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 Live TV Broadcast
WFMZ Jazz Stars
featuring
Peter White,
Brian Simpson
Gerald Veasley
Nick Colionne
Walter
Beasley
Elan Trotman
Saturday, March 24, 10 p.m.
Crowne Plaza Reading
Tickets: $40
Click here for ticket information
The Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest is well known for numerous
traditions.
One of those traditions is the annual live broadcast of a concert on
Channel 69 WFMZ-TV, major sponsor of the festival.
 "The live broadcast has become a Berks
Jazz Fest t radition," said Barry Fisher, WFMZ general
manager. "We are proud to be part of the jazz festival. It's
a great event for our community."
This year, the concert is being billed the WFMZ Jazz
Stars, featuring Peter White, Brian Simpson, Gerald Veasley,
Nick Colionne, Walter Beasley and Elan
Trotman, a
star-studded lineup
that promises a rousing good time for those
in attendance as well as those watching on TV.
Simpson and Veasley are the musical directors for this
two-hour musical journey that will travel through the
many hits of all the performers.
Celebrated keyboardist, composer Brian Simpson has been
the ‘go-to’ man for many major pop acts, including Janet
Jackson.
Placing his success in pop aside, Simpson has always
been a working jazz musician. He has toured with some of
the greats of recent jazz history, including George
Duke, Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Kirk Whalum, and
Jonathan Butler. He has been the musical director for
Dave Koz for the past 15 years, and for the last eight
years the musical director of the highly popular “Smooth
Jazz Cruise," featuring Marcus Miller and David Sanborn.
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