Dextor Gordon

Meet Dexter Gordon

Each year, the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL honors a jazz legend marking their centennial through art and music. The 14th annual festival will continue this tradition by celebrating Dexter Gordon with the work of visual artist Andres Chaparro and a performance by the JAZZ HOUSE Collective on the September 9 Downtown Jamboree BDP Holdings Stage @ Lackawanna Plaza.

Mecadon McCune of Newark will receive the 2023 James Moody Jazz Scholarship for New Jersey

LINDA MOODY AND JAZZ HOUSE KiDS ANNOUNCE WINNER OF 2023 JAMES MOODY SCHOLARSHIP

[MONTCLAIR + NEWARK, NJ – June 1, 2023] Linda Moody and JAZZ HOUSE KiDS are pleased to announce that drummer Mecadon McCune of Newark will receive the 2023 James Moody Jazz Scholarship for New Jersey. The scholarship, now in its ninth year, is named for Ms. Moody’s late husband, the legendary Newark-raised tenor saxophonist James Moody. It is awarded annually to a New Jersey high school senior who embodies the qualities expressed by the NEA Jazz Master through his life and works—musicianship, creativity, leadership, and community involvement. Mecadon McCune of Newark to study Jazz Performance at Montclair State University.