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On Friday, February 25, in collaboration with Hamptons Jazz Fest Winter Series and in recognition of Black History Month, the Parrish presents a live, in-person concert with jazz virtuoso Greg Lewis, a veteran of the New York music scene regarded as a master of the Hammond B3 organ. Performing cuts from his first CD Organ Monk—a tribute to jazz legend Thelonious Monk—as well as other selections, Lewis’s trio features guitarist Ron Jackson and drummer Cindy Blackman, with special guest Jerry Weldon, the internationally renowned tenor saxophonist. Please see below for tickets and updated C...

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Read on to learn a little more about the folks that will lead us through Jazz Appreciation Month 2021. Mike Lee Trio April 4, 2021- Mike Lee Mike kicks off our Jazzy Afternoons' Jazz Appreciation Month with a ferocious roaring start with some very hardcore seasoned jazz professionals. Mike Lee locally has run some very successful and widely popular Jazz jams. - from Cecils to the Montclair Social Club and a few popular places in between. As a performing musician his recent associations include The Jimmy Heath Orchestra, The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Wallace Roney's Universe Orchestra, The ...

Harry Connick Jr. Every Man Should Know Time To Go Harry Connick, Jr. has built a reputation for musical and emotional honesty. Never one to rest on his ever-growing list of laurels, Connick exposes his feelings as never before on Every Man Should Know. The new CD contains...   more » twelve original songs for which Connick wrote music, lyrics and arrangements. "No rules, no limits," is how the multi-talented artist describes the songs in his liner notes for the new collection. "I don t recall ever reaching quite as deeply or confidently into my inhibition pool." The title track is ind...

Vail Jazz Foundation “If people had told me I’d be busking at this stage of my career—in front of a fruit stand, no less—I wouldn’t have believed them for a minute,” said jazz drummer Evan Sherman. But performing on a New York City sidewalk is exactly what this 2009 alumnus of the Vail Jazz Workshop has done to stay creative during the long months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sherman’s band was wrapping up a tour on March 11, preparing to head to New York to perform in a tribute concert at Lincoln Center to the late saxophonist Jimmy Heath, when the plans of entertainers everywhere...