New Brunswick Jazz Festival Runs Oct. 23 - 27

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Hub City Jazz Festival, a multi-day and multi-venue gathering of jazz enthusiasts from the tri-state area, will take place in New Brunswick October 23-27.

The Festival will feature national and international jazz musicians as well as renowned local talent. Since its inception in 2004 the Festival has included some of the top names in jazz including Boney James, Brian Culbertson, Incognito and Tito Puente Jr.

Hub City Jazz Festival 2019 Events: Oct. 23-Oct. 27 www.hubcityjazz.com

Admittance to all restaurant events is free and is sponsored in part by New Brunswick City Market.

Oct. 23: Marlow Rosado and The New Brunswick Public Schools District Jazz Band, 6:00-8:00 New Brunswick High School, 1000 Somerset Street

Oct. 24: The James White Band 7:00-10:00 Delta’s Restaurant, 19 Dennis Street
Oct. 25: The Amazin' Grace Little Band 7:00-11:00 Christopher's,The Heldrich Hotel,10 Livingston Ave.
Oct. 26: The James Gibbs Band 6:00-10:00 Delta’s Restaurant, 19 Dennis St.
Zoay Jazz, 7:00-10:00 Esquina Latina, 25 Liberty Street
The Curtis Lundy Trio,8:00-11:00 Frog & The Peach, 29 Dennis St.
Jazz4Soul 8:30-11:30 Roosterspin, 120 Albany St.
Jackie Jones & The John Bianculli Trio 8:30-11:30 Tavern on George, 361 George St.
Kelly Andre & Organic Soul 9:00- 1:00 Hub City Brewhouse, 335 George St.

Oct. 27
All events at Hyatt New Brunswick, 2 Albany Street
The Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band 1:00-1:30
Kayla Waters 1:50-2:30
Ken Ford 2:50-3:40
Nick Colione & Eric Darius 4:00-5:00
Headliner: Jeff Bradshaw & Friends Featuring Maysa, Eric Roberson & Jackiem Joyner 5:30-7:30

In addition to providing top jazz entertainment, the not for profit Hub City Jazz Festival has expanded its charitable outreach to promoting music education and skills training to student musicians throughout New Jersey. The support has provided the twenty members of The New Brunswick Public Schools District Jazz Band with after school instrument instruction plus a three-week summer camp program.

HCJF has created a partnership with the New Brunswick District Schools. As a result of this partnership, students from the New Brunswick Middle and High Schools will take part in a presentation/workshop led by Latin Jazz icon, Marlow Rosado next Wednesday, October 23.

The presentation titled "Zero to Grammy" tells the compelling and inspiring story of Marlow Rosado's rise from living on the streets of Puerto Rico as a orphaned child, to becoming a Grammy award winner. The student assembly will be held at The New Brunswick High School starting at 1 p.m.

"In the Latin community, although jazz music is not the most popular form of music, the interest among younger people is increasing," said Rosado. "Basically, it's because the playing of jazz includes many elements of traditional Latin music. For student musicians, especially those living in underserved communities, providing messages of hope and inspiration is so important. So, it makes considerable sense to share my life story. I'm happy to participate in this wonderful event."

Following Marlow's presentation, The New Brunswick Public Schools District Jazz Band will perform with Marlow and his band. This concert will take place on Wednesday, October 23 at New Brunswick High School. This event is free and open to the public.

Each year attendance at the Hub City Jazz Festival has grown significantly along with community participation. This year’s Festival volunteers include members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Nu Xi Omega Chapter, Progressive Chapter No. 30 The Order of the Eastern Star New Brunswick, and Central New Jersey Chapter the Links. Corporate Partners are Wells Fargo, Hyatt Regency, PNC Bank, New Brunswick City Market, Merrill Lynch, Altice, Investor's Bank, New Brunswick Cultural Center, and Middlesex Cultural and Heritage Commission.

The first New Brunswick Jazz Festival was held in 2004 and was the brainchild of Allen McGriff, a local New Brunswick entrepreneur and mason.

After five years the festival outgrew its original venue and expanded to a four-day event attracting jazz fans from throughout the Northeast. During the restaurant events, local and up-and-coming artists are showcased at downtown venues throughout New Brunswick. The fifth day hosts the main event at the Hyatt Regency with a full day of entertainment provided by internationally known jazz recording artists.