Performance: 2pm, Ardsley Library, 9 American Legion Drive
Classic and comedic American standards by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Tin Pan Alley
Hailed by the NYTimes for their “imaginative programming, deft staging and a penchant for making good use of unorthodox performance spaces,” Amanda Keil and Suzanne Cartreine delight audiences in programs of jazz, art song, Baroque opera, and more!
Performance: 2pm, Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Stage
Chinese influences with Western jazz/pop; Asian fusion jazz/world
Stephanie Chou blends influences from her Chinese heritage with jazz/pop. Her band has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, and in festivals worldwide. They combine sax/vocals in Mandarin/English with Chinese violin and a rhythm section. An Irvington native, her album Asymptote focused on jazz reinventions of Chinese folk songs.
Performance: 3pm, 9 Ridgedell Avenue, Hastings
Original music and jazz standards
Pianist Dan Cray, a finalist for both the 2004 APA Jazz Fellowship and the 2003 Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition, has performed around the world in many diverse and creative settings with a variety of vocalists and instrumentalists including Billy Drummond, Noah Preminger, Dayna Stephens, and Mark Ferber. He’s released 6 albums, and had music featured on film and the TV show “Gossip Girl.”
Performance: 12pm, 40 Curry Road, Hastings-on-Hudson
Old and new jazz standards and originals
Exit 12 is an eclectic jazz quintet based in Hastings on Hudson: Glenn Babakian plays trombone in jazz and classical venues. David Hamburger’s played bass and toured with NYC rock bands throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. Mark Kaufman plays jazz, R&B and Jewish music on saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet. Bill Reeve has played drums with many of the great names in jazz. Sometimes raucous, often joyful, always new.
Performance: 1pm, Hastings High School, 1 Mt. Hope Boulevard
Swing by the HHS courtyard on Saturday, June 3rd for Jazz in the Courtyard, the annual music department’s Jazz Picnic!
The festivities begin at 1 pm. The Farragut Middle School Jazz Band will open the show, followed by toe-tapping tunes of The Hastings High School Jazz Band.
Penny Lick’s ice cream cart will be there, along with other sweet treats and cool drinks available for purchase.
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Performance: 1pm, 121 Edgars Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson
Easy-listen vocals and instrumentals in a unique blend of guitar, bass, flute, and harmonica
The members of Intuition Quartet have been playing and evolving together for more than 10 years. On our set list are jazz, R&B, bossa nova, blues and folk/rock, including original compositions and instrumentals as well as vocals. Our favorite venues have included La Casa in Mamaroneck, MP Taverna in Irvington, the Pelham Art Center, Recologie in New Rochelle, Taiim Cellar in Scarsdale, area farmers’ markets and festivals, and more.
Performance: 2pm, First Reformed Church, Hastings-on-Hudson
Saturday Only
Mix of standards and original mainstream piano jazz
“The foundation of modern jazz, the piano trio, is well served on his latest release, Distant Voices. Janeway shows a wide swath of talent and accessible bop styles.”-George W. Harris/Jazz Weekly
Performance: 4pm & 5pm, 7 Whitetail Road, Irvington.
Jazz Standards Focused on 1940-1970
Top local jazz musicians playing Coltrane, Miles, Parker, Monk, Shorter, Mingus and others.
Michael Roth is an area musician that has hosted RiverArts Music jazz sessions at his home for many years. He loves to include local professionals, music students (Julliard, Oberlein, Miami), teachers and hobbyists alike. He starts off with a core group of musicians and eventually, and inevitably, it turns into a giant jam/jazz party. The setting overlooks a beautiful pond.
Performance: 7pm, Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Stage
An exciting big band performing tribute to Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions.”
The Library Jazz Band is a dynamic big band comprised of some of the best jazz artists in the Rivertowns area. Our current roster of players is diverse in background, gender, and ethnicity. This summer, the band is featuring a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions” with custom arrangements of the entire album.
Performance: 1pm & 2pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
The McCarron Brothers featuring Suzanne Mueller bring an atmospheric blend of Brazil, Classical music, blustery swing, and moody rock to their live performances, channeled through their eclectic lineup of guitar, cello, saxophone, bass, and drums. The band has released two albums, Way Down in Brooklyn in 2009, and No Moon Train in 2012, and are set to release their latest recording, Before All This, in 2023.
Performance: 1 & 2pm, Jazz Forum, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown
Saturday Only
Bar service available!
Performance: 2pm, Lang Studio Stage, 40 Curry Road, Hastings & 4pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Soul/Jazz Classics and Originals
The Battle Brothers started out playing in Blues clubs in Greenwich Village and have been working in the R&B and Jazz field including a stint in the 1990s in the original R&B group ‘Nuance’. Since then, The Battle Brothers have been creating their own original sound.
Performance: 1pm, 40 Curry Road, Hastings & 3pm, Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers
Kaya Nicole is a vocalist, guitarist and composer originally from New York City. Influenced by her proximity to jazz and hip hop in the city that never sleeps, Kaya is a lover of a groove with a rhythmic and sultry vocal style. Recipient of the Arts Alive grant and participant of the New York Foundation of the Arts fiscally sponsored program, Kaya continues her legacy of storytelling through her debut original project: “Magnolias,” going into production in 2023.
Performance: 11pm, The Good Witch, Hastings
Versatile Jazz Duo
Tamuz Nissim and George Nazos have been performing and recording together for over a decade.Their work has received extended reviews from the press and their records have been broadcasted in radio around the world while in the States they have entered the Jazz radio charts. Their project is so much more than the usual jazz guitarist accompanying a singer. It is a heartfelt conversation between two virtuosos soloists, sharing their fascinating life story in songs
Performance: 12-1pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Jazz, Funk, Latin Fusion
The Jared Pauley Group is a loose collective of musicians from NYC and Westchester County that plays a mix of original jazz, funk, Latin, and fusion songs. The Group and its members perform regularly throughout the tri-state area.
Performance: 3, 4 & 5pm, 22 Meado Way, Dobbs Ferry
Original and Jazz Compositions that Explore Eclectic Musical Colors
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.
Performance: 3pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Original, modern, lyrical guitar-based jazz
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.
Performances: 2pm & 4pm, 55 James Street, HOH
Original improvisational piano
Bob Sideli plays jazz, blues, rock and pop piano with a focus on improvisational interpretation and composition. He will be performing his original improvisational compositions that cross several music genres.
Performance: 4-5pm, 17 Riverview Place, Hastings
If Saturday is cancelled, Sunday’s performance will be at 12pm
Jazz in the swinging tradition.
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.
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Performance Cancelled
Jazz & Classical Music
Elizabeth Gerbi – accompanist
PO Box 60 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
info@riverarts.org
