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  • Our famous FREE outdoor concert series brings residents together every week in Chambers Plaza. It’s a dance party with a festival atmosphere—and you’re invited! Grab a drink at our outdoor bar. Feast at NJPAC’s NICO Kitchen + Bar or nearby food trucks. Meet, mingle and move to the music.
  • It's Another Sunday Serenade presented by VTY Jazz Arts and we will be live and in-person at the fabulous Cutting Room. This Sunday Serenade will be a tribute to pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. featuring the Jeb Patton Quintet. The music starts at 3:00 and goes until 5:45 PM. One music charge of ($30.00) for two sets of music. The doors open at 2:30. Look forward to seeing you live and in-person at the Cuttting Room. Reservations:917-882-9539...
  • The Guardian’s “most exciting indie-rockers” of 2020 curate a weeklong residency featuring some of their favorite local and international artists, culminating with standing-room headline shows.
  • Live and direct from the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s QWANQWA make their North American debut this fall; embarking on their very first U.S. tour of 23 states over three months. QWANQWA is a five-piece improvisatory ensemble based in Addis Ababa, dedicated to furthering Ethiopia’s unique string traditions. Inspired by a shared passion for Ethiopian music, the group brings together some of the most accomplished traditional players in the country; creating a space to explore new, improvised sound and break the rules in an otherwise conservative musical culture.
  • Percussionist and jazz vibraphonist Erik Charlston leads JazzBrasil, which has performed at numerous clubs in NYC including Dizzy’s and SOB’s and is tonight celebrating the music of the great Hermeto Pascoal along with others. Joining Erik will be Charles Pillow on sax, clarinet, and flute, Vitor Gonçalves on piano, Eduardo Belo on bass, Keita Ogawa on percussion, and Rogério Boccato on drums.

    Erik has performed with jazz and pop luminaries, including Wynton Marsalis, Steve Coleman, Bill Frisell, Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett, Sting, Elton John, and Metallica at Madison Square Garden. He also performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, on Broadway, and on countless film soundtracks from Disney’s original “Aladdin” to the upcoming “Joker,” “Gemini Man” and Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story.”

    Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. $25 in advance / $30 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.
  • Patrick Zimmerli -composer & soprano saxophone
    Steve Wilson -alto saxophone
    Chris Potter -tenor saxophone
    Ron Blake -baritone saxophone
    Thomas Enhco -piano
    Scott Colley -bass
    EJ Strickland -drums
    Sets at 7.30pm + 9.30pm ET
  • Acclaimed jazz guitarist Andy Bianco brings his formidable quartet to Zinc on Monday, September 19. He’s supported by saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, organist Brad Whiteley, and drummer Paul Wells.

    New York City-based guitarist/composer Andy Bianco has performed/recorded with Angie Stone, Ray Chew, Onree Gill, Kandace Springs, Elle Varner, Bob Moses & many others at such renowned venues as Smoke Jazz Club, Cafe Wha, The Bitter End, The Blue Note, SOB’s, and Joe’s Pub. He’s also the guitarist for the Grammy-nominated R&B artist Elle Varner, with whom he has completed a tour of Japan for Billboard Live. He was a finalist in the 2012 & 2015 USA Songwriting Competition, & his 2 official album releases as a leader have received domestic & international critical acclaim. Andy completed a 6-month tour of New Zealand & Japan as the guitarist with the critically acclaimed stage production entitled, “Empire.” He is a member of the jazz hip-hop supergroup, the Nickel & Dime OPS.

    Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.
  • “A beacon of hard-won virtuosity and open-eared creativity.” —The New Yorker

    Acclaimed Tenor Saxophonist George Garzone brings his formidable quartet to the Zinc on Saturday, September 24. He's supported by guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Slavov, and drummer Ari Hoenig.

    Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released three albums. A veteran jazzman, Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on the tenor when he was six, played in a family band, and attended music school in Boston. In addition, Garzone has guested in many situations, touring Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and performing with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z, and John Patitucci, among others.

    Garzone is well-known as a sought-after jazz educator, teaching at the Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music, New York University and the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Program. He has pioneered the triadic chromatic approach and students of his have included Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, Teodross Avery, Luciana Souza, Mark Turner, Donny McCaslin, Doug Yates, and Danilo Pérez, to name a few.

    Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $30 in advance / $35 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.

  • An expressive instrumentalist, Cherry has a hip, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing ‘finger music’, the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space” —JazzTimes

    Acclaimed jazz guitarist Ed Cherry brings his formidable trio to Zinc on Monday, September 26.

    Guitarist Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early ’70s, as a sideman to musicians such as Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill, and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he spent over fifteen years in Dizzy Gillespie’s band, remaining with the group until the trumpeter’s death in 1993.

    Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 day of show. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.
  • An expressive instrumentalist, Cherry has a hip, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing ‘finger music’, the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space” —JazzTimes

    Acclaimed jazz guitarist Ed Cherry brings his formidable trio to Zinc on Monday, September 26.

    Guitarist Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early ’70s, as a sideman to musicians such as Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill, and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he spent over fifteen years in Dizzy Gillespie’s band, remaining with the group until the trumpeter’s death in 1993.

    Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 day of show. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.
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