Swing into September with a Concert at the Monmouth County Library

Jazz returns on Sunday, September 14 as the Warren Vache Quartet takes the stage at Library Headquarters in Manalapan. Tim McLoone and the Shirleys also return to Library Headquarters on Sunday, September 28 for a tribute concert to singer Linda Ronstadt, and singer/educator Phil Bruschi performs at several branch libraries.

The September lineup includes:

Jazz Concert: Warren Vaché Quartet
2 p.m. Sunday, September 14
Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726
732-431-7220 x7222
Trumpter Warren Vache and his band will take the stage for a free concert of eclectic jazz.
Noted DownBeat writer and jazz historian Dan Morgenstern summed up Vaché’s music: “It speaks well for jazz, that music of continuing surprises, that it is still capable of producing unclassifiable players like Warren Vaché, who find new and personal ways of using aspects of the jazz tradition that others may have overlooked or neglected, or never been exposed to. Eclectic he may be … but uncommitted he most certainly is not.”

Tim McLoone & The Shirleys Perform the Music of Linda Ronstadt
2 p.m. Sunday, September 28
Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726
732-431-7220 x7222
Tim McLoone and The Shirleys with The Atlantic Coast Band perform the music of the legendary singer Linda Ronstadt in this free concert. The band will perform music ranging from Ronstadt’s earliest hits, through her explorations with folk, country, rock and the music of the great American Songbook.

In addition, singer and educator Phil Bruschi will perform several concerts at Library branches:

Celebrating New Jersey’s Singing Stars:
A Concert With Phil Bruschi
2 p.m. Saturday September 13 at Colts Neck Library
1 Winthrop Drive, Colts Neck 07722
732-431-5656
Celebrating New Jersey’s 350th Anniversary!
Learn about the musical careers of Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, Whitney Houston, Connie Francis, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn and more – and enjoy the songs that made them famous..

Tribute to Neil Diamond: Singer, Songwriter
2 p.m. Saturday, September 20
Wall Township Library, 2700 Allaire Road, Wall Township 07719
732-449-8877
Neil Diamond continues to endure in the world of pop music as a solo artist. This program focuses on his legendary career as a singer and songwriter highlighting more than 45 years of struggles and successes.

I Wrote the Songs: The Music of Berlin, Porter & Gershwin
2 p.m. Saturday, September 27
Ocean Township Library, 501 Deal Road, Ocean Township 07712
732-531-5092
In American musical history, only a small number of song writers are responsible for the majority of the songs considered part of “The Great American Songbook,” including legends Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin. Their songs are still being recorded by artists such as Harry Connick Jr., Diana Krall and Michael Buble -- songs like “Always,” “White Christmas,” “Night and Day,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You,” and “Our Love is Here to Stay.”

For more information, please click on the Library’s webpage at www.monmouthcountylib.org