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SUMMARY:Jazz FC Benefit Anniversary Bash
DESCRIPTION:What: Jazz Cruise by the Saugatuck — A Fundraiser Benefit for JazzReach \nWhen: Thursday\, April 23\, 2026 |  Boarding 6:00 PM\, Music until 10:00 PM \nWhere: on land at Jazz at the Post (VFW Post 399) 465 Riverside Avenue\, Westport\, CT (on the Saugatuck River) \nFeaturing: 25+ Award-Winning Jazz Artists\, Silent Auction\, Sumptuous Dinner \n  \n  \nApril 23 is the date of our legendary annual Jazz Blowout fundraiser\, an entire evening of non stop Jazz featuring over 25 of your favorite performers (last year we had about 30!) donating their time to support the important activities of JazzFC\, including JazzReach and the Micky Golomb Scholarship.  \nTix on sale below  \nCan’t attend?  You can still help make our fundraiser a success! \n  \nAny amount will help\, and we will gladly give you a IRS letter\, as your donation is 100% tax deductible. \nJazzFC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit org
URL:https://jazzfc.org/event/jazz-fc-benefit-anniversary-bash/
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SUMMARY:Vincent Herring and Greg Wall remember Lee Konitz and Wayne Marsh
DESCRIPTION:The musical partnership of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh stands as one of the most refined and intellectually vibrant collaborations in jazz history. Emerging from the orbit of Lennie Tristano\, their intertwined lines and cool\, conversational improvisations redefined the possibilities of collective expression—eschewing cliché in favor of spontaneous counterpoint\, rhythmic subtlety\, and deep listening.\nIn this spirit\, Vincent Herring and Greg Wall come together to honor that legacy\, revisiting this singular musical dialogue with both reverence and fresh insight.\nSaxophonist Vincent Herring's intense\, soulful\, multi-noted style and ebullient swing have excited audiences worldwide. On stage\, Herring and his band often make an incendiary sound over fine and controlled rhythms of modern times. \n\n\n\nVincent moved to New York City in early 1980's attending Long Island University. He first toured in the United States and Europe as part of the Lionel Hampton Big Band. With his sound strongly influenced by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley\, Vincent’s virtuosity and promise came to the attention of Nat Adderley. The two forged a nine-year musical relationship\, producing nine albums and touring around the world year after year. After Nat’s death\,  Louis Hayes collaborated with Vincent to form the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band. Vincent worked and recorded with Cedar Walton for more than 20 years. \nHe has also appeared on stage and or recordings with Freddie Hubbard\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Louis Hayes\, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers\, Horace Silver Quintet\, Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition\, Larry Coryell\, Steve Turre\, The Mingus Big Band (Won a Grammy in 2010)\, Kenny Barron\, Nancy Wilson\, Dr. Billy Taylor\, Carla Bley\, Mike LeDonne\, Carl Allen\, Ron McClure\, and John Hicks among others. His extensive guest soloist appearances include performances with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center and Jon Faddis and The Carnegie Hall Big Band. \nVincent tours frequently with his projects around the in the United States\, Europe\, Japan\, China and around the world. Vincent continues to share his distinct voice and musical knowledge\, as a performer and jazz educator. He is currently on staff at William Paterson University and at Manhattan School of Music. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSaxophonist Rabbi Greg Wall\, also known as “The Jazz Rabbi\,” moved to New York City 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.\n\n\nGreg honed his craft playing in countless bands\, touring with a wide range of avant-garde and traditional projects\, and performing at venues including Carnegie Hall\, the Village Vanguard\, the Blue Note\, the Bottom Line\, Symphony Space\, Roulette\, and the King Cole Room at the St. Regis. He eventually found 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.\n\nGreg toured internationally with Hasidic New Wave\, Later Prophets\, Neshama Carlebach\, and Zion 80\, and began a long musical relationship with choreographer Carolyn Dorfman\, writing and recording a number of full-length commissioned scores.\nHe was the musical voice of James Earl Jones in the feature film On the QT\, wrote music for and appeared in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood film The Sitter\, and recorded with the Unity Orchestra\, an eight-piece pan-global jam band.
