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Centenary Stage Company heats up the new year with annual 'January Jazz Fest'

| 22 Dec 2014 | 01:38
    Photo Credit: Bruce Gast Stan Ruben.
    Photo Credit: Bruce Gast Stan Ruben.
    Stanton Davis Jr.
    Stanton Davis Jr.
    Dan Levinson: Fete Manouche.
    Dan Levinson: Fete Manouche.

HACKETTSTOWN — Filling the Lackland Center with the sounds and rhythms of Benny Goodman, Dixieland and the legendary Django Reinhardt, CSC’s January Jazz Fest starts Jan. 10 and runs each Saturday with a different ensemble.

Igniting this annual music festival on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. is the acclaimed Benny Goodman Tribute by the Stan Rubin Orchestra. The Stan Rubin Orchestra returns to CSC to celebrate the life and music of Benny Goodman. Benny Goodman has become synonymous with swing and jazz orchestra. With a career spanning more than 50 years, he is known for his talents as a bandleader, conductor and clarinetist.

Bringing in a southern heat wave, is Stanton Davis and the New Orleans Sound on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. Stanton Davis Jr. is an American jazz trumpeter who was born and raised in the rich musical traditions of New Orleans.

Finally, Fete Manouche truly pushes the heat index on Saturday Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. The lord and master of gypsy, jazz, or jazz manouche, was the legendary Django Reinhardt. Clarinetist Dan Levinson discovered Jazz Manouche while living in Paris in the early 1990s and was mesmerized. In 2004 he assembled Fete Manouche and since then has been keeping the Django legacy alive in the New York area.

Benny Goodman Tribute tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children under 12.

Stanton Davis and the New Orleans Sound tickets are $22.50 for adults and $15 for children under 12.

Fete Manouche tickets are $22.50 for adults and $15 for children under 12.

All ticket orders for concerts, jazz and special events increase $5 on the day of the performance. Tickets may be purchased online at centenarystageco.org, at the CSC Box Office in The Lackland Center at 715 Grand Ave in Hackettstown, or by calling 908-979-0900. The Box Office is open Monday through Friday 1 to 5 p.m. and two hours prior to performance times. CSC also operates a second Box Office during the season at 217 Main Street in Hackettstown open Monday through Friday 3 to 6 p.m.