Hoboken Public Library presents Garden State Jazz Greats – Jimmy Lyons Listening Session – September 7th at 6:30pm

Come and join Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s own jazz greats. Many of these names you may already know and all of them you should know as each of these innovators have left their indelible imprint on world culture through the great African American creation of Jazz.

Ben Young will discuss the lives and contributions of each of these home state heroes along with the musical and historical context to help illustrate what made each of their unique and singular artistic visions have such an impact.

September's featured artist will be alto saxophonist and Jersey City native Jimmy Lyons. While known as a sideman to Free Jazz legend Cecil Taylor, Lyons brought his own giant sized talent to the music. Incorporating the innovations of Charlie Parker into his own improvisational and harmonic ideas, Lyons forged a new vision for the alto sax that stands alongside Eric Dolphy or Ornette Coleman.