2019 Jazz in June Festival
Join us in McCarter’s Lockwood Lobby from 5:00pm – 8:00pm on June 22!
There will be delicious food and drinks available for purchase, plus music and activities for the whole family.
Pre-show admission and activities are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019
Vijay Iyer Sextet
with Graham Haynes, cornet, fluegelhorn & electronica
Mark Shim, tenor sax
Steve Lehman, alto sax
Stephan Crump, bass
Tyshawn Sorey, drums
If jazz today has a Renaissance man, it is Vijay Iyer—pianist, bandleader, composer, educator, Harvard professor, MacArthur Award fellow, and regular winner of every jazz poll under the sun.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019
Cécile McLorin Salvant
with Fred Hersch, piano
Cecile McLorin Salvant returns to McCarter after picking up her third Grammy this year for The Window. Joining her will be the indispensable pianist Fred Hersch, who has re-invented the jazz standard repertoire with 14 Grammy nominations and over 50 recordings as composer, bandleader, and innovator of individualistic jazz.
MORE INFOSATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019
Christian McBride & Tip City
with Emmet Cohen, piano
Dan Wilson, guitar
Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years.
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Bill Frisell Trio
with Tony Scherr, bass
Kenny Wollesen, drums
There are lots of jazz guitarists, but only one Bill Frisell, a pioneer whose influence on several generations of guitarists is incalculable. His luminous vision of Americana folk-jazz fusion has made him a brand unto himself.
MORE INFOSATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019
Bill Charlap Trio
with Peter Washington, bass
Kenny Washington, drums
For twenty years, Bill Charlap’s name has been synonymous with the Great American Songbook—you might even say he owns it. Whereas other jazzmen of his generation play the harmonies and the tune, this mainstream master plays the song—the whole song—with his innate sense of time, place, and melody.
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