Jazz @ The Junction

This evening of Jazz @ The Junction features JOSITOBO presented by John Henry Goldman's StraightJazz Productions. These four musicians are dedicated to bringing the atmosphere of musical joy to this gathering of friends and neighbors. See below for musician bios, article and video.

This jazz series is hosted by 'from HERE @ The Junction'.

• Date: Saturday, September 28
• Time: 6:30-9:00pm
• Venue: Parc @ Princeton Junction - Lounge
• Location: 3000 Goldfinch Blvd, Princeton, NJ 08540
• Free Parking: Please park in the retail area or behind building 1000.
• Tickets: $20.00, $30.00 & $40.00 + Eventbrite Service Fee
• No walk-ins. This event is ONLY for individuals with pre-purchased tickets.

It is BYOB (bring your own bottle/beverage). Complimentary hors d'oeuvres will be served.

For more information, please call 609-378-5445.

This event is 21+ years old.

For those that want to support the arts, please consider our sponsorship package at check-out. These tickets allows us to make the event extra special, while empowering musicians from around the tri-state area. You will be seated at a VIP table, with a mention in the program and opening remarks. Thank you for your consideration!

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The spring of 2024 saw the launch of a new collaboration of life-long musicians in a group called JOSITOBO. John Henry Goldman (trumpet), Wilbo Wright (upright bass), Tom Tallitsch (tenor saxophone), and Sim Cain (drums/percussion) played three concerts to the delight of all those attending. The group features original compositions, challenging gems from some of the great jazz composers, and eclectic selections from a variety of genres. A cover story in U.S.1 News announced the performance at the West Windsor Arts Council and can be found by clicking on this link:

https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/coverstories/jositobo-curates-a-jazz-concert-experience-in-west-windsor/article_7fc25356-f10a-11ee-bef7-e7015281a82b.html

Here is the set-list from last spring’s concerts, some of which will comprise the program on September 28, along with newly chosen compositions specifically prepared for this evening:

• I’m Not So Sure – Cedar Walton
• Congeniality – Ornette Coleman
• Slippery Rock – Tom Tallitsch
• Swaziland – Ernest Ranglin
• Rain – Tom Tallitsch
• Jackleg – Samuel Hurt
• Brilliant Corners – Thelonious Monk
• Witch Hunt – Wayne Shorter
• Rust Belt – Tom Tallitsch
• Scrawl – Wilbo Wright
• La Tortuga – Tom Tallitsch

John Henry Goldman, a West Windsor resident for close to fifty years, is known in this community as a teacher and performer of music, basketball coach and Pilates instructor. A veteran producer of concerts, Mr. Goldman invites Wilbo Wright, Tom Tallitsch and Sim Cain, top-tier musicians all from this area, for a concert highlighting originality and sparkling improvisation. The collaboration playfully shares a journey into pulsating sound and silence, dancing rhythms, the richness of tone and melodic expression.

In performance the effort is always to connect, to respect, to entertain, to express humility and humanity. The experience is one of give and take – the musicians benefit as much from what is received from the "audience" as is given in the form of professionalism and ability. The selections fill the room with vibrance and harmony, an atmosphere of friendship permeates, the joy of music is appreciated by all.

Tom Tallitsch, a Hopewell resident, is a composer (with eleven albums to his name) and multi-instrumentalist, playing the saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, guitar, and drums. He regularly performs at jazz clubs and venues in New York City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. A highly respected music educator who teaches at the Princeton Junior School and The Princeton Child Development Institute, Tom’s compositions and arrangements have gained recognition by professional musicians and vocalists alike and have accompanied performances by dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Wilbo Wright is a genre-hopping bass player (both upright and electric) who grew up on a tree farm in West Windsor. His musical talents have taken him around the world, recording and touring with a stylistically wide variety of artists. He is a DJ at WPRB where he has been curating “The Clothesline,” a weekly freeform radio program, since 1988. He recently returned from LA, where his original band Ui performed at the 20th anniversary of their current record label, Numero Group.

Sim Cain, drummer and percussionist, has performed with everyone from punk provocateur Henry Rollins to the art music composer John Zorn, Jersey Shore blues masters Billy Hector and Kenny “Stringbean” Sorenson, the J. Geils Band, avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot. A Princeton native, he and bassist Wilbo Wright have worked together on stages, in clubs and roudhouses for decades, forging a musical bond and a rock-solid foundation to the delight of the musicians and audiences for whom they play.

John Henry Goldman began his life-long devotion to the beauty of sound and improvisation at the age of six. He studied with Jimmy Maxwell, first trumpeter of the Benny Goodman big band and Johnny Carson’s NBC Orchestra, Nicholas Rodriquez, pianist with Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, and the great jazz bassist Lisle Atkinson. Over the past twenty years John Henry, as leader and sideman, has performed in countless concerts, venues and events, both public and private, throughout the tri-state area.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Parc at Princeton Junction, 3000 Goldfinch Boulevard, Princeton, United States