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Saddle River NJ, Bucky Pizzarelli, the legendary jazz and pop guitarist who was a lifelong New Jersey resident and a member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame has died at the age of 94.
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2014 Kasschau Memorial Shell Entertainment Schedule
Free Summer Entertainment Under the Stars
2014 Summer Schedule
Click Here for details
You may contact the Kasschau Shell Memorial Committee by email at kasschau@ridgewoodnj.net
July 15, 2014 The Kootz – Classic 60’s to 90’s Rock, Pop & Blues
Kasschau Memorial Shell
Fifty six years of Free Summer Entertainment – 8:30pm at Vet’s Field (behind the Library). Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the show! Rain Info: 201/444-1776
July 17, 2014 Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends – Jazz
Kasschau Memorial Shell
Fifty six years of Free Summer Entertainment – 8:30pm at Vet’s Field (behind the Library). Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the show! Rain Info: 201/444-1776
Ridgewood Art Institute Holiday Show ends December 24th.
The Ridgewood Art Institute Holiday Show and Sale Featuring a live performance from Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli at our Open Reception November 24th from 1-4pm Exhibit ends December 24th. Paintings from Local Artists in a Festive Holiday Setting. The Ridgewood Art Institute is a non profit organization. 12 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ visit ridgewoodartinstitute.org or call 201-652-9615
The Ridgewood Art Institute presents its HOLIDAY SHOW AND SALE
Sun, November 24, 2013 – Tue, December 24, 2013
Featuring a live performance from Jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli
at our festive Open Reception November 24th from 1-4pm
Exhibit ends December 24th.
The Ridgewood Art Institute is a non profit organization.
12 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
visit ridgewoodartinstitute.org or call 201-652-9615
The Ridgewood Art Institute presents its HOLIDAY SHOW AND SALE
Sun, November 24, 2013 – Tue, December 24, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Art Institue, 12 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
The Ridgewood Art Institute presents
Holiday Show and Sale.
November 24th through December 24th.
Open Reception:
Sunday, November 24th 1-4pm
12 East Glen Avenue
featuring
American Jazz Legend,
“Bucky” Pizzarelli – 2-4pm
visit: ridgewoodartinstitute.org
Ridgewood Art Institute Holiday Show Receiving!
November 4th – 8th, 11am-3pm
2 Paintings per member-must be priced for sale.
$100 minimum price.
Entry Fee $10 per painting (check only)
Size limit 40″ including frame.
Pick-up January 2–3.
****Show Reception****
Sunday November 24th, 1-4pm
with featured performance by
Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli
photo by Michael Shetler https://buyinginbergen.com/
Summer concerts season is in swing across North Jersey
Sunday, July 14, 2013
BY RICHARD COWEN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Somewhere beyond the sweltering days of heat and humidity is a cool summer night filled with free music, theater and music under the stars.
The Fourth of July fireworks have faded from the sky and given way to the summer concert season, now in full swing in North Jersey. So grab a beach chair and a blanket; chances are you won’t have to go far to find free entertainment on a weeknight.
“How important is it to get out of the house on a Wednesday or Thursday night?” mused Nancy Bigos, deputy director of Parks and Recreation for the Village of Ridgewood. “It’s a great way to spend a summer evening.”
Summer concerts are a long-standing tradition in Ridgewood and many other towns. Ridgewood last week kicked off its 55th season at the Kasschau Memorial Shell with a performance by Bobby Byrne, who delighted a crowd of about 300 with a set of mostly Broadway tunes.
“I can’t believe this has been going on for 55 years,” Byrne said before launching into “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” which had many people clapping along. The sun set, and the only light came from the stage and the citronella candles scattered about the crowd as another outdoor concert season was under way.
KASSCHAU MEMORIAL SHELL
Tuesday, July 16
McVey Family A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
Sponsors: Park West Tavern and Feeney Funeral Home
Thursday, July 18
“Bucky” Pizzarelli, Jazz
Sponsors: Valley
National Bank and Ulrich, Inc.
Tuesday July 23
Moonlighters Swing Orchestra with Shelli Latorre
Sponsor: Care One at th
e Cupola and Care One at Ridgewood Avenue
Thursday July 25
The Yester Daze “Doo Wop”
Sponsors: Columbia Bank
Care One at the Cupola and Care One at Ridgewood Avenue
Tuesday, July 30
Mack Brandon & The Connection Popular Gospel
Sponsors: Daily Treat Family
Tradition and The Village of Ridgewood
photo by Michael Shetler https://buyinginbergen.com/
Kasschau Shell Schedule for 2013
Fifty-five Years of Free Summer Entertainment Under the Stars
8:30pm at the Band Shell,Veterans Field, Ridgewood New Jersey
Behind the Ridgewood Public Library N. Maple Ave. Between Franklin and Linwood Aves.
