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Concert By The C - solo C-melody saxophone performance Since 2019, Brad Linde has been performing solo concerts on the rare C-melody saxophone. The improvisations are drawn from compositions by Albert Ayler, Anthony Braxton, Lennie Tristano, Charlie Parker, and originals. This performance is dedicated to Jimmy Giuffre and pianist Erroll Garner in celebration of their centennials. Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through June 9.

La Casa de Don Pedro’s highly-anticipated annual cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception La Casa es su Casa is coming back to a living room near you on June 17th at 5:30PM. Register for free! This year’s event has been rebranded to La Casa en su Casa to highlight that it will be virtual once again due to COVID-19 precautions and restrictions. Complete with guest speakers, handcrafted video segments, a virtual wine and cheese tasting, and exclusive spoken word performance, La Casa en su Casa will honor Newark's and La Casa’s unsung heroes throughout this unprecedented pandemic. The event is FREE to attend. Visit www.lacasanwk.org/la-casa-en-su-casa to RSVP, purchase wine & cheese packages, sponsor the event, and learn more.

A formidable and consummately lyrical guitarist” – Time Out, New York “A limber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps the modernist flame alive and pure, with a low flame burning in every note — Gary Giddins, The Village Voice An esteemed, redoubtably swinging guitarist on the New York City jazz scene for the past 35 years, Roni Ben-Hur has been immersed in the music of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk since arriving in the Big Apple from Israel in 1985. A protege of bebop piano legend, educator and 1989 NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris, Ben-Hur earned his reputation on the strength of such superb recordings as 1995’s Backyard (with the Barry Harris Trio), 1998’s Sofia’s Butterfly and 2001’s Anna’s Dance (which reunited him with his mentor Harris). A dedicated educator, he is also founding director of the jazz program at the Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Center in Manhattan, which he established in 1994. Through his ambitious out- reach programs — his RBH Jazz Camps, which take place in Vermont during the summer and in the South of France in the spring and fall, and his popular online workshops and masterclasses — Roni has continued to pass on invaluable lessons to a new generation of aspiring jazz musicians. A multi-directional player, Ben-Hur first hinted at an affinity for Brazilian music on his 2005 album Signature, which included faithful renditions of Jobim’s “Luiza” and Heitor Villa- Lobos’ “Choro No. 1.” That fondness for the alluring rhythms and melodies of Brazil was also evident on 2007’s Keepin’ It Open, which balanced Monk and Elmo Hope tunes with bossa novas by Dori Caymmi and Djalma Ferreira, and on 2009’s Fortuna, which alternated between Great American Songbook numbers by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and bossa novas by Jobim. Roni followed his Brazilian muse on 2011’s Mojave, a quartet date co-led by Trio da Paz bassist Nilson Matta, and 2015’s Alegria De Viver, a collection of intimate duets with legendary Brazilian singer Leny Andrade, once described as “the Sarah Vaughan of bossa nova.” His longstanding fascination with Brazilian music comes to full fruition on his 2020 album, Samba Do Arraial, Recorded in Sao Paolo. In his latest recording, Stories, released March 5, 2021 via Dot Time Records, the renown guitarist and composer, collaborated with some of the finest musicians on the international jazz circuit, sharing a fascinating collection of Stories from his genre-busting 40-year multicultural musical journey. Joining Ben-Hur is the legendary George Cables on piano, esteemed trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, the steadfast rhythm section with bassist Harvie S and drummer Victor Lewis, and special guest vocalists Magos Herrera and Tamuz Nissim. “A deep musician, a storyteller, Ben-Hur works with a warm, glowing sound and has an alluring way of combining engaging notes with supple rhythm.” Zan Stewart, The Star-Ledger Harvie S, bass and Tim Horner, drums Source:: http://www.ronibenhur.com

