Jersey City Jazz Festival Set For May 29 To June 2

Written By Mike Greenblatt

PHOTO: Lance Bryant will perform June 1 on the waterfront.
CREDIT: Chris Druker

The New Jersey Jazz Society will present the eleventh annual Jersey City Jazz Festival May 29 to June 2 with 37 concerts over five days at different Hudson County locations. Tenor sax man Jerry Weldon will perform May 30 at the Brennan Courthouse. Drummer Johnathan Blake will lead his band May 31 at the Nimbus Arts Center. The waterfront location will host vocalist Champian Fulton, pianist David Kikoski and tenor saxophonist Lance Bryant (pictured) June 1 plus tenor saxophonist George Coleman and vocalist Brianna Thomas June 2. The after-party will be held at Moore’s Lounge on Monticello Avenue June 2 with drummer Winard Harper & Friends. JUST IN: Scott Kettner’s Nation Beat will play June 1 performing selections from their new `Archaic Humans’ album.  

For more information including ticketing, go to https://riverviewjazz.org/jersey-city-jazz-festival.  

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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