The Jazz Forum All Stars
Performance: 2pm & 3pm, The Jazz Forum, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown
Mike Morganelli (flugelhorn) with Eddie Monteiro (midi-accordion and vocals), and Roni Ben-Hur (guitar)
Jazz
The Quintin Harris Quartet
Performance: 4pm, Purpl, 52 Main Street, Hastings
Piano/Voice, Upright Bass, Drums
The Quintin Harris Quartet (led by vocalist and pianist, Quintin Harris) is excited to be playing on this year’s RiverArts Tour. The group (with Bailey Giles on saxophone, Sam AuBuchon on bass, and Marlen Suero-Amparo on drums) found a deeper understanding of this music under the tutelage of their longtime mentor and influence, Bill Charlap. Recently, they returned to the legendary Birdland Jazz Club for two sold-out performances. The Quintin Harris Quartet was formed to uphold the tradition of “The Great American Songbook” and their love for small-group arrangements by such artists like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Sonny Clark, to name a few. The Quintin Harris Quartet is excited to debut new arrangements at Purpl for the 2024 RiverArts Tour.
Bailey Giles (tenor saxophone), Sam AuBuchon (bass), Marlen Suero-Amparo (drums), Quintin Harris (voice/piano)
Joel Arnow Trio
Performance: 3pm, Purpl, Hastings
Improvisation based on jazz standards and the Great American Songbook
Nick Trautwein – tenor saxophone, John Lang – bass, Joel Arnow – drums
Joel Arnow is a drummer as well as a producer, engineer and mixer. Nick Truetwine is an editor for The New Yorker by day, and a superb tenor saxophonist by night. John Lang is a Jazz Bassist and composer. His most recent record “Earotica” (Released on the Cellar Live label) can be found on all major streaming sites.
Kat Gang Jazz Band
Performance: 5pm, Purpl, 52 Main Street, Hastings
Kat is a jazz vocalist who sings swinging originals and unique arrangements of well-loved standards
Phil Palombi – bass
Kat has a soul steeped in jazz. Born in Boston, she began her music theory training as a teenager at Berklee and then fell in love with the energy of New York City and went on to gain her BFA from NYU. She has performed twice at the GRAMMY Awards with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Kat continues to explore the depth of jazz fusion and improvisation with her versatile, extraordinary ear and voice.
The Soulmates
Performance: 1pm, Cedar Street Rock Stage, 24 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry An instrumental quartet featuring funk, soul and jazz tunes. Ross Brooks – guitar; Dan Schnapp – keys; Steve Kaell – bass; Jeremy Portwood – drums The Soulmates is an instrumental group featuring two Dobbs Ferry residents Jeremy Portwood and Steve Kaell. You may have […]
Vicente Saav
Performance: 1pm, Wild Culture Waffles
Latin/ Brazilian/Jazz Standards
Hybrid 7 string guitar
Vicente Saav covers music from Latin America and Brazil, and includes international jazz standards from Europe and the US to his large repertoire. He sings in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. His music is dynamic, exciting and romantic.
D.C. Anderson and Ritt Henn
Performance: 12pm, Upstream Gallery, 8 Main Street, Hastings
A twenty-plus year musical collaboration between singer/songwriters D.C. Anderson and Ritt Henn continues in a concert of some of their favorite jazz standards and original compositions.
D.C. Anderson has spent most of his adult life on Broadway (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Off Broadway (QUEEN OF THE MIST) and on the Guthrie and Steppenwolf stages. As a singer/songwriter, he has recorded over a dozen albums (streaming everywhere). His musical influences are all from the worlds of musical theater, vocal jazz and folk music.
Ritt Henn plays bass, writes songs, created four CDs of original music, one DVD of short films and produced over 200 episodes of ManBassBoxTV. Appeared Off-Broadway, performed with Chuck Berry, toured with Kathleen Turner and is a Bistro and MAC Award winner. Always a bassist, sometimes a musical director, ukulele plucker, singer and artistic whistler.