Please bring a chair or blanket, Please do not cross over the baseball
field if a game is in progress
JUNE
Thursday, June 6
*Tunes in June RHS Bands
Starts at 8pm (all other programs start at 8:30 pm)
Tuesday, June 11
Harmony Celebration C
horus “Sweet Adelines”
Sponsor : The Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, June 13
Richard Reiter Swing Band
Sponsors: Hudson City Savi
ngs Bank and Van Dyk
Health Care, Inc.
Tuesday, June 18
Ridgewood Choral – 85th Anniversary
Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus of Ridgewood
Sponsor: Valley Hospital
Thursday, June 20
Greg Caldarone Pop Standards
Sponsors: Boiling Springs Savings Bank and Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill
Tuesday, June 25
**Thunderhill Band Country & Western
Sponsors: Boiling
Springs Savings Bank and Tarvin Realtors
Thursday, June 27
Lou Gallo and the Very Hungry Band Children’s Evening
Sponsors: Clemente Orthodontics and Ridgewood Dentistry
– Warren Boardman D.M.D.
JULY
Tuesday, July 2
Island Breeze Calypso, Reggae & Latin Jazz
Sponsors: Ridgewood AM
Rotary Club and The Village of Ridgewood
Tuesday, July 9
The Bobby Byrne Show Broadway & More
Sponsor: TD Bank
Thursday, July 11
“The Kootz” Classic 60’ s through 90’s Rock, Pop & Blues
Sponsors: Wostbrock Home & Floors
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Corp.
Tuesday, July 16
McVey Family A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
Sponsors: Park West Tavern and Feeney Funeral Home
Thursday, July 18
“Bucky” Pizzarelli, Jazz
Sponsors: Valley
National Bank and Ulrich, Inc.
Tuesday July 23
Moonlighters Swing Orchestra with Shelli Latorre
Sponsor: Care One at th
e Cupola and Care One at Ridgewood Avenue
Thursday July 25
The Yester Daze “Doo Wop”
Sponsors: Columbia Bank
Care One at the Cupola and Care One at Ridgewood Avenue
Tuesday, July 30
Mack Brandon & The Connection Popular Gospel
Sponsors: Daily Treat Family
Tradition and The Village of Ridgewood
AUGUST
Thursday. August 1
Group Therapy “The Best of Rock & Soul”
Sponsor: Boiling Spring Savings Bank
Tuesday, August 6
Rio Clemente & Friends, Bishop of Jazz
Sponsors: Boiling Springs Savings Bank
The Village of Ridgewood
Rain site- Benjamin Franklin Middle School, N. Van Dien Ave. at Glen Ave.
*June 6 rain site – Campus Ctr. Ridgewood High School on E. Ridgewood Ave, **June 25 rain site – George Washington Middle School at
S. Monroe St at Washington Place Taped rain site information (June
– August) 201-444-1776 after 7:00pm
Ridgewood Art Institute : The Music and Art of Bucky Pizzarelli
New RAI Exhibit- The Music and Art of Bucky Pizzarelli
February 23rd – March 8th
John Paul “Bucky” Pizzarelli (born January 9, 1926) is an American Jazz guitarist and banjoist, and the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and upright bassist Martin Pizzarelli. Pizzarelli has also worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and also ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians Pizzarelli has collaborated with over his career includes Les Paul, Stephane Grappelli, and Benny Goodman. Pizzarelli acknowledges Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps for their influences on his style and mode of play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_Pizzarelli
Ridgewood Art Institute
12 East Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Giant Flea Market – Great Buys!
GIANT FLEA MARKET – GREAT BUYS! SATURDAY, MAY 5, 10AM-4PM Ridgewood’s Old Paramus Reformed Church Barrier-Free Education Building 660 E. Glen Ave. at Rte. 17 South Bake Sale/Refreshments/ Lunch available
Arts and Craft Street Fair – Sunday, May 6th
Sunday, May 6th from 12 Noon to 5PM (Rain or Shine), the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an Arts and Crafts Street Fair on East Ridgewood Avenue starting at Maple Avenue and ending at Oak Street. Lots of activities for children and families. Enjoy the CRAFTS, MUSIC and FOOD!!!
RIDGEWOOD MUNICIPAL ELECTION – TUESDAY, MAY 8th
The Municipal Election, to be held on May 8, 2012, will elect three Councilmembers to the Village Council. There are six candidates running for the three open seats. The polling hours are 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Any questions concerning the Municipal Election should be directed to the Village Clerk’s Office at 201-670-5500 ext. 201 or by email to: hmailander@ridgewoodnj.net
TOUCH A TRUCK – May 10th
Thursday, May 10th – 9AM to 2PM Memorial Park at Van Neste Square.
