New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 7 | Page 94

1st Mercer County Jazz Festival SHARE BUTTON The Mercer County Park Com- mission, in cooperation with the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foun- dation, presented the first Mer- cer County Jazz Festival at the Festival Grounds on Saturday, July 8 with a mix of contempo- rary, big band and bebop jazz. The festival included perfor- NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 7 by John Posada mances by No WiFi, James Stew- art and his Quartet of Trenton area veterans, Jerry Topinka’s G13 Band, Winard Harper with Jeli Posse, and the event’s head- liner, Philadelphia-raised Joey DeFrancesco & the People. Photographer John Posada was on hand to cover the event. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 94