We are commemorating Jazz in the Garden’s 60th year with headline performances by Antoinette Montague and Bill Charlap. Since 1965, the Jazz in the Garden series has brought world-class musicians to the Museum’s garden, offering a vibrant cultural experience for the community. Join us in celebrating one of the nation’s longest running jazz festivals with performances from special guests, continuing a legacy that has welcomed legends from Etta James to Ron Carter.
The incredible Blues and Jazz singer and entertainer, Antoinette Montague consistently delivers a memorable experience for audiences. Antoinette Montague is a proud daughter of the great City of Newark. Known as Jazz Woman To The Rescue for her stage persona and her humanitarian work with the foundation of the same name, Antoinette lives her big life with jazz in her heart and the blues in her soul. She has been featured on Vox Humana (Grammy Nominated recording). She sings, teaches in numerous residencies, mentors, advocates, and has a radio show. She has played the Blue Note, Birdland, The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Fest, Ashdod Jazz Fest in Israel, Russia, S. Korea, and many other venues. Antoinette Montague can make an audience cry with “I Loves You Porgy” or bring a crowd to its feet with her joyful rendition of “Let The Good Times Roll.” Her vast knowledge of jazz, as Antoinette often quotes Willie Dixon, “Blues is the root; everything else is the fruit,” has secured her place as the 2024 Jazz Journalists Jazz Hero.
Grammy Award winning pianist, Bill Charlap has performed with many leading artists of our time, ranging from Phil Woods and Tony Bennett to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is known for his interpretations of American popular songs and has recorded albums featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. In 2016, Charlap won a Grammy award for Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining, The Songs of Jerome Kern (Sony). In 2018, Charlap co-produced and recorded the Grammy nominated album, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall, Love Is Here To Stay. He has produced several concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center, an evening of George Gershwin’s music at the Hollywood Bowl, and is the Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.
Born in New York City, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who earned a Grammy nomination for her recording of “My Coloring Book.” Charlap is married to jazz pianist Renee Rosnes. The two artists often collaborate in a duo piano setting and have released an album of the Blue Note label, Double Portrait.
Preforming with Bill Charlap will be David Wong, bass and Kenny Washington, drums.
Learn more at Billcharlap.com
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