In 1959, Cannonball Adderley put together a recording session with his fellow Miles Davis Sextet sidemen, including John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. They would all appear together on Mile’s most famous album, “Kind of Blue", to be recorded six months later.   The music on this album is a wonderful mix of great tunes old and new, including a few tasty Coltrane and Adderley originals. These songs will be heard once again at this show at Jazz at the Post, sure to be a most  enjoyable night.

David DeJesus is a multiple Grammy Award winning saxophonist and bandleader from Brooklyn, NY who has established himself as a key player in numerous bands in various genres. In Jazz, David has performed with the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, and Jimmy Heath’s Big Band along with many others. In Latin Jazz and Salsa, David has shared the stage with Ruben Blades, Larry Harlow, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Arturo O’Farrill and Tito Rodriguez Jr. Currently, David is the Director of the Birdland Big Band, a member of the Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria Big Band, and Musical Director for legendary Ron Carter’s Great Big Band. On top of his busy performing career, David has long been involved in education. Having taught at major conservatories including Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the New School, David is proud to currently be a Full-Time Faculty member and Head of Jazz Studies at Purchase College.

Saxophonist and JazzFC Artistic Director Greg Wall  (AKA“The Jazz Rabbi”) moved to NYC in 1982, after completing his degree at the famed New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Early studies with Archie Shepp, Frank Foster and George Coleman put him on track to develop an expansive palette of Jazz expression. Greg honed his craft playing in countless bands, touring with a wide range of avant-garde and traditional projects, and at venues from Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, the  Bottom Line, Symphony Space, Roulette and the King Cole Room at the St. Regis, and finally finding his home in the “Downtown Scene”, a group of improvisers based at NYC’s Knitting Factory, that blurred the lines between musical genres and styles. Greg recorded and toured internationally with Hasidic New Wave, Greg Wall’s Later Prophets, Zion 80, Neshama Carlebach, to name just a few, and started a long musical relationship with choreographer Carolyn Dorfman, writing and recording quite a few full length commissioned scores.

He conducted many  Jazz workshops and residencies through the NJ State Council for the Arts, as well as in service training for music teachers, and ran a summer Jazz program at Brandeis University for many years.

Greg loves living in Westport and inviting his world class musician friends to join him at the Post on Thursday nights to nourish and sustain this delightful Westport Jazz scene!