Tuesday night, more than 100 musicians, including former members of Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band as well as members of Mark Dresser & Friends, performed at Tierney’s Tavern to honor […]
Diane Moser
Notes of joy: Diane Moser’s band pays tribute to her Tuesday at Tierney’s
The concert honors what would have been Moser’s 64th birthday, on July 29. She died in December 2020.
Diane Moser was a musical tornado
Diane Moser, who led Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the age of 63.
Final Trumpets concert this Saturday, Sept. 28
Trumpets Jazz Club Restaurant will hold its final concert on Saturday, Sept. 28, starring Ty Stephens and his band The Soul Jaazzz.
Blue notes: musicians on Trumpets Jazz Club closing (includes video)
Musicians, audience members and club owners talk about their love for Trumpets Jazz Club & Restaurant. The venue is up for sale.
Montclair Orchestra celebrates George Walker with ‘Lyric’ concert
Montclair Orchestra will feature an early work, by the late George Walker, “Lyric for Strings” (1946), on Sunday, March 10.
George Walker: a life of inspiration
A look back at the life of acclaimed composer George Walker, who died on Aug. 23 at the age of 96.
Culture in brief: Ed Alstrom, Yankee organist, debuts new work
Composer Ed Alstrom will debut a new work, “Purple Dusk at the Margins — an Uncommon Ordinary,” on Sunday, June 24.
Playing for and with nature: Diane Moser debuts ‘Birdsongs’
Diane Moser’s “Birdsongs” came out of jamming with the birds.
Looking forward to 2018: Montclairites predict their (cultural) futures
Arts and cultural leaders in Montclair look forward to 2018: what they’re doing, and what others will be doing.
Remembering former Montclairite, jazz great Geri Allen
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Many Montclairites and jazz fans are mourning the death of pianist Geri Allen, a onetime resident here, who died on Tuesday, June 27, at the age […]
Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound Two Day Jazz Festival Coming to Montclair
The music slate performing at the festival alone will make this one of the buzz events of 2014.
See How Science Meets Music at Trumpets Tonight
Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band will perform a special winter solstice concert titled Music of the Spheres.
Montclair Filmmaker Nominated for Jazz Journalists Award
Dennis Connor is nominated for his short film “DMo CBB – A Sonic Party.”