album’s release, she embarked on a world tour to celebrate her 20th anniversary as a recording artist, and fado’s ambassador to the world. A Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Mariza has been honored by both the Amália Rodrigues Foundation and the French government, which awarded her the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres.

Saturday, Sep 11th: Bossa Brasil® at Triumph Brewing Company Red Bank. 8:30-11:30pm 1 Bridge Ave, Red Bank, NJ. 732-852-7300. https://www.triumphbrewing.com/red-bank BB will play Brazilian jazz standards, with compositions by Mauricio de Souza and arrangements of tunes by Tom Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Miles Davis, Marcos Valle, Keith Jarret, Pat Metheny, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter among others. Featuring: Maurício de Souza (drums), Alan Chaubert (trumpet/flugelhorn), Behn Gillece (vibes), Bob Rodriguez (piano), Dave Kingsnorth (bass). www.mauriciodesouzajazz.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/five-roads/1445250142 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYl_1k_w9-M www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbZUchaj10M www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jEt-ncELpg www.spotify.com (Bossa Brasil® and Mauricio De Souza Group) www.pandora.com (Bossa Brasil® and Mauricio De Souza Group) www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=567052

5BMF invites you to celebrate the opening of our 15th Anniversary Season with a special concert and fundraising event! Join us on September 14 as clarinetist and composer KINAN AZMEH and his ensemble CITYBAND kick off our 2021-2022 season with a thrilling performance of their signature genre-blending music at none other than the (brilliantly-named) FIVE BOROUGHS BREWING CO. in Sunset Park, whose gorgeous taproom opens up to the street for a perfect indoor-outdoor hybrid experience. Comprised of clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, percussionist John Hadfield, bassist Josh Myers, and guitarist Kyle Sanna, CityBand’s virtuosic and high energy performance style will dazzle in a program of original works that blend classical, jazz, and Syrian folk music. Guests can enjoy drinks from Five Boroughs Brewing Co’s taproom MENU, nosh on dumplings and more from the wildly popular DUMPLING WAGON, and nibble sweet dessert bites. VIP ticket holders will receive premium reserved seating and unlimited complimentary drinks!

We are virtual again this year, being safe and considerate of our esteemed guests Join us on a SAVOY SUNDAY for a Authentic Harlem Cultural Dance Experience: The Harlem Roots and Rhythm Urban Dance Festival for 2021! This annual event brings back the Legendary Dancers of the Savoy Ballroom and the Savoy Manor. These icons made history with the famed New York City dance contest The Harvest Moon Ball by showcasing Harlem's famed dance of the Lindy Hop! This year we celebrate two Harvest Moon Ball Champs from the Savoy Ballroom era: Sonny Allen and Barbara Billups. Hear from them the importance of keeping a piece of this famed dance culture Home in Harlem! There will be a Dance Workshop, a Historical review of the Harvest Moon Ball contest and Lindy Hop’s critical input. You’ll also hear special Remembrances of the HOT 5…. See who they are! This special evening includes paying tribute to honor the career of the beloved Harvest Moon Ball King George Sullivan. The Harlem Roots and Rhythm Urban Dance Fest is made possible in part with funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and is administered by LMCC.

The Bradford Hayes Quartet will be in concert at the Englewood Public Library, on Sunday, August 8 at 5 p.m. on the library’s front plaza. The concert series is free and open to the public. Registration is required for these concerts and is available on Eventbrite or go to tinyurl.com/bradfordhayes. This concert is part of the Second Sunday concert series co-sponsored by Age-Friendly Englewood and the Friends of the Englewood Library. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there is a maximum of 100 guests; please bring your own chair or blanket, and masks/social distancing is urged. Mr. Hayes has opened for Chico Freeman, Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Max Roach, and Hilton Ruiz among others. In addition to leading his own band, Bradford spent 15 years with Babatunde Olatunji’s Drums Of Passion Band, serving as Musical Director for the last 3 years, and performed with Mr. Olatunji at Yankee Stadium during Nelson Mandela’s 1st historical trip to the United States after his release from a South African prison. Mr. Hayes, while accomplishing so much in the music performance world, has also been a successful music educator in the Newark, New Jersey Public Schools for 30 years. This connection to education, and his knowledge of jazz, makes him an excellent clinician. For further information, visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org or email programming@englewood.bccls.org. The Englewood Library is located at 31 Engle St., Englewood, N.J.

