JC Jazz Festival! Tony Malaby Turnpike Trio: Creative Improvisation!

Don't miss The Tony Malaby Turnpike Trio! Part of the Jersey City Jazz Festival! Two sets at 9 and 11 PM. $25. The best of Jersey City live music from June 1st-June 4th!

One of the world's most creative improvisers, saxophonist Tony Malaby leads his Turnpike Trio for two nights of underground sounds. The Turnpike Trio, featuring bassist John Hebert and drummer Billy Mintz, was organically conceived during the pandemic and has continued performing its innovative repertoire. Tony now resides in Boston where he is a professor at Berklee School of Music. Do not miss this rare Jersey City performance by a one-of-a-kind ensemble. "My favorite living saxophonist"- Bryan Beninghove

In his two decades as an integral member of New York City's improvised music community, saxophonist and composer Tony Malaby has emerged as a wholly unique and singular voice. DownBeat's "80 Coolest Things in Jazz" article said "[Malaby] is a formidably accomplished soprano and tenor saxophonist with enviable tone and an endless font of compelling ideas [who] steers his music away from perfection" and "his considerable gifts as a melodist tend to sneak up on you." JazzTimes called him "a hero of today's improvised music scene." These accolades are unsurprising given the number of projects Malaby has been involved in since arriving in New York in the early 1990s.