May 13, 2008 (Tuesday)
Rick Olivarez Trio
C & O Restaurant
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
Fabulous gypsy jazz style acoustic trio, featuring Jeff Cheers rhythm guitar and Steve Riggs bass. Starts about 10:30 every Tuesday night!
Tribute to Bill Bojangles Robinson
Capital Ale House LLC
804/643-2537, www.capitalalehouse.com
623 E. Main St. Richmond VA 23219
804/643-2537, www.capitalalehouse.com
623 E. Main St. Richmond VA 23219
5/13 7:00 PM The Richmond Jazz Society Monthly Guest Educators Series
featuring: A Tribute to Bill Bojangles Robinson with Special Guest - Master Tap Dancer, Baakari Wilder of Washington, DC (Co-Sponsored by VCU Jazz)
Need more info?
Call RJS @ (804) 643-1972
www.vajazz.org
Richmond
$7 with valid RJS or Student I.D. card - $10 all others
May 14, 2008 (Wednesday)
Jeff Decker and Mike Rosensky
Miller's Pub
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
great sax/guitar quartet every Wed night!
May 15, 2008 (Thursday)
Frank Vignola Quintet
Gravity Lounge
434/977-5590, www.gravity-lounge.com
103 South 1st Street Charlottesville VA 22902
434/977-5590, www.gravity-lounge.com
103 South 1st Street Charlottesville VA 22902
One of the world's finest acoustic guitarists playing gypsy, swing, country, bop, and everything else, with stellar group.
Women in Jazz Festival
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
800/444-1324, kennedycenter.com
2700 F Street, NW Washington DC
800/444-1324, kennedycenter.com
2700 F Street, NW Washington DC
http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=MIWIL
May 18, 2008 (Sunday)
George Melvin Groups Sound
Fellini's #9
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
Keyboard wizardry 6 to 9
Rick Olivarez Trio
Fellini's #9
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
acoustic gypsy jazz at 9:30
May 19, 2008 (Monday)
George Melvin Group Sound
South Street Brewery
434/293-6550
106 W. South St. Charlottesville VA
434/293-6550
106 W. South St. Charlottesville VA
Every Monday night, a Charlottesville tradition!
May 20, 2008 (Tuesday)
Charlottesville Jazz Society presents J.G. and Co.
Bashir's
434/923-0927, www.bashirs.com
507 E. Main St. Charlottesville, VA 22902
434/923-0927, www.bashirs.com
507 E. Main St. Charlottesville, VA 22902
A quintet of top teen players from Albemarle High School.
All ages welcome! $5 donation to Jazz Society.
Music starts at 7:30, doors at 6:30. www.cvillejazz.org
Red Stick Ramblers
Gravity Lounge
434/977-5590, www.gravity-lounge.com
103 South 1st Street Charlottesville VA 22902
434/977-5590, www.gravity-lounge.com
103 South 1st Street Charlottesville VA 22902
Cajun and swing from Louisiana
Rick Olivarez Trio
C & O Restaurant
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
Fabulous gypsy jazz style acoustic trio, featuring Jeff Cheers rhythm guitar and Steve Riggs bass. Starts about 10:30 every Tuesday night!
May 24, 2008 (Saturday)
Stephen Norfleet and Naked Truth
Fellini's #9
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
CD release party for great saxophonist
May 25, 2008 (Sunday)
Count Basie Orchestra
The Paramount Theater
434/979-1333, www.theparamount.net
215 E. Main St. Charlottesville VA
434/979-1333, www.theparamount.net
215 E. Main St. Charlottesville VA
Count Basie Orchestra
Sunday, May 25th, 4pm @ The Paramount
In his 80-year life span, William “Count” Basie so expanded and elevated jazz that modern music connoisseurs regard his legacy as “an American institution.” The majority of the sound from today’s Count Basie Orchestra -- composed of nineteen performers committed to upholding and advancing the tradition -- still swings from many musicians hand-picked by Count Basie himself. Recipient of 17 Grammys, the Orchestra continues to accumulate awards and special recognitions, performing Basie favorites from “Jumpin' at the Woodside” and “One O'Clock Jump” to “April in Paris.”
George Melvin and his B3 Organ Quartet
Fellini's #9
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
with Dave Sanford, Jamal Milner and Andrew Kirk
May 26, 2008 (Monday)
George Melvin Group Sound
South Street Brewery
434/293-6550
106 W. South St. Charlottesville VA
434/293-6550
106 W. South St. Charlottesville VA
Every Monday night, a Charlottesville tradition!
May 27, 2008 (Tuesday)
Rick Olivarez Trio
C & O Restaurant
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
434/971-7044, www.candorestaurant.com
515 East Water St. Charlottesville VA
jazz on Tuesday nights
Fabulous gypsy jazz style acoustic trio, featuring Jeff Cheers rhythm guitar and Steve Riggs bass. Starts about 10:30 every Tuesday night!
May 28, 2008 (Wednesday)
Mike Rosensky and Jeff Decker
Miller's Pub
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
great sax/guitar quartet every Wed night!
May 29, 2008 (Thursday)
Michael Elswick Trio
Fellini's #9
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
434/979-4279
200 W. Market St. Charlottesville, VA
Fine area saxophonist, 7 to 10
Thompson D'earth Band
Miller's Pub
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
434/971-8511
109 West Main Street Charlottesville VA 22902
Pre-eminent area modern jazz band led by trumpeter John D'earth, every Thursday night about 10:30
June 06, 2008 (Friday)
Nels Cline
The Paramount Theater
434/979-1333, www.theparamount.net
215 E. Main St. Charlottesville VA
434/979-1333, www.theparamount.net
215 E. Main St. Charlottesville VA
Recently named a “Guitar God” by Rolling Stone, Wilco lead guitarist Nels Cline is one of the instrument’s most versatile, imaginative, and original players active today. Currently touring the US with Wilco, Cline alternates with performances featuring his long-standing free jazz trio The Nels Cline Singers (Devin Hoff on bass and Scott Amendola on drums). Combining breathtaking technique with informed musical intelligence, delicate lyricism, sonic abstractions, and skull-crunching flights of fancy, “The World’s Most Dangerous Guitarist” (Jazz Times) has performed on over 100 albums in the jazz, pop, rock, country, and experimental music
June 13, 2008 (Friday)