Monmouth County - Elberon - "Jazz on Park Avenue”
Jazz fundraiser hits all the right notes Elberon---" Jazz on Park Avenue”, a musical event, will be held at the Elberon Memorial Church, 70 Park Avenue, on Saturday, August 24, at 5:00 p.m. The program features a mix of swing, bop, and standards, including blues and tunes from the American songbook performed by the John Gronert Trio. The Trio includes John (drums), Bob Marriner (bass guitar) and Tim Broege (keyboard), joined by Greg Grispart (sax/clarinet). Broege, an accomplished pianist, harpsichordist, and internationally renowned composer, has served 19 seasons as Elberon Memorial’s organist. As a special treat, the church’s vintage Hilborne Roosevelt organ will be featured in a unique way. Made in 1885 by a cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt, it was renovated and cleaned last year and sounds just as magnificent now as it did more than a century ago. Broege plans to “pull out all the stops”, with some popular earl...