Don’t Miss Alexis Cole @ Jazz Forum!

Award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Cole may be the most talented singer to ever hold a top-secret military clearance. A dozen albums into her critically acclaimed career, she may also be the best-kept secret in jazz, a status that’s certain to change as more people are discovering her for themselves.

As the noted jazz journalist Scott Yanow points out, “Alexis Cole grows in power, maturity, and depth each year. She continues to have unlimited potential.” Whether you’re a long-time jazz fan or a newcomer to the art form, you won’t want to miss a single note from this icon in-the-making.

Saxophonist Vincent Herring’s intense, soulful, multi-noted style and ebullient swing have excited audiences worldwide. He has appeared on stage and on recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition, Larry Coryell, Steve Turre, The Mingus Big Band (2010 Grammy Recipient), Kenny Barron, Nancy Wilson, Dr. Billy Taylor, Carla Bley, Mike LeDonne, Carl Allen, Ron McClure, and John Hicks among others.

See the Vincent Herring Quintet’s Tribute to Freddie Hubbard feat. Jeremy Pelt, trumpet, Louis Hayes, drums, Dave Kikoski, piano, and Yasushi Nakamura, bass at the Jazz Forum!

Carlos Barbosa Lima and Larry Del Casale present their new CD “Delicado” at the Jazz Forum!

Acclaimed internationally as one of the world’s leading guitar masters, ZOHO recording artist, Carlos Barbosa-Lima is recognized throughout the world for his extraordinary skills as a performer and arranger of a wide variety of music for the guitar.

Although primarily known as a soloist and arranger, the virtuoso guitarist Del Casale completes Carlos Barbosa-Lima’s melodies with panache and verve.

Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Larry Del Casale differ from other groups and the two-guitar format really lets them stretch out as top musicians. The duo has now been performing together for 15 years.

Baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan was born April 4, 1956, in Bethpage, New York. The gifted multi-instrumentalist started his music career by first learning alto saxophone during his teenage years on Long Island.

Today he is critically acclaimed across-the-board and recognized as the major voice on the baritone saxophone. His playing is marked by an aggressive rhythmic sense, an intelligent and creative harmonic approach — and perhaps most importantly – a strong and incisive wit.

See the Gary Smulyan Quintet featuring Eric Alexander, sax, Renee Rosnes, piano, Sean Smith, bass, and Carl Allen, drums play at the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY, on May 3 and 4!

Fleurine, jazz vocalist and Brazilian music authority, has gained a devoted international following for her “warm, enveloping sound and gentle rhythmic drive” (Los Angeles Times) and her “cunning brand of vocal wizardry” (JazzTimes).

A Dutch native, she spent summers visiting her grandparents and great uncle in Portugal, becoming fluent in Portuguese and leading her first Brazilian cover band in her teens. She went on to become the first singer authorized to translate into English the lyrics of the legendary Chico Buarque, for her spellbinding 2008 Sunnyside release San Francisco (produced by Robert Sadin).

On her self-produced 2019 Sunnyside release Brazilian Dream, Fleurine for the first time performs nearly all her own original music, highlighting her extraordinary working band Boys from Brazil as they draw on a wide range of popular and folkloric genres from bossa nova and samba to baião. Her longtime collaborator, master guitarist Chico Pinheiro, a major presence onSan Francisco, returns on two tracks, with additional cameos by Brad Mehldau (Fleurine’s husband) on piano and Rhodes and Chris Potter on tenor sax and alto flute. In a historic first, guitarist Ian Faquini’s haunting piece “Contradiction – Contradição” features the first lyrics ever written by famed Brazilian composer Guinga, Faquini’s teacher and mentor (with Fleurine’s English translation).

Fleurine is donating nearly all of the proceeds from Brazilian Dream to Estrela da Favela, a small idealistic school located in the troubled Mangueira neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is her way of giving back to the country that has inspired her throughout her career.

See Fleurine play at the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY, on May 5!