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The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Virginia Mayhew Quartet at the New Brunswick Hyatt 3/21 7:30PM

By Virginia DeBery
The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents
Virginia Mayhew Quartet
Wednesday  March 27, 2013 @7:30PM
The Hyatt Regency | 2 Albany Street | New Brunswick, NJ
No Cover
Saxophonist/composer/arranger/bandleader Virginia Mayhew has been an active part of  the New York jazz scene since 1987, and has lead her own groups for over 25 years. She currently leads several quartets, a quintet, and a septet. During her career, Virginia has worked with renowned artists including Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Cab Calloway, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Norman Simmons, Junior Mance, Joe Williams, Chico O’Farrill, Marlena Shaw, Kenny Barron, Ingrid Jensen, Claudio Roditi, Nnenna Freelon, and many others. Virginia has been a guest on Marian McPartland’s ‘Piano Jazz,’ NPR’s ‘All Things Considered and ‘Jazz Set’ with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She was selected a Downbeat  ‘Rising Star’ on soprano saxophone, and has been the subject of several feature articles in Downbeat, Jazztimes and Jazziz magazines. 
Virginia is also the saxophonist and musical director of the Duke Ellington Legacy, an 8-piece group founded by two of Duke Ellington’s grandchildren, Edward Ellington II and Gaye Ellington. The Ellington Legacy is dedicated to keeping Ellington’s music in the public ear through performances, recordings, and master classes. Virginia has established her credentials in the field of jazz education, working around the world teaching master classes, being an Artist-In-Residence at  several universities, teaching private students. She has worked Newark’s Jazz For Teens, and Jazz House Kids among others.  Virginia also founded the very successful, Greenwich House Music School Jazz Workshop in New York.
In addition to her recordings with others, Virginia has six releases as a leader, all of which have all received rave reviews and lots of airplay. In addition to radio play, and with her own station on Pandora, Virginia’s recordings have been featured on HBO (television) and in movies. Her latest recording, Mary Lou Williams – The Next 100 Years, was just selected by Downbeat as one of the Best New Releases of 2012 and by Rhapsody as one of the ten best new CDs of 2012. 
New Brunswick Jazz Project is honored to present Virginia Mayhew as part of their March Women in Jazz Month Wednesday, March 27 at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick from 7:30pm to 10PM. There is no cover charge for this event.
She will perform with jazz guitar veteran, Ed Cherry, the incomparable bassist, Harvie S  and the electric and expressive Andy Watson on drums. 
For more information: http://nbjp.org |732.640.0001| Email: [email protected]