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SOMERSET JAZZ CONSORTIUM
AND JAZZ GROOVE JAM SESSIONS - OUR VISION BRINGING JAZZ TO LIFE FOR ALL TO HEAR Welcome to our web site! From our beginnings at the Sanctuary Coffeehouse in Somerville in July 2003, we have grown to a network of about 80 active jazz playing musicians who participate in regularly scheduled open jam sessions currently occurring each week on:
Sundays - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM &
Wednesdays - 7:00 PM At:
At:
PJ's Coffee
Rhythms / JP's Steakhouse
315 Raritan Avenue
729 South Main Street Highland Park, NJ
08904
Manville, NJ 08835 Tel: 732-828-2323
Tel: 908-707-8757 Map To PJ's Map to Rhythm's JP's Click here Click here Working from the 3 Real Books, our group is proficient in various jazz sub-genres including Bebop, Hard Bop, Bossa, Swing, Mainstream, Fusion, Traditional "Dixieland" and Latino Jazz. Members of our regular playing network also perform at various venues under the umbrella of The Somerset Jazz
Consortium ranging from solo performers to septets. We aim to make affordable Jazz music of a high order easily available
to local audiences.
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Please get in touch to offer comments and join our mailing
list. Contact: Jim Jasion JCJasion@yahoo.com 732-325-7464 We also encourage active
Jazz listening. There are several websites you can go to: For earlier styles, go to www.redhotbands.com - This is an extensive database
with thousands of streaming recordings, accessible via RealPlayer, of Jazz from it's inception to about 1935. There
are also some video clips and insightful articles as well. For later styles, go to www.youtube.com - Yes, YouTube. There
are now quite a number of films and recordings (with slide show) of ALL imaginable jazz styles and related genres including
Brazilian Samba and Bossa. Have Fun!
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