REMEMBERING - New Jersey Jazz Society

JerseyArticlesJazzCape May Jazz Presents “A Tribute tothe Count” and 18 Weekend Jazz EventsWith the Sedona, Arizona Jazz on theRocks festival cancelled for this year,jazz at Newport rescued from the brink ofoblivion by impresario George Wein, andfestivals around the country cutting backon schedules and rosters, the seemingrecession-proof Cape May Jazz Festival justmotors on, presenting the full complementof 14 acts plus jams and workshops atmultiple venues in the picturesque southernJersey shore town on the weekend ofNovember 6–8.Headlining the 32nd Cape May event onFriday evening is “A Tribute to the Count”by the Count Basie Orchestra under thedirection of trombonist Bill Hughes in theTheatre at Lower Regional High School. Thenight continues with alto saxophonist RichieCole at Carney’s Other Room and vocalistBarbara King, who returns by populardemand with her dusky Sarah Vaughan-likevoice, at the Victorian Gardens at theSkippersPLANE STREET PUBNewark’s Best Kept Live Music Secret!Serving great food. NO cover. $10 minimum.Mondays Live Jazz Jam (8PM–Midnight) hosted byNewark’s own Eugene “Goldie” Goldston (Vocalist)Greg Bufford (Drums); Radam Schwartz (Keyboard)Tuesdays TBAVisit our website or call for informationWednesdays TBAVisit our website or call for informationThursdaysFridaysSaturdaysSundaysFeatured Live Jazz Artist (8PM–Midnight))Check calendar/call 973.733.9300Karaoke Night (8PM–Midnight))hosted by the talented Denise HamiltonAvailable for Special EventsLive Jazz Matinee Sessions 4:00–8:00PMwith Radam Schwartz (Organ)304 University Ave., Newark, NJ 07102973.733.9300 skippersplanestreetpub.comMarquis deLafayette Hotel. Continuingin Carney’s Main Room is theHammond B3 master Radam Schwartzwith his Quintet. Friday night isrounded out with Gary Allegretto,the versatile blues harmonicist, withhis blend of electric and acousticblues in Cabanas.Ravi Coltrane leads off Saturday nightat the Theatre featuring Geri Allen onpiano, along with Massimo Biolcati,bass, and E. J. Strickland, drums. Thenight continues with Houston Personperforming at the Jazz Dinner atAleatheas with open seating at 11 PM.Detroit-based singer Denise Thimesgraces Victorian Gardens and guitaristTeddy Royal performs with Kyle Kohleron organ and Ralph Bowen on sax inthe Boiler Room at Congress Hall.Royal calls New Orleans home, wherehe wrote and recorded with the StapleSingers, AllenToussaint, PattiLaBelle and theNeville Brothers, andwas Fats Domino’sguitarist for 30 years.Edgardo Cintronand Inca return toCarney’s Main Roomwith a “Tribute toDetroit singer Denise Thimes, who wowed SRO crowds atthe NJJS 2008 sanofi-aventis Jazzfest, returns to NewJersey for two sets at the Cape May Jazz Festival on Nov. 7.Carlos Santana” and the Armstong-influencedtrumpeter Dominic Farinacciperforms in Carney’s Other Room.Memphis Gold continues the blues traditionat Cabanas evoking the vintage sounds ofsouthern soul and blues.The festival also includes Jam SessionsSaturday and Sunday in Carney’s, BluesJams in Cabanas with Alan Weber and Frenzon Saturday, and Frank Bey and theSwing City Blues Band on Sunday. JJCAPE MAY JAZZThe schedule, musicians’ information and sounds bytes can befound on the Web at www.capemayjazz.org. For more information,or to be put on the mailing list, please call 609-884-7277.An All-Event Weekend Pass to attend 18 events beginning 8 PM Fridaythrough 4 PM Sunday is $150 general admission. Individual Friday orSaturday night All-Event Wristbands are $55. Saturday Afternoon JamWristbands are $35, Sunday Jams $25. Reserved seating is available atthe Theatre at Lower Regional High School for an additional $25 perperson. Complimentary festival transportation running every 10minutes is available between venues all weekend.The 32nd Cape May Jazz Festival is presented by New Jersey Department of State, Division ofTravel and Tourism (VisitNJ.Com) and the Bank of America, and is sponsored by BarefootWines, the Delaware River and Bay Authority, WRTI Temple Public Radio, WBGO Jazz 88,WMGM TV40, WCFA 101.5, WTTH the Touch, Cape May Star and Wave, Jazz Times,Verizon Wireless, with generous support from the New Jersey State Council on theArts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NewJersey Cultural Trust, local businesses and donors.36_________________________________ October 2009