Treat your kids to a day of hands-on adventure, featuring an opportunity to climb on board to explore the trucks that touch our lives. They’ll also have the change to learn directly from Ridgewood’s emergency and public works workers about the exciting work they perform every day. Am added bonus, they’ll be a Big Wheel Rodeo among the planned interactive activities throughout the park for children of all ages. Don’t miss this great opportunity to Experience Ridgewood!
Ridgewood Sidewalk Sale Days – May 10, 11,12
Chamber of Commerce Sale Days in Ridgewood – Thursday, May 10, Friday, May 11 and Saturday May 12…Shop in Ridgewood for bargins and enjoy the wide variety of foods offered in the restaurants! Experience Ridgewood!
Ridgewood Concert Band Featuring Bucky Pizzarelli – Guitar and Dana Nix
A Spring Fling – May 11 at 8PM at West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 south Monroe St, Ridgewood, NJ. Program Highlights – Stomp, Donald Grantham, Irish Tune (Danny Boy), Percy Grainger; Country Gardens, Percy Grainger, Roma, Valerie Goleman; Selections from Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber; and El Capitan March, John Philip Sousa. Tickets at the Door $20; $15; $7 Information call 201/493-9030 or www.ridgewoodband.org
Project Pride Day – May 12th
Project Pride Committe will plant the large containers with a wide variety of colorful flowers for the summer season on Saturday, May 12th starting at 9am at the Clock tower at Van Neste Square. If you are able to volunteer and help, please call 201/670-5560 for more details.
Mayfair at Travell School Calling all Kids!
Don’t miss this year’s Mayfair at Travell School Saturday, May 12th from 10:00am-2:00pm. Fun for kids of all ages! Games, prizes, inflatables, food and more! Watch 5th graders get soaked in the Dunk Tank or maybe win a treat in our popular Cake Walk! New games added every year! Don’t miss this fun-filled annual Spring Event as we help raise funds for our school.
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Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends ,Thursday, July 21 at the Kasschau Memorial Shell
PJ Blogger
Ridgewood NJ – Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends will appear at Kasschau Memorial Shell under the stars this Thursday, July 21 at 8:30 pm.
John Paul “Bucky” Pizzarelli was born January 9, 1926 and is an American Jazz guitarist and banjoist. Music runs in the family Pizzarelli is the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and upright bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in 1952 and NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett in 1971 .
Bucky Pizzarelli has released over 30 albums and completed countless compilation and ensemble recordings with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians. Pizzarelli has toured and played with jazz legends such as Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman ,as well as Les Paul, Stephane Grappelli.
Pizzarelli acknowledges Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps for their influences on his style and mode of play.
>Kasschau Memorial Shell is best buy in town
Friday, July 15, 2011
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends will be featured on Thursday, July 21.
John “Bucky” Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive.
Pizzarelli has been playing at the Shell every year since 1963 when he moved to Saddle River. His two uncles played banjos at the Shell and Pizzarelli went to listen to them. When they called him to perform he said “yes.”
He began his professional career at 17 when he joined the Vaughn Monroe Band in 1943. Then he went into the service for two years during World War II returning to the Vaughn Monroe Band for five years. After that Pizzarelli went to New York City and became a staff musician at NBC and played the Kate Smith Show. He stayed in New York City doing studio work – mostly recording sessions and played with Benny Goodman, going to Europe on tours four times. Pizzarelli also did the Tonight Show with Skitch Henderson and Doc Severensen while Johnny Carson was host. CDs with Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra followed.
His awards include ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame Induction, June 2005, and Mac Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. Pizzarelli has performed at the White House, two performances for President Ronald Reagan and one for President Bill Clinton, and played a private birthday party for Pat Nixon at the Nixon home. His concert at Rutgers University in New Brunswick featuring Bucky, Les Paul, Tal Farlow and Bucky’s son John was aired on New Jersey’s PBS station as part of their three part New Jersey Summerfare Series.
Bucky plays a Benedetto Bucky Pizzarelli Signature 7 string guitar, the additional string providing him with a bass line during performances.
>Kasschau Shell – Outdoor Entertainment Every Tuesday and Thursday Night
FREE SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT UNDER THE STARS
8:30pm at the Band Shell, Veterans Field, Ridgewood, N.J. Behind the Ridgewood Public Library, N. Maple Ave. between Franklin and Linwood Aves.
All programs are free. Please bring a chair or blanket.Please do not cross over the baseball field if a game is in progress.
***Taped rain site information (June-August only): (201) 444-1776 after 7:00pm
-JULY-
Tuesday, July 5 – Rain Date
Fourth of July Fireworks
Thursday, July 7
Squeaky Clean
Vintage Rock’n Roll
Sponsor: Daily Treat Restaurant
Tuesday, July 12
Island Breeze
Reggae & Latin
Sponsors: Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage Corp
Thursday, July 14
The Moonlighters Swing Orchestra
Instrumental Swing
Sponsors: Kings Supermarkets, Inc.
