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4/04 Stephane Wrembel
4/09 Cleveland Cello Quartet
4/25 Avram Fefer & Michael Bisio Duo
4/28 Nicole Henry
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Dominick Farinacci with Shenel Johns & Christian Tamburr $30.00 Sunday 4/02 7:00 pm sold out
| Rising Trumpet Star leads All-Star Group live at Nighttown! Featuring:
Dominick Farinacci-trumpet, Shenel Johns-vocals, Christian
Tamburr-vibes & piano, Jamey Haddad-percussion, & more! Dominick
Farinacci recently released his Mack Avenue Records debut, "Short
Stories" -- a compelling suite of music with a repertoire that spans
genres and generations united by the trumpeter/composer's soulful
conception. Bringing together songs from Tom Waits, Horace Silver,
Dianne Reeves and the Gipsy Kings as well as original compositions,
Farinacci has managed to create his own musical universe, aided by
musicians of the highest caliber. All of the songs have a narrative that
any listener can relate to. Farinacci
had already achieved enough stature by his mid-teens that Wynton
Marsalis offered to help him set his sights on coming to New York, and
by 2001, Farinacci was one of only four trumpeters in the world to be
selected as the inaugural students in The Juilliard School's first jazz
curriculum. Life itself has
many different sorts of mentorship built into it. A life in the arts
can't exist without these kinds of relationships, and Short Stories is
the fruit of the coming together of two kindred spirits, Farinacci and
LiPuma, from the same home town (Cleveland, Ohio), separated by just
under half a century in age. What unites them is a clear, moern
aesthetic vision that combines the highest musical standards with a
desire to be agents of change. Amazingly,
Farinacci found time during his Middle East years to also play an
integral role in the conception and build out of Cuyahoga Community
College's Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts. Following up a sold-out Clev eland
debut, vocalist Shenel Johns brings together jazz, blues and gospel in
her own unique way. Influenced by greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina
Simone & Nancy Wilson, Shenel has been a featured artist at Jazz at
Lincoln Center NYC, festivals throughout Russia and in Doha, Qatar with
Dominick Farinacci. Pianist and vibraphonist Ch ristian Tamburr worked
as musical director for Julio Iglesias, Cirque du Soleil and Penn &
Teller in Las Vegas. His newest album “People Talk” topped the national
jazz charts for two months, culminating in several national and
international tours. He currently travels as CEO and lead presenter for
Sonic Leadership, bringing unique musically inspired presentations on
leadership and training to companies around the world. Cleveland native Jamey Haddad is
one of the most influential percussionists of our time. He tours with
Paul Simon, Sting and Yo-Yo Ma, is the Artistic Director for Cleveland
Orchestra’s “Friday’s at 7,” currently teaches at Oberlin Conservatory,
and was voted “#1 World Percussionist” by Drum Magazine. Jamey is also
the recipient of the 2010 Cleveland Arts Prize.
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Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater $10.00 Monday 4/03 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Next Generation of Broadway Stars takes the stage at Nighttown! Hot
on the heels of what has been an exhilarating four years of training at
Baldwin Wallace University, join the music theatre seniors as they
return to Nighttown to share a cabaret show created for an upcoming
performance at New York City’s top cabaret venue “54 Below.” BW’s music
theatre seniors leave for their NYC debut April 9, Help to send them on
their way with a full-house of Cleveland support at Nighttown on April
3. Purchase your tickets now! From
lead roles on Broadway and London's West End to prime time television,
film and more, students from Baldwin Wallace’s music theatre (BWMT)
program have garnered top acclaim for more than 20 years. Recently
ranked as number two of the top ten Music Theatre programs in the
country by College Magazine, Program Director Victoria Bussert continues
to lead students to successful careers. Visit Website
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Stephane Wrembel $20.00 Tuesday 4/04 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Gypsy Jazz Guitarist From France & his Group play music from his brand new CD 'The Django Experiment'. Special Guest opening artist Cleveland's own Hot Djang! Wrembel
just released two new recordings, The Django Experiment I and The
Django Experiment II, on Water Is Life Records. Both
recordings primarily feature Wrembel’s interpretation of the songs of
legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt as well as original
compositions by Wrembel and a few other writers in the same vein of
music. New York Observer recently said, "For North Americans, Stephane
Wrembel represents the living face of gypsy jazz." The CDs were
released in conjunction with the Wrembel-produced Django A Gogo, which
was held at Carnegie Hall on March 3rd to rave reviews! Other performers
included Al Di Meola, Larry Keel and Stochelo Rosenberg. Wrembel
is best known for “Bistro Fada,” the theme song from the 2011 Woody
Allen Oscar Award-nominated movie, Midnight In Paris.
