ALLYN JOHNSON
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Keystone Korner Baltimore, 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
CD Release Celebration
The native Washingtonian is a multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and producer whose trademark sound gives brilliance and fortitude to the art of jazz improvisation. While a student at the University of the District of Columbia, Allyn was mentored by the late great jazz legend Calvin Jones. Allyn hopes to continue Jones’ rich legacy of service, musicianship and academic excellence. He is revered by musical giants as well as the “young lions” of his generation. In 2024, Allyn recorded a new trio album entitled “The Big Comeback” featuring Eric Kennedy on drums and Romeir Mendez on bass.
Allyn Johnson ~ piano
Tim Green ~ alto saxophone
Herman Burney ~ bass
Eric Kennedy ~ drums
Cover: $30~35 | $15 Streaming Pass (plus fees)

BOB JAMES
2024-10-25 18:15 - 2024-10-26 22:00 (America/New_York) | Middle C Jazz, 300 South Brevard Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202, United States
The career of Bob James is long, varied and continues to evolve at every turn. From his first days in Marshall, Missouri, the music of Bob James has captivated audiences throughout the world.
Discovered by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1963, James recorded his first solo album, Bold Conceptions, that year for Mercury Records. 58 albums and innumerable awards would follow through five decades. He honed his skills working with Creed Taylor, working on albums for artists like Hank Crawford, Grover Washington, Jr, among others. While with CTI, James found great popular success overseeing significant hits for Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, Maynard Ferguson, and Kenny Loggins.
In 1974, James finally recorded his own album, One, which launched a lifelong career of recording and performing live. After three more albums, James began his own label, Tappan Zee Records. This allowed James to spend more time in the studio, focusing on his own creative works. It was during this time that he recorded his own gold seller, Touchdown, which included his composition, “Angela”, the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, and possibly James’ best know work. Bob composed all the original music used in that television series for its entire run. One On One, the first in three collaborations with Earl Klugh, was awarded a Grammy in 1980 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, and has sold over a million copies. During this time, James set the standard for the smooth jazz sound in the late 1970s.
Cover: $56 ~ $80

BOSMAN TWINS QUINTET
2024-10-25 19:30 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Winter’s Jazz Club, 465 N McClurg Court, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
The Music of Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dwayne’s and Dwight’s passion for jazz started at an early age. They grew up listening to the sounds of great jazz artists such as Earl “Fatha” Hines, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and their father Lloyd Smith, who was a well known businessman and a side man in Basie’s and Ellington’s orchestras. Paula V. Smith, the twins’ mother and the first African American Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for the U.S. Department of Labor under the Regan Administration, was also an avid jazz lover. Influenced by famous musicians, like family friends, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, by age 14 the twins were performing professionally as The Bosman Twins. Over the years, The Bosman Twins have shared their love of music and the stage with entertainment legends Freddie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Fontella Bass, Roy Ayers, David Peaston and the late trumpeter, Lester Bowie. Whether performing with their own band or accompanying other notable jazz professionals, their unique style and renditions of jazz, rhythm and blues, funk and gospel have earned them national and international acclaim.

The Group: Dwayne Bosman – saxophone | Dwight Bosman – saxophone | Kevin Fort – piano | Mark Sonksen – bass | Ernie Adams – drums
Cover: $27.75 ~ $37.75

BILLY CHILDS
2024-10-25 20:00 - 2024-10-26 23:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baked Potato, 3787 Cahuenga Boulevard, Studio City, CA, 91604, United States
Six Time Grammy Winner and seventeen time nominee Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, perhaps the most distinctly American composer since Aaron Copland – for like Copland, he has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.
He has received orchestral and chamber commissions from, among others: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the National Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Orpheus Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, the Dorian Wind Quintet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Isidore Quartet, the American Brass Quintet, the Ying Quartet, the Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Rachel Barton Pine, and Inna Faliks. His works have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and Disney Concert Hall.
Jimmy Johnson ~ Bass
Justin Brown ~ Drums
Andrew Renfroe ~ Guitar
Billy Childs ~ Rhodes
$40.00 1st Set Inside Seating (+$4.25 fee)
$35.00 2nd Set Inside Seating (+$4.25 fee)
$20.00 Patio Seating (+$4.25 fee) | Live video concert and you are NOT inside the club

