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Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for June 30)   A fireworks display will be held July 2 at Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge. Gates to the park open at 4 p.m. Officials will present Killed-In-Action flags to families who lost a loved one from Woodbridge in any wars in the past. Call the Recreation Department at 732-596-4048 to register someone. The ceremony should begin at 7:30 p.m. The Nerds will perform after the fireworks. “Bringing the Night to Life” fireworks will be presented by Pyrotecnico Fireworks at around 9:30 p.m. Lawn chairs, ...

/ I first met Samara Joy in November 2019, two days before she won the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition at NJPAC. She walked into the WBGO studio for her interview as a finalist with a very mild, unassuming presence that certainly wouldn’t set off any alarm bells. We started talking and she mentioned how she had only come to discover Sarah Vaughan’s "Lover Man" the previous year, as a student at SUNY Purchase. She was instantly enthralled, and dove in headfirst into the legend's body of work. The Pulse featuring Samara Joy and the 2021 SVVC Finalists Samara...

The Double Life of Nat King Cole After Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole is the best remembered of the singers who dominated American popular music between the end of the big-band era and the advent of rock ’n’ roll. Chiefly known today as a performer of romantic ballads, he had a dark, grainy baritone voice with which he sang in a style at once intimate and unmannered. While Cole’s reputation went into a temporary eclipse as a result of his early death—a lifelong chain smoker, he died of lung cancer in 1965, three decades before Sinatra gave his last public performance—he was restored t...

Hudson Reporter Sinatra is gone, but not forgotten Dear Editor: May 14, 1998. It’s been 23 years since entertainer Frank Sinatra left us but still his musical legacy endures as well as his films, CDs and concerts. So, in my yearly remembrance, please join me and music luminaries Tony Bennett, Peggy King and the All-Star Jazz Trio, archivist Anthony DiFlorio III, author Will Friedwald, Bronx’s own Tribute Band talent promoter/musician Billy Jon Coogan and the millions of Sinatra fans around the world as we we salute the immortal Frank Sinatra and his unforgettable legacy of music and m...

Jon Warshawsky | 02/08/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This recording is amazing, largely because it is over 60 years old and completely listenable. It is remarkable because in 1939 neither Sinatra or Harry James were making much money, traveling to engagements where they were treated less than royally. Kudos to Sony/Columbia for producing such a first-rate CD with a nicely done narrative booklet by George Simon (who reviewed the Harry James Band in 1939 and commented on Sinatra's "very pleasing vocals"!) and Will Friedwald.The music -- well, it's a mixed bag, but 'All or Nothing at All' is o...