Subsequently, Wrembel was hand-selected by award winning
composer/producer Hans Zimmer to perform at the 2012 Academy Awards® as
part of his “All Star Band.” Wrembel has contributed music to two
other Allen films, commercials, and TV and now has both a Clio Award and
Grammy Award under his belt. He has toured around the world and
is immensely popular in India. Wrembel's band includes long-time collaborators Thor Jensen (guitar), Ari Folman Cohen (bass), and Nick Anderson (drums). Visit Website
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Charlie Hunter $20.00 Thursday 4/06 8:00 pm Buy Tickets
| 8 String Guitar Virtuoso and his Group return to Nighttown! Featuring Michael Blake on Tenor Sax and George Sluppick on drums Charlie
Hunter is not only a singular guitarist - he uniquely plays a
custom-made seven-string ax that allows him to deliver bass grooves
simultaneously with rhythm chords and solo notes - but he’s also a
creative whose style and expression continue to advance with each
project he immerses himself into. Proof positive is Hunter’s new
album—and 18th as a leader—whimsically titled Everyone Has a Plan Until
They Get Punched in the Mouth, out July 22nd on GroundUP Music/Verve
Label Group. The superlative ten-tune collection of songs—all originals
except for one cover—is steeped in the blues and r&b. Hunter has
enlisted a stellar support team of trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, cornetist
Kirk Knuffke and drummer Bobby Previte who play live in the studio for
optimum effect. At turns
Hunter’s new music takes on a noir feel, lopes in a fluid slow flow,
charges upbeat with a groove and horn interchange, twirls into a playful
party mode, moves into a gentle lyricism—all soaked in a blues
sensibility and tone. “My idea was to make a blues record,” says Hunter.
“The concept was to play and not think of it as jazz, but an
improvisation of the blues and r&b. This is not from a jazz harmonic
place, but straight blues and r&b improvising. It’s all done live
in the same room. No overdubs and maybe just one edit where we fixed a
note.” As for that 11-word
title, Hunter explains, “it’s a Mike Tyson quote. He’s talking about a
specific boxing thing, but I feel that it applies to any life endeavor.
It’s like someone coming out of music school and being presented with
the reality of making a living playing music. So that title is also the
name of one of the songs. In fact, almost every name of a song on the
record is a quote from someone, somewhere.” Hunter
was born in Rhode Island. When he was four his mom packed him and his
younger sister in an old yellow school bus and headed west. After
several years living on a commune in Mendocino County they settled in
Berkeley, California. Hunter graduated from Berkeley High School and
took lessons from guitar teacher Joe Satriani. At eighteen he moved to
Paris. Hunter says that it was his experience busking on the streets of
Paris that provided him with "on the job training" because he busked for
8 to 12 hours a day to make ends meet. Returning to the Bay area,
Hunter played a seven-string guitar and organ in Michael Franti's
political rap group, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. After
his first album, 1993’s Charlie Hunter Trio, released on pop artist Les
Claypool’s Prawn Song label, Hunter was signed to Blue Note Records and
released a total of eight albums in ten years. Everyone Has a Plan
Until They Get Punched in the Mouth marks a return to a bigger potential
audience, thanks to the rise of the Brooklyn-based Snarky Puppy. The
group’s bandleader, Michael League, has been a Hunter fan since he was
in high school. “I had been hearing the band’s name but I didn’t know
what they were,” says Hunter. “Turns out there a great bunch of
musicians and people.” Hunter played on one track of the Snarky Puppy
album, Family Dinner Volume 2, and was asked by League to record an
album for his GroundUP Music label. Visit Website
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Pete Cavano & Friends $10.00 Friday 4/07 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| North Coast Acoustic Guitar Master takes the stage at Nighttown. With Special Guests TBA. It
has been an honor and privilege to perform with artists as diverse as
the late Robert Lockwood Jr., and local legends Anne E. Dechant, Wallace
Coleman, Mr. Stress, and Colin Dussault, to name just a few. In
addition to my local work, I have been an annual performer at the Chet
Atkins Appreciation Society Convention held in Nashville. This is a
showcase of the best solo guitarists from around the world and I am
humbled to be in their ranks. Though
I will continue to “sit in” with notable local bands, for the last 20
years I have concentrated on solo guitar. Covering everything from Bach
to the Beatles, I have developed a broad repertoire which I can adapt to
any audience. Visit Website
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Cleveland Opera Theater Presents: The Man That Got Away $40.00 Saturday 4/08 5:00 pm Buy Tickets 8:00 pm Buy Tickets
| "The
Man That Got Away" The iconic music of George Gershwin is woven
in to a poignant story of love, life, loss, and nostalgia. Eat, Drink and Enjoy the great music of George and Ira Gershwin! Experience the power of operatically trained voices singing Gershwin brothers favorites like: Someone to Watch Over Me, Embraceable You, They Can’t Take That Away From Me.
