The members of Union Jazz Band, Rob Middleton, Eric Olsen, Ratzo Harris, and Tim Horner, will present a concert of original jazz compositions and jazz hymn arrangements. Join the band and sing your favorite hymns in a jazz style! Hymns will include Morning Has Broken, Abide with Me, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore you, and many others! All proceeds from this concert will go toward purchasing new robes for the Sanctuary Choir. Freewill Donation.
Eric Olsen, critically acclaimed jazz and classical pianist, presents his unique tribute to the music of George Gershwin. An expert in musical transfiguration, Eric will premiere a specially arranged jazz version of Gershwin’s signature piano work, retitled Rhapsody in New, with the incomparable jazz bassist Ratzo B. Harris. Eric will be joined by two exceptional crossover vocalists, soprano Pamela Olsen and tenor Richard Gillyard, featuring the best loved songs and duets from the George and Ira Gershwin songbook, including But Not For Me, Summertime, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, and much more! RAA Members: $20 General Admission :$25 Children Under 18: $5
Roxbury Arts Alliance, 72 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, NJ
Eric Olsen, critically acclaimed jazz and classical pianist, presents his unique tribute to the music of George Gershwin. An expert in musical transfiguration, Eric will premiere a specially arranged jazz version of Gershwin’s signature piano work, retitled Rhapsody in New, with the incomparable jazz bassist Ratzo B. Harris. Eric will be joined by two exceptional crossover vocalists, soprano Pamela Olsen and tenor Richard Gillyard, featuring the best loved songs and duets from the George and Ira Gershwin songbook, including But Not For Me, Summertime, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, and much more!
RAA Members: $20 General Admission :$25 Children Under 18: $5
Shanghai Jazz Restaurant, 24 Main Street, Madison, NJ
The ReVision Trio returns to Shanghai Jazz for a wonderful evening of original music by Eric, as well as his unique renditions of music by classical composers such as Gershwin, Faure, Puccini, Grieg, Mozart, Bach, and more! A special night of fun for the whole family! Featuring Ratzo Harris on bass and Tim Horner on drums.
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Avenue, Montclair, NJ
This concert will feature the art songs, sacred music, and classical instrumental music of Eric Olsen, with choir, instrumentalists, and vocal and instrumental soloists. A wide array of music spanning 30 years of creative endeavors by master composer and keyboardist Eric Olsen.
Shanghai Jazz Restaurant, 24 Main Street, Madison, NJ
The Eric Olsen ReVision Trio returns to Shanghai Jazz again! Don't miss the exciting sets with Eric on piano, Ratzo B. Harris on bass, and Jaime Affoumado on drums.
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Pairing the magnificent mini-Requiem choral work Nanie, with words by Schiller, with Ravel's beautiful slow movement to his jazzy Concerto. With chamber instrumentalists.
Shanghai Jazz Restaurant, 24 Main Street, Madison, NJ
The Eric Olsen Trio returns to Shanghai Jazz, featuring Eric Olsen on piano, Ratzo B. Harris on bass, and Tim Horner on drums. Showcasing Eric's special versions of classical melodies, jazz standards, and unique original material.
First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, 1 East Passaic Avenue, Rutherford, NJ
Come hear the ReVision Quartet live, playing their unique jazz takes on classical melodies from their album Sea Changes, as well as brand new jazz arrangements of classical favorites and original compositions. The ReVision Quartet features Eric Olsen on piano and keyboards, Don Braden on saxophones, Ratzo Harris on bass, and Tim Horner on drums.
Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, 60 Locust Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Eric will be playing two movements from Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Band. One of the more interesting meldings of classical flute with jazz accompaniment.
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Union Sanctuary Choir, Soloists, 2 pianos and 2 percussionists
Eric Olsen, Music Director and organ
Freewill Donation to support Union’s Music Program
The most popular classical choral work of the 20th century!
New Providence Library, 377 Elkwood Avenue, New Providence, NJ
DYAD, the incomparable jazz duo of Lou Caimano on alto saxophone and Eric Olsen on piano, is back by popular demand, playing their innovative jazz versions of operatic favorites! After the critical success of their album DYAD Plays Puccini, which Jazz Times Magazine called one of the Top 50 Jazz Albums of 2013, Olsen and Caimano returned to the studio to bring DYAD Plays Jazz Arias to life. Dubbed a “visionary recording”, a “Tour de Force!”, and “magical music that will never get old” by critics, DYAD Plays Jazz Arias “will simply blow your mind! Real playing for real ears on the lookout for hot new sounds” (Chris Spector, Midwest Record). This concert will feature familiar melodies from both these trend setting albums, including arias from Carmen by Bizet, Don Giovanni by Mozart, Otello by Verdi, and the beloved operas of Puccini. For more information please see www.dyadplays.com.
Investors Bank Theater at Horseshoe Lake, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ
Featuring Eric Olsen on keyboards, Ratzo Harris on basses, and Tim Horner on drums. Music from the CD Sea Changes and original compositions by Eric Olsen.
ScanFest, NJ Vasa Park 1 Wolfe Road, Budd Lake, NJ
The Eric Olsen ReVision Quartet featuring Eric Olsen, Don Braden, Ratzo B. Harris, and Tim Horner, playing music from their CD Sea Changes, arrangements of Scandinavian composers, and brand new jazz originals by Eric Olsen.
$14 at the Gate, $13 Seniors. Children under 12 Free
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Two innovative jazz and classical artists
Transcend musical boundaries,
Transforming favorite operatic arias into
Contemporary jazz with grace, style,
Brilliant originality, and breathtaking skill.
Come hear favorite operatic melodies from the operas
Carmen, Tosca, La Boheme, Don Giovanni, and more!
“Magical music for your ears that will never get old”
“Visionary”