The Vermont Jazz Center is pleased to complete its 2020-21 livestream season with a concert by the highly acclaimed Immanuel Wilkins Quartet on June 5th, 2021. 
Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone, composer
Micah Thomas, piano
Daryl Johns, bass
Kweku Sumbry, drums This young group, each of whom is in their early to mid-twenties, has been touring, recording and creating together since their teens and has been a solid, performing ensemble for four years. The Immanuel Wilkins Quartet’s debut record, Omega, released on Blue Note and produced by Jason Moran, has received NPR’s Best Debut Jazz Album of 2020 and topped the New York Times’ Best Jazz Albums of 2020. Other accolades showered upon Wilkins include Best New Talent of 2020 by Musica Jazz, and a LetterOne Rising Stars Jazz Award. In past years, our concerts happen “live” and in person and are valued at $40 per ticket. This year, with live streaming, we are relying on donations to offset costs.  Please give generously and support live music.  www.vtjazz.org 802 258 9088

Born in Pittsburgh, home to jazz greats Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Ahmad Jamal, Richard D. Johnson has strong territorial jazz roots. He was first introduced to the piano at the age of five by his father, a gospel pianist from Baltimore. Since then, he has cultivated a rich and pedigreed musical background being schooled by some of the most legendary jazz musicians and studying at the most esteemed institutions of music. After receiving a scholarship and graduating from the Berklee School of Music in just two years, Richard entered the Boston Conservatory where he earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy. He then went on to receive an Artist Performance Diploma at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at New England Conservatory under the direction of the influential Ron Carter. Richard was invited to become a member of Wynton Marsalis' Septet and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which he did from 2000-2003. He also played as part of the Russell Malone Quartet, Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet & The Bobby Watson Quartet. After completing his tenure with those groups Richard started the Reach Afar program for young people ages of 7-17, educating them about elements of jazz in hip-hop. Richard has traveled extensively, sharing the gift of jazz to audiences around the world. As a representative of the United States through the U.S. State Department, Richard was named United States Musical Ambassador. During that time he did six State Department tours that took him to Central and South America, Africa, & The Middle East affording him the opportunity to perform in more than 76 countries. Richard has also accompanied such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Arturo Sandoval. In 2005 Richard became the musical director for the Atlanta Spirit LLC. This joint project enabled him to create a live instrumental five-member band for the N.B.A and perform at all forty-six home games and outside activities. One of Richard's other strengths is administration and music management. In 2013 he began his artist in residence at Eau Claire University in Wisconsin. After a 2 year stint there he relocated to Doha Qatar and lived in the Middle East for four years managing several venues for the St. Regis Hotel Brand. Currently, Richard resides in Chicago. Also, Richard is the leading Jazz Piano instructor at Peabody Conservatory of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Richard also serves as the piano instructor for the Ravinia Jazz Program located in Chicago. Richard is an accomplished composer and arranger with five musical releases as a leader. His recently released project is entitled “First Glance” is inspired by all the beauty that’s happening in the world that is often overlooked due to negativity. Richard is a Yamaha endorsed piano artist! A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through Sept. 2.

This event will be a ticketed 4-course meal with 2-drink tickets included as well as access to 2 sets of live music presented by ALL IN featuring Curtis Lundy.

