Andy Lalasis Receives The George Mesterhazy Jazz Master Award

Andy Lalasis Receives The George Mesterhazy Jazz Master Award On September 25, The South Jersey Jazz Society presented “The George Mesterhazy Jazz Master Award” to Andy Lalasis. The event and gala dinner was held at the Greate Bay Country Club. Past...

2024 Bob Simon Scholarship Winner

The South Jersey Jazz Society is proud to announce Will Keiter as their 2024 Jazz Scholarship Recipient. Will is a talent young jazz saxophonist that graduate from Mainland Regional High School  Will has experimented with various forms of music but his first love has...

Bassist Andy Lalasis: A career surrounded by greatness

By Bruce KlauberPreview by permission. Read the full article on ShoreLocalNews.com Bassist Andy Lalasis is known as a “first call player.” For those not in the music business, when any top-tier singer, band, orchestra or ensemble is in need of a bass player – whether...

SJJS to Award Andy Lalasis, bassist, with Their Highest Honor

Updated 5/21/2024 Help Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the South Jersey Jazz Society by honoring bassist, Andy Lalasis as the 2024 Jazz Master Award Winner The South Jersey Jazz Society is proud to announce the Andy Lalasis, bassist, has been awarded their highest...

Grant Funds Awarded to South Jersey Jazz Society

The South Jersey Jazz Society was recently award two $2,500 grants throught the OceanFirst Bank Foundation. These grants were for the SJJS Spring Jazz Series and the upcoming November 2-4 Jazz@thePoint Festival.  Pictured are (left to right) Joe Donofrio, Vice...

New Series! Improvisation and the Creative Symbiosis of the Arts

Improvisation and the Creative Symbiosis of the Arts  in music, dance, jazz, and graphic art/painting with the Michael Pedicin Quartet/Quintet. Each of these weekly featured artists will exhibit their creative and artistic skills as they improvise, within their...

Thank You!

Our Jazz @the Point 2022 Celebration of Life and Legacy of Pat Martino was a fantastic show and a huge success. There were over 30 performing musicians each with a personal connection to Pat. A special shout out to Joe Donofrio for orchestrating the festival without a...