James Austin, Jr Quartet at Metuchen Public Library

Sunday, October 22 at 2 PM FREE – Metuchen Public Library. James Austin Jr. Quartet: A production of Metuchen Arts Council, Metuchen Library and Friends of Metuchen Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. Register at Eventbrite.com. 732 632 8526 is library phone number..
James Austin grew up in Chicago playing in church and studying classical piano for a while before developing a strong love for jazz music in high school and college. Austin was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and has played for jazz, R&B and gospel artists such as Ledisi and Brian McKnight. His respect for the music of Stevie Wonder grew into Austin’s recording Songs in the Key of Wonder, a straight-ahead jazz album featuring some of Wonder’s biggest hits and album cuts. James honed his craft while studying under the tutelage of legendary pianist Barry Harris, one of the great jazz educators....

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Sunday, October 22 at 2 PM FREE – Metuchen Public Library. James Austin Jr. Quartet: A production of Metuchen Arts Council, Metuchen Library and Friends of Metuchen Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. Register at Eventbrite.com. 732 632 8526 is library phone number..
James Austin grew up in Chicago playing in church and studying classical piano for a while before developing a strong love for jazz music in high school and college. Austin was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and has played for jazz, R&B and gospel artists such as Ledisi and Brian McKnight. His respect for the music of Stevie Wonder grew into Austin’s recording Songs in the Key of Wonder, a straight-ahead jazz album featuring some of Wonder’s biggest hits and album cuts. James honed his craft while studying under the tutelage of legendary pianist Barry Harris, one of the great jazz educators.

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