5BMF marks a triumphant return to live concert performance and the grand finale of its 2020-2021 Digital Mainstage Season with the New York City and online premieres of Terra Nova, a concert-length song cycle composed by the members of ORACLE HYSTERICAL and performed in collaboration with HUB NEW MUSIC. Commissioned by Hub New Music and 5BMF, Terra Nova will be presented live in partnership with BPL PRESENTS on May 15th in a free, outdoor performance on the steps at Brooklyn Public Library’s majestic Grand Army Plaza location, and also filmed at the historic NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART AT SNUG HARBOR, Staten Island, for its online premiere on June 17th. ABOUT THE PROJECT Terra Nova is inspired by a range of ambitious, gritty (and sometimes naive, cruel, and myopic) explorers: a fanciful view from Amelia Earhart’s cockpit by Majel Connery, a playful setting of John James Audubon’s descriptions of wood warblers by Brad Balliett, Dylan Greene’s speculative tone poem of the pre-Columbian exploration of North America by Chinese mariners, Elliot Cole’s haunting setting of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s final letter home, and Agamemnon, Doug Balliet’s tension-filled spoken-and-sung cantata depicting the ill-fated king’s reunion with Clytemnestra; plus many more. These adventurers, captivated by unchartered territory, share an often combustible mix of guts, ego, greed, and unwavering determination, their discoveries ranging from the beautiful to the terrible. Both venues share deep connections with the musical material. Terra Nova will be in its element on the grounds of Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, one of the city’s great monuments to the printed word, whose collection contains all of the texts that inspired these new works. The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, by contrast, shares in the songs’ spirit and history; now a museum for contemporary art, it was once a dormitory for sailors, with frescoed walls that still read “Rest after dangerous Toil,” a 188-year-old space, existing then and now for intrepid explorers and explorations. Program: Terra Nova A collection of songs inspired by new lands, and the people who ventured into them Majel Connery – All the way down (2021) Inspired by the musings of Amelia Earhart Brad Balliett – Wood Warblers (2021) Excerpts from the writings of naturalist John James Audubon Dylan Greene – When China Discovered the World (2021) Instrumental after the book by Gavin Menzies Majel Connery – Fallen Angel (2021) From Milton’s Paradise Lost Doug Balliett – The Gothic Pater Noster (2021) From the Gothic Bible, ca. 390 AD Doug Balliett – Agamemnon Crosses the Line (2021) Loosely based on Aeschylus’s Oresteia Dylan Greene – laundry and cooking (2021) Adapted from the poem by Bret Harte Elliot Cole – Terra Nova (2021) From the journals of Robert Falcon Scott Oracle Hysterical: Doug Balliett, bass/viola da gamba Brad Balliett, bassoons Majel Connery, keyboards/vocals Elliot Cole, guitars/keyboards/vocals Joe Bergen, guest percussion Hub New Music: Michael Avitable, flute Nicholas Brown, clarinet Alyssa Wang, violin Jesse Christeson, cello Sound Engineer: Chris Botta Videography: Eric Jenkins-Sahlin, Meristem Pictures

Jazz pianist Markus Gottschlich (“A painter of emotions via music” - All About Jazz) performs songs from his recently released album "Found Sounds," which focuses on the transformation and re-interpretation of everyday sounds. The event is free and will be live-streamed on ACFNY’s Youtube channel.

The Billy Harper Quintet featuring Billy Harper tenor sax, Freddie Hendrix trumpet, Francesca Tanksley piano, Corcoran Holt bass and Aaron Scott drums.

Violinist, Erick and Alisa Wyrick, along with musical colleagues and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will join with SOMA neighbors for a Summer Series of concerts for “Live on the Lawn” Neighbors for Arts Education May 28th, June 4th, June 11th at 7 p.m. on the at the Blanchard Mansion lawn, 100 Blanchard Rd South Orange, NJ. Neighbors Eric Wyrick and Alisa Wyrick hosted by neighbors John and Yvonne Patterson of the Patterson Foundation have come together to raise awareness, appreciation, and funds for Arts education in Essex County. Funds will help support the expansion of the Soma Suzuki Program and the Weequahic Park Conservancy, Art Access-Art Start. May 28th, 2021 7 pm Eric Wyrick and fellow members of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra perform music of Mendelsshon and a special performance of Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet June 4th, 2021 7 pm Eric and Alisa Wyrick, violinists Kaya Bryla-Weiss, viola and Eugene Moye, cello perform Quartets of Borodin and Dvorak “American”. June 11th, 2021 7 pm Wyrick friends and family perform Brahms viola Quintet and Mendelsshon Octet (list of players) Music and artistic expression have suffered during the current pandemic. Neighbors in the South Orange community have joined to create “Live on the Lawn” Neighbors for Art access and arts education, an outdoor neighborhood concert series planned May 28th, June 4th and June 11th, all beginning at 7 p.m. to kick-off Memorial Day weekend and to celebrate a safe and enjoyable summer. The concert series will be held on the lawn of the landmark Blanchard House, 100 Blanchard Road in South Orange, NJ. The Wyricks live in a musical household in South Orange with their two daughters, who play violin and cello. The Wyricks know the need to invest early in children’s ability, not only to cultivate their musical interest and exposure, but also to reinforce ability and provide good quality training. Yvonne Patterson, co-founder of the Patterson Foundation states, “The concert’s goal is to lift the community’s spirit, provide hope and opportunity.” Price: $25 to $100 Suggested Donation Contact: Yvonne Delaine Garrett Patterson vonnemoore56@yahoo.com 9738039390 Patterson Foundation