Ft. Top Queens, The Great Long Meadow Fire with house band NOTUS 3 Band Showcase and An All-band Jam Open to Anyone at all Skill Levels $10 Advance, $15 At Door 7PM Doors 8PM The Great Long Meadow Fire 9PM Top Queens 10PM NOTUS 11PM JAM! The Great Long Meadow Fire is brand new band with a brand new idea: Alt country, dark Americana and gospel blues as a brass band. Made up of NYC's best led by Dan Lehner. Top Queens is a funk/soul band of all women from different parts of the globe. They play original music that has groove, soul and funky vibes that adds something new, refreshing, and inspiring to the industry while creating more space for talented women in the music scene. Founded on the love for the spirit of New Orleans and the intrigue of New York's cultural musical diversity, NOTUS came together in January of 2018 seeking to accomplish only three simple goals; create music, have fun doing it, and share it with the world. We are care-free and fun-loving pioneers of Brass Fusion, combining elements from contemporary New Orleans Funk, Traditional Brass, Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Latin, and Jazz.

Join Stacey Abrams, political leader, voting rights activist, entrepreneur, and NYTimes bestselling author for an evening of candid conversation and insights on politics, leadership, entrepreneurship, social justice, and being a true voice for change. Designed around worldwide and national events, as well as questions from the audience and community, this conversation with Stacey Abrams, will entertain, inform, and empower. “People tend to remember the first time they heard Stacey Abrams speak, and it’s easy to see why.” – TIME Magazine Abrams’ New York Times bestselling book Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change, is a personal and empowering blueprint for outsiders who seek to become the ones in charge. From her experiences launching a company to building Georgia into a premier battleground state, Abrams illuminates that finding what you want to fight for is as critical as knowing how to turn thought into action. Our Time is Now is a blueprint to end voter suppression and chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principles of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Dedicated to civic engagement, Abrams has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels. She is the 2021 recipient of the inaugural Social Justice Impact Award from the NAACP Image Awards.

New York Festival of Song’s 2021 Next Festival continues with A Tribute to James Primosch, honoring the late American composer and pianist. Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon curates and performs in the program which also features tenor Daniel McGrew and pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough. Regarding the concert and her late friend, Fitz Gibbon says, “Jim's gentle demeanor belied a sardonic, self-effacing wit. His music too can quixotically change from soothing, beatific lines and harmonies to sharp-edged rhythms and clashing chords. In the pieces I chose for this program you will not only hear these qualities but also hear reflected some of his great loves—his deep and abiding Catholic faith, his musical forebears (both distant and immediate), his family—in what I hope will constitute a musical portrait of a man we lost too soon. I have selected many works that he specifically gave to me over the years, as well as others I often heard him speak about.” Vocal works by the late American master JAMES PRIMOSCH Performers: Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano and co-curator Daniel McGrew, tenor Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano Attendees at Kaufman Music Center are currently required to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination. View the current COVID policy at https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/covid/.

Detroit native Robert Hurst III has enjoyed a stellar career spanning 30 years and become one of the most in-demand bassists in music, performing alongside the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Dave Brubeck, Yo Yo Ma, Diana Krall, and countless others. “Hurst’s Black Current Jam features the bassist’ compelling compositions that distill an encyclopedia’s worth of African American music, including swinging post-bop, African and Caribbean influences, contemporary beats from hip hop, and more” (Mark Stryker). Brooklyn-based and vibraphonist Joel Ross and recently awarded Rising Star Harpist in Downbeat Magazine’s 2020 Critics Poll Brandee Younger make their Paradise Jazz Series debut with a unique duo set.