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True Blue Jazz closes with brunch at Boardwalk Plaza

Terell Stafford plays trumpet during the jazz brunch. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
October 23, 2024

Syncopated and accented rhythms were served up with a tasty brunch at the 12th Annual True Blue Jazz brunch Oct. 20, at the Boardwalk Plaza on Olive Avenue in Rehoboth Beach.

True Blue Jazz founders Peggy Raley and Eddie Sherman joined the Jazz all stars on stage to perform some easy listening tunes like ‘I Only Have Eyes for You”, “Night and Day” and “Fly Me To The Moon.”

True Blue Jazz weekend included such Jazz stars as the Bill Charlap Trio, Buster Williams and Something More, Mary Stallings, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Dale Melton Trio, Christy Taylor, the Budesa Brothers, Keli Vale & Nick Bucci and many more.

“Our 2024 True Blue Jazz Festival couldn’t have been more perfect…the incomparable artistry of our three headlining Jazz Legends, the masterful performance by the Roy Hargrove Big Band plus a Master Class Work Shop conducted by their bandleader Bruce Williams & Trumpeter Freddie Hendrix….throw in God’s gift of the beautiful weather…Wonderful & yes, Perfect!”, says Co-Founder & Producer Eddie Sherman.

 

Jazz stars close out the True Blue Jazz weekend. Shown are Peggy Raley and Eddie Sherman singing “Night and Day” while accompanied by Tim Brey on piano, Lee Smith on bass, Jerry Weldon on tenor sax, Maria Marmarou on drums and Terell Stafford on trumpet.
Lee Smith plays a bass solo during the jazz brunch.
Jerry Weldon plays tenor sax and Lee Smith holds down the bass line.
Jerry Weldon plays a tenor sax solo.
Eddie Sherman sings “I Only Have Eyes for You” while Tim Brey accompanies him on the piano.
Peggy Raley and Eddie Sherman sing a duet of “Night and Day.”
Maria Marmarou lays down the beat on the drums.
Peggy Raley and Eddie Sherman sing together on “Night and Day.”
Lee Smith plays bass during the True Blue Jazz brunch.
Tim Brey played the keys during the True Blue Jazz brunch.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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