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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!
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Come Celebrate The 4th of July
WITH A BANG!!!
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Jazz Jazz-Em' and His Dixie Wailers at the
Milltown 4th of July Parade - Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Noon
followed by picnic
Reviewing Stand - Corner of S. Main Street and Washington Ave (See Map)
More about Milltown 4th of July Celebration (Click Here)
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Tuesday jam sessions at Subterrranean Studios in Edison, NJ are by invite only.  If you want to participate as a musician or attend as an audience member, please phone Jim Jasion at 732-325-7464 or E-mail him at JCJasion@yahoo.com

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                                A GREAT DAY IN HIGHLAND PARK!
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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 - 5:00 PM                           Tuesdays - 6:00 - 8:00 PM
           ( Jazz Listening and discussion )            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           ( starts an hour or so earlier )                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           At:                                                                     At:
           PJ's Coffee                                                    Subterranean Recording  (Interim Private Venue - By Invite Only)
           315 Raritan Avenue                                     Studio                                    (Call Jim Jasion at 732-325-7464)
           Highland Park, NJ  08904                           Edison, NJ                           (or E-mail him at:)
           Tel:  732-828-2323                                                                                        ( JCJasion@yahoo.com ) Map  .
           Map To PJ's                                                   Map to Subterranean Recording Studio 
           Click here                                                            Click here 

                                                                                     NOTE:  If you have a lead on a good
                                                                                     permanent location for Tuesdays,
                                                                                     phone Jim Jasion at 732-325-7464
                                                                                     or E-mail him at JCJasion@yahoo.com


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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COMING SOON - TRADITIONAL JAZZ JAM SESSIONS Saturdays - For more details, contact Jim Jasion ( See below )

Please get in touch to offer comments and join our mailing list.
Contact: Jim Jasion
JCJasion@yahoo.com
732-325-7464
Or if you like you can go to the llisterv mailing list website at:

We now also have a Facebook Site - Click here.

And now some plugs: 
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For more Jazz listening at economy-conscious cost:
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Websites:
www.redhotbands.com  - Extensive database of Jazz from the beginnnings to about 1935.  Needs RealPlayer.
www.youtube.com - Video and sound clips of jazz of all eras and sub-styles. 
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