Lyndsey Sandham, soprano Amy Weintraub, soprano Benjamin Czarnota, baritone Marge Adler, piano Nighttown's food and drink menu will be available for purchase à la carte with service at your table. Visit Website
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Cleveland Cello Quartet: Benefit Concert for The Music Settlement $10.00 Sunday 4/09 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| International
Cello Quartet & CIM Graduates present a Multi Genre Evening with
music from Tchaikovsky to David Bowie Live at Nighttown. Featuring:
Anna Hurt (Utah), Carlyn Kessler (Connecticut), Sophie Benn
(Minneapolis) & Andris Koh (Singapore). All in residence in
Cleveland! The
Cleveland Cello Quartet, Ensemble in Residence at The Music Settlement,
presents a multi-genre evening of tunes from Tchaikovsky to David
Bowie. Partial ticket sales will benefit string scholarship funds at The
Music Settlement, a local nonprofit community music school provides
creative and relevant arts education and programming for all, regardless
of financial ability, in Greater Cleveland. The
Cleveland Cello Quartet is a dynamic ensemble dedicated to promoting
the cello as a versatile and eclectic instrument. Performing a
genre-bending fusion of classical, jazz, and pop music, the group is
quickly establishing itself as a fresh sound in the Cleveland music
scene. Only in their second season, the group has already appeared at
many major venues, including Nighttown and the BOP STOP, as well as in
less conventional Cleveland-area institutions such as the West Side
Market and Toast. The Cleveland Cello Quartet has also performed live on
the public classical radio station WCLV 104.9, and they frequently join
forces with Classical Revolution Cleveland to perform at their
bimonthly shows at the Happy Dog. The
quartet members (Anna Hurt, Carlyn Kessler, Sophie Benn, and Andris
Koh) met as students at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Hailing from
Utah, Connecticut, Minneapolis, and Singapore respectively, they are all
dedicated teachers and active performers based in the Northeast Ohio
area. Visit Website
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Honeybucket $15.00 Friday 4/14 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| Honeybucket
Live at Nighttown! Featuring: Brendan O'Malley-Vocals &
Mandolin & Adam Reifsnyder-Vocals & Guitar. Special Guest Opening Act TriHearn. Honeybucket is
a high-energy newgrass & folk act that features mandolin, guitar,
and rich vocal harmonies. In 2016, Honeybucket was voted Cleveland's
Best Band by Cleveland Scene Magazine, their original song "Old High
Road" was the official song of the 40th annual Cleveland International
Film Festival, and they headlined multiple local festivals, including
Heights Music Hop, Larchmere Porchfest, and the Hingetown
Hoedown. Adam Reifsnyder (guitar) and Brendan O'Malley (mandolin) will be performing new songs as well as old favorites. Pop, traditional,
and jazz audiences alike are sure to enjoy Honeybucket as they take the
Nighttown stage for the third time in their musical careers. TriHearn features siblings Caitlin,
Conor and Brendan Hearn. The Maryland born, Cleveland based group has
been performing as a trio since 2002. Since then, they have grown into
seasoned musicians, attending music camps around the world and
performing around the country. TriHearn describes their sound as a mix
of Irish, Scottish, and American folk music. Lately, they have pushed
outside of their musical comfort zone and expanded their sound to
include elements from various genres of music.
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Raul Midon $30.00 Saturday 4/15 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| Singer/Songwriter combines Jazz, Soul, and more for exciting evening at Nighttown! “A one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus.” — The New York Times Ever
since the 20th century turned into the 21st, singer-songwriter and
guitarist Raul Midón has earned renown as one of music’s most
distinctive and searching voices – “a one-man band… who is spiritually
connected,” according to The New York Times, and “an eclectic
adventurist,” in the words of People magazine. The New Mexico native,
blind since birth, has released eight albums since 1999, including the
acclaimed studio productions Don’t Hesitate (Mack Avenue/Artistry,
2014), Synthesis (Decca/Universal, 2009), A World Within a World
(Manhattan/EMI, 2007) and State of Mind (Manhattan/EMI, 2005). Midón’s
questing musicality makes him, as the Huffington Post put it, “a free
man beyond category.” Attesting to his enduring ambitions is Midón’s
ninth studio album, Bad Ass and Blind, set for release via Mack
Avenue/Artistry Music on March 24, 2017. Search
for “Raul Midón” on YouTube and you’ll find a clip of him appearing on
The Late Show With David Letterman in 2006. Performing “State of Mind,”
the title track from his major-label debut, Midón unveils what would
become his signature combination of silky tenor voice and percussive
guitar style. His guitar playing is a syncopated, flamenco- and
jazz-infused wonder in which bass, harmony and melodic lines fly from
the fretboard in a way that seems to belie the fact that all the music
is being produced by just two hands. If that weren’t enough, Midón busts
out his improvisational mouth-horn technique, in which he creates a
bebop “trumpet” solo entirely with his lips, earning himself a
spontaneous burst of mid-song applause from the audience in the process.
Billboard called him, simply and aptly, “a virtuoso.” Subsequently,
Midón’s live 2016 rendition of John Coltrane’s jazz classic “Giant
Steps” – which sees him fly through all 12 keys – has earned more than
1.2 million views via Facebook. In
early 2016, the guitarist was invited to cross the U.S. as a featured
artist in the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour company that also included
the likes of jazz stars Nicholas Payton, Ravi Coltrane and Gerald
Clayton. The tour culminated in a weeklong run at New York City’s
Birdland. It was an acclaimed live collaboration, with JazzTimes
remarking on how Midón became “the undeniable focus” whenever he came
onstage and praising his “acrobatic… note-perfect” performances, as well
as the “new, swinging ‘Wings of Mind’.” Midón’s
upcoming Bad Ass and Blind album – the title a description of its maker
that soul icon Bill Withers endorsed – finds the artist expanding his
range compositionally, tapping into the linear modal harmony explored by
such jazz composers as Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. Reflecting
on the exploratory grasp of past and present represented by Bad Ass and