JOHNNY O'NEAL TRIO
2024-10-26 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Minton’s Playhouse, 206 West 118th Street, New York City, NY, 10026, United States
After more than 45 years as a professional pianist, vocalist and entertainer, Johnny O’Neal has earned the title of “master” with fellow musicians and audiences around the world. Highlights of his awe-inspiring career include stints with Ray Brown, Milt Jackson and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, as well as a Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 on solo piano opening for Oscar Peterson and induction into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. While playing with Blakey, he accompanied some of the great jazz divas, including Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McRae. O’Neal has also been tapped for appearances by Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Nancy Wilson, Anita O’Day, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Stitt, Benny Golson, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Clark Terry, among others.
Performances in Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, China, Israel and South Africa have gained him an international following, and he is beloved by audiences around the U.S. Yet, he remains a fixture on the New York jazz scene, regularly playing in local clubs or stopping by a jam session to check out the young talent. A stint in his band has become a coveted apprenticeship among young players, comparable to that of Betty Carter or Art Blakey. He is the tie that binds the classic jazz traditions to the evolution of the form, making him legendary in his own right.
The Detroit native considers himself a piano player first, but was encouraged to sing in his sets more by Joe Williams. He recalls Williams advising him, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it!” Astonishingly, he is largely self-taught. His playing evokes the influences imbued in him by his idols Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum, with a nod to bebop master Barry Harris (who first heard O’Neal play as a teenager in Detroit). He has reshaped these elements into his own very swinging and melodic approach.
In live performances, he is apt to catch his audience off-guard with his blues shouting, soulfully rendered yet unpretentious vocalizations or seemingly effortless scatting. No two sets are ever alike. O’Neal explains, “I’m a tune guy. I know 1,500 songs. My father was a pianist and singer who emphasized that learning lyrics creates dynamics and a better interpretation of melody. I rehearse so that the bassist, drummer and I can get familiar with each other’s styles—not to set the songs we’ll play.”
Cover: $25.00 ($3.50 fee)

KEYON HARROLD
2024-10-27 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Keystone Korner Baltimore, 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
Keyon Harrold Present “Foreverland”
An inventive, multidisciplinary, genre-fluid artist; trumpeter and vocalist; a composer, arranger, and platinum music producer; bandleader and major recording artist,Keyon Harrold’s career is a spectrum of greatness. From touring and recording with Jay-z and Cirque Du Soleil to being signed by legendary Rapper Nas (Mass Appeal) and writing the theme song for The Queen Latifah’s Show. Harrold is a first-call artist with feature credits with Keith Richards, Black Pumas, Mac Miller (Stay), and Nas (The Jarreau of Rap) and Harrold’s latest collaboration with UK crooner Samm Henshaw (Still Broke). Keyon is a frequent collaborator with YEBBA, Robert Glasper, Maxwell, Common, PJ Morton, and Gregory Porter. He is an activist for social justice and equality.
$35 ~ $45 | $15 Streaming Pass (plus fees)

JOE ALTERMAN
2024-10-29 19:00 - 2024-10-30 21:00 (America/New_York) | Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street, New York City, NY, 10012, United States
Atlanta native Joe Alterman expresses a certain upbeat naivete, with a broad smile and bright eyes that make you feel welcome. One would not guess that this is a man hailed by greats; Ramsey Lewis describes his piano playing as ‘a joy to behold’. Les McCann states ‘As a man and musician he is already a giant’.
Journalist Nat Hentoff championed three of Alterman’s albums, as well as his writing (Joe wrote liner notes to three Wynton Marsalis/JALC albums, calling one of Joe’s columns “one of the very best pieces on the essence of jazz, the spirit of jazz, that I’ve ever read, and I’m not exaggerating.”
7pm & 9pm Cover $40 The Club Reservations Not Available Please arrive 20-30 minutes before shows. Bar open from 5pm to 2am never a cover to enjoy cocktails or relax in our historic art deco music room after 10pm.
Joe Alterman Trio | The Next Generation In Jazz
Nathaniel Schroeder – bass | Marlon Patton – drums | Joe Alterman – piano
Cover: $40.00
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:00pm

