This is kind of a pre-series for a bigger summer series next year. So, with these four concerts, we can give the (city officials) in New Brunswick a preview of what we would be doing in terms of the jazz series.

The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble is a very fine group so it was a natural to have the students involved in this. We wanted to have a real mix of musical styles, from vocals to the Hammond B3. And also, for this series, I felt it should be mostly artists from around the area who you might not hear in New York.

Now he's doing his own trio as well as our quartet, which is the two of us, bassist Hassan Shakur and drummer Victor Lewis who are both well-known around New Brunswick. In fact, Victor teaches at Rutgers.

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