Joe Magnarelli/Jerry Weldon Quintet at A Place For Jazz Concert Series at

Syracuse native Joe Magnarelli, an exquisite trumpeter, moved to New York City in 1986 to become an in-demand part of the New York and international jazz scene. In addition to acclaimed stints with major artists such as Tom Harrell, the Vanguard Orchestra, Joe Williams and Aretha Franklin, he’s released 8 CDs as leader, and serves as adjunct professor of music at the Juilliard School of Music and Rutgers University.

Powerful saxophonist Jerry Weldon is a native New Yorker. He’s played with Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Harry Connick Jr, and has been a frequent collaborator with “Mags” and legends Lionel Hampton & Jack McDuff, and they were also together in the New York Hard Bop Quintet. He has 8 CDs as a leader in 30 years and over 30 as sideman....

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Syracuse native Joe Magnarelli, an exquisite trumpeter, moved to New York City in 1986 to become an in-demand part of the New York and international jazz scene. In addition to acclaimed stints with major artists such as Tom Harrell, the Vanguard Orchestra, Joe Williams and Aretha Franklin, he’s released 8 CDs as leader, and serves as adjunct professor of music at the Juilliard School of Music and Rutgers University.

Powerful saxophonist Jerry Weldon is a native New Yorker. He’s played with Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Harry Connick Jr, and has been a frequent collaborator with “Mags” and legends Lionel Hampton & Jack McDuff, and they were also together in the New York Hard Bop Quintet. He has 8 CDs as a leader in 30 years and over 30 as sideman.

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