With bebop-rooted living legends such as drummer Roy Haynes, saxophonist Sonny Rollins and pianist Herbie Hancock in their 80s and 90s, the spring edition of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival has a focus on artists 50 and younger and those whose careers started in the 1990s or more recently.
The lineup for this weekend’s festival features a mix of regulars who are familiar faces in Atlantic and Cape May counties, such as pianist Orrin Evans, who plays with his band Tarbaby, and relative newcomers such as tenor saxophonist Camille Thurman, who is making her third South Jersey appearance in the past four years.