Don’t Miss Chico Freeman Quartet @ Jazz Forum! 🎷

Chico Freeman is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with Morning Prayer, won the New York Jazz Award in 1979 and earned the Stereo Review Record of the Year in 1981 for his album The Outside Within.

Heralded as one of the most important saxophonists of our time, Chico Freeman marked his return to the United States after more than a decade living and working in Europe with a new album and a new group in 2016. Freeman has a thirst to immerse himself in his music and a curiosity to explore, working with different musicians and living in different cultures. He has perfected an immediately recognizable approach to music and composition, blending what he has experienced from his past and providing fluidity into a future of infinite musical possibilities.

Chico has a new group made up of great musicians. See Zaccai Curtis: piano, Essiet Okon Essiet: bass, Jason Brown: drums for this special engagement!

Massimo Farao is an Italian jazz pianist who studied with Flavio Crivelli. In 1983 he first visited the United States, where he played with Red Holloway and Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath.

In the 1990s he worked with Tony Scott, Adrian Mears, John Enders, Jesse Davis and Franco Ambrosetti. He also played in the Nat Adderley Quintet on a European tour. In 1993 he recorded his debut album, For Meon, featuring trumpeter Flavio Boltro and in 1995 followed with the album Ciao Baby.

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.