Jazz at the Post...Westport’s home for Jazz!
VFW Post 399 has graced the shore of the Saugatuck for over 100 years, and is still an undiscovered treasure. Along with their stellar services for combat veterans, the Post is open to the community, and invites everyone to help them utilize their beautiful riverfront facility to improve the quality of life for all the residents in our area.
The listening room has great acoustics, and the down home but delicious food makes it easy to simultaneously satisfy one’s appetite for great Jazz without going hungry!
Called the “mystical high priest of Avant-Klez jazz,” Frank London has made 30 solo recordings and is featured on over 400 CDs. London has been featured on HBO's Sex and the City soundtrack, at the North Sea Jazz Festival, and at the Lincoln Center Summer Festival. The word prolific doesn’t even begin to describe Frank London. Of course, […]
Most people actually enjoy holiday music but are forced to hear countless versions of syrupy, insipid muzak versions. On Dec 22, JazzFC Artistic Director Greg Wall, AKA "the Jazz Rabbi”, will present a program of holiday favorites played right, by an ecumenical band of master improvisors. Christmas, Chanuka, Kwanza, and non denomination reflections on our […]
Steve Davis - Trombone Greg Wall - Saxes 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 For All. Steve has appeared in […]
Featuring Dave Richards - Bass Greg Wall - Saxophones Abe Rabade is a Pianist and composer born in Compostela (Galiza, Spain) on September 8, 1977. He has fourteen albums as a leader (Sorte, the most recent, released by Nuba Records in 2021), he has premiered two symphonic works (Tránsitos in 2015 and Tempos Velados in […]
Chris Coogan Piano Greg Wall Tenor & Soprano Sax Brian Glassman Bass Jim Royle Drums Pianist Chris Coogan has been one of the most popular performers in our area for many years, and for good reason: He “plays great”! Chris grew up here, and has chosen to make Fairfield County his home, as well as his […]
Antonio Hart - alto saxophone Michael Mossman - trumpet Greg Wall - tenor and soprano saxophones David Morgan - piano Tim Horner - drums Antonio Hart is one of the leading voices on the alto saxophone in the world today. He has recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Holland, Wallace Roney, McCoy Tyner, Gerald Wilson, and countless others. He was […]
Michael Cochrane MICHAEL COCHRANE, pianist, composer, arranger and instructor has resided in the tri-state area since the fall of 1974. He has performed and/or recorded with: Sonny Forturne, Hannibal, Jack Walrath, Eddie Gomez, Tom Harrell, Paul Nash, John Clark, Clark Terry, Michael Brecker, Chico Freeman, Ted Curson, Oliver Lake, Bradford Hayes, The Spirit Of Life […]
“Micic is bringing an intriguing new perspective to the jazz guitar.” LA TIMES with: Steve Lespina - bass Steve Johns - drums Greg Wall - saxes Rale Micic is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to emerge from Serbia. Audiences throughout the world have been captivated by Micic’s mesmerizing music, exploring interaction […]
TURN UP THE HEAT! Chris Coogan PianoGreg Wall Saxophones John Mobilio Bass Jim Royle Drums Join us for a cool evening of hot jazz at Westport's finest music destination, JAZZ AT THE POST. These guys have a chemistry that's intoxicating...Chris Coogan has been called by The New York Times, "a masterful pianist." Coogan's […]