MARVIN “SMITTY” SMITH
2024-10-29 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Baked Potato, 3787 Cahuenga Boulevard, Studio City, CA, 91604, United States
The drummer was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal musical training at the age of three. After graduating from Waukegan East High School, Smith attended Berklee School of Music, graduating in 1981. Smith has recorded 200 albums with various artists, as well as two solo albums. He has toured with, among others, Sting, Dave Holland, Sonny Rollins, Willie Nelson and Steve Coleman. He is a former member of The New York Jazz Quartet, and was the drummer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno band, led by Kevin Eubanks, from January 30, 1995 until the show’s end on May 29, 2009. Smith was also the drummer for the Jay Leno Show band in 2009-10.
Chris Lowery – trumpet
Dale Fielder – alto
Alex Johnson – tenor
Lemar Guillary – trombone
Adam Ledbetter – piano
Rene Camacho – bass
Christian Moraga – percussion
$25 1st Set Inside Seating (+$4.25)
$20.00 2nd Set Inside Seating (+A$4.25)
$15.00 Patio Seating (+$4.25) | A live video concert you are NOT inside the club

BAPTISTE HERBIN
2024-10-31 20:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sunset | Sunside, 60 Rue des Lombards, 75001 Paris, France
Baptiste Herbin Trio ft André Ceccarelli releases his new album “Django!” For this new album, Baptiste, for the first time, called upon an artistic director. He found in Daniel Yvinec an enlightened and stimulating interlocutor, who after hearing him play a Django theme during a jam session, suggested the subject of this album to him.
Together, they then shape a repertoire that draws a fascinating universe around the guitarist; some of his emblematic compositions skillfully rethought, intoxicating musette waltzes, to which are added a choro dedicated to him by Herbin, the moving homage of the pianist John Lewis, and a stunning reinterpretation of “Night and Day” in which Baptiste takes up the original solo of Django harmonized for two saxophones with an elegance and a naturalness that confirm the merits of the enterprise.

Baptiste Herbin – sax | Sylvain Romano – bass | André Ceccarelli – drums
Cover: 30.00 € Adult | 20.00 € Student

MARY STALLINGS
2024-11-01 19:00 - 2024-11-02 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Keys Jazz Bistro, 498 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, 94133, United States
In a career that has spanned over 65 years, international jazz vocal legend Mary Stallings has earned a unique place in modern jazz. After decades of performing around the globe alongside a who’s who of talented collaborators, while quietly accumulating a series of thoughtful and well respected recordings, she still continues to challenge her boundaries and creative potential. Yet it is her deep connection to her roots and the community that nurtured her talent that reveal her artistry. Utilizing a wide and diverse repertoire, Stallings music expresses a profound spiritual essence combined with a love for that community that supported her. “This music is deep. lt is a life force. lt is a history of people’s lives and struggles. It is not just a bunch of notes., she explains. For this historic performance at Keys, Mary returns to the Neighborhood where she first began her artistic journey, decades ago.
Tickets: $40 per show
Seating is first come, first serve. Recommend arriving early.