Blind, Midón says: “Like with all my records, this album is for those
who are interested in going beyond notions of genre – it’s for listeners
with open ears, open minds, open hearts.” Visit Website
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Polly Gibbons $20.00 Wednesday 4/19 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Rapidly
rising Jazz Vocalist from London, England makes her Cleveland debut at
Nighttown! Featuring music from her new CD, "IS IT ME…?" on Resonance Records. Receives Second Jazz FM Award Nomination As Best Jazz Vocalist “I love her voice, really soulful. Can’t wait to hear more of Polly…” – Joss Stone “She’s got a great voice!” – Van Morrison Following
sold-out tours in the U.K. opening for George Benson and Gladys Knight,
including two acclaimed performances at the prestigious Royal Albert
Hall, singer/songwriter Polly Gibbons is set to make a British invasion
of her own with the release of her highly-anticipated second album, "Is
It Me…?" on Resonance Records on April 21, 2017. The 12-track
collection fully embraces the inspiring, expansive array of
American jazz, soul and blues influences that have infused her dynamic
career as an artist and live performer, Polly,
who recently earned her second prestigious Best Jazz Vocalist Jazz FM
Award Nomination, has been a staple of the UK Jazz Scene since the
mid-2000s. In commenting on her new album, she states: “It’s a
massive melting pot, varied but beautifully linked because I love every
style I’m singing. Jazz would never have happened without the blues,
which came out of the gospel tradition – and blues is the foundation of
contemporary Western culture and pop/soul music, and so on.” The
piano and most of the arranging are shared by long time-collaborator
James Pearson (whom she performs with regularly at the legendary Ronnie
Scott’s Club in London, where he is musical director), and Tamir
Hendelman, the Israeli born, L.A. based jazz pianist to the stars,
including Barbra Streisand and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. A
farmer’s daughter who grew up in Framingham, a small market town in
Suffolk, England, Polly is one of seven siblings in a family that shared
all types of different musical loves. Her mum cherished classical and
choral music (Bach, Mozart, Chopin), her dad was an electric bassist who
played in bands in the 70’s, her brothers loved R&B and her sisters
were all vinyl collectors listening to everything from hip hop and
soul, to jazz and folk. Polly
took obligatory piano lessons at age four, but didn’t realize she could
sing until she was around 13. Participating in a local music
workshop, she met British singer Ian Shaw, who took Polly under his wing
and secured her first gig in London when she was 17. Participating in
other workshops, she cultivated her talent with bassist Gill Alexander,
Jacqui Dankworth (daughter of Cleo Laine) and later, James
Pearson. She released her critically acclaimed UK debut album My
Own Company in 2014 Polly’s
road now leads her to one of those extraordinary places with the release
of "Is It Me…?" The album is a journey all its own – a culmination of
so many moments that also signifies a meaningful new beginning for both
the singer and contemporary jazz. Visit Website
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Paula Boggs Band $20.00 Thursday 4/20 8:00 pm Buy Tickets
| From Seattle! Singer Songwriter with 6 Pc. Band combines Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues, Rock, and more! Featuring:
Paula Boggs-vocals-guitar, ukulele, Issac Castillo-bass, vocals, Mark
Chinen-guitar, banjo, Tim Conroy-keys, vocals, trumpet, accordion, Tor
Dietrichson-percussion, vocals, & Sandy Greenbaum-drums. Starbucks
vet Boggs and the 6-piece Paula Boggs Band traverse jazz, bluegrass,
blues, rock and Americana. They released their debut album "A Buddha
State of Mind" in 2010 and "Carnival of Miracles," produced by
Grammy-winning Trina Shoemaker in March 2015. Their sound is
"Seattle-Brewed Soulgrass," the band performs nationally and in Canada,
has appeared on TV, performs on radio live in-studio and is the subject
of several radio interviews, podcasts, blogs and articles. The
band is celebrating their newly released live acoustic EP of
consciousness songs "Live at Empty Sea, Songs of Protest & Hope". “The
new cd from the Paula Boggs Band, Carnival of Miracles simply put [is] a
masterpiece...here is a record with every song destined to be well
known soon to audiences and equally loved. Congratulations to Paula
Boggs and the Paula Boggs Band, they have hit this right out of the
park.” Bruce Swan, Programmer Host of Music My Mother Would Not Like WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT “Boggs
makes a certain kind of urban, jazzy music that seems permanently
nested within the structures of traditional folk, bluegrass, and even
standard blues harmony...She calls her music "soulgrass," and she
reminds me a little of Gil Scott-Heron, if only for the razor-intensity
of her words.” Dave Good, San Diego Reader Visit Website
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Blue Lunch with Tim Gartland $20.00 Friday 4/21 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| Swing and Blues from North Coast favorites 8 Pc. Blue Lunch with Special Guest Tim Gartland on Vocals and Harp. The
late 1940’s and early 1950’s were a magical time in American musical
history, when blues, rhythm & blues, swing and rock & roll were
all one thing. Blue Lunch explores that music and makes it their own. From
Cleveland, OH eight virtuoso musicians perform on guitar, piano,
upright bass, drums, harp, saxophones, trumpet, and trombone. In
addition to their instrumental work, Blue Lunch also boasts five
vocalists and includes do-wop style and gospel harmonies in their
repertoire. Blue Lunch has released eight cds, Recorded Live at
Wilberts, Eyes Wide Open, Not Live at the Copa, Big Sound
Blues, Sideswiped, Saxophone Shootout II , Blue Lunch Special, and
their newest and most recent release, Above the Fold, for Rip Cat
Records of Los Angeles. 2014 marked the 30th anniversary of the band. Tim Gartland is
a singer-song writer harmonica player living in Nashville, TN. He is a
contemporary blues artist commited to honoring the rich tradition of
blues while moving the genre forward. He has a new release, "If
You Want A Good Woman featuring 12 original songs. The cd reached
#1 on the blues radio charts on Air Play Direct. It was also named one
of the Top Picks of the year by Bill Wilson of the Nashville Blues
Society and reached #13 on the national blues charts according to Roots
Time Radio.