Counterbalance
Performance: 3pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Jazz Fusion – a mix of original jazz, funk, and rock compositions.
Joshua Sherwood – bass; Enoc Ramirez – electric guitar; Zael Fland – drums; Joey Berkley – tenor saxophone
Counterbalance is a Jazz-Fusion band from Westchester, New York that performs exciting original compositions, taking inspiration from both jazz fusion influences (Return to Forever, Weather Report, Hiromi Uehara) and rock/funk influences (Plini, Chon, Snarky Puppy). Our goal is to create engaging musical experiences by combining the best of the music we love, and share those experiences with our listeners.
Exit 12
Performance: 12pm, Purpl, Hastings
Original music and jazz standards you haven’t heard before now
Mark Kaufman – sax, Glenn Babakian – trombone, Sarah Jane Cion – keyboards, Josh Sherwood – bass, and John Clay – drums
Exit 12 is eclectic. Babakian plays jazz & classical trombone. Kaufman plays tenor sax & other reeds; he released an album of originals in 2023 with Tim Armacost, Harvie S, Steve Johns & Cion. Cion won the Great American Jazz Piano contest, & played with Clark Terry, Etta Jones & Don Braden. Sherwood plays Jazz, Rock, and R&B electric bass & performs with Joey Berkley & Chris Parker. Clay played drums with Cuba Gooding, Bill Withers & Jerry Bergonzi. Sometimes raucous, often joyful, always new.
David Janeway Quartet
Performance: 7pm, Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Mainstream and latin/jazz
David Janeway – piano and leader, Tim Armacost – saxophone, Eliot Zigmund – drums, Earl Sauls – bass.
New York Jazz Force
Performance: 4pm, The Keepers House, 15 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry
Soul/Jazz classics and originals
James Battle – bass; Jameel Battle – guitar; Kaori Yamada – drums
NY JAZZ FORCE wants to bring back the Soul/Jazz of the 60s and 70s;a little funkier,simpler and more relatable.
Pittson Family Band
Performance: 2pm, 3pm, & 4pm, 22 Meadoway, Dobbs Ferry
Original and Jazz Compositions that Explore Eclectic Musical Colors
Suzanne Pittson, voice; Evan Pittson, viola; Jeff Pittson, keys; Bryan Copeland, bass; Dave Meade, drums
Pittson Family Band brings together three accomplished performers who are continually pushing the boundaries of their instrument. Vocalist Suzanne Pittson, widely recognized as a master improviser, has recorded music by John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard. Jeff Pittson, a creative force on piano, keyboards, synthesizers, and as a composer, has performed with Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Maynard Ferguson, Ruth Brown, Larry Coryell. Evan Pittson presents a modern direction for the viola.
Charlie Rhyner Quartet
Performance: 1pm, Purpl, 52 Main Street, Hastings
Modern, lyrical, original jazz played through a class quartet.
Charlie Rhyner has assembled a stellar quartet of local musicians who will be bringing his modern, yet lyrical compositions to life. The interplay of the saxophone and the guitar are at the forefront while the structure of the writing, which stays in the jazz idiom, provides a springboard for improvisational sparks to fly. Charlie’s compositions are derived from an internal spark from the connection between his heart and ears, influenced by his life as a teacher, father, and musician.
Gary Smulyan Quartet
Performance: 2pm, 17 Riverview Place, Hastings
Jazz in the swinging tradition.
Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone, Ralph Lalama – tenor saxophone, Alec Safy – bass, Matt Wilson – drums.
Gary Smulyan is a four-time winner of the Down Beat Critic’s and Reader’s Poll’s and a multiple winner of numerous other official polls including the Jazz Journalists Award for Baritone Saxophonist of the Year. He is a six-time GRAMMY award winner for his work with B.B. King, Lovano, Holland and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. We will be live-streaming on my Facebook page—Gary Smulyan—and putting a virtual tip jar with my PayPal link which is my email garysmulyan@gmail.com.
