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Highlights from the week’s activities include Louis Hayes at There will be another 40 events throughout the area at clubs

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Admission is free to both of the bookend concerts. However, Board of Chosen Freeholders. Archer, the Hutton, and GPs.” Madame Claude Bis; as well as fairly new clubs like FM, the Moore’s Lounge, Fox and Crow, The Brightside Tavern, couldn’t be prouder to work with neighborhood fixtures like “Besides all the excitement around our bookend events, we definitely lead to our best festival yet”, says Beninghove. $15. feature two of the most unique voices in jazz today. Tickets are will be held at the Brennan Courthouse on Newark Avenue and Lezlie Harrison (7pm) and the Leni Stern Trio (8pm). The event will feature “Women in Jazz at the Rotunda” featuring vocalist Goodman, and Tony Bennett to name a few. Thursday June 7 today. He has been heard with , Benny Bertoncini is one of the most pre-eminent jazz guitarists active at their weekly residency at the Morgan Library. Gene Brian Glassman, Joe Ravo, and Danny Mallon that can be seen BeBimBop is a virtuoso acoustic instrumental trio featuring Crow will host BeBimBop with special guest Gene Bertoncini. Trio and many more. Also Wednesday June 6, the Fox and performed with Tom Harrell, the Mingus Band, is one of the most in-demand drummers in town. He has Harborside Series (Wednesday June 6 at 11:30am). Johnathan Ravi Shankar. The Johnathan Blake Trio will perform the Jazz at Cannonball Adderly and to and Drummer Louis Hayes has performed with everyone from the Moore’s Lounge Meet the Artist Series (Sunday 6/3). and parks alike.

by Low-Fidelity. participate in children’s activities, and enjoy the beer garden family-friendly event are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, flutist Andrea Brachfield and Insight. Attendees of this free Kürrent, guitarist Walter Parks’ Spirituals Reimagined, and Lakecia Benjamin and Soul Squad, organist Brian Charrette’s Curto’s Forró For All (Brazilian), the dynamic saxophonist A. DeGise, Hudson ; and the Hudson County Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas division of the Department of State, and administered by the by a grant from the State Council on the Arts, a Office of Cultural Affairs. This program is also made possible Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the produced by RiverviewJazz.org. fundraising initiative supporting year-round programming opportunities, and more. The tickets are offered as part of a cocktails supplied by local restaurants, meet-the-artist admission to VIP tents at both stages June 9, food and donation. 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Register of Historic Places in 1970 Lezlie’s bold yet subtle vocals will begin the show at 7PM. jazz radio station WBGO, county courts and offices until 1966, when it was abandoned and left to and DJ for the premier crumble. After a complete restoration the building was reopened in 1985 and now houses the county’s civil courts. Leni and music in its beautiful rotunda. Today, the courthouse has regained its for- mer glory and often showcases local arts Women in , a mainstay of The the NY jazz scene William J Brennan Lezlie Harrison take the stage at 8PM. Vocalist Courthouse, 583 Newark Avenue special event presented by the Hudson beginning at 7PM. Guitarist and singer Jersey City, will feature a THURSDAY JUNE 7 • 7 PM - th Mamadou Ba and Alioune Faye. She will County Executive Thomas DeGise and the will bring her eclectic jazz and world style to the perform with her NYC based trio featuring THURSDAY JUNE 7 • 8 PM Jazz Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism -

sensational female guitarists of all time, Leni will Rotunda. Named as one of Guitar Player’s 50 most Development in conjunction with the Riverview Jazz Festival. The Courthouse Rotunda is a truly stunning June 7 and unique venue to enjoy a night of jazz on Thursday Stern