URL:https://jazzfc.org/event/vincent-herring-and-greg-wall-remember-lee-konitz-and-wayne-marsh/
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SUMMARY:Giacomo Gates
DESCRIPTION:  \nGiacomo Gates does more than sing “a bunch of songs.” He is truly an entertainer\, for all ages and styles\, as audiences enjoy the music\, the interaction on the bandstand between him and his musicians\, the spontaneity\, the humor\, the stories about the music and composers\, along with their relation to everyday life. People are smiling\, having a good time\, while thoroughly enjoying the music. What usually lacks in most of today’s performances is obviously present … fun! \nThe criteria for defining jazz singing will probably be argued for the rest of time. But no matter which side of the argument one may be on\, there can be no doubt that Giacomo Gates is an authentic jazz vocalist. Heavily steeped in the traditions of the original vocal improvisers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald through their modern counterparts Betty Carter and Leon Thomas\, Giacomo’s own approach draws most heavily from the bebop-rooted masters like Jon Hendricks\, Babs Gonzales\, King Pleasure and most of all\, Eddie Jefferson. Like his influences\, Gates has forged his own unique path. \n  \nGreg Wall\, saxes
URL:https://jazzfc.org/event/giacomo-gates-2/
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SUMMARY:Melissa Newman
DESCRIPTION:Melissa Newman \, vocals\nTony Lombardozzi\, guitar\nPhil Bowler\, bass\nBobby Leonard\, drums \n  \nJoin us for a warm 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! \nMelissa 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\,\nwith guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and bassist Phil Bowler. \nMelissa also makes\, shows and sells ceramic and porcelain sculpture. \nAnd if that is not enough\, we celebrate Melissa as an author!  She has a book out entitled "Head over Heels”\, a love story in words and pictures. \nShe lives in Westport with her husband and two sons. \n  \nIf tickets are showing sold out below\, send email to be placed on the waiting list for the 7:30 show
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SUMMARY:Grammy winner Dan Pugach
DESCRIPTION:Dan Pugach is a GRAMMY® Award-winning drummer and composer\, a 5X GRAMMY® nominee\, 2X  ASCAP Foundation Jazz Composer Award winner\, a recipient of the BMI Charlie Parker Composition Prize/Manny Albam Commission for Big Band and a participant at the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the Kennedy Center. He is a 2025 Chamber Music America “New Jazz Works” Grantee. \nHis latest album\, Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence (2024)\, featuring Nicole Zuraitis\, won the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Additionally\, he was the featured drummer on the 2024 GRAMMY® Award-winning album How Love Begins\, co-produced by Nicole Zuraitis and Christian McBride. His debut album\, Dan Pugach Nonet - Plus One (2018)\, reached the top 20 in Jazz radio and earned a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Arrangement\, Instruments and Vocal for “Jolene” alongside Zuraitis. \nThe Dan Pugach nonet and big band perform regularly and have headlined at Dizzy’s\, Deer Head Inn\, Birdland\, Blue Note\, Smalls\, the 55bar\, and the Red Sea Jazz Festival. \nBorn in Tel Aviv\, he served as the drummer for The Air Force Band while attending the Rimon School of Jazz. After studying percussion in Rio de Janeiro\, he moved to the U.S. in 2006 to pursue a career in Jazz performance. Pugach holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music (2008)\, where he studied with Terri Lynn Carrington and Joe Lovano\, and a Master of Arts from the City College of New York (2011)\, where he studied with Mike Holober\, Scott Reeves and John Patitucci. \nDave Smith - trumpet\nGreg Wall - tenor sax\nNitzan Gavrieli - piano\nSam Weber - bass\nDan Pugach - drums \n 
URL:https://jazzfc.org/event/grammy-winner-dan-pugach/
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