Jazz Concert: Lynn Randall and Friends

Lynn Randall will be performing songs from the Great American Songbook at Mount Laurel Library on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 2 p.m.   Joining her will be pianist Tom Adams, legendary cornetist Warren Vache', drummer Grant MavAvoy and upright bassist Don Moyer.   This concert is free and open to the public.  No registration is needed.  

Lynn Randall began performing professionally as a child, appearing on the Tony Grant Show on Steel Pier at age 12.  Since then she has worked as a full-time vocalist with top-40 and show bands, and performed at Atlantic City casino hotels like Caesar’s, Resorts International, and the Trump Hotels. Now she has turned her focus to the Great American Songbook doing the great classics of Mercer, Porter, Gershwin etc.

This concert is part of the Second Sunday Concert series offered at the Mount Laurel Library thanks to a generous gift from Wegmans.  Concerts are held every second Sunday of the month from 2-3 p.m.  All are welcome to attend.

Acapella Concert with Jersey Transit

Come enjoy a FREE acapella concert with Jersey Transit on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Mount Laurel Library. This concert is open to the public. No registration needed.

Performing almost completely without instruments (occasionally one performer tries to sneak in a French horn), Jersey Transit sings a repertoire of songs taken from jazz standards to reggae to R&B to today’s pop. Come see why they have been around for over 20 years!

This concert is part of the Second Sunday Concert series offered at the Mount Laurel Library thanks to a generous gift from Wegmans. (This concert is held on the third Sunday to avoid conflicting with Mother’s day.) All are welcome to attend.

Free Gypsy Jazz Concert - Sunday, April 14

Come enjoy a FREE gypsy jazz with Fête Manouche on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Mount Laurel Library.   This concert is open to the public.  No registration needed.

Jazz Manouche - literally “gypsy jazz” - is an exotic brand of swing music, born in France in the early 1930s. Clarinetist Dan Levinson discovered Jazz Manouche while living in Paris in the early 1990s and was mesmerized. In 2004 he assembled Fête Manouche and has been captivating audiences both young and young at heart ever since.

To hear samples of the band, visit http://www.newyorksbestmusicians.com/dance-bands/77-fetemanouche

This concert is part of the Second Sunday Concert series offered at the Mount Laurel Library thanks to a generous gift from Wegmans.  Concerts are held every month.  All are welcome to attend.

SaRon Crenshaw to Play Blues Concert

Come enjoy a FREE blues concert with SaRon Crenshaw and his band on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Mount Laurel Library. This concert is open to the public. Celebrate Black History Month with this musical treat! No registration needed.

SaRon Crenshaw learned to play guitar at the age of ten and travels the country playing jazz and rhythm and blues. He has shared stages with talented recording artists such as Lee Fields, Roy Roberts, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Rush, Jessie James, Tyrone Davis, and Chuck Roberson. SaRon plays a Gibson “Lucille” model guitar signed by B.B.King himself and is a regular at Terra Blues in NYC.

For more information about SaRon Crenshaw and to listen to samples, visit:

http://www.saroncrenshaw.com/music.htm

This concert is part of the Second Sunday Concert series offered at the Mount Laurel Library thanks to a generous gift from Wegmans. Concerts are held every month. All are welcome to attend.

Concert: Brian Betz Quartet featuring Denis DiBlasio

Thanks to a generous grant from Wegmans, the library is offering a FREE afternoon of jazz with the Brian Betz Quartet featuring Denis DiBlasio on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 2PM.   This concert is open to the public.  No registration needed.

Brian Betz is a guitarist, composer and educator who resides in the Philadelphia Area. He was a two time winner (2004 and 2007) of the Betty Carter International Jazz Competition and a runner up for the 2006 Henry Mancini Jazz competition.

Baritone saxophonist Denis DiBlasio directs the jazz program at Rowan University. With nine recordings of his own along with published texts, arrangements, and compositions, DiBlasio is known throughout the world.  The quartet will feature guitar, sax, drums and bass.

For more information about these musicians and to listen to samples, visit:

http://www.brianbetzjazz.com/index.htm and http://www.denisdiblasio.com/

The Library is located at 100 Walt Whitman Avenue in Mount Laurel (next to the post office).  For additional information about this event, call 856-234-7319, ext. 333.

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John Clark’s Little Big Band

   

Thanks to a generous grant from Wegmans, John Clark’s Little Big Band will perform the swinging jazz sounds of the world’s most popular standards as well as beloved Big Band songs at Mount Laurel Library on Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m.  This concert is free and open to the public.  No registration is needed.   

Musicians in this 7 piece band have worked and toured with some of the greatest talent in the world including: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, The Four Freshmen and many, many others. They are joined by the talented vocalist, Paula Johns.

The Mount Laurel Library has a concert every month on the second Sunday of the month.  In November Tom Doyle and Sandy Cory will perform a Les Paul and Mary Ford tribute on Sunday, November 11 at 2 p.m.

Pete Gumbo and the Storyville Ramblers

Thanks to a generous grant from Wegmans, Pete Gumbo and the Storyville Ramblers will perform the classic sounds of vintage New Orleans rhythm and blues at Mount Laurel Library on Sunday, September 9 at 2 p.m. This concert is free and open to the public. No registration is needed. 

Featuring Pete Gumbo on piano and vocals, Bob Holden on drums and Darryl Ray Jenkins on tenor sax, the Ramblers play irresistible New Orleans gems from music legends such as Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Dr. John and Huey Smith, and more. Wear your dancing shoes. You just might want to jump up and move your feet to the funky beat!

The Mount Laurel Library has a concert every month on the second Sunday of the month. Next month John Clark’s Little Big Band will be performing big band and swing music on Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m.