2014

Here are a few scenes from the 2014 festival

Photos courtesy of MorristownGreen.com;
photographers Kevin Coughlin, Jeff Sovelove and Adam Casadevall.

Trio da Paz opened the 2014 festival with a fiery set with Romero Lubambo on guitar, Nilson Matta on bass and Duduka da Fonseca on drums.

Duduka da Fonseca laid down infectious rhythms that had the crowd really grooving.

Trio da Paz with Mayor Tim Dougherty enjoyed their set as did the large crowd on the Green.

Everyone backstage was having fun. Here Bucky Pizzarelli, Antoinette Montague and Bernard Purdy are all smiles.

Jazz fan Shielia Lenga was on hand all day to sign up new members for the New Jersey Jazz Society.

Legendary jazz guitarist talks backstage with producers Linda Kiger Smith and Don Jay Smith.

Winard Harper and Jeli Posse mixed jazz classics and new material in a set that showed why the group’s latest CD topped the jazz charts earlier in the year.

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop joined Mayor Tim Dougherty for a gorgeous afternoon of great music.

South Jersey blues harmonica player Mikey Junior kicked off the blues segment of the festival with a rousing set that showed that the next generation was continuing the tradition.

Everyone was enjoying the music on the Green.

At a little after 8:00, blues headliner Matt Schofield took the stage with his trio.

Ronnie Smith on drums, Matt Schofield on guitar and Johnny Henderson on organ had the huge crowd on their feet with excitement for their entire set.

Matt Schofield showed the crowd why he has been named Bluesman of the Year in Great Britain.

No one wanted the day to end.