Winard Harper Sextet featuring Phillip Harper at New Jersey Jazz Society Jazzfest

Winard Harper Sextet, Duke Ellington Legacy Band and clarinetist Ken Peplowski are some of the headliners at Jazzfest 2011 presented by the New Jersey Jazz Society. Started in 1976, the Northeast’s longest running jazz festival will feature nine hours of nonstop jazz on Saturday, June 1 from noon to 9:00 p.m. in a popular community event on the campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth on Route 124 in Morristown, New Jersey. Other artists to appear include vocalist/guitarist Allan Harris and his Quartet, the Jay Leonhart Trio with Harry Allen and Joe Cohn and the Jazz Lobsters. Phillip Harper will join Winard for a rare Harper brothers’ reunion...

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Winard Harper Sextet, Duke Ellington Legacy Band and clarinetist Ken Peplowski are some of the headliners at Jazzfest 2011 presented by the New Jersey Jazz Society. Started in 1976, the Northeast’s longest running jazz festival will feature nine hours of nonstop jazz on Saturday, June 1 from noon to 9:00 p.m. in a popular community event on the campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth on Route 124 in Morristown, New Jersey. Other artists to appear include vocalist/guitarist Allan Harris and his Quartet, the Jay Leonhart Trio with Harry Allen and Joe Cohn and the Jazz Lobsters. Phillip Harper will join Winard for a rare Harper brothers’ reunion. The festival also offers a variety of vendors, including food, hard to find jazz CDs, records, crafts and art. Toyota of Morristown is major sponsor with support provided by RXR Realty, PNC Wealth Management, WBGO Jazz88FM, Hot House Magazine, the Madison Arts & Culture Alliance, the Madison Downtown Development Commission and Jazzmobile. Tickets will be $70.00 at the gate, but are now available at the advance sale price of only $55.00 either online at www.njjs.org or by calling 1-800-303-6557

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