The Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival has become one of the most popular events in the region for so many reasons. Of course, Morristown has a wonderful town center with a beautiful Green, but is also offers plenty to do when the music stops. But the music is the main attraction and the talent has been topnotch.
Photos courtesy of MorristownGreen.com;
photographers Kevin Coughlin, Jeff Sovelove and Adam Casadevall
Vanessa Perea belts out a song with Swingadelic and brings the crowd to its feet.
It was so hot by mid-afternoon that the always dapper Bucky Pizzarelli removed his tie and jacket.
The young trumpet player Bria Skonberg has been making a name for herself on the jazz festival circuit.
Horn driven Roomful of Blues was the perfect way to move from jazz to blues as they had the crowd up and dancing.
Charlie Musselwhite and his band really tore it up with some scorching blues.
Blues Hall of Famer and WBGO radio host Bob Porter dropped by and greeted the crowd with some blues insight and history.
Bucky Pizzarelli and Ed Laub take time out for a photo with Mayor Tim Dougherty and Festival co-producers Linda and Don Jay Smith.
Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite was the perfect topping on a spectacular day of music.
Tony Sylvester, a founding partner of Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman, presents a framed painting of the great Louis Prima to Mayor Tim Dougherty at the start of the festival.
Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo are two of the nicest guys around and their incredible virtuosity makes them a Festival favorite.
Festival produced by
Linda Kiger Smith and Don Jay Smith
of LKS Associates Inc.
908-832-1020
info@morristownjazzandblues.org
