Tony Lombardozzi, guitar
Phil Bowler, bass
Bobby Leonard, drums
Join us for a cool evening of hot jazz at Westport's own Jazz Inferno! Melissa is a natural talent, and really makes every song she sings her very own. With a band like this, the evening is sure to be way over the top. This show always sells out so be sure and get reservations early!
Melissa Newman had a lucrative career singing jingles for companies like AT&T and Chevrolet. Locally she has performed at the Blue Lemon, Tengda, and Harvest in Westport,
with guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and bassist Phil Bowler. Melissa also makes, shows and sells ceramic and porcelain sculpture. Melissa was a featured artist in the recent major exhibit, “Layers Revealed” at The Norwalk Art Space. She lives in Westport with her husband and two sons.
And if that is not enough, we celebrate Melissa as an author! She has a new book published "Head over Heels" a love story in words and pictures.
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New earlier dinner time:6:45pm
Reserve for dinner here after purchasing tix below (going fast!)
Legndary bassist Harvie S. has performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Tony Bennett, Ray Baretto, Michael Brecker, Jean Pierre Rampal, Paquito D’Rivera, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Mark Turner, Jim Hall, Billy Hart, Lee Konitz, Yusef Lateef, Dave Leibman, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, Paul Motion, Chico O’Farrill, Danilo Perez, Maria Schneider, Zoot Sims, Toots Thielemans, Ray Vega, James Williams, Phil Woods, Louie Bellson James Brown, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Tom Harrell, Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Pat Martino, Manhattan Transfer, Wycliff Gordon, David Mathews, Ingrid Jenson, James Weidman, Eddie Henderson, James Moody, Danilo Perez, Anat Cohen, James Weidman, Jim Hall, Mike Stern, Dave Leibman, John Scofield, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dave Liebman, Yusef Lateef and Grover Washington Jr. and countless others. He can be heard on twenty albums as a leader, fifteen as a co-leader, and over four hundred albums as a sideman.
There's no description more apt for guitarist Sheryl Bailey than "A sizzling guitar goddess", coined by Elliot Simon of All About Jazz. He's not alone with his superlatives-Adam Levy of Guitar Player Magazine calls Sheryl "One of the most compelling tones of her generation", and Frank Forte of Just Jazz Guitar ranks her "among the best bop guitar players with a fresh approach and something new."
Sheryl's playing is unquestionably "sizzling". She has groomed incredible chops and impeccable taste with which she applies them. It's said (by Lee Metcalf, The Villager) that she can "go from zero to blazing in two beats", but she is continually praised for never sacrificing melody and lyricism for technique. "She balances superior technical skills with a strong lyrical sense and swinging touch..." continues Metcalf, and Joe Taylor of Soundstage says "Bailey combines an astonishing command of the fingerboard with a seemingly endless flow of melodic invention."
A partial list of others with whom she has performed and recorded with includes Richard Bona, George Garzone, Lincoln Goines, Kim Plainfield, Bill O'Connell, Mike LeDonne, Irene Cara, Lea Delaria, Jack Wilkins, Howard Alden, Shingo Okudaira, Ingrid Jensen, Dwayne Burno, Tommy Campbell, Simon Woolf, Alex Garnett and Ken Peplowski.
Janice Friedman - piano
Boots Maleson - bass
Tim Horner - drums
Greg Wall - saxes
Pianist Janice Friedman has joined musical forces with some of the biggest names in Jazz including Joe Lovano, Lew Tabakin, and Billy Higgins. The famous pianist, Marian McPartland, not only had her on “Piano Jazz,” but also had her join her on tour around the country. Janice has recorded with such varied musicians as Milt Hinton, Warren Vache’ and Claudio Roditi. She brings the phrasing of the horns to her playing perhaps because she has been the pianist in so many big bands. She is one of the few women to ever tour extensively with The Woody Herman Orchestra.
Having played in the most famous of concert halls and notable clubs from Carnegie Hall and the JFK Arts Center to the Blue Note, Birdland, Kitano, Smoke, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Sweet Rhythm and Iridium in NYC, you can safely say she has wowed audiences from coast to coast and on practically every continent on the globe.
We are pleased to Announce Michael Bogart and Joe Corsello!
In addition to touring and recording with Tower of Power, Bogart has worked with Aerosmith, Neil Diamond and recorded music for video games based on the Dragon Ball Z cartoon franchise.
However, he always kept a foot in the door with the Navy. He worked with their music program and did recruiting. In 2009 he returned to the Navy.
While there he got to play trumpet for former President Jimmy Carter. Carter is a U.S. Naval Academy alumni, and was attending his class reunion where Bogart was playing.
Afterward, Carter had requested to meet with Bogart to tell him how much he appreciated his playing.
