4th Annual TD Moody Jazz Festival Coming to Newark

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4th Annual TD Moody Jazz Festival Coming to Newark Nov. 4-15
Featured artists include Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride

By JazzTimes

The fourth annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival will take place
Nov. 4-15, on and off the NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center)
campus in downtown Newark, N.J. Tony Bennett headlines this year's
festival with performances on November 12 and 13. The festival is also
the site of one of three Frank Sinatra centennial concerts planned this
season: “The Real Sinatra Songbook,” on Nov. 9. The second installment
of a new series, “One on One with Christian McBride,” will feature
keyboardist Bruce Hornsby on Nov. 12 for music and talk. Also planned
are performances featuring Judy Carmichael, Dianne Reeves, Sharon Jones
and the Dap-Kings, Bill Charlap, the T.S. Monk Sextet and Dorado Schmitt
& Django Festival Allstars. 

Festival-goers can also enjoy Sunday brunch concerts at Dorthaan's
Place in NICO Kitchen + Bar, as well as performances by five female
singers during the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on
the festival's final day. Another centennial, this one in honor of
Billie Holiday, takes place on Nov. 14.
Festival Highlights

 Tony Bennett

 The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

 Christian McBride with Bruce Hornsby: One on One

 Jazz, Soul and Funk: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and More

 Bill Charlap Presents: Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool

 Judy Carmichael Trio with Harry Allen

 The Real Sinatra Songbook Joe Alterman Trio Keep On Keepin' On

 Dorado Schmitt & Django Festival Allstars

 All-State Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Choir Jazz Wives / Jazz Lives

 Day of Swing T.S. Monk Sextet

 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition 

For additional information and up-to-the-minute updates, visit NJPAC or call 1-888-GO-NJPAC (888-466-5722).

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	4th Annual TD Moody Jazz Festival Coming to Newark Nov. 4-15 Featured artists include Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride By JazzTimes The fourth annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival will take place Nov. 4-15, on and off the NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) campus in downtown Newark, N.J. Tony Bennett headlines this year's festival with performances on November 12 and 13. The festival is also the site of one of three Frank Sinatra centennial concerts planned this season: “The Real Sinatra Songbook,” on Nov. 9. The second installment of a new series, “One on One with Christian McBride,” will feature keyboardist Bruce Hornsby on Nov. 12 for music and talk. Also planned are performances featuring Judy Carmichael, Dianne Reeves, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Bill Charlap, the T.S. Monk Sextet and Dorado Schmitt & Django Festival Allstars. Festival-goers can also enjoy Sunday brunch concerts at Dorthaan's Place in NICO Kitchen + Bar, as well as performances by five female singers during the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on the festival's final day. Another centennial, this one in honor of Billie Holiday, takes place on Nov. 14. Festival Highlights Tony Bennett The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Christian McBride with Bruce Hornsby: One on One Jazz, Soul and Funk: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and More Bill Charlap Presents: Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool Judy Carmichael Trio with Harry Allen The Real Sinatra Songbook Joe Alterman Trio Keep On Keepin' On Dorado Schmitt & Django Festival Allstars All-State Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Choir Jazz Wives / Jazz Lives Day of Swing T.S. Monk Sextet Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition For additional information and up-to-the-minute updates, visit NJPAC or call 1-888-GO-NJPAC (888-466-5722).