Don’t Miss Bob James Trio This Weekend at Jazz Forum, Tarrytown!

Robert McElhiney James is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote “Angela,” the theme song for the TV show Taxi.

While James is recognized as one of the progenitors of smooth jazz, his music has also had a profound effect on the history of hip hop and has often been sampled.

Featuring Bob James: Piano & Fender Rhodes, Michael Palazzolo: bass and Billy Kilson, drums.

John Marshall was born in Wantagh, NY in 1952. From 1971 to 1991, he worked and recorded with a long list of jazz greats, including Buddy Rich, Mel Lewis, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Ornette Coleman, George Coleman, Buck Clayton, Mario Bauza and Dizzy Gillespie.

Concurrently, he toured and recorded in New York and around the world with his quartet and quintet. He has released twelve CDs as a leader and many more as a featured guest.

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, and Louis Hayes, drums 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.