Michael Philip Mossman has been active on the international scene since the age of 17. And has recorded with his own groups and with a virtual “who's who” of the music industry.
Following stints as lead trumpet with the Machito Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Michael became the musical director of Blue Note Record's "young lion" group, Out of the Blue. He recorded four albums for Blue Note with this group before joining the Horace Silver Quintet.
Michael has toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, McKoy Tyner, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Zawinul, Slide Hampton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jon Faddis, George Gruntz, Bob Mintzer, Steve Turre, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Tom Pierson, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the Charles Mingus Orchestra, Benny Carter, the Gil Evans Orchestra, and the Count Basie Orchestra. Michael has played lead trumpet with the Michel Camilo Big band, the Jon Faddis Orchestra, the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra and the Jimmy Heath Bigband among many others.
Michael Mossman
trumpet
Greg Wall
saxes
David Berkman
piano
Phil Bowler
bass
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Sarah Jane Cion is a 1st Place Winner of the internationally acclaimed 17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition. The judges were Horace Silver, Kenny Barron, Ellis Marsalis, Benny Green and Bill Charlap. Ms. Cion’s trio has performed in Japan at the prestigious Fukuoka Blue Note and Sarah appeared on the Nationally syndicated NPR radio show “Piano Jazz“ with Marian McPartland. Most recently, her songs “Cat in the Hat” and “Golden Song” were featured respectively in Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Mule in 2018 and Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Golden Song in Thor: The Dark World.
Sarah has performed with young and older jazz legends such as Clark Terry, Etta Jones, Anita O’Day, Della Griffin, Ralph Lalama, Alan Harris, Carmen Leggio, Dr. Lyn Christie, Bucky Pizzarelli, Don Braden, and many others. She is often found performing with New York City mainstay big bands such as the Lew Anderson Big Band at Birdland and is currently performing with bestselling author and tenor man James McBride. Her debut CD, Indeed! features alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, drummer Tony Reedus and other young jazz giants. Her second CD Moon Song was released internationally on the Naxos Jazz label featuring Phil Palombi, Chris Potter and Billy Hart.
with:
Mike Camacho - drums
Peter Brendler - bass
Greg Wall - saxes
Sets at 7 and 8:30PM
Reservations a must!
Janice Friedman - piano
Boots Maleson - bass
Tim Horner - drums
Greg Wall - saxes
Pianist Janice Friedman has joined musical forces with some of the biggest names in Jazz including Joe Lovano, Lew Tabakin, and Billy Higgins. The famous pianist, Marian McPartland, not only had her on “Piano Jazz,” but also had her join her on tour around the country. Janice has recorded with such varied musicians as Milt Hinton, Warren Vache’ and Claudio Roditi. She brings the phrasing of the horns to her playing perhaps because she has been the pianist in so many big bands. She is one of the few women to ever tour extensively with The Woody Herman Orchestra.
Having played in the most famous of concert halls and notable clubs from Carnegie Hall and the JFK Arts Center to the Blue Note, Birdland, Kitano, Smoke, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Sweet Rhythm and Iridium in NYC, you can safely say she has wowed audiences from coast to coast and on practically every continent on the globe.
For over 20 years, Coogan has led the Chris Coogan Quartet, a combo with a repertoire that includes straight-ahead jazz, fusion jazz and boogie-woogie.
S’Funky, Coogan’s first jazz album containing his original songs, was released in 1995 and re-released in 1999. It features the song Cranberry Isle which took the top jazz prize in the 1997 John Lennon Songwriting Competition. Coogan’s credits as a jazz musician include performing with the late Sal Salvador, Bette Midler, Donna Summer, Paul Newman, Whoopie Goldberg, Jo Ann Woodward, Alec Baldwin, Gene Wilder, Larry Coryell, Dave Liebman, Harold Danko, Ronnie Spector, James Naughton and Phoebe Snow, as well as arranging for Teo Maceo, producer for the late Miles Davis He appeared on television’s Celebrity Jeopardy and the Arsenio Hall Show and has performed at Manhattan’s Blue Note and the Montreaux Jazz Festival.
Join us for a cool evening of hot jazz at Westport's own Jazz Inferno! Melissa is a natural talent, and really makes every song she sings her very own. With a band like this, the evening is sure to be way over the top.
Come hear Sax Legend George Garzone with Robert Marullo on the famous 1937 Steinway Model M Piano, Peter Slavov on the Bass, Joe Corsello on the Drums and Greg Wall on the Saxes.
Simon Rentner at WBGO.org says, "Saxophonist and educator George Garzone may not be well known outside of Boston, but if you ask any woodwind player at the Berklee College of Music, he’s nothing short of a jazz legend." Come hear the legend in person as he journeys down the interstate to join us at Pearl.
