From the Delta to the Jersey Shore Series, Big A & the Allstars return!
May 29, 2025
The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation (JSJBF), a non-profit organization supporting and preserving jazz and blues in New Jersey, is proud to partner once again with the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music and Visit Clarksdale, as we bring back by popular demand Big A and the Allstars! Opening the show will be the Jersey Shore’s own emerging artists, The Navesink Delta Blues Band.
“Big A,” has been described as “an old soul deeply steeped In the Delta blues.” Roger Stolle, owner of Clarksdale’s Cat Head Delta Blues Store, describes Sherrod as “the torchbearer for the Clarksdale sound. There’s no one else of Anthony’s generation who has learned first-hand from and/or played with the last of the older generation who are gone now … Anthony was there and absorbed the distinct sounds, vocals, playing and showmanship from each musician he encountered. He knows where the music came from.” – Living Blues Magazine.
“Big A” recently received several major awards, including the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Music Maker Foundation, as well as the “Jus’ Blues Bobby Rush Award.” He soon will embark on an international tour with Morgan Freeman’s Blues Symphonic Experience – a “transformative celebration of history, resilience and the music that gave voice to generations.”
The concert is scheduled for Friday, June 27 @ 8 pm, at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University.
Tickets will be available on May 30th at noon at the Monmouth University box office, 732-263-6889 or online: https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgId=44869&agency=MNMV_PLAGENCY_MPV&eventID=128021
About JSJBF
As we approach our 40th anniversary, the non-profit Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation (JSJBF) ,featuring weekly, monthly, & yearly musical events and outreach programming, remains an enduring presence at the Jersey Shore. We salute our founding members – Bob Santelli and Eileen Chapman – for their vision, perseverance and continued support. We welcome new members and remain dedicated to our mission: “To preserve promote, and perpetuate jazz, blues, and other indigenous music forms here in New Jersey. “ www.jsjbf.org or Christine Zemla, czemla@jsjbf.org
732-241-4724
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music
The Bruce Springsteen Archives serves as the official repository for the music of Bruce Springsteen, plus photographs, periodicals, oral histories, rare recordings, films, and artifacts related to Springsteen and the E Street Band. The Center for American Music produces museum exhibitions, symposia and seminars, teacher workshops, concerts, internships, and various public programs to promote and celebrate the many forms of American music and their impact on our culture and national identity. https://springsteenarchives.org
