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January 19 - Grammy Award Winning Pianist/Composer/Educator - Arturo O'Farrill Founder and Artistic Director of the nonprofit Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, and creator of the Jazz at the Lincoln Center's, Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), Grammy award winner, Arturo O'Farrill, can appropriately be dubbed "the apple that did not fall far from the tree."  He is the son of the late great Cuban composer and arranger, Chico O'Farrill.  Arturo has worked with a wide rang of jazz greats including:  Dizzy Gillespie,…Read more

Ho, Ho, Ho!!!  Time to hang that mistletoe, stuff those stockings, decorate the tree, and kickback with some eggnog and your favorite Christmas tunes.  We have a great show lined up as we celebrate the holidays, and my brithday, with some very special guests!   Have you been nice this year?  I sure hope so! 

December 8 - Grammy Nominated Jazz Organist/Pianist - Brian Charette   Brian Charette has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. Charette is a Grammy-nominated, Hammond-endorsed artist who was just named the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll in the "Rising Star: Organ" category.  Besides being a critically acclaimed composer and bandleader, Brian has worked with notable artists such as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, and many more.    

November 13 - Blues Guitarist/Composer - Memphis Gold   Blues fans all over the world continue to discover the incredible sounds of Memphis Gold.  Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955, Memphis Gold, Chester Chandler was the thirteenth child of fourteen. His father also a musician introduced his son to the guitar at the tender age of 4. By the age of 8, he was a regular on historic Beale Street in Memphis where he played the guitar and danced for pocket change from the crowd. Following in the footsteps of…Read more

November 5 - Saxophonist/Composer - Jack Prybylski   Prybylski’s music story starts in second grade in a Buffalo suburb when his parents, who didn’t particularly want loud drums in the house, urged him to try something else. Prybylski picked the sax because it had the letter “X” in it. Before beginning his solo career, Jack recorded seven albums with a local Buffalo institution, Them Jazzbeards.  He toured around the globe as a saxophonist for the band sharing the stage with a number of jazz artists like…Read more

October 16 - Bassist/Composer - Kyle Eastwood   Among other things, Kyle Eastwood comes from a musical family.  Both parents, Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson, played the piano; and, his maternal grandmother taught music at Northwestern University.  So, I guess one can say that his entry into the realm of music was inevitable.   Accompanied by a London-based crew of stellar young musicians, Eastwood and company blend infectious grooves and outstanding improvisations throughout eleven diverse tracks on…Read more

October 15 - Jazz Vocalist/composer/actress/painter - Carmen Lundy   With a career spanning three decades, internationally acclaimed songstress, Carmen Lundy, older sister of bassist, Curtis Lundy, has affectionately been compared to Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzerald, and Sarah Vaughn.  A woman of many hats, Ms. Lundy has composed and published over forty songs.  She is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation.  As a painter, Lundy's oil on canvas…Read more

September 23 - Jazz Vocalist - Toni Lincoln   When vocalist Toni Lincoln was 5 years old, she liked to dress up in her grandmother’s vintage dresses and sing to her dolls which she neatly arranged on her bed as an audience for her impromptu concerts.  Little did she know that it would be more than 5 decades later that she would do her first real live singing appearance at a little subterranean Portland jazz club.   Toni Lincoln’s new self-titled CD is testament to her love of the Great American Songbook…Read more

September 18 - Jazz Vocalist - Dee Daniels   Dee Daniels’ musical career is as varied as her four-octave vocal range is thrilling. She is a unique talent who transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues flavoring, to the stage.   Her vocal style was born in her stepfather’s church choir in Oakland, California, refined through the R&B era, polished during a five-year stay in The Netherlands and Belgium from 1982 to 1987, and brought to full fruition upon her…Read more

Septembet 10 - Jazz Pianist/Composer - Bob Mamet Chicago Born, Bob Mamet, is an internationally acclaimed Jazz pianist and composer.  He has composed music for over a hundred projects in T.V. film, and advertising, in addition to touring as a sideman and bandleader. Bob's distinctive mixture of Jazz styles and composition caught the ear of the major record labels, and in 1994 he signed with Atlantic Records. Bob recorded three highly successful albums for Atlantic, plus additional recordings for Sony and…Read more