May 31 Friday
John Pizzarelli [guitar and vocals]Mike Karn [double bass]Isaiah J. Thompson [piano]
Guitarist and singer JOHN PIZZARELLI has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and the Beatles. In addition to being a bandleader and solo performer, Pizzarelli has been a special guest on recordings for major pop names such as Natalie Cole, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Wopat, Rickie Lee Jones and Dave Van Ronk, as well as leading jazz artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Ruby Braff, Johnny Frigo, Buddy DeFranco, Harry Allen and, of course, his father Bucky Pizzarelli. He won a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category as co-producer of James Taylor’s American Standard in 2021. A radio personality who got his start in the medium in 1984, Pizzarelli is co-host, alongside wife Jessica Molaskey, of Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli. He has performed on America’s most popular national television shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and Great Performances, as well as the talk shows of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Regis Philbin and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Jun 01 Saturday
Jun 02 Sunday
Heritage Award-winning 53rd Annual Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention includes band and individual performer competitions in bluegrass, old-time and Celtic music, and vocal and Appalachian clogging/flatfooting competitions. Top prize for the band competition is $1000. This family friendly event includes food and craft vendors, but the emphasis is on music. Shade tree picking and picnicking are encouraged. The day concludes with a concert by IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass.
Additional showtime on 6/2 at 7:30pm.
“Owens captivated the room with her masterful playing and exuberant charm” – NPR’s Jazz Night in America
Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist of 2019, Juilliard graduate and Detroit native Endea Owens is a vibrant bassist popularly known as a member of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s house band Stay Human, led by Jon Batiste. With her masterful band The Cookout, Owens performs joyful, head-bobbing jazz imbued with a sense of community and activism – a conviction that extends beyond the stage.
She has been mentored by jazz icons including Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter, and has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Steve Turre, among others.
Founded by Endea Owens and birthed as the result of the pandemic, The Community Cookout is an organization that creates inclusive spaces that are accessible to anyone no matter their race, gender, or background. The Community Cookout strives to make New York a better place through music, activism, and meals.
Jun 04 Tuesday
Obasi Akoto and prominent members of the Greater Baltimore & Washington, D.C. Jazz Community will lead us in world-class performances every Tuesday from 7pm-10pm. Surround yourself with great company, soul lifting music, and wonderful food! Click HERE to read our Bright Moments Jam Session Newsletter, written by Obasi Akoto every week.
"A jazz renaissance is happening right here and right now at Keystone Korner." - Obasi Akoto
Free admission, unless otherwise indicated. Reservations are required. Two item food & beverage minimum.
Jun 06 Thursday
“a percussion colourist of great distinction... leans heavily on his aptitude for, and particular genius for counterpoint and most of important of all – his understanding of instrumental timbre...” – Raul Da Gama, Latin Jazz Network 2018.
Hailing from the Venezuelan Andes, Fran Vielma is a critically acclaimed and award-winning multi-percussionist, composer, and educator. His continuous research on the rhythms of America, and beyond, is integrated with his attraction to concert music and the freedom of jazz. Fran Vielma's performance and compositional esthetic integrates rhythmic elements of his native Venezuela, the nuance and variety of classical and world music styles, as well as the freedom of jazz!
This stellar band was premiered in 2021 to showcase contemporary Pan-American jazz, a historic blend that started around the 19th century in New Orleans with the Afro-Caribbean diaspora greatly encouraged by the Haitian Revolution. Artists like Justo Aspiazú, Chano Pozo, Mario Bauza, Machito, Chico O’Farrell, Dizzy Gillespie, as well as Lucho Bermudez in Colombia, Aldemaro Romero in Venezuela, and Astor Piazzolla in Argentina have been an inspiration to the multi-awarded composer and percussionist Fran Vielma.
The orchestra is working on its debut album to be released in 2025, featuring a cast of world-class musicians after holding a residency at Mr. Henry’s Jazz Club-DC since 2022.
Jun 07 Friday
Ravi Coltrane [saxophone]Ele Howell [drums]Gadi Lehavi [piano]
An engaging, GRAMMY™ nominated & deeply cerebral jazz saxophonist, Ravi Coltrane is the son of legendary jazz icons saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane. He first emerged as a player in the '90s working with Steve Coleman's M-Base, and on tour with drummer Elvin Jones. Despite his family legacy and strong affinity for both of his parents' musical output, he has established himself as a distinctively engrossing player in his own right. Albums like 2005's In Flux and 2012's Spirit Fiction showcase his rich harmonic approach and warm sounds that are his own.
Additional credits include performances as well as recordings with Elvin Jones, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Baron, Steve Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, Matt Garrison, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Geri Allen, Joanne Brackeem, The Blue Note 7, among others. He is a co-leader of the Saxophone Summit with Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman.
Tony Wendice, who married his wife Margot for her money, now plans to murder her for the same reason. Tony arranges the perfect murder: He hires a scoundrel he once knew into strangling Margot and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself. Will he get away with it? Find out in this nail-biting production. Featuring veteran actors Richard Dobson Jr., Sandra DeRocha, Tom Semmes, Richard Dobson Sr., and Tom Doty, they’ll have you looking over your shoulder!
General Admission tickets for all performances are $18, $15 for Senior Citizen aged 65 and older may also be purchased at the door or online at https://www.potomacplaymakers.org/get-tickets/ . Dial “M” for Murder is directed by Janet Palmer and is produced with kind permission from Dramatists Play Service, Inc. This production is rated PG.
Jun 08 Saturday