This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. I first saw Ben Collins-Siegel play piano in July 2019 at the Roselle Park Jazz Festival. Then a 12-year-old seventh grader at Maplewood Middle School, he led off a performance by the JTole Jazz Orchestra of Thad Jones' "Counter Block," written for the Count Basie Orchestra... [ read more ]
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