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Every August, the VJC’s Summer Jazz Workshop hosts multi-generational participants from around the world for an intense week of study. This year, the VJC celebrates its 46th season August 9-13 with an online program for wind players, vocalists and guitarists and an in-person program for pianists at the Brattleboro Music Center World-class faculty encourage and support the musical development of each participant by utilizing a teaching style based on positive reinforcement. In Person Piano Program: $1350 Instructors:  Zaccai Curtis, Ray Gallon, Eugene Uman Daily Masterclasses, History, & Duo-Plus Workshops (10:00 am -5:30 pm) Zoom Tunes on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings Live, in-person jam session   On-Line Instrumental & Vocal Program: $265
 Instructors: Voice: Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton
 Saxophone and Flute: Camille Thurman
 Guitar: Freddie Bryant Guitarists and Wind players: daily, two-hour-long Masterclasses Vocalists: daily, two-hour-long Singing the Standards program Zoom Tunes on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings Live, in-person jam session for local attendees https://vtjazz.org/summer-workshop-2021/ gingervjc@gmail.com 802 254 9088

Join us in the Museum garden as we groove to the beats of the West Indies with performances by Newark-based artists Redddaz, DJ Skelly, Mr. Challenger and Krave Dancers. NMOA celebrates New Jersey’s rich Caribbean community with music and dance performances that will transport you to the islands with emcee DJ MD. The Arts in the Garden series is a partnership between The Newark Museum of Art & New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to bring you a vibrant outdoor series of concerts, films, and cultural celebrations. All programs will take place in the Museum’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden with a limited capacity and safety guidelines to ensure everyone has an enjoyable experience. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. No exceptions.

Take a musical trip across the globe in this family-friendly concert with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players. Bring your families for this joyous music from across the world! The Arts in the Garden series is a partnership between The Newark Museum of Art & New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to bring you a vibrant outdoor series of concerts, films, and cultural celebrations. All programs will take place in the Museum’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden with a limited capacity and safety guidelines to ensure everyone has an enjoyable experience. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. No exceptions.

ALL STAR GROUP FEATURES VOCALISTS SATCHMO MANNAN AND TERRI DAVIS ,PIANIST BERTHA HOPE, BASSIST KIN CLARKE JAIME AFFOURMADO ON DRUM ,ALIVIN FLYTHE ON SAX AND JOSH JOHNSAON TAP DANCER

Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity. A triple Grammy award-winning artist with more than 40 recordings to his credit, Scofield has expressed himself in the vernacular of bebop, blues, jazz-funk, organ jazz, acoustic chamber jazz, electronically tinged groove music, jam band style and orchestral ensembles with ease and enthusiasm. Affectionately called, Yankee Go Home, Scofield’s latest project covers Americana/Rock hits and jazzed-out folk songs, with a few original tunes in the roots/rock/jazz vein. “I’m reconnecting with a lot of my teenaged Rock ‘n Roll roots – naturally colored by my 50 years of Jazz practices,” Scofield says, “For me this is a play on we “Yankees” taking up the music of our homeland.” He’s been working on reinterpretations of music from Leonard Bernstein to Neil Young, Buddy Holly to Stevie Wonder, and the Grateful Dead. “My main focus in guitar playing has always centered around being part of a group, exploring the music that happens when musicians listen to each other and improvise together. Quite frankly, until now, I’ve avoided playing solo concerts and, before starting this endeavor, had done only one solo performance in public since I was a child. I still have occasional nightmares about playing Greensleeves for my sixth-grade class! It gets pretty lonely up there by yourself, and I hadn’t considered solo guitar as the perfect platform for improvising. Not to mention that I’m no Segovia either! All that said, after playing guitar for 56 years, I’m finally interested in going it alone and exploring the possibilities. It’s taken me decades to realize that I’ve been playing unaccompanied guitar at home or in hotel rooms every day since 1962! I’ve put a lot of thought in lately to how I can present an evening of solo guitar that represents my passions and sensibilities. My idea is to keep it song-based, playing jazz, country and rock tunes that I love as well as some of my original compositions. I plan to employ my Looper pedal occasionally when I want to play over myself. I’ve been preparing for nearly a year, working my brain in new directions while looking forward to these shows with excitement and a small bit of trepidation. I hope you enjoy being on this journey with me.”

