DAVE BRODIE & CHRIS’ ALL STAR QUARTET

The Jazz Voyager is travling from Nashville to Philly to investigate a venue that is new to him. It’s called Chris’ Jazz Cafe. Known as an institution in a city for producing revered musical artists as John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Ethel Waters, it was founded in 1989 and has become the longest operating jazz venue in the history of the city.

This week taking the stage is bassist David Brodie who started playing the electric bass at the age of thirteen, not taking up the upright until  nineteen while at Berklee College of Music. A year in Spain, a return to Philadelphia, and a joining with guitarist Jimmy Bruno, he played with him for the next several years. His reputation well established, he has enjoyed a busy playing and recording career and has performed with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians while performing regularly with a few of Philly’s finest such as Larry McKenna, John Swana, and Joanna Pascale. Joining him on this date is Chris’ All Star Quartet.

The Band: Dave Brodie ~ Bass | Neil Pogurski ~ Piano | Victor North ~ Saxophone | Byron Landham ~ Drums

Cover: $15.00 | A La Carte Menu

Dinner & Show: $70.00 | 3 Course Inner

VIP Dinner & Show: $90.00 | 3 Course Inner, Stage Front Seating

Beverages Not Included

 

 

 

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CHANDA LEIGH

Vocalist and pianist Chanda Leigh brings her quartet to the Cafe I Am Lounge for a night of jazz.

The Band: Chanda Leigh ~ Piano | Joe Jennings ~ Saxophone | Anthony Daniel ~ Bass | Bernard Linnette

Tickets: $35.00

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ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

The 48th annual Atlanta Jazz Festival will take place in Piedmont Park, Midtown Atlanta, on Memorial Day Weekend from May 24th ~ 26th. The festival is free and open to the public, offering a celebration of jazz music, culture, and art.

1:00pm ~ Khari Cabral | Bass

3:00pm ~ Aneesa Strings | Bass, Vocal

5:00pm ~ Takuya Kuroda | Trumpet

7:00pm ~ Marsha Ambrosius | Vocal

9:00pm ~ Derrick Hodge | Bass

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ANEESA STRINGS

Aneesa Strings is a bassist, vocalist and composer from Oakland, California. She began playing professionally and recorded her first jazz album at just 13 years old. Aneesa received her Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California in 2014, where she released her first solo album A Shift In Paradigm featuring her single “Simpin”, produced by Patrice Rushen in collaboration with SFJAZZ.

In 2016, Ms. Strings earned her Master’s of Music in Jazz Studies at Michigan State University where she toured as the lead singer of the Bebop Spartans Big Band under the direction of Rodney Whitaker. She is fresh off the release of her 2019 critically acclaimed sophomore album Ways, and has continued to tour world-wide with the likes of Duckworth, Jose James, Kandace Springs and many others.

 

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ELEW

Eric Robert Lewis, popularly known as ELEW, is an American Concert Pianist who has found crossover success playing rock and pop music. He is known for his unconventional and physical playing style, which eschews a piano bench and includes reaching inside the piano lid to pull at the strings directly, as well as the creation that he calls “Rockjazz”, a genre that takes the improvisational aspect of jazz and ‘threads it through the eye of the needle of rock.

The Band: Elew ~ Piano | Michael Cruse ~ Trumpet | Bar Filipowicz ~ Bass | David Hawkins ~ Drums

Cover Charge: $40.00

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