JIVA
2024-11-02 19:30 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Red Light Cafe, 553-1 Amsterdam Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, 30306, United States
The Sous Vide Trio opens the night of great music with a 30 minute set. This will be followed with the headliner consisting of the 10-piece Soul band JIVA returns with an amazing performance. They will be performing their unique blend of upbeat soul and Brazilian-inspired songs.
Cleveland Jones, Lavahi and Chanda Leigh will be the singers on the show.
Cover Charge: $20.00 Adv | $25.00 at Door
Doors @ 7:30pm | Show @ 8:00pm

CLAIRDEE
2024-11-03 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Keys Jazz Bistro, 498 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, 94133, United States
In a career spanning some four decades, the vivacious Clairdee has performed as an internationally touring artist who’s collaborated with some of America’s most celebrated jazz masters, including Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone and Ken Peplowski.
Deeply informed by the music’s departed masters, Clairdee puts a personal stamp on whatever she sings, a gift aptly described by the inimitable Nancy Wilson, who declared that “in the tradition of all great vocalists she infuses each song with her own unique style while always remaining true to the song itself.” Equally at home singing various idioms in an array of settings, in addition to leading her own world-class band, Clairdee works with symphony orchestras, big bands, and intimate duos.
Clairdee’s discography as leader includes four highly regarded albums on her Declare Music label. “A Love Letter to Lena,” garnered international press and was acknowledged in three categories in the 2020 Grammy® first round nominations.
Tickets: $30 per show
Seating is first come, first serve. Recommend arriving early.

JACQUES LESURE
2024-11-04 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Lighthouse Cafe, 30 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254, United States
Hosting the Jazz Jam Session every Monday Night
Jacques Lesure has performed and recorded with some of the top names in music. He has been fortunate to share the stage with musicians in many genres. He has played with Bernadette Peters, Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Porter,Jimmy Smith, Carmen Lundy, the Clark Sisters, Little Milton, James Brown and numerous others.
He has appeared in commercials, on television, in stage in plays and motion pictures including the Oscar winning film, La La Land.

THE ABNEY EFFECT
2024-11-05 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Andy’s, 11 E Hubbard Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Chicago born and raised jazz trumpeter Mario Abney now of New Orleans fuses traditional and extended trumpet techniques in a most inventive way; his strikingly personal instrumental vision endows the music with an infinite array of tonal color. Recognized for his ability to create pure musical dialog, and hear music in a universally spiritual way, he is definitely one of New Orleans most pioneering young jazz musicians.
Marioʼs first experience hearing jazz was the music of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. After jazz trumpet peaked his interest in music Mario began to absorb the music of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and all the great trumpeters who pioneered the music. In 2001, after several years of playing as a side man Abney was inspired to lead his own Quintet. During a performance at the Dayton RiverWalk festival in 2007 Mario became interested in going to New Orleans after hearing the Hot 8 Brass Band perform. By spring of 2008 Abney and two members from his quintet moved to New Orleans to absorb its rich musical culture and become part of the music scene.
Cover: $15.00

AUDREY SILVER TRIO
2024-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Silvana, 300 West 116th Street, New York, NY, 10026, United States
Audrey Silver’s voice is like pure sterling. Her phrasing is exquisite, her clarity and enunciation on par with the great Jo Stafford and her breath control is a talent so often, and so wrongfully overlooked rivals Sinatra’s. She honed her craft through private study with singers Shelia Jordan and Mark Murphy. She has worked with pianist Bruce Barth, trumpeter Marcus Printup, upright bassist Paul Beaudry, drummer Anthony Pinciotti, vibraphonist Tom Beckham and guitarist Gary Ciprut.
No Cover | No Minimum

