Three-time Grammy Award winner and iconic songwriter-performer Jimmy Webb will be honored at the 37th Annual Bistro Awards on Monday, May 16, where he will be receiving the ASCAP–Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bistro Awards’ highest honor, for musical and storytelling accomplishments over his five decades-plus career.

This show is brought to you in association with The Hudson Valley Blues Society! Featuring Guy Davis, Joe Louis Walker, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, and more! PLUS On The Big Screen – A Photographic Journey by Joseph A. Rosen Keeping The Blues Alive.

David Finck is among the most sought after musicians in New York. His bass  playing can be heard on more than 250 CDs including Multi platinum, Gold, and Grammy winners.
 

The last Wednesday of the month is “Solo Guitar Night,” a Round-Robin of unaccompanied solo guitar performances, in January by Frank Vignola, Jimmy Bruno, and Dave Stryker.

Trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Darren Barrett has released a new album Live and Direct: Dee’s Theme.  Released on all streaming services on December 10th, 2021 on his dB Studios label.  This eight-track collection seven written by Barrett and one by Walden are a collection of some previous recorded tracks from his First One Up studio recording project along with a few new ones.  This recording is one of 16 unreleased recordings that dB Studios has in what they call the dB Vaults and will be releasing

Vermont Jazz Center pays homage to the big band era this season, uniting our in-house big band with critically acclaimed singer Amanda Carr. Carr became acquainted with the Great American Songbook through her parents who were both professional big band musicians in the Boston area. Carr has recorded in the U.S. and abroad, including Australia, England and Italy where she appeared as a headline artist at EuroJazz Festival.

Frank Vignola's virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Tommy Emmanuel, the Boston and New York Pops, and more. Every Wednesday (except 11/17 and 12/29) at Birdland Theater, Frank leads Frank Vignola's GuitarNight at Birdland.

Blue Note Records, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records, the Verve Label Group and Warner Music Group have joined together to release Relief — an all-star compilation of previously unreleased music from Jon Batiste, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, IRMA and LEO (Esperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese), Charles Lloyd, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Fifteen years ago, Flushing Town Hall started the wonderful tradition of welcoming to its stage renowned NEA Jazz Masters, a title bestowed on the world’s greatest jazz musicians.