One of the nation’s longest running jazz festivals, Jazz in the Garden is held in the museum’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden. Some of the notables who have performed are Jimmy Guiffre, Carrie Smith, Houston Person & Etta James, Ron Carter, Cedar Walton, David Murray, Lou Donaldson, TS Monk and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Visit http://www.newarkmuseum.org for more info and tickets or call 973.596.6613.

Tickets: $5 each or $20 for all five Thursdays. Free for members.

Proven to defy genres and labels, this young Harpist plays in a style reminiscent of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, yet has developed a beautiful, fresh sound all her own.  A New York native, Younger has made her mark as a unique artist having worked with jazz royalty including Ravi Coltrane, Jack Dejohnette, Reggie Workman, Charlie Haden, Bill Lee and Butch Morris, as well as Grammy winning Hip Hop/ R&B producers and artists such as Ms. Lauryn Hill, Common, Ryan Leslie, John Legend and Ski Beatz. Younger will be performing selections from her latest release, “Wax & Wane” (Revive Music Group) as well as Alice Cotrane music and songs from the American Songbook.