JUDITH OWEN
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Judith Owen is a performer whose stylistic range spans rock, pop, classical, jazz, blues, and musical theatre. Owen is also a comedic actress and master storyteller. Judith grew up in London surrounded by classical music, ballet, theatre, and the fine arts. Further, she was also exposed to many jazz icons and Broadway musicals that her parents loved. Thus, this mixture would become her signature sound.
Owen quickly began performing at a variety of different venues around London. Her unique hybrid of classical/jazz-influenced styled sound soon affirmed a regular slot at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s.
Her new live album, 2024’s Comes Alive, follows her hugely successful 2022 album Come On & Get It. That album received over 2.6 million album streams and more than a million YouTube views. Judith Owen Comes Alive features sixteen tracks recorded live over a weeklong residency in Bern, Switzerland at Marians Jazzroom.
Owen conceived of the project because of her childhood fascination with the music of the pioneering but oft forgotten women of jazz and blues. For example, Julia Lee, Blossom Dearie and Nellie Lutcher. She discovered these women hidden in her father’s record collection alongside Oscar Peterson and Jelly Roll Morton. There, Owen became captivated and enchanted by these “unapologetic” chanteuses of the 40’s/50’s. They were singing about sex and enjoying it, at a time when women were meant to sing about romance. Then, Owen made it her mission to dig deep and find out more from both a musical and historical perspective. The result is a joyful, uplifting, and empowering project. Moreover, she honors these entertaining women who broke the glass ceiling with their stiletto heels and were proud of it!
Cover: $30.00~$40.00

NCCU EAGLE'S NEST JAZZ JAM
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, 310 E. Main Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
The NCCU Jazz Jam at Missy Lane’s brings together the talented musicians of North Carolina Central University for a dynamic evening of improvisation and collaboration. Expect an electrifying atmosphere as students and seasoned performers blend traditional and modern jazz in an intimate, soulful setting.
Admission – $10 Cover

JON COWHERD
2024-11-07 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02134, United States
The pianist, composer and arranger is best known as the co-founder and co-director of Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band. He has worked extensively as an arranger, producer, songwriter and accompanist with a vast range of artists, such as Cassandra Wilson, John Scofield and Lizz Wright to Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Rosanne Cash, Norah Jones, Glen Hansard and more.
He is also a leader in his own right having released three acclaimed albums of his own. For this night, he performs in trio with an all-star rhythm section including drummer Brian Blade and bassist John Patitucci — the group from Cowherd’s most recent album Pride and Joy on Le Cowhich was named one of the year’s best by Downbeat critics, NPR.
The Band: Jon Cowherd, John Patitucci, Brian Blade
Tickets: $40.00~$145.00

SPIKE WILNER
2024-11-07 19:00 - 2024-11-10 23:00 (America/New_York) | Black Cat, 400 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Trio Contrafactus with special guest Peter Bernstein

Wilner’s career took off in New York’s vibrant jazz scene, performing at iconic venues like the Village Gate and becoming a fixture at Smalls Jazz Club, where he recorded “Late Night: Live At Smalls.” Over the past 15 years, he’s collaborated with jazz greats such as Peter Bernstein, Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Jesse Davis, Eric Alexander, Jim Rotundi, Joe Farnsworth, Bob Mover, Ian Hedrickson-Smith, Ryan Kisor, Steve Davis, Ralph Lalama, Paul Gill, Neal Miner, Joe Strasser, Ari Roland, Chris Byars, Sherman Irby, Joel Frahm, Omer Avital, Stephon Harris and many others.
An accomplished educator, Spike has taught at institutions like the Brooklyn Conservatory and Juilliard. With several albums to his name, including “Portraits” and “Planet Jazz: In Orbit,” Spike Wilner continues to captivate audiences with his masterful improvisation and deep understanding of jazz history.
Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in numerous recordings and performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader, Peter has released nine albums and a DVD. As a sideman Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins, Bobby Hutcherson, George Coleman, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Fathead Newman, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Diana Krall, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Cobb and many more. Current projects include his album, Monk, with Doug Weiss and Bill Stewart, a recently released solo record, Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls, and the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart.
Tickets: $25.50 ~ $55.50
Shows: 7:00pm | 9:15pm

RON SAVAGE
2024-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Nash, 110 E. Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
The Ron Savage Berklee Trio features two of Berklee’s stalwart and renowned

faculty performers in award-winning composer Consuelo Candelaria-Barry and
legendary acoustic bassist Ron Mahdi. The trio has performed locally and
internationally for years including Taiwan, Capo Verde, Umbria Jazz and many
more. Their music focuses on mixing expressive originals and music from the
African diaspora. Their performance at the Nash will feature the one and only tenor saxophonist Bill Pierce.

