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The annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival will be held on the Green on Saturday, September 17, from noon until 10:00 p.m. An initiative by Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty, the Festival enters its 12th year.

Ella Fitzgerald's only concert album of songbook material, and her only live recording with a full orchestra, will release Verve on on June 24. Here's what makes it special.

The full, never-before-released 15-song performance will be released under the title Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook.

Full calendar of live events planned for summer, fall

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Bobby Sanabria is an eight time Grammy-nominee as a leader, drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, documentary film producer, educator, activist, and bandleader. A native son of the South Bronx born to Puerto Rican parents, he has performed and recorded with such legends as Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Ray Barretto, Cándido, Henry Threadgill, Larry Harlow, and the Godfather of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá.

"White Christmas" was introduced on radio by Bing Crosby during the Kraft Music Hall broadcast on Dec. 24, 1941, barely two weeks after Pearl Harbor.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Bill Charlap Duets with Houston Person, Jon Faddis, Chris Potter and Ron Carter, Peter Cincotti, Jihye Lee Big Band, The Hot Sardines, and more.

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for July 14)   Middlesex College will host a two-hour in-person Continuing Education Open House at its centrally-located campus in Edison on July 15 from 6-8 p.m. Park in lot 11.  Held outdoors under tents, the open house will give prospective students and visitors the opportunity to learn more about the wide array of noncredit courses that make up Continuing Education programs at Middlesex College, including allied health, English as a second la...