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Middlesex County Jazz
Festival
Saturday, September 28th,
6:00pm - 9:30pm
6:00pm -
6:30pm - Prana Arts
6:30pm -
7:00pm - Metuchen High School Jazz
Ensemble
7:00pm -
8:00pm - Mariel Bildsten Quartet
8:00pm -
9:30pm - Russell Malone Quartet
"Remembering
Russell"
with
Mark
Whitfield, guitar
Rick Germanson, piano
Vince DuPont, bass
Neal Smith, drums
Metuchen Plaza
at New and
Pearl Streets
Metuchen, NJ
As you may
have already heard, the great guitarist Russell Malone died last
Friday, August 23rd, in Japan, while on tour with bassist
Ron Carter and pianist Donald Vega. His premature death at 60, from a
massive heart attack, has sent shock waves through the jazz community.
Russell was admired widely not only for his superb musical ability but
also because of his kindness, humor and friendship towards everyone who
had the good fortune to know or work with him.
In Metuchen,
Russell’s quartet was scheduled to appear on the evening of September
28th, as the lead artist in The Middlesex County Jazz Festival—Metuchen. We are now planning to make that event a
tribute to his memory. His accompanying trio, made up of Rick Germanson
on piano, bassist Vince Du Pont and drummer Neal Smith, will perform
with guitarist Mark Whitfield, who knew Russell for 40 years.
We hope you will keep the evening of September 28 in your plans.
Together we can make the evening a fitting remembrance of Russell and
the wonderful legacy of music he has left us, albeit much too soon.
NJJS will have a booth on the
Plaza. Stop by and say hello and share your memories of Russell.
Please see page 18 in the
September issue of Jersey Jazz for more information on Russell Malone.
Please see page 40 for more
information on the entire Middlesex County Jazz Festival.
Middlesexcountyjazzfestival.org
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