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in JAZZ W Riverview Jazz Festival • May 27, 2018 • 14 15 • Riverview Jazz Festival • May 27, 2018 – th th away. th th PM to August 15 – – Wednesdays – – September 8 -10 th th ROTUNDA events... Doors 6:30PM Leni Stern 8 September 15 – – June 7 583 Newark Ave Lezlie Harrison 7PM Jersey City, NJ 07306 Tickets are $15, go to 6-9pm, May to September WOMEN IN JAZZ THE AT 6419 for tickets or information. PATH station is a short walk Here is a sampling... The William J. Brennan Courthouse GROOVE ON GROVE Hudson County is alive SIXTH BOROUGH COMEDY FESTIVAL www.visithudson.org, pay at the door, Wednesdays June 13 Courthouse after 6PM. The Journal Square Free parking is available directly next to the BRIDGE ARTS FESTIVAL HOBOKEN MOVIES UNDER THE STARS – ALL ABOUT DOWNTOWN STREET FAIR with tons of activities and or call Matt Caranante at 201-459-2070 xt. ) Walter Parks (June 7, June 8) Andrae Murchison (June 1) Walter Parks (June 6, June 9 Brian Charrette (June 9) Walter Parks (June 6, June 9) John Bauers Andrae Murchison (June 1) Andrae Murchison (June 1) Johnathan Blake (June 6) 7, June 8) ) - Ted Chubb (June 9) Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) Ted Chubb (June 9) (June 7, June 8) Andrae Murchison (June 1) Johnathan Blake (June 6) (June Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) - Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) Johnathan Blake (June 6) - – (June 7, June 8) Johnathan Blake (June 6) - Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) Andrae Murchison (June 1) Walter Parks (June 6, June 9) (June 7, June 8) Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) Bryan Beninghove (June 6) Walter Parks (June 6, June 9) Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) Get to know the Artists! John Bauers Ted Chubb (June 9) Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) (June 7, June 8) (June 1, June 7) Brian Charrette (June 9) Eyes Are On The Sparrow - Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) Andrae Murchison (June 1) Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) John Bauers John “Dandy” Rodriguez (June 1) - Walter Parks (June 6, June 9) Bryan Beninghove (June 6) Ted Chubb (June 9) Ted Chubb (June 9 Johnathan Blake (June 6) – Johnathan Blake (June 6) Brian Charrette (June 9) His - Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) John “Dandy” Rodriguez (June 1) - John “Dandy” Rodriguez (June 1) - John Bauers Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) John “Dandy” Rodriguez (June 1) Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) Ted Chubb (June 9) Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) John Bauers Walter Parks (June 6, June 9) Brian Charrette (June 9) Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) Charlie Apicella (June 1, June 7) Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1) Brian Charrette (June 9) Brian Charrette (June 9) Johnathan Blake (June 6) - John Bauers Stefan Zeniuk of Gato Loco (June 1)

Andrea Brachfeld (June 9) Ted Chubb (June 9)

Brian Charrette (June 9) Charlie Apicella

John Bauers (June 7, June 8)

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Riverview Jazz sat down with a few of the bandleaders. See what they had to say to had they what See bandleaders. the of few a with down sat Jazz Riverview What are you listening to now?

Coffee Coffee in beer the in day, the night – Double espresso with 1/16 of an inch of hot water added + a bit of half/half - - half/half of bit a + added water hot of inch an of 1/16 with espresso Double Oban 14yr – Water or which Water Vodka looks very much like water - Aventinus Aventinus beer - Orange & Ginger Ale(half & half) Fresh Fresh juice with apple, carrot, lemon, beets, and ginger – Water, then Scotch – Water, Water Water – Manhattan on the Rocks - What’s your beverage of choice?

The Godfather - Knife in the water – The Wizard of Oz _ Donnie Brasco – The Wizard of Oz Clueless - Christmas Vacation Christmas Vacation - Jacob’s Ladder – Jacob’s Under the Tuscan Sun Under the – Tuscan What’s your favorite movie? Il Porto in Brooklyn – Hisae - 7th ave. Donuts & Diner - Leone’s Restaurante & Leone’s Pizzeria Renatos – It was Noodle Fan! They closed! – Madame Claude’s – Madame Claude’s The Cliff in The Heights - What’s your favorite local food spot? Enjoy my family - Travel – Travel Do anything with my wife - Golf – Go to the movies Write Write music, buy groceries, cook, and sleep. – Garden, Garden, call Beninghove, watch NBA playoffs – Yoga, meditation, study Yoga, – Crossword Puzzles Crossword - Kung – Fu -

Make stop-motion videos - What do you like to do when you’re not playing music?

Mambo style music - Lee Morgan – Probably the now nameless church organist of my youth my of organist church - nameless now the Probably , , Grant BB Green, Yusef King – My Mother - Tim Berne - My father...Jazz violinist John My Blake father...Jazz Jr. The eminent J.J. Johnson - Ray Charles – Eric Dolphy – Who was your first musical influence?

Nobody Else But Me - Goldfinger – Tenderly . – Tenderly At This Moment On Siboney - Without a Song Now’s the Time Now’s by Charlie Parker – When Lights Are Low – Along Came Betty Son De La Loma - What’s your favorite standard to play right now?

Art Farmer - The Time and the Place - Mahalia Jackson •

Miles Davis, Birth Of The Cool Kraftwerk Kraftwerk , “Controversy” - My kids piano recital pieces The Dells, , and John Holt – - The voices in my head, and any Count Basie I can get my hands on. Also Marilyn Maye Lots of . – Lots Shaw. of Woody Riverview Jazz Festival • May 27, 2018 • 16

FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2018 SATURDAY JUNE 9, 2018 EXCHANGE PLACE ALLIANCE AND RJO PRESENTS RIVERVIEW JAZZ CLOSING FESTIVAL RIVERVIEW JAZZ FESTIVAL KICK OFF RIVERVIEWFISK PARK, 12„8PM J OWEN GRUNDY PIER, 4:30–9PM RIVERVIEW STAGE SKYLINE STAGE Riverview Jazz Brass led by Andrae Murchison, Doug Beavers Salsa Orchestra ‘pm Wallace Roney & Friends •pm Lakecia Benjamin & the Soul Squad ’pm Winard Harper & Tap Sensational –pm ZT Amplifiers Artist Showcase (feat. Vic Juris, Rob Curto’s Forró For All “pm Brian Charette’s Kürrent —pm Dave Stryker, and Charlie Apicella) 5pm, Andrea Brachfeld and Insight ”pm Spirituals Reimagined feat Gato Loco 6:30pm, Johnny Rodriguez Dream Team 8pm Walter Parks & Vivian Sessoms ”—pm