His original
music is a blend of Chicago blues, soul, and Americana. His lyrics are
focused on today's world. Following the collective wisdom of writers
before him, Tim writes lyrics about themes and issues that he is
passionate about. What sets
Gartland apart from other blues muscians is the fact that he is
recognized as a triple threat ; singer, songwriter and harp player. It
is rare group of artists that can deliver all three talents on such a
high level. He has released
two critically acclaimed original cd's, 2011's "Looking Into The Sun"
and 2014''s "Million Stars". In 2015 he released "The Willie Project", a
heartfelt homage to the songwriting of the legendary blues hall of
famer Willie Dixon.
www.timgartland.com Tim Garland's "If You Want A Good Woman" Visit Website
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Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano $20.00 Saturday 4/22 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| From New York City! Award winning Stars of Cabaret hit the stage at Nighttown! Featuring: Eric Comstock-piano & vocals, Barbara Fasano-vocals, & Bryan Thomas-acoustic bass. “The
sophisticated cabaret children of Bobby Short and Lena Horne … Mr.
Comstock and Ms. Fasano are turning the neighborhood into a hotbed of
pleasure.” – The New York Times “Comstock
has a voice that flows as smoothly as rye and sweet vermouth over ice,
evoking Chet Baker, Mel Torme and Mark Murphy … Fasano has taste,
built-in dramatic chops, the ability to manipulate time, and, above all,
respect for lyrics.” – Jazz Times Married
musical partners Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano’s electrifying
combination of warmth, wit, swing and sensuality have made them the New
York nightclub world's most celebrated team. This award-winning
duo makes their Night Town debut with a freewheeling mashup of the jazz
and pop songbooks, from Jerome Kern to Joni Mitchell, Cole Porter to
Billy Strayhorn. The New York Times calls their shows "witty" and
"exhilarating" and this swinging and soulful married couple makes their
audiences feel they're at a terrific party where the music and the
stories have been equally great. Pianist/singer
Eric Comstock has been called "the heir apparent to the cabaret
throne". Vocalist Barbara Fasano's new CD BUSY BEING FREE is being
hailed as "busy being intoxicatingly sublime” & won the 2016 MAC
Award for Major Recording of the Year. The New York Times calls their
shows "witty" & "exhilarating", and The Wall Street Journal raves,
“Masterful … They take it to a whole other level.” Their
many New York engagements include Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln
Center, Symphony Space, Birdland, Jazz at Kitano, and the 92nd Street
Y's ‘Lyrics and Lyricists’ series, as well as concert halls and
festivals coast to coast and in Europe. In the words of jazz
critic Ira Gitler, they “have it all, and then some … artistic,
swinging, and superbly entertaining.” Come join the party!
http://www.barbarafasano.com http://www.ericcomstock.net
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Barbara Rosene $20.00 Monday 4/24 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| NYC vocalist and native Clevelander returns for showcase gig. Currently lead vocalist with the Harry James Orchestra. Featuring Dave Powers on piano. Barbara Rosene has
built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the
1920s and 30s and 40s. She is a passionate vocalist whose
interpretations uncover the richness of jazz classics through the
subtle, skilled delivery of one truly in love with the genre she sings. Rosene
gives voice to songs in ways that are both gracefully provocative and
warmly welcoming. Few singers have her feel for classic material, from
all eras of Jazz, interpreting the music with not only a full
understanding and love of the original time period but with the rare
ability to make the material sound fresh and emotionally relevant today. In
her established career she has shared stages with jazz icons,
performing internationally with The Harry James Orchestra, Vince
Giordano and The Nighthawks, the late Les Paul at New York’s Iridium
Jazz Club, The Woody Allen Band, at The Carlyle Hotel, as well as
directing her own New Yorkers, and as guest artist with orchestras and
in festivals across the world. She has played such venues as The
Iridium, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Montreal Jazz Festival,
Nighttown (Cleveland), Blues Alley (DC), The Arizona Music Festival,
Jazz Amarinois, and The Hotel Villa Flori, Lake Como. Will
Friedwald, author of Jazz Singing and Sinatra! has written: “No one
evokes more vividly the music of the great singers of the 1920s than
Barbara Rosene.” Barbara’s CDs include releases on the Blues Back, Arbor’s and Azica labels. For over 37 years, two-time EMMY® Award winning composer and performer Dave Powershas
been a vital part of the Columbus, Ohio music scene as a pianist,
keyboardist, vocalist, entertainer and educator. Dave has traveled and
performed nationally and internationally. Dave is a consultant and a
frequent guest of the Public Television Show “The Piano Guy” and has
taught a series of master classes with “Piano Guy” host Scott Houston.