The Allman Brothers Band played so many shows at Fillmore East that they were sometimes called "Bill Graham's house band". At his insistence, they were the last band to perform on the Fillmore East stage before it finally closed. LIVE AT THE FILLMORE™, The World's Greatest Tribute to The Allman Brothers Band has, for over a decade, performed the music of The Allman Brothers Band with the highest level of musicianship and authenticity. Saturday, June 26th marks the 50th anniversary of the final public concerts at Fillmore East in 1971. To commemorate this auspicious occasion in music history LIVE AT THE FILLMORE is performing two shows at Cutting Room NYC, 44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016 and exactly recreating the early and late show sets by The Allman Brothers Band!

The Swingadelic Big Band plays a free concert outdoors on the Hoboken waterfront at Sinatra Park.

As New York's live music scene comes roaring back to life, East Village venue Drom brings live jazz back to the neighborhood with their new NYC Summer Jazz Series. While such storied jazz venues as Tonic and The Stone are long gone from the neighborhood, and other beloved rooms like The Pyramid Club went permanently dark during the pandemic, Drom keeps the flame of live music burning, and celebrates the end of our collective lockdown by going big. Thurs, July 29 - Mingus Big Band

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture presents Josean Jacobo on Friday June 25, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom, Facebook Live and YouTube. The event will feature an exclusive premiere performance - recorded in Santo Domingo, the Capital of the Dominican Republic - of a Jazz performance infused with the sounds and rhythms of his Dominican heritage. Following the 45-minute performance, Josean Jacobo will appear in a Live Conversation with Michael Ambrosino, producer and host of Currents, Dialectics & Dialogs at 33third.org About Josean Jacobo Josean Jacobo is one of the most important jazz musicians in the Dominican Republic. He is a pianist, composer and arranger. In his debut album “Setting Things in Order”, Josean Jacobo and his group blend Latin and Afro-Dominican Fusions (rhythms such as Merengue, Pambiche, Palos, Gaga, Sarandunga, Machacó), with other sounds within the jazz avant-garde. Committed to the music of the Dominican Republic, Josean Jacobo is successfully coloring jazz with his culture. Considered by All About Jazz Magazine “Among the most compelling of the new generation of Latin Jazz explorers.” Hailed as the Ambassador of Afro-Dominican Jazz, Josean is proud to introduce audiences to his collection of enriched and innovative music that greatly contribute to the universal language of jazz. About the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture An integral part of Hostos Community College / CUNY since 1982, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture includes two state-of- the-art theaters of 900 and 367 seats each, a black box experimental theater, and a museum-grade art gallery. The Center is a resource for students and faculty in addition to serving the cultural needs of South Bronx residents and neighboring communities. Recognized nationally as a leader in Latin and African-based programming, the performing and visual arts forums celebrate and cultivate the diverse cultural heritages of the Hostos Center’s audiences. Nearly 60,000 partake in the programs each year. The Center is dedicated to the development of emerging artists and the creation of new work. Support for Hostos Center programs come from the Hostos Community College Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Office of NYC Councilmember Rafael Salamanca, Jr., and the Office of NYS Assemblyman José Rivera.

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- The Darryl Yokley Band will be in concert at the Englewood Public Library, on Thursday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m. on the library’s front plaza. This will be the 2nd concert in the library's 9th annual Summer Jazz Concert Series - "Jazz Under the Stars". This acclaimed series takes place every Thursday evening at 7:30 from June 24 through August 26. The concert series is free and open to the public, but registration is required at tinyurl.com/JUTSyokley. For the concert series, there is a maximum of 100 guests; Englewood library cardholders only (unless maximum not reached); please bring your own chair or blanket and masks/social distancing is urged. Critically acclaimed saxophonist Darryl Yokley has been recognized as a very talented composer and arranger by The New York Times, Downbeat Magazine, and more for writing unforgettable tunes for his band Sound Reformation, which has released their second album Pictures at an African Exhibition. The lineup for the rest of the jazz series is as follows: 7/8. Richard Baratta-The 3 B’s with Vincent Herring 7/15. Darrell Green & Camille Thurman 7/22. Bill Saxton with his Harlem all-stars 7/29. Vince Ector 8/5. Eddie Allen Quartet 8/12. Chris Beck 8/19. Sharp Radway 8/26. Duane Eubanks For further information, visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org. The Englewood Library is located at 31 Engle St., Englewood, N.J.