Admission: FREE!.Created & directed by Dave Schroeder & Rich Shemaria, the NYU jazz group Combo Nuvo has included such jazz icons as Lenny Pickett, Tom Scott, Lenny White, Paul McCandless, & Blue Lou Marini. This performance will include a 10-piece string orchestra, featuring Mike Mainieri on vibraphone.
Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Dave Schroeder (harmonica, alto clarinet, soprano sax, flute, Mongolian ever buree), Billy Drewes (soprano saxophone, clarinet, alto flute, percussion)
Brad Shepik (acoustic guitar), Rich Shemaria (piano, composer/orchestrator), Jerry DeVore (acoustic bass), Jeremy Warren (drum set)
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Admission: $20.New York City & Hudson Valley–based jazz vocalist Jaana Narsipur releases her innovative new album “The Re-Collection”, a jazz reimagining of 80s pop classics from Kate Bush, The Eurythmics, Joe Jackson, & other iconic artists. Featuring Jaana Narsipur (vocals), Nicki Adams (piano), Eddy Khaimovich (upright/electric bass), Joe Abba (drums/ percussion), Jun Ida (trumpet), Sean Nowell (tenor sax), Sara Caswell (violin), & Laura Masferrer (cello).More information
Admission: FREE!.In this immersive outdoor concert, follow a guided “music trail” through the park, where small ensembles perform original chamber works near the trees & landscapes that inspired them. Commissioned by MSPC, cellist/composer/presenter Jody Redhage Ferber created these new works as part of her ongoing EcoTones Concerts series, which brings live, site-specific music into outdoor public spaces. The compositions are inspired by the park’s historic trees & its five horticultural collections: Camellias, Daffodils, Hydrangeas, Redbuds, & Witch Hazels.More information
Admission: $39-$102.Chris Potter & Julian Lage take the stage to debut a world premiere inspired by the legacy of abolitionist John Brown – the radical abolitionist whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry helped propel the nation toward Civil War. The work reflects on Brown himself: the physical body as symbol, catalyst, and moral reckoning. Potter, one of the most significant saxophonists of his generation, joins forces with Lage — guitarist celebrated for his clarity, imagination, and deep engagement with American musical traditions — to explore history through music that wrestles with contradiction, conviction, and consequence. Chris Potter (tenor sax), Julian Lage (guitar), Marshall Gilkes (trombone), Sara Caswell (violin), Rane Moore (clarinet), James Genus (bass), & Nate Smith (drums).More information
Admission: $10-$20.Part of Jazz Society of Fairfield County’s Jazz at the Post series: Ike Sturm (bass), Sara Caswell (violin), Alex Brown (piano), Jesse Lewis (guitar), Greg Wall (saxophones)More information
Admission: $15 – $25 per person.OnWeGo is a collaboration between David Thorne Scott (voice/bass), Mark Shilansky (piano/voice), Sara Caswell (violin), and Eric Byers (guitar/voice) embracing jazz, popular, & world music, with an emphasis on vocal harmony & collective improvisation. Original songs are heard side-by-side with carefully chosen covers by such artists as Crowded House, Leonard Cohen, Hall and Oates, & Cole Porter, in arrangements that feature the group members’ virtuoso playing & telepathic interplay.More information
Admission: FREE.OnWeGo is a collaboration between David Thorne Scott (voice/bass), Mark Shilansky (piano/voice), Sara Caswell (violin), and Eric Byers (guitar/voice) embracing jazz, popular, & world music, with an emphasis on vocal harmony & collective improvisation. Original songs are heard side-by-side with carefully chosen covers by such artists as Crowded House, Leonard Cohen, Hall and Oates, & Cole Porter, in arrangements that feature the group members’ virtuoso playing & telepathic interplay.More information
Admission: $23 adv / $32 day of.OnWeGo is a collaboration between David Thorne Scott (voice/bass), Mark Shilansky (piano/voice), Sara Caswell (violin), and Eric Byers (guitar/voice) embracing jazz, popular, & world music, with an emphasis on vocal harmony & collective improvisation. Original songs are heard side-by-side with carefully chosen covers by such artists as Crowded House, Leonard Cohen, Hall and Oates, & Cole Porter, in arrangements that feature the group members’ virtuoso playing & telepathic interplay.More information
Admission: $36-$46.Sara will be the special guest on Frank Vignola’s Guitar Night, a weekly series held Wednesdays at The Birdland Theater. Featuring Frank (guitar), Pasquale Grasso (guitar), Gary Mazzaroppi (bass), Alex Raderman (drums).Buy TicketsMore information
Founded in 1991 by Warren Wilson College President Emeritus Douglas M. Orr, Jr., The Swannanoa Gathering is an educational program of the college, consisting of a series of week-long workshops in various folk arts held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College just east of Asheville in the heart of North Carolina’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Sara will be participating in Fiddle Week leading classes in Jazz Improvisation and Music Theory.More information