Dave is also an adjunct faculty member of The Ohio State University
School of Music. Considered one of the most successful musicians in the
Midwest, Dave manages to win over the hearts of all who hear him
perform. From concerts to clubs and restaurants to corporate events and
private parties, his vast repertoire is as diverse as the audience that
he entertains. Dave has performed with noted performers such as Steve
Allen, George Benson, Rusty Bryant, Richie Cole, Buddy DeFranco, Mark
Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad), Eric Gale, Terry Gibbs, Ernie Krivda,
Wilbert Longmire, Johnny Lytle, ‘Blue’ Lou Marini (of the Blues
Brothers), Joan Rivers, Arturo Sandoval, Byron Stripling, Grover
Washington, Jr. and many others. In addition, Dave is associated with
the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus, and performs with the Columbus Jazz
Orchestra. For the past six years, Dave has been hosting a jazz concert
series at the Clintonville Woman’s Club called “The House Jazz Concert
Series.” Dave’s performance schedule and CD’s are available online at
www.davepowers.com, iTunes, CD Baby.com and amazon.com (keyword: Dave
Powers). Visit Website
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Avram Fefer & Michael Bisio Duo $15.00 Tuesday 4/25 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Cutting edge Sax/Bass Duo from NYC. Featuring Avram Fefer-sax, & Michael Bisio-acoustic bass. Avram Fefer is
an American saxophonist, composer, teacher, and bandleader. He
has recorded eleven albums as a leader and many more as a sideman.
He has performed in clubs and festivals throughout Europe, Japan,
Africa, and the Middle East and plays regularly in New York City. Avram
enjoys collaborations of all sorts, including with poets, dancers,
painters, filmmakers, theater directors, and digital sound designers. He
is the creator and sole performer of the Resonant Sculpture Project, an
international series of solo musical interactions with the large-scale
works of iconic sculptor Richard Serra. He
is actively involved in ensembles comprised of anywhere from two to
thirty musicians, playing music that ranges from classic jazz to
original and avant-garde composition, free improvisation, conducted
orchestral music, and a variety of North and West African music. Avram
also maintains a presence in the world of jazz fusion, dance,
afro-beat, funk, and hip-hop, including collaborations with DJ's
and members of the house music scene. As a bandleader, he is at the helm
of two electric groups --- Big Picture Holiday, Rivers on Mars; and
several acoustic groups ---the Avram Fefer Trio, the Fefer-Keiper
Connection, and the Nuju 4tet. Michael Bisio,
bassist/composer, has eighty five recordings in his discography, twenty
four of these are split evenly between leader/co-leader, ten of them
document his extraordinary association with modern piano icon Matthew
Shipp. Michael has been called a poet, a wonder and one of the most
virtuosic and imaginative performers on the double bass. Nate Chinen in the New York Times writes : "The
physicality of Mr. Bisio's bass playing puts him in touch with numerous
predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is
distinctive;..." As a composer Michael has been awarded nine grants and an Artist Trust Fellowship Collaborators
include Matthew Shipp, Joe McPhee, Charles Gayle, Connie Crothers, Whit
Dickey, Ivo Perelman, Barbara Donald, Newman Taylor Baker, Rob Brown,
Sonny Simmons and Sabir Mateen. Visit Website
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Kinky Friedman $30.00 Thursday 4/27 8:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Legendary Outlaw Country Singer/Songwriter, Novelist, & Raconteur Kinky Friedman hits the Stage at Nighttown! Yep,
renowned raconteur and Governor Of The Heart Of Texas Kinky Friedman
has been resurrected. And he’s hitting the road to prove it.
The legendary outlaw country singer/songwriter, novelist and Texas
Jewboy’s latest CD, The Loneliest Man I Ever Met (Avenue A
Records/Thirty Tigers), mixing originals with interpretations of the
music of his greatest contemporaries, is a hit. It has received
rave reviews across the board, making it Kinky’s best and most popular
release ever. Yes, the Kinkster has been resurrected. The
Resurrected Tour tour starts in mid-April and will continue to the
middle of May. Kinky will be performing with his uber sideman, Joe
Cirotti. Kinky’s cd producer, Brian Molnar will be opening the
show. Kinkster’s long time pal, Brian Kanof, will be auctioning
off bottles of Man In Black Tequila (which is co-owned by Brian, Kinky
and a third party) to benefit Kinky’s award-winning animal rescue group
Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch. Nobody
could invent a character quite like Kinky Friedman, the stogie-waving,
black-hat-wearing Texas Jewish singer, storyteller, tequila purveyor,
animal rescuer and full-time iconoclast. But
what he hadn’t done in 39 years was write brand new songs and record a
new studio album around them. Friedman’s The Loneliest Man I Ever Met,
has to have been one of the longest-awaited follow-ups in recent memory.
Not that fans have complained; the continued popularity of tunes such
as Sold American, Nashville Casualty and Life and Ride ’Em Jewboy (the
Holocaust-referencing song that soothed Nelson Mandela in prison) prove
Kinky is that rare talent whose work withstands the test of time.
Friedman still delivers those songs — interspersed with his inimitable
blend of politically incorrect quips, jokes and tales both tall and true
— to appreciative audiences around the world. And
new chapters of Kinky’s fable life are just around the corner -
literally. Coming soon from Backbeat Books will be Mary Lou
Sullivan’s comprehensive Kinky bio (holy cow: 450+ pages!) and a brand
new book by Kinky about Bob Dylan, which is not so much a biography as a
group of “tales from the Bob.” Railing
against such perceived evils — whether cultural, political, social or
in any other realm of human experience — is one of Friedman’s favorite
pastimes. As a man who has traveled much of the planet, quotes Winston
Churchill, and calls two presidents pals, he’s in a position to know. And
on tour Kinky will be, traveling from village to village, perhaps
proving the truth of resurrection itself, definitely railing against
evil. Upon his return from the road, Kinky will dive into that
next CD recording project. To be titled Zoey, it should be
available in late 2017. “Maybe I’ll just have to stick with
songwriting,” he says, stifling a sigh. Visit Website
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Nicole Henry $25.00 Friday 4/28 8:30 pm Buy Tickets
| Dynamic jazz & soul vocalist from Miami/NYC live on Nighttown stage! With the Robert Hubbard Trio. Since
her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the
jazz world’s most acclaimed vocalists. Ms. Henry possesses a potent
combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing and powerful
emotional resonance. Her
passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma have earned her a 2013
Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," three Top-10
U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz CDs, and rave reviews by The New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times,
Essence and more. Ms.