Drummer Ron Savage currently serves as the inaugural Vice President and Executive Director of Berklee College of Music.

The Band: Ron Savage~drums | Consuelo Candelaria-Barry~piano | Ron Mahdi~bass | Bill Pierce~saxophone

Tickets: $49.00 | 1/2 Price Student tickets are available in the Tables & Banquettes sections. Use code “student” at checkout, (25 & Under with valid ID)

BEN WOLFE QUARTET
2024-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02134, United States
RECORD RELEASE

Following his acclaimed 2023 release Unjust, which received accolades from DownBeat, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and more, esteemed bassist and composer Ben Wolfe returns with The Understated. This project features a mix of new compositions and fresh takes on his earlier works, with a notable emphasis on ballads, showcasing Wolfe’s ability to transform the classic song form into a cohesive narrative.

Wolfe has always been drawn to finding beauty in subtlety. He perceives a certain tranquility and elegance in the Coltrane Quartet, Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Sevens, the legendary Miles Davis bands and rhythm sections, and the music of Charlie Parker. While he, of course, revels at the immense world-building energy of this music, it’s the “other side” – the elusive, magical aspect that endlessly captivates him – the understated. The composer draws inspiration most from the ensemble work of these hallmark jazz ensembles. Despite the individual parts being extraordinarily beautiful on their own, the musicians in these archetypal ensembles play only what is needed to serve the music, paying particular attention to the band-sound moreso
than their individual sound.

The Understated embodies this ethos with a tremendously impactful ensemble-oriented approach. The Understated is a testament to Wolfe’s dedication to finding beauty in subtlety and ensemble performance, offering listeners a tranquil and elegant listening experience.

The Band: Ben Wolfe ~ Bass | Nicole Glover ~ Saxophone | Orrin Evans ~ Piano | Aaron Kimmel ~ Drums

Cover: $35.00 ~ $110.00

CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO
2024-11-09 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02134, United States
For a decade starting in the mid-1980s, Cyrus Chestnut apprenticed as pianist for Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, Donald Harrison and Wynton Marsalis. But since then, he’s toured the world and recorded many albums under his own name and has traveled the world with his own trio.
TICKETS: $35.00~$150.00

ED CHERRY QUARTET
2024-11-09 19:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | The Django, 2 6th Avenue | The Roxy Hotel, New York City, NY, 10013, United States
Guitarist Ed Cherry is best known for his long association with jazz icon Dizzy Gillespie. He’s also worked with Paquito Rivera, Jon Faddis, John Patton, Hamiet Bluiett, Henry Threadgill, and Paula West. Cherry has recorded a number of albums as a leader, his most recent “Soul Tree” and “It’s All Good” for Posi-tone Records.

Cover: $35.00 + 2 Drink Minimum

EDDIE BACCUS JR.
2024-11-09 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Blu Jazz+, 47 E Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308, United States
As a touring member of Pieces of a Dream for a decade and a half he had the opportunity to perform with and alongside a virtual who’s who in the traditional jazz, urban jazz and R&B worlds: Luther Vandross, Jeffrey Osborne, George Duke, War, Candy Dulfer, Rick Braun, Grover Washington Jr, Bobby Watson, Greg Abate, Lester Bowie, EWF(Earth, Wind and Fire), Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves, Vesta Williams, Norman Conners, India Arie, George Benson, Miki Howard, Jean Carne, David Sanborn, Brian McKnight, Will Downing, Phil Perry, Najee, Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Marcus Belgrave, Benny Golson, Russell Ferrante, Bobby Lyle, Jeff Lorber, Ricky Lawson, Aaron Graves (Piano “Little Jimmy Scott”), Lenny Castro, Rachelle Ferrelle, Lil’ John Roberts, Phil Davis, Chris Coleman, Andre Gouche’, Giovanni Hildago, Eric Marienthal, James Carter, Curtis Fuller, Regina Belle, Miki Howard, Allyson Williams, Norman Connors, Atlantic Starr, Ronny Jordan, Rhonda Smith (Prince’s Bass Player), Gerald Veasley, Average White Band, Stevie Wonder, Peter White, Walter Beasley and more recently Four80East, Brian Simpson, Lindsey Webster, Cameo, Brother 2 Brother, Glenn Jones, Cabo Frio, Groove Frequencies, Christian De Mesones, Bene Music, Utopian Dreams and Joe Lovano.
Cover: $48.25

