FROM BIX TO BOP AND BEYOND
Popular Festival Returns June 21-22
MORRISTOWN, May 6, 2003 _ Atlantic Mutual Jazzfest 2003, New Jerseyıs oldest and most popular summer jazz festival, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22 on the Madison, New Jersey campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sponsored by the New Jersey Jazz Society, Jazzfest offers the full range of mainstream acoustic jazz styles from Dixieland to Bop and more modern. On Saturday, the performers include guitar virtuosos Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola with their quartet, singer Jeanie Bryson and her quartet, pianist Bill Charlap, drummer Winard Harper fronting a sextet, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon Quintet and the always-popular Kenny Davern.
Sundayıs program will feature vocalist Hanna Richardson and her trio, bassist Jay Leonhart leading a trio, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, pianist Toshiko Akyioshi, Norman Simmons together with Eric Alexander, and a tribute to Bix Beiderbecke by trumpeter Randy Reinhart and his sextet.
One of the highlights of this yearıs festival will be the appearance of Aaron Weinstein, the 17-year-old violin virtuoso who is making a name for himself in jazz circles. A senior at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, Aaron won the 1999 and 2001 Illinois Fiddle Championships making him the youngest ever to do so. Aaron will perform Stephane Grappelli classics with Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola.
Sponsored by the nonprofit New Jersey Jazz Society for the past 30 years, Jazzfest is New Jerseyıs oldest jazz festival. The festival is made possible through the generous support of several corporations, including Atlantic Mutual Insurance, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Red Oak Bank, the Daily Record, Arbors Records, Millington Savings Bank, PNC Advisors and Toyota of Morristown. Tickets are $35.00 per day and $65.00 for the weekend if purchased in advance. At the gate, tickets will be $40.00 per day and $75.00 for a two-day package. There is a $3.00 handling fee per order. Students are only $10.00 and children 12 and under are free.
Those traveling from outside the northern New Jersey area will want to avail themselves of a special hotel rate at the beautiful Dolce Hamilton Conference Center, conveniently located adjacent to the festival site. As the official hotel of Jazzfest, Dolce Hamilton offers a special low room rate, shuttle service to the festival and a Saturday night dinner package. For more information, call 1 800 98DOLCE.
For Jazzfest tickets and more information, call 1 800 303-6557 or visit
www.njjs.org.
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