Henry’s accompaniment ranges from a jazz trio to a full big band with a
repertoire that includes the American Songbook, classic and contemporary
jazz, contemporary standards, blues and originals. Ms.
Henry has captivated audiences in over 15 countries, headlining at
venues in New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, San
Francisco and Miami - including over 30 music festivals and in some of
the world’s most famous venues. Such
venues include: Blue Note; Jazz at Lincoln Center; Blues Alley; Arsht
Center; Feinstein’s; Madrid Jazz Festival; Regattabar; Catalina Jazz,
L.A.; The Royal Room, Palm Beach; Jazz Aspen/Snowmass Festival; Green
Mill; Jazz Kitchen and many more! “The obvious forerunner to Ms. Henry…is the younger Natalie Cole, to whose style she adds a coating of brass.” - The New York Times "...this generation's First Lady of Jazz. She is the genuine article, the dream at last come true… - The Huffington Post “…a paragon of perfection…the vocal love child of Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan.” - Miami Herald “...a pop, soul superwoman.” - The New York Times Visit Website
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Stanley Jordan $20.00 Saturday 4/29 8:00 pm Buy Tickets 10:00 pm Buy Tickets
| Virtuoso Guitarist and Mack Avenue Recording Artist back at Nighttown for 2 Big Shows! In
a career that took flight with immediate commercial success and
critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently
displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination,
versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical
masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing
straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works—solo or
with a group—Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on
breathless journeys into the unexpected. Key
to Jordan’s fast-track acclaim was his mastery of a special technique
on the guitar’s fretboard. Instead of conventional strumming and
picking, Jordan's innovative "touch technique" is an advanced form of
two-handed tapping. While a handful of other players were using similar
techniques, Stanley’s fluid, multi-layered textures and sheer virtuosity
raised the bar for excellence. But
his technique, though impressive, is always a means to a musical end.
His music is imbued with a warmth and sensitivity that has captured the
imagination of listeners worldwide. A classically trained pianist before
playing guitar, Jordan wanted greater freedom in voicing chords on his
guitar, so he applied piano principles to do so. Jordan's touch
technique allows the guitarist to play melody and chords simultaneously
with an unprecedented level of independence. It also allows Jordan to
play simultaneously on two different guitars, or even on guitar and
piano. He says that “I think of it as a single instrument, but one with a
wide range of tonal colors—that’s why I do it.” To
date Jordan has performed in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He has
performed at many festivals, including the Kool Jazz Festival, the
Concord Jazz Festival, and the Montreaux International Jazz Festival.
During the 1980s he collaborated with a diverse array of artists,
including performances with Art Blakey and Richie Cole and recordings
with Stanley Clarke and Kenny Rogers. T Jordan has received four Grammy nominations. His most recent album "Friends" was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Jordan
came to prominence with the release of his 1985 album Magic Touch, a
revolutionary project that placed him at the forefront of re-launching
legendary Blue Note Records into a contemporary entity in jazz and
beyond, as also established the then-twenty-something Jordan as among
the most distinctive and refreshing new voices of the electric guitar. In
2007 Jordan signed with Mack Avenue Records and released State of
Nature in 2008 and Friends in 2011. For Friends, he invited musical
guests including guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli, Mike Stern, Russell Malone
and Charlie Hunter; violinist Regina Carter; saxophonists Kenny Garrett
and Ronnie Laws; trumpeter Nicholas Payton; bassists Christian McBride
and Charnett Moffett; and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Jordan
has maintained an extensive and consistent international touring
schedule. In between tour stops he is now at work on his next highly
anticipated album from Mack Avenue Records, for release next year. Visit Website
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Amina Figarova Quintet $20.00 Sunday 4/30 7:00 pm Buy Tickets
| From Azerbaijan! World Class pianist and her Quintet back at Nighttown! Azerbaijan-born,
globe-trotting composer and pianist Amina Figarova introduces ten
colorful, compelling new compositions performed by her touring sextet
plus guests on Blue Whisper, her 13th album since her 1994 debut
Attraction. Figarova's
deeply personal, highly evocative responses to social turmoil,
distinctive personalities she's encountered and universal transitions of
life inform the music on Blue Whisper. Moods range from the haunting
beauty of the titular track "Blue Whisper," as well as "Moonrise" and
"Hewa" (featuring lyrics in Swahili by Sarah Elizabeth Charles) to the
straight-ahead momentum of "Moving Forward," "The Hustler" and "The
Traveler," to the sophisticated playfulness of "Pictures," "Marians" and
"Juno." In "Hear My Voice," over a martial beat and sorrowful, resolute
horn choir, an eight-year-old girl earnestly urges an end to violence
world-wide and, with laughter, a request to "Let kids be kids." Throughout
all tracks, Amina's classically founded touch, her lilting melodies,
luminous harmonies, often understated yet always propulsive rhythms and
star soloists come together with immaculate sophistication. Trumpeters
Ernie Hammes and Alex Pope Norris, saxophonists Wayne Escoffery and Marc
Mommaas, bassists Luques Curtis and Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Jason
Brown, flutist Bart Platteau -- Figarova's partner and husband of nearly
25 years – and electric guitarist Anthony Wilson (on "Pictures") are
featured advantageously in spontaneous, creative engagement with her
compositional themes and intentions. Amina
Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a
classical concert pianist. In the late 1980s she entered Rotterdam
Conservatory to pursue jazz, coming to the United State in 1989 to
complete her formal education at Boston's Berklee College of Music
(where she met Platteau, a fellow student from Belgium). In 1998 they
were invited to the Thelonious Monk Institute's summer jazz colony in
Aspen, and after more than a decade of bookings in major U.S. jazz
clubs, concert halls and festivals, the couple gained legal immigrant
status in 2014. They currently live in Manhattan, and tour constantly. The
compositions "Pictures" and "The Traveler" were commissioned by Jazz
from Lincoln Center for its 2014-15 New Jazz Standards series. Blue
Whisper is Figarova's second album, after Twelve, on In + Out Records,
an independent label based in Freiberg, Germany. Visit Website
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"Late
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Fridays Moss Stanley
on piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No cover
Saturdays Jackie Warren on
piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No cover
Sunday, April 2 Dominick Farinacci w/Shenel Johns & Christian Tamburr 7 PM $30.
