Next Gig: Thursday, September 17, at The Urban Winery, Silver Spring, Md.

With Harry Appelman, Paul Langosch