BALTIMORE JAZZ COLLECTIVE
2024-11-10 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Keystone Korner Baltimore, 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
Founded in 2019 at Keystone Korner Baltimore, the Baltimore Jazz Collective is making its Homecoming Return! Music and spirituality have always been fully intertwined in the artistic vision of trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and activist Sean Jones. With boundless passion, energy, and soul, Baltimore Jazz Collective explores the inner and outer frontiers of melody, harmony and time itself.
Sean Jones | Trumpet/Bandleader
Brinae Ali | Keys
Todd Marcus | Saxophone/Clarinet
Marc Cary | Piano
Blake Meister | Bass
Eric Kennedy | Drums
Cover: $35.00 ~ $45.00 + fee
Streaming: $15.00 + fee

STEVE ROSS SINGS FRED ASTAIRE
2024-11-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Birdland, 315 W 44th Street, #5402, New York City, NY, 10036, United States
Puttin’ On The Ritz: Steve Ross was raised in Washington, DC, and heard a lot of music at home, some from his mother who played piano. In due course, he studied piano himself and by the time he had attended Georgetown University, spent a little time in a seminary, and served in the US Army, he had become an accomplished pianist, drawing his repertoire not from contemporary pop but from the Great American Songbook. In the early 70s he settled in New York City where he soon became well known on the city’s cabaret scene.
At first a background pianist, he was urged by club owners to sing and gradually began to do this, eventually training as a singer. As his personal style developed, so his reputation spread. Ted Hook, owner of Backstage, a piano bar in the midtown theatre district, hired him. The association was hugely successful and in 1979 Hook opened a new club, Onstage, especially to showcase Ross’ talents. In 1981, Ross was booked into the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel where he played a considerable part in establishing the room as a perennial favorite of artists and customers.
At some venues he would find himself accompanying leading entertainers who happened to be in the audience, among them Liza Minnelli and Ginger Rogers. Ross toured Australia in 1986, one of his shows there being recorded at Don Burrows’ Supper Club, and he returned to that country in the late 90s. He has played many festivals, including Perth in Australia, Spoleto in Italy, and Hong Kong. Other international venues include seasons at London’s Ritz Hotel and Pizza On The Park. In 1989, he hosted a live cabaret series for BBC Television, and back in America was host of New York Cabaret Nights, a series for National Public Radio.
Cover: $30.00~$40.00

JACK FREEMAN
2024-11-13 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, 310 E. Main Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Jack Freeman, a Houston native, is a talented singer-songwriter known for his soulful and authentic approach to music. Guided by his mantra to “make good music and tell the truth,” Freeman has built a loyal fanbase throughout his career. His latest album, NINA, produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, explores themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Through his heartfelt lyrics and captivating sound, Freeman continues to resonate with audiences, offering a deeply personal and relatable musical experience. Follow him on social media @iamjackfreeman.
Tickets: VIP: $200.00 | Includes VIP booth seating 2 people, meet & greet, bottle of wine and charcuterie)
General Admission ~ Day Of: $30.00 | Standing Room, No Seating
GA: $25.00 Standing Room, No Seating
Meet & Greet: $50.00

NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI
2024-11-14 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | The Blue Llama, 314 S Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Nduduzo Makhathini grew up in the lush and rugged hillscapes of umGungundlovu in South Africa, a peri-urban landscape in which music and ritual practices were symbiotically linked. The area is significant historically as the site of the Zulu king Dingane kingdom between 1828 and 1840. It is important to note that the Zulu, in fact the African warrior code, is deeply reliant on music for motivation and healing. This deeply embedded symbiosis is key to understanding Makhathini’s vision.
The church also played a role in Makhathini’s musical understanding, as he hopped from church to church in his younger days in search of only the music. The legends of South African jazz are deep influences as well, Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa, and Abdullah Ibrahim. “The earlier musicians put a lot of emotions in the music they played,” he says. “I think it may also be linked to the political climate of those days. I also feel there is a uniqueness about South African jazz that created an interest all around the world and we are slowly losing that too in our music today. I personally feel that our generation has to be very conscious about retaining these nuances in the music we play today.”
Through his mentor Mseleku, Makhathini was also introduced to the music of John Coltrane’s classic quartet with McCoy Tyner. “I came to understand my voice as a pianist through John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme,” he says. “As someone who started playing jazz very late, I had always been looking for a kind of playing that could mirror or evoke the way my people danced, sung and spoke. Tyner provided that and still does in meaningful ways.” Makhathini also cites American jazz pianists including Andrew Hill, Randy Weston and Don Pullen as significant influences.
The Band: Nduduzo Makhathini – Piano | Zwelakhe Dumas Bell Le Pere – Bass | Francisco Mela – Drums
Cover: $80.00 | Dinner & Show

STEVE FEIFKE
2024-11-14 19:00 - 2024-11-16 23:00 (America/New_York) | Birdland, 315 W 44th Street, #5402, New York City, NY, 10036, United States
Celebrating the release of their 2nd album, The Role Of The Rhythm Section, Vol. 2
Steven Feifke is a GRAMMY Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger. A Yamaha Performing Artist, an Avid Sibelius Artist, and has appeared on over 45 albums to date. He has written music for hit TV shows like The Masked Singer, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Impractical Jokers, Animaniacs, and many world class big bands and orchestras around the globe.
Berklee College Of Music hired him as a professor of Harmony and Jazz Composition, and he has also been invited to give guest lectures and Artist in Residencies at institutions such as Yale University, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York University, UT Austin, Northern Illinois University, and more.
The Trio:
Steven Feifke – Piano
Dan Chmielinski – Bass
Bryan Carter – Drums
Tickets: $25.00~$35.00

JIMMIE HERROD
2024-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Avenue S,, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Herrod, an alum of the Cornish College of the Arts and Portland State University, first came to worldwide prominence as a finalist on the NBC nationally broadcast television show, “America’s Got Talent,” earning the rare “Golden Buzzer” recognition from actress Sofia Vargara and returning the following year on the AGT All-Stars series.
Traversing many musical styles and genres in many languages, including jazz, pop, funk, Broadway, and his own original songs, Herrod has headlined concerts at The McCallum Theatre (Palm Desert, CA), The Luxor Theater (Las Vegas), The Royal Room, La Jolla Music Society, and Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Since 2017 he’s toured to hundreds of venues across the globe as a featured vocalist with world-pop band Pink Martini and appears on several albums and EP’s with the band.
With two solo EP’s under his belt – his debut Falling in Love and Learning to Love Myself and 2022’s Elated, his singular style and unique voice is poised to make an ever-larger impact in the world of music and entertainment. His 2023-24 season highlights included global touring dates from Paris to Seattle with acclaimed jazz pianist Cedric Hanriot, headlining the inaugural Seaside Jazz & Blues Festival, debuting a new symphonic pops show as co-headliner with vocalist Storm Large, and beginning work on his forthcoming full-length jazz album, scheduled to be released in winter of 2024.
Tickets: $25.00 advance | $30.00 doors
Cover: $29.01
