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Long Branch Jazz and Blues Fest serves up a perfect day of hot blues

Long Branch Jazz and Blues Fest serves up a perfect day of hot blues

Don Jay Smith who is in charge of the Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival was my guest last Saturday at our Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival. The article he wrote “Long Branch Jazz and Blues Fest serves up a perfect day of hot blues” was published on NJarts.net” said Tom Baldino, the President of the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation.

“If you build it, they will come.”

“If you build it, they will come.”

We’ve all heard this line, “If you build it, they will come.” This not-quite accurate Field of Dreams quote still resonates. For me, it became kind of a mantra, build it and they will come. Build what exactly, you’re wondering? We at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation reached out to our Mississippi friends. Reflecting upon the legacy of the MS Delta blues and the integrally related rock ‘n roll heritage of the Jersey Shore, we created The Mississippi Delta Meets the Jersey Shore!