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4th Annual Valentine's Jazz Concert
Date:Saturday, February 14, 2026 8:00 pm
Venue: Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ
Chris DeVito Quintet, featuring Destiny Autumn (vocals) Greg Grispart (woodwinds) John Lenis (double bass) Gavin Davies (drums) and Chis DeVito (piano)
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Sponsored By: Blue Truffle Music, LLC
CANCELLED (due to weather) Jazz Concert/ Jam Session Series
Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:00 pm
Venue: Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ
Nate Tota Quartet All-College Jazz Band
Nate Tota Quintet, featuring Nate Tota (saxophone) Sam Wagner (guitar) Shyla Murray (bass) and Jackson Bernstein (drums)
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$25 free for college students joining jam session - advance signup required.
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Sponsored by: Blue Truffle Music, LLC
Christmas Party (private) Chris DeVito and John Lenis
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 (2:30-3:30 pm), Watchung, NJ
Live Jazz for Your Next Party?
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Jazz Concert/ Jam Session Series
Sunday, November 16, 2025 3:00 pm
Venue: Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ
Chris DeVito Trio John Lenis (double bass), Gavin Davies (drums) and Chris DeVito (piano) and special guest Sidd Suppiah (rising star guitarist / Rutgers Mason Gross jazz performance major)
$25 free for college students joining jam session - advance signup required.
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Sponsored by: Blue Truffle Music, LLC
Malawi Visions 5th Annual Jazz Fundraiser
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:00 pm
Venue: Douglas Hall, 45 Church Street, Liberty Corner, NJ
Fundraiser for Orphan Children in Malawi, Africa
Chris DeVito Sextet, featuring:
Audra Mariel (vocals)
Greg Grispart (woodwinds)
Mayuko Abe (trumpet)
John Lenis (double bass)
Gavin Davies (drums)
Chris DeVito (piano)
Jazz Concert/ Jam Session Series
Sunday, September 21, 2025 3:00 pm
Venue: Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ
Chris DeVito Trio John Lenis (double bass), Gavin Davies (drums) and Chris DeVito (piano) and special guest Ginger Meyer (rising star alto saxophonist/Rutgers Mason Gross jazz major)
Get Tickets $25 (free for college students joining jam session - advance signup required)
Get Tickets $25 (free for college students joining jam session - advance signup required) }
Presented By: Blue Truffle Music, LLC
Cilento Jazz Festival - Jazz on the Patio Chris DeVito Quartet, featuring Greg Grispart (woodwinds), John Lenis (double bass), Gavin Davies (drums), Saturday, October 4, 2025 5:00-8:00pm
Bar Cilento, 37 Plainfield Road, Stirling, NJ
Bar Cilento - Jazz on the Patio Shyla Murray and Friends, Friday, August 29, 2025 5:00-9:00pm
Bar Cilento, 37 Plainfield Road, Stirling, NJ
Bar Cilento - Jazz on the Patio Chris DeVito and Shyla Murray, Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:00-8:00pm
Bar Cilento, 37 Plainfield Road, Stirling, NJ
Bar Cilento - Jazz on the Patio Chris DeVito and John Lenis, Sunday, July 20, 2025 5:00-8:00pm
Bar Cilento, 37 Plainfield Road, Stirling, NJ
International Jazz Day Concert
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 7:00 pm
Venue: Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ
Presented By: Blue Truffle Music, LLC
Chris DeVito Trio John Lenis (double bass), Gavin Davies (drums) and Chris DeVito (piano) and special guest Mayuko Abe (trumpet)
The Watchung Arts Center will be hosting its first “International Jazz Day Concert” on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 pm.
April 30th is the final day of Jazz Appreciation Month, created in 2001 by the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History.
International Jazz Day was organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe."
This concert is registered with UNESCO as an offical International Jazz Day event.
Advance ticket purchase recommended because Chris DeVito's bands have filled both the Watchung Arts Center (Valentine's Concerts for the past 3 years) and Liberty Corner's Douglas Hall (for the past 4 Malawi Vision Jazz Fundraisers at Liberty Corner Church).
