Melissa Newman Quartet
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.
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.
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 […]
Saturday, April 25 at 5pm Comprised of five best friends who love to sing, the quintet is committed to continuing the vocal jazz tradition established by Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, and The Real Group, modernizing it, and making it accessible for all audiences. Information and tickets at www.chtwestport.org/tickets or 203-227-0827.
The wonderful Mark Berman comes to Jazz at the Post! He is a renowned pianist, composer and arranger. He is the on screen music director and pianist in the most recent season (Season 3) in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He can also be heard on piano in the world famous theme to HBO's Sex and […]
Jazz in Westport is back, after over two years of silence. The strings will be flying this Thursday night at the hottest venue in town, Jazz at the Post (VFW Post 399) as guitar master Bob Devos rolls into town to close out an amazing month of Jazz in Westport with a program of Springtime […]
Steve Davis - Trombone Greg Wall - Saxes David Morgan- piano bass and drums TBA Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today’s leading improvisers on the trombone. His lyrical, hard-swinging style first gained him broad recognition during the 1990’s while working with the bands of jazz legends Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea’s Origin and the cooperative sextet, One […]
The Post will be closed Aug 4, but will; be back to the weekly schedule of live jazz events Aug 11 , when bass master Brian Torff will be in with his quartet.
Brian Q. Torff is a renowned bassist and composer, and is currently Music Program Director at Fairfield University. He is a featured bass soloist, leading his own trio, and was the musical director for the Django Reinhardt New York Festival, which has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and Birdland in New York City. […]
Trombonist Ben Williams Ben Williams, lauded by the New York Times for his "sassy and barrel voiced trombone" has extensive performing experience in the jazz and commercial music fields.has extensive performing and teaching experience as a freelance artist and educator in the New York area. A co- recipient of a Jazz Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment […]
Hailing from the jazz capital of the Midwest, Chicago, IL trumpet player and composer Rob Henke serves as musical director of The Spirit of Life Ensemble in addition to appearances with many innovative and traditional ensembles and projects. Rob is a true renaissance artist, with talents and interests extending far past the traditional borders of Jazz, including […]
