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  • Basking Ridge, NJ

Sanford Josephson is the author of Jeru’s Journey: The Life and Music of Gerry Mulligan (Hal Leonard Books), published in October 2015, and Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations (Praeger/ABC-Clio), published in June 2009. He is currently Editor of Jersey Jazz Magazine, published by the New Jersey Jazz Society.

He has also written extensively about jazz musicians in publications ranging from the New York Daily News to American Way magazine and is vice president of publicity for NJJS.

Josephson currently co-hosts the JAZZ on a SUNDAY afternoon concert series at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts in Toms River, NJ. From 2011-2017, he curated the “Music in the Moonlight” jazz series at the Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ, a series that he founded. Josephson also produced the Flemington, NJ, segment of the Central Jersey Jazz Festival from 2014-2016.

Other jazz related programs/presentations include the following: speaker at the virtual Ocean County Teen Arts Festival at Ocean County College in Toms River, NJ, March 22, 2021; speaker at Jazz Arts Project’s “Talkin’ Jazz” series, Red Bank, NJ, April 2017; moderator of panel on “Gerry Mulligan’s Influence” at the Los Angeles Jazz Institute’s “Mulliganesque” conference held in October 2017; participation as special guest/speaker at Darien (CT) High School’s annual Jazz Festival’s presentation to an outstanding soloist of its first Gerry Mulligan Award, March 2018; presentation on Jeru’s Journey at a Dana Library, Institute of Jazz Studies “Jazz Research Roundtable” at Rutgers University-Newark, April 2018; book events at several libraries and book stores including the Ocean County Library in Toms River, NJ; the West Orange Public Library, West Orange, NJ; New City Public Library, New City, NY; [words] Bookstore, Maplewood, NJ; and Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Livingston, NJ.

In July 2016, Josephson retired as director of public relations and development at the Matheny Medical and Educational Center, a special hospital and educational facility in Peapack, NJ, for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities. While at Matheny, he was instrumental in promoting its Arts Access Program, which enables people with disabilities to create fine art, encompassing visual art, dance/choreography, drama, and writing. In 2018, Josephson was contracted by Matheny to write a series of articles/press releases about Arts Access in connection with the program’s 25th anniversaries. These articles appeared in a several news outlets including New Jersey Stage, Asbury Park Press, mycentraljersey.com, nj.com, Bernardsville News, tapinto.net, and patch.com. He continues to work as a pr consultant for Matheny’s Arts Access Program.

Josephson and his wife, Linda, currently reside in Manchester, NJ.

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