The winner of numerous international awards for his trumpet playing (including 2017 ITG International Trumpet Competition Winner), 25 year old Tony Glausi has already recorded six impressive albums and he brings his quintet to Tarrytown for an evening of new original music from his upcoming album. This recording is different as, for the first time, Tony sings a songbook, a collection of stories told melody by melody.

Tony Glausi be accompanied by Julian Lee on the tenor saxophone, Ryan Slatko on piano, Dan Chmielinski on bass, and Bryan Carter on drums.

The immense natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro inspired the bossa nova, samba and choro. To honor Rio’s beauty, its legendary composers and classic songs, guitar giant Carlos Barbosa-Lima, his long-time musical partner Larry Del Casale and other top musicians recorded the perfect tribute in 2018 with their delicate but fantastic album Delicado. Jazz Weekly called it “sublime.” Carlos and Larry will show you why in this special show.

This Sunday, Mar 1 • 8-10 PM

A heralded bass player from Brazil who collaborated with masters like João Gilberto and Luis Bonfá, Nilson Matta moved to New York in 1985, continuing working with the best — Joe Henderson, Paquito D’Rivera, Astrud Gilberto, Claudio Roditi, Don Pullen and more. Chosen by Yo-Yo Ma for his Brazilian Project, Nilson played on the Project’s three Grammy-winning records and toured the world.

Don’t miss Nilson Matta & Brazilian Voyage featuring Maucha Adnet, vocals, Helio Alves, piano, Duduka Da Fonseca, drums & Andres Boiarsky, sax!

A highly-favored guitarist in Brazil, throughout Latin America and in Europe, Sao Paulo native Vinicius Gomes has constantly collaborated with world-class musicians like Seamus Blake, Dave Liebman and two-time Grammy-winner Edu Ribeiro. After playing on Toninho Ferragutti’s 2017 Brazilian Music Award-winning album A Gata Café, Vinicius released his debut record Resiliência. His second album is due shortly. Come experience Vinicius’s dazzling explorations in the dialogue between modern jazz and Brazilian music.

With her sophisticated style and deep contralto that Jazz Times called “smooth and dark as the richest espresso,” Alexis Cole is equally comfortable singing in hard bop settings as tackling Disney or Paul Simon’s material. For two decades, through 11 albums, she’s inhabited standards, especially blues and ballads, in the manner of Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. An old friend of the Jazz Forum, Alexis remains an international attraction. Come see why.

New York’s music scene has it all so it’s natural that Brooklyn-born drummer-composer-arranger-vocalist Willie Martinez has played the city’s varied major stages for three decades, from CBGB’s to Carnegie Hall. One of the most sought-after drummers in Latin Jazz, he’s performed with legends like bandleader Chico O’Farrill and pianist George Cables besides fronting La Famillia Sextet. His own quartet gigs are always some of the hottest dates in town.