Columbia Bank
Tuesday, July 19
The McVey Family & Friends
Broadway & Beyond
Sponsors: The Valley Hospital
Valley National Bank
Thursday, July 21
Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends
Sponsor: Ulrich, Inc.
Tuesday, July 26
Rio Clemente & Friends
Bishop of Jazz
Sponsors: Feeney Funeral Home
A.M. Rotary
Thursday, July 28
Andy Cooney and His Band “Irish Music”
Sponsor: Boiling Springs Savings Bank
>The Kasschau Memorial Shell is an outdoor amphitheater located on Veteran’s Field, behind Village Hall at 131 N. Maple Avenue. It was dedicated in 1958 as a tribute to Frank Kasschau, an accomplished and beloved musician in Ridgewood.
The Kasschau Memorial Shell operates under the auspices of the Village of Ridgewood, Department of Parks and Recreation, to provide a variety of free quality family entertainment twice weekly from early
June through mid-August. In addition, many local organizations and businesses provide much needed
funds to support these programs.
2010 Schedule of Programs – 8:30 p.m. performances
Thursday, June 3
8 pm performance
Ridgewood HS Bands, Tunes in June
Tuesday, June 8 Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera
Company
Boiling Springs Svgs Bank,
Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, June 10 Richard Reiter Swing Band Ulrich, Inc., Village of
Ridgewood
Tuesday, June 15 Ticket 2 Ride, Beatles Ridgewood Corset Shop,
Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, June 17 Greg Caldarone , Popular and Italian
Standards
Daily Treat Restaurant,
Village of Ridgewood
Tuesday, June 22 The Bobby Byrne Show, Broadway
Show Tunes
Boiling Springs Savings
Bank, Van Dyk Health Care,
Inc.
Thursday, June 24 Lou Gallo and Friends, “Children’s
Evening”
Ridgewood Dentistry –
Warren Boardman, D.M.D.,
Clemente Orthodontics
Tuesday, June 29 Thunderhill Band, Country & Western Applebee’s Neighborhood
Grill, Coldwell Banker
Thursday, July 1 Island Breeze, Calypso, Reggae, Latin Columbia Bank
Thursday, July 8 Andy Cooney & His Band, Irish and
Popular Music
Feeney Funeral Home
Tuesday, July 13 Irine Fokine Ballet Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, July 15 The Orpheus Club, Men’s Chorus King’s Supermarket, Boiling
Springs Savings Bank
Tuesday, July 20 Bucky Pizzarelli and Friends, Jazz The Valley Hospital
Thursday, July 22 The McVey Family and Friends,
Broadway and Beyond
A.M. Rotary, Boiling
Springs Savings Bank
Tuesday, July 27 Rio Clemente, Bishop of Jazz Hudson City Savings Bank
Thursday, July 29 The Yester Daze, Doo Wop The Ridgewood News
Tuesday, August 3 Marlene VerPlanck, American &
Popular Jazz
Valley National Bank, The
Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, August 5 The Moonlighters Orchestra,
Instrumental Swing
Care One at Pine Rest, Care
One at the Cupola
Tuesday, August 10 Squeaky Clean, Vintage Rock & Roll TD Bank
Please bring a lawn chair or blanket! New wheelchair accessible restrooms are available.
Rain site recorded information is available by calling 201-444-1776.
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“One of the great things about Ridgewood is the band shell. What a nice place to go on a summer night and what a great range of talent performing every year.
So why did the powers that be decide that during this 2 month shell use was the excellent time to ‘fix’ it up?
Who ever screwed up this summer entertainment should be fired. It is a mess at the shell!
I mean this isn’t some complicated decision like should we build a not needed parking garage or allow no tax paying already to big Valley to expand.
This was a very simple decision. Should we fix up the shell during the 2 months it is used or should we do it in May or September.
FIRE WHO EVER MADE THIS DECISION!”
Kasschau Memorial Shell – 2009 Schedule
Tuesday, July 21 Bucky Pizzarelli and Friends, Jazz Daily Treat Restaurant, Ulrich, Inc.
Thursday, July 23 Orpheus Club, Men’s Choir Boiling Springs Savings Bank
Tuesday, July 28 Rio Clemente, Jazz Valley National Bank, Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, July 30 The McVey Family & Friends, Broadway and Beyond TD Bank
Tuesday, August 4 Marlene VerPlanck, American and Popular Jazz Hudson City Savings Bank, Village of Ridgewood
Thursday, August 6 Andy Cooney and His Band, Irish Music Feeney Funeral Home, Kings Super Markets
The Band Shell is located on Veteran’s Field behind the Ridgewood Public Library and Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue.
Please bring a lawn chair or blanket!
Rain site recorded information is available by calling 201-444-1776.
