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LIVE SHOWS
Click Here For Full Schedule- May 21 - Josh Evans Sextet - Smalls - New York, New York
- May 24 - Greg Murphy - Lorenzo's - Staten Island, New York
- May 24 - Frank Noviello Duo - Martini Grill - Wood-Ridge, NJ
- May 27 - Greg Murphy Trio - Smalls - New York, New York
- May 28 - Josh Evans Sextet - Smalls - New York, New York
- May 31 - Frank Noviello Duo - Martini Grill - Wood-Ridge, NJ
- Jun 14 - Greg Murphy - Lorenzo's - Staten Island, New York
- Jun 15 - Greg Murphy - Lorenzo's - Staten Island, New York
- Jun 20 - Greg Murphy - Lorenzo's - Staten Island, New York
Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali walked the earth with a powerful and passionate presence. All his endeavors, his family, his music, and his friends, received his passionate dedication. As his drumming was multidirectional and rhythmical, so was his life. He walked many paths as a father, son, husband, mentor, and innovator. Ali was unique with the agility and grace to fill all of these roles with love. Ali developed the style known as "free jazz" drumming, which liberates the (Full Bio)
Raphael Cruz
Raphael Cruz is a musician’s musician. As one of the first-call percussionists on the New York music scene, he has played with literally hundreds of the great stars of Latin, Jazz, Pop, Rock and R&B music. Originally from Santo Domingo, he has honed his skills with such greats as Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Chaka Kahn, Paquito D'Rivera, Tata Guines, Herbie Mann, Claudio Roditi and George Benson, among others. (Full Bio)
Greg Murphy
An experienced improviser, composer, arranger and teacher, Greg Murphy has led, directed and performed with various groups throughout the world for the past three decades. Maxwell Chandler writes in a 2009 review of Rashied Ali Quintet’s Live in Europe: “Throughout the album Greg Murphy’s piano possesses a cerebral element which allows for shimmering smoke and discordant percussive runs while never becoming overly fragile or sounding as if merely hitting the keys (Full Bio)
Joris Teepe
Several great bassists in Jazz came from Europe (Dave Holland, George Mraz, NHOP, Miroslav Vitous), but Joris Teepe is the first European musician from The Netherlands to be able to make it in NewYork. Arriving in New York in 1992 with just his bass and a suitcase, he quickly met many musicians, started to work a lot and a year later he recorded his first CD, co-led by Don Braden and featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Carl Allen and Tom Harrell. (Full Bio)
Frank Noviello
In Frank Noviello, we have a bonafide jazz vocalist adhering to a tradition of extemporaneous performance. Frank was born In Englewood, New Jersey. He began studying voice and drama at age five. During childhood, he appeared in several off-Broadway productions Including "Macbeth" and was an understudy in the Broadway play "Fanny" He appeared at Carnegie Hall at age seven as part of a "Star Time" revue production. (Full Bio)
Josh Evans
Josh Evans, born and raised in Hartford, CT, was drawn to the trumpet after hearing a Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie recording at the age of 10. Josh began studying with Raymond Dr. Rackle Williams and within a year he would be performing regularly with Dr. Rackle's Sound Griot Brass Band. By 13 his musical career would begin to take shape when he began to study with and be mentored by the celebrated alto saxohonist/composer, (Full Bio)
Terry Silverlight
Terry Silverlight has been involved with many facets of the music business and has contributed his musical talents as a leader, composer, producer, arranger, drummer, author and educator to projects in almost every style of music. Terry began his recording career at the age of 14 when he played drums on his Brother Barry Miles’s album, "White Heat", an innovative harbinger of the fusion movement. Since then, he’s performed all over the world and (Full Bio)
Chico Alvarez
Ernesto "Chico" Alvarez Peraza has been performing as a singer and percussionist throughout the New York City tri-state area for the last four decades. He currently leads his own three trumpet conjunto MAFIMBA, as well as an ambitious 16 piece concert band, known as The PALOMONTE AFRO-CUBAN BIG BAND. He is also the host and producer of NEW WORLD GALLERY, an eclectic world music radio show (Full Bio)
Greg Sundel
Greg Sundel began taking drum lessons at age 7, was studying with Joe Morello by age 15, and at 17 performed with jazz great Joshua Redman. By the age of 21, he was touring with hip-hop group Cosmic Ghetto and performing/recording with pop icons Lauryn Hill and Billy Corgan. Greg has studied with Bernard Purdie, John Riley, Ian Froman, and attended Berklee College of Music and William Paterson University. (Full Bio)
Rashied Ali Tribute Band
Obvious to many, John Coltrane played a major and invaluable role both musically and personally in Rashied Ali’s life. Rashied polished and refined his "multidirectional" style of drumming alongside Coltrane. Those who were fortunate enough to have performed with Rashied recognized his genius and his important contributions and innovations to the jazz art form. Rashied’s mission was to "push the music (Full Bio)
Rakalam Bob Moses
Drummer, composer, artist, poet, dancer, visionary, nature mystic: Bob Moses's life has been a continuous quest for vision, spirit, compassion, growth, and mastery in a multiplicity of art forms. A partial list of stellar musicians Bob Moses has worked and/or recorded with both as a leader and a sideman includes: Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jim Pepper, Larry Coryell, The Free Spirits, Dave Liebman, Gary Burton, Keith Jarrett, Steve Swallow, Pat Metheny, (Full Bio)Rashied Ali Quintet, Viersen, Germany September 19, 2008
Greg Murphy Trio, New Jersey Performing Arts Center June 2008
Terry Silverlight Group, The Cutting Room NYC
Raphael Cruz Quintet, Montvale, NJ
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