AN ALL DAY BLOCK PARTY SPECIAL ARTISTS + OUR JAZZ HOUSE SUMMER STUDENTS + DJ BROTHER MISTER. The 2023 MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL's BLOCK PARTY will be held on Saturday, August 12, from noon to 10 p.m. Starting at 12 noon, the Lackawanna stage will feature student musicians taking part in the JAZZ HOUSE Summer Workshop (12-4 […]
ABOUT ROXY COSS GRAMMY Award-Winning Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Recording Artist, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss has become one of the most unique and innovative Saxophonists on the scene. Winner of the 2022 Downbeat Critics’ Poll "Rising Star" category in Soprano Saxophone, an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, Jazziz Magazine listed her an “Artist to Watch," and she […]
JOiN US FOR THE GRAND FINALE! Saturday, September 9 1 - 9pm The MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL Downtown Jamboree will transform the vibrant, arts-rich, New York City urban suburb of Montclair, NJ into a musical mecca. The festival will take to the streets of downtown Montclair to support the vibrant main business district, closing off Bloomfield Avenue to traffic. Festival goers can […]
MSU John J. Cali School of Music and JAZZ HOUSE KiDS present Concert Honoring NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart Featuring faculty, alumni, students + special guests Date + Time: Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 6:00 PM Location: Montclair State University, Alexander Kasser Theater Tickets: $20 | free for students with ID: MONTCLAIR.EDU/ARTS/TICKETS Montclair State University […]
About Isaiah J. Thompson Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Originally from West Orange, New Jersey, the pianist, bandleader and composer began studying at The Calderone School of Music from an early age. Soon after, Isaiah continued […]
