Ridgewood Jazz and Blues Feast
Ridgewood Guild presents a Jazz and Blues Feast, Sunday, September 15 from 1:30PM to 7:30PM in Van Neste Square Park. The All Star Line Up will include: Rob Paparozzi & Friends; Atoinette Montague Quintet, Winard Harper & Jeli Posse. Beer and Wine Garden; Fine Food from Local Restaurants; Raffel Drawings; VIP seating available. Further information: 201/493-9911. www.ridgewoodguild.com
Come for the music and stay for the food and drink! Nationally renowned jazz musicians will be playing the main stage, and local restaurants will have tables setup selling a delicious assortment for the festivities. A VIP section will be available with reserved seating directly in front of the main stage.
VIP Seating
A roped off section with a prime view of the stage will house the VIP section. Tickets are available for $40.00 per seat – this includes one glass of wine or one glass of beer.
Tickets can be purchased at Mango Jam, 41 North Broad Street in Ridgewood.
Regular Seating
All non-VIP viewing of the show including lawn seating is FREE
Food Court
Eighteen local restaurants will be selling a variety of small plates and main dishes
Beer and Wine Garden
A selection of wines from Ventimiglia Vineyards, a New Jersey based winery
Cold beer on tap from Coors, Blue Moon, and Yuengling provided by Kohler Distributing
Transportation
Take advantage of NJ Transit and consider taking the train into Ridgewood. Van Neste Park is just a short walk to our Jazz Feast!
Weather
Event will be held Rain or Shine
For more information please call 201-493-9911
Volunteers are welcome, please contact us for more information
Antoinette Montague
Born and raised in Newark, NJ Antoinette was originally drawn to music by her parents and later learned well from her mentors, Carrie Smith, Etta Jones, Della Griffen, and Myrna Lake.
Her love of humanity and music bring joy to many people. Jimmy Heath says, “Antoinette has the instrument, delivery, and enunciation when performing that touched my soul.” After meeting up with her mentor, the renowned Etta James, Montague released her first CD, “Pretty Blues.” She has appeared on the cover of Jazz Improv and on 2 book covers of Who’s Who in Jazz, Cabaret and Music. Her album “Behind the Smile” features a diverse repertoire of standards and originals. Both CDs are available for purchase at today’s festival.
Antoinette has performed at Lincoln Center’s Club Coca Cola, The Lenox Lounge, The Blue Note, Kitano Jazz, and Jazmobile’s Summer Breeze Concert.
The Ridgewood Guild is very proud to have Antoinette at our inaugural Jazz Feast!
For more info visit:
www.antoinettemontague.com
Winard Harper
Constantly in reverence of his predecessors while remaining innovative in his own right, Harper has become one of the most celebrated drummers in jazz.
He is a virtuoso on the drum set as well as the balafon, the West African equivalent of the marimba. Critics have written that Winard is as pleasing and entertaining to watch as he is to hear. “As tasteful a drummer as one could ask for,” according to Jeff Kaliss of JazzTimes. Franz Matzner recently wrote in All About Jazz that the sextet’s performance “culminated in an evening of fireworks with a sustained display of percussive pyrotechnics by Harper so rapid fire, so mind bogglingly dexterous, and so expressively diverse, as to be truly awe-inspiring.” And in a Washington Post review, Mike Joyce said, “Winard Harper’s wonderfully orchestrated solos alone might have forced a corpse to grin!”
“As tasteful a drummer as one could ask for.”
— JazzTimes
“No other drummer captures the spirit of Art Blakey more than Winard Harper.”
–Chicago Sun-Times
Rob Paparozzi
New Jersey front man, singer and harmonica player Rob Paparozzi has been a blues performer since 1967. But Rob is far from being strictly a blues musician. In fact he’s at home when playing a wide range of music, ranging from rock to blues to jazz to pop. This versatility is reflected in the long and remarkably diverse list of major artists Rob has worked with, including B.B. King, Dr. John, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Housten, Carole King, Roberta Flack, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Randy Newman, Jimmy McGriff, and James Galway.
Rob has toured the world with the “Original Blues Brothers Band,” featuring guitar legend Steve Cropper and special guest Eddie Floyd from 2000-2007. Most recently, Rob was part of “Blood, Sweat, and Tears” as front man, lead vocalist and harmonica player, replacing David Clayton Thomas in 2004 – 2011.
Rob now leads his own band, The Hudson River Rats featuring Ed Alstrom, John Korba, Chris Eminizer, Bernard Purdie, Geaorge Naha, and Bailey Gee. The shows are local in NJ and NY. As well as international. In 2008, Rob worked on his debut CD, Etruscan Soul which features many varied styles and special guests. The CD is available for purchase at today’s festival.
Rob’s Broadway, movie, and television credits are also extensive. They include Broadway productions of Big River and The Will Roger’s Follies. Films Flirting with Disaster and Ride. TV appearances on the Bill Cosby Show, CBS Early Show, and the David Letterman Show. In 2009, Rob performed a duet with Bernadette Peters at The Minskoff Theatre in NYC.
TV commercials include ads for Scotch 3M, KFC, Pizza Hut, Maxwell House, Wendy’s, Lincoln-Mercury, Stouffers, Dodge, Ford, Coke, Pepsi, Dominos, Tylenol, and many more. The bottom line is, even if you haven’t heard of Rob Paparozzi before, you’ve probably heard, and enjoyed, his work!
Welcome Rob to The Ridgewood Guild’s 2013 Jazz Feast!
Visit Rob at www.robpaparozzi.com
