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Album Review

Ed Vezinho / Jim Ward: Live From the Jersey Pines

Read "Live From the Jersey Pines" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


The Pineys. The Jersey Devil. The flyover country between Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Jersey Shore. None of these are entirely flattering descriptions or features of the great wooded expanse that extends over much of South Jersey, but, as they say, it is what it is. Of course, the residents of the big cities that surround the Jersey Pines also know there are plenty of good musicians and places to play as well. That is nothing new, but sometimes proximity to ...

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Album Review

Ed Vezinho - Jim Ward Big Band: With Friends Like These

Read "With Friends Like These" reviewed by Edward Blanco


It is a common practice to title an album after one of the pieces composed for and performed on the recording, sometimes attributing a special meaning or theme to the music. Such is the case with saxophonist Ed Vezinho's “With Friends Like These." Alongside trumpeter Jim Ward, Vezinho has co-led the Ed Vezinho-Jim Ward Big Band for twenty-six years with a largely unchanged line-up, providing undeniable testimony that beautiful music can be made when fortunate enough to have “friends like ...

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The Ed Vezinho/Jim Ward Big Band: Blue Haired Mama

Read "Blue Haired Mama" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Make room in the satchel; the second album by the spectacular Ed Vezinho/Jim Ward Big Band has at last arrived, and it's definitely earmarked for shipment to that mythical “desert island," along with the ensemble's spine-tingling debut, Smile, which was No. 1 on this reviewer's Top 10 survey of new releases three years ago.

As before, the consistently impressive charts were designed by co-leader/lead alto Vezinho; as before, Ward and split lead Joe Scannella preside over one of the world's ...

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The Ed Vezinho-Jim Ward Big Band: Smile

Read "Smile" reviewed by Jack Bowers


It hardly ever fails. Just as one starts to believe that the big–band pool may at last be drying up, a precocious newcomer such as the Ed Vezinho–Jim Ward Big Band suddenly arrives from nowhere to satisfy his / her thirst for mouth–watering big–band Jazz and swat every gloomy notion into the proverbial cocked hat. Well, not literally from nowhere; the V–WBB is actually from New Jersey, and its members are seasoned professionals who perform in casinos and other night ...

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Jazz Bridge Benefit Down the Jersey Shore (Somers Point) on May 15th!

Jazz Bridge Benefit Down the Jersey Shore (Somers Point) on May 15th!

Source: Suzanne Cloud

On Sunday May 15th, four great bands will be appearing at the Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ, from 4-8 PM to raise money for Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that aids jazz and blues musicians in crisis who are living in the Lower Delaware Valley. Tickets: $25 (includes a buffet), cash bar. Terrific Door prizes. For info call: 609-927-2300 or 215-517-8337, visit jazzbridge.org or email [email protected] Seating will be limited, so get your tickets now. 4 ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

My Kind Of Swing

Tomasello Enterprises, LLC.
2020

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With Friends Like...

Dreambox Media
2008

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Blue Haired Mama

Unknown label
2004

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Smile

DAB Music
2001

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A Very Good Night

Dreamcastle Records. LLC.
2001

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