Rising Trumpet Star leads All-Star Group live at Nighttown!
Featuring: Dominick Farinacci-trumpet, Shenel Johns-vocals, Christian
Tamburr-vibes & piano, Jamey Haddad-percussion, & more!
Monday, April 3 Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater 7 PM $10.
Next Generations of Broadway Stars takes the stage at Nighttown!
Tuesday, April 4 Stephane Wrembel
7 PM $20.
Gypsy Jazz Guitarist From France & his Group play music from his brand new CD 'The Django Experiment'.
Thursday, April 6 Charlie Hunter
8 PM $20.
8 String Guitar Virtuoso and his Group return to Nighttown!
Friday,
April
7
Pete Cavano & Friends
8:30
PM
$10.
North Coast Acoustic Guitar Master takes the stage at Nighttown. With Special Guests TBA.
Saturday, April
8
Cleveland Opera Theater
5 & 8
PM
$40.
"The Man That Got Away" The iconic music of George Gershwin is
woven in to a poignant story of love, life, loss, and nostalgia.
Sunday, April 9 Cleveland Cello Quartet 7 PM. $10.
CIM Students & Graduates present an evening of Classical & Pop
Music Live at Nighttown! Performing a genre-bending fusion of
classical, jazz, and pop music
Friday April 14
Honeybucket
8:30 PM $15.
Honeybucket Live at Nighttown! Featuring: Brendan O'Malley-Vocals
& Mandolin & Adam Reifsnyder-Vocals & Guitar.
Special Guest Opening Act TriHearn.
Saturday, April 15 Raul Midon
8:30 PM $30.
Singer/Songwriter combines Jazz, Soul, and more for exciting evening at Nighttown!
Wednesday, April 19 Polly Gibbons
7 PM $20.
Rapidly rising Jazz Vocalist from London, England makes her Cleveland
debut at Nighttown! Featuring music from her new CD on Resonance
Records.
Thursday, April 20 Paula Boggs Band 8 PM $20.
From Seattle! Singer Songwriter with 6 Pc. Band combines Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues, Rock, and more!
Featuring: Paula Boggs-vocals-guitar, ukulele, Issac Castillo-bass,
vocals, Mark Chinen-guitar, banjo, Tim Conroy-keys, vocals, trumpet,
accordion, Tor Dietrichson-percussion, vocals,
& Sandy Greenbaum-drums.
Friday,
April
21
Blue Lunch with Tim Gartland 8:30 PM $20.
Swing and Blues from North Coast favorites 8 Pc. Blue Lunch with Special Guest Tim Gartland on Vocals and Harp.
Saturday, April 22 Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano 8:30 PM $20.
From New York City! Award winning Stars of Cabaret hit the stage at Nighttown!
Featuring: Eric Comstock-piano & vocals, Barbara Fasano-vocals, & Bryan Thomas-acoustic bass.
Monday,
April
24
Barbara Rosene
7
PM
$20.
NYC vocalist and native Clevelander returns for showcase gig. Currently lead vocalist with the Harry James Orchestra.
Featuring Dave Powers on piano.
Tuesday, April 25 Avram Fefer & Michael Bisio Duo 7 PM $15.
Cutting edge Sax/Bass Duo from NYC. Featuring Avram Fefer-sax, & Michael Bisio-acoustic bass.
Thursday, April 27 Kinky Friedman
8 PM
$30.
Legendary Outlaw Country Singer/Songwriter, Novelist, & Raconteur
Kinky Friedman hits the Stage at
Nighttown!
Friday April 28 Nicole Henry
8:30PM $25
Dynamic jazz & soul vocalist from Miami/NYC live on Nighttown stage! With the Robert Hubbard Trio.
Saturday, April 29 Stanley Jordan
8 & 10 PM
$20.
Virtuoso Guitarist and Mack Avenue Recording Artist back at Nighttown for 2 Big Shows!
Sunday, April 30 Amina Figarova Quintet
7 PM
$20.
From Azerbaijan! World Class pianist and her Quintet back at Nighttown!
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