Join us on November 12th as US Army veteran and Jazz master drummer Joe Corsello leads a crack ensemble (including other celebrated Army veterans)to benefit our own VFW Post 399 and their vital services to veterans. All proceeds from the evening will go toward supporting these programs. Cornet player Don Hahn and saxophonist Hank […]
Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a classical concert pianist. Graduated from the Baku Conservatory as classical concert pianist. In 1990, she entered Rotterdam Conservatory (where she met Bart Platteau, a fellow student from Belgium) to pursue jazz, coming to the United States in 1992 to complete […]
Greg Wall - saxophones Andy Gravish - trumpet David Childs - piano Rich Zurkowski - bass Matt Keeler - drums It’s that time of year again, why have our favorite holiday tunes been relegated to lifeless background music, advertising jingles or muzak? In the hands of inspired jazz musicians, the holiday repertoire makes […]
Award-winning guitarist Paul Bollenback developed a taste for the exotic over the course of a three-year period when his family lived in India. He was 11 years old when the family traveled to New Delhi, and years later the sounds and experiences of that early journey found their way into his first album from Challenge Records, […]
Jame Weidman, a distinctive pianist, has been a sideman and accompanist in many settings over the past 30+ years, from Abbey Lincoln, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman to Kevin Mahogany and the Grammy nominated Joe Lovano Us Five. In addition, James has also proven to be an increasingly significant bandleader and composer/arranger. His recording on Inner […]
