Thank goodness for bassist Christian McBride for it is he and Melissa Walker who head up Jazz House Kids out of Montclair. They educate and mentor the next generation of jazz musicians, thus insuring that the genre itself is self-perpetuating. This special 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. show celebrates the graduation season and, as their promotion team says, “the future of jazz is in incredible hands.”
