Wednesday, April 15, 2020
7:45pm

Jazz singer Tony DeSare is, ‘two parts Sinatra, one part Billy Joel – Daily Press
“DeSare, the young darling of Manhattan's cabaret set, plays the piano with genuine jazz authority” Hartford Courant

Yamaha artist, Tony DeSare was named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine and has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class around the globe. DeSare has three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, and the Today Show. He has also collaborated with Youtube icons Postmodern Jukebox.

Read more: An Evening with Tony DeSare

Jazz in the Key of Swing

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
7:45pm

Veronica Swift - At age 24, Veronica Swift is now being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the jazz scene. In the fall of 2015, she won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition.  In 2016 she was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City and she was a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band and Marilyn Maye and Freda Payne.   Veronica’s first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the “Women in Jazz” series at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. 

Read more: Veronica Swift and the Shelly Berg Trio

A Tribute to the Music of Billy Strayhorn and Lee Morgan
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
7:45pm

Terell Stafford, acclaimed trumpet player based in New York, has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player.  He combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads. 

Read more: Terell Stafford Quintet

Handful of Keys

Wednesday, December 4, 2019
7:45 pm

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal artistic figures. Downbeat praised the "nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary" he employs to communicate with other musicians and audiences at what he terms "the deepest level of humanity and individuality." Cohen plays with the command and passion of an artist fully devoted to his medium.

Read more: Emmet Cohen Trio