Friday, August 11, 2017 Showcasing students of the Vermont Jazz Center’s 42nd annual Summer Workshop perform in professionally coached ensemble, trio, and featured vocalist settings. Different concerts at 3:30 and 8 pm with break for dinner. At the idyllic Putney School in Vermont. $5 donation suggested. SET I: 3:30- 5:30 …
“William Parker is something of a father figure.” — Larry Blumenfeld, New York Times “One of the 50 Greatest New York Musicians of All Time” — Time Out New York Launching a new series of music and cultural discourse at the Atlas Industries building in …
“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a …
NEA Jazz Master, vocalist Sheila Jordan, joins her long time musical partners, pianist Alan Broadbent, and bassist Harvie S. They celebrate their 2016 CD, ‘Better than Anything’, a recently discovered recording of their live performance from 1991. Tickets $20-40 general, $15 students, available online, at door, reserved by phone & …
The Vermont Jazz Center welcomes the Christian Sands Trio for a guided tour of the colorful history of jazz piano. Sands, one of the top young pianists of our time, performs with long-time associates Russell Hall (bass) and Jerome Jennings (drums). Mentored by Dr. Billy Taylor, influenced by Barry Harris, …
Saturday, January 14, 2017 8pm Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is a two-time Edison Award winning, Grammy Award nominated trumpeter, composer, and producer. Scott apprenticed as a youth growing up in his native New Orleans with his uncle, jazz master and Big Chief of the Congo Nation, saxophonist Donald Harrison. Upon graduating …
Caili O’Doherty Quartet- Emerging Artist Series. Saturday, October 1, 2016 8 pm Pianist Caili O’Doherty’s 2015 release Padme won NPR’s 10th Annual Jazz Critic’s Poll for Best Debut Album. She garnered an ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award and recognition for her work as a composer and pianist from Downbeat …
Saturday, September 17, 2016 8 pm Kurt Rosenwinkel plays with his new band, Bandit 65 at Vermont Jazz Center Saturday September 17, 2016 at 8 PM. Consistently voted one of the top guitarists in reader and critic polls, Rosenwinkel dropped out of Berklee to tour with Gary Burton. He is …
Showcasing faculty-coached student ensembles with numerous vocalists and several piano trios. $5.00 donation is suggested. Accessible to all. The VJC Summer Jazz Workshop is sponsored by William and Laurie Schutt with further assistance from Vermont Public Radio and the Vermont Arts Council. SET I: 3:30- 5:30 PM Dinner Break SET …
An evening showcasing the wide breadth of experience and talent of the VJC’s Summer Program faculty members. Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton- vocals Carolina Calvache, Harvey Diamond, Eugene Uman, Ray Gallon- piano Scott Mullet- saxophones Jeff Galindo- trombone Rob Freeberg- trumpet Cameron Brown, Marcus Mclaurine, George Kaye, David Picchi- bass, …