FRIDAY JUNE 1 • Jersey City Ward Tour Lutze Biergarten, 1pm • The Oak on Pine 196 PINE ST FRIDAY JUNE 8 • Groove on Grove JC Fridays • Moore’s Lounge Meet the Artist w/ Louis John Bauers, 7pm • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE GROVE ST PATH STATION Hayes, 6pm • West Side Music Presents at Lincoln Park Jocelyn Medina, 10pm Nobuki Takamen, 6pm Larry Banks’ Spring Swing, 7 – 9pm • GP’s Restaurant, 236 PAVONIA AVE MONDAY JUNE 4 • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE T.K. Blue, 10pm • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE BeBimBop feat. Piano Bar feat. Joe Regan, 9pm • GP’s Restaurant 236 PAVONIA AVE • Brightside Tavern Gene Bertoncini, 8pm • The Hutton 225 HUTTON ST Piano Bar feat Anadelia + Lyndol Descant, 9pm RJO’s All-Stars Open Jazz Jam, 7:30pm Julian Meyers, 7 – 9pm; THURSDAY JUNE 7 • Moore’s Lounge aka Bill & Ruth’s TUESDAY JUNE 5 Ian Kenselaar Trio, 10pm • JCCA & RJO present Jazz For Lunch 189 MONTICELLO AVE • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE • Moore’s Lounge aka Bill & Ruth’s Jazz Jam Session, 8pm J OWEN GRUNDY PIER (EXCHANGE PL) 189 MONTICELLO AVE Jam Session, 8pm Backroom Broadside (spoken word), 7:30pm Charlie Apicella & Iron City, 12 – 2pm SATURDAY JUNE 2 • Madame Claude Bis 390 4TH ST • The Archer 176 NEWARK AVE SATURDAY JUNE 9 • JC Marketplace & RJO Manouche Bag, 7:30pm Blue Vipers, 7:30pm • GP’s Restaurant 236 PAVONIA AVE MAGNOLIA LANDING, 136 MAGNOLIA AVE WEDNESDAY JUNE 6 • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE Piano Bar feat. Anadelia and Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm, 8pm DJ Prestige and Pat Van Dyke, 12 – 5pm • RJO & Harborside JC presents Jazz a Matt Benson, 9pm • The Hutton 225 HUTTON ST • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE t the Harborside HARBORSIDE ATRIUM, • The Hutton 225 HUTTON ST Anthony Tamburro & Greg McLaughlin, Nicki Denner, 10pm 200 HUDSON ST Johnathan Blake, Jack Breslin Trio, 10pm 9 – 11pm • The Hutton 225 HUTTON ST D.I.N., 10pm 11:30am – 1:30pm • Fox & Crow 594 PALISADE • Madame Claude Bis 390 4TH ST • GP’s Restaurant 236 PAVONIA AVE • The Archer 176 NEWARK AVE O¢cial After Party & Jazz Jam with Manouche Bag, 7:30pm Piano Bar feat. Anadelia and Go Bailers, 7:30pm Ted Chubb, 9pm • Sean Browdy, 9pm • FM 340 3RD STREET Bryan Beninghove & (SUMMIT AVE & MANHATTAN) Walter Parks Big Fun, 8pm $7 FOR MORE DETAILS SEE SUNDAY JUNE 3 John Bauers & Friends, 7pm • Groove on Grove • Farms in the Heights Farmer’s Market • Women in Jazz at the Rotunda GROVE ST PATH STATION riverviewjazz.org RIVERVIEWFISK PARK, PALISADE BRENNAN COURTHOUSE, A Riverview Jazz Fest Runs James Gibbs III, 12:30 – 3pm 583 NEWARK AVE Through It Showcase • FM 340 3RD STREET Leni Stern (8pm) & Lezlie Harrison (7pm) Anthony Fuscaldo, 6pm IRIS Records Jazz Chill Out at FM, 9pm $15 Ticket Lisa Simpson and/or TBA, 7pm • GP’s Restaurant 236 PAVONIA AVE • Sinatra Park SINATRA DR Tommy Two Scoops and Friends with Jazz Brunch feat. Lyndol Descant, 12pm Gene the Plumber, Emily Turonis, 7pm the Brightside Tavern Jazz Trio, 8pm

PRESENTED BY: MAYOR STEVEN M. FULOP, THE JERSEY CITY Funding for this program is made possible by generous support from the Hudson County Oce of MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, AND THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS Cultural & Heritage Aairs/Tourism Development, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive and jerseycitynj.gov JerseyCityNJ JC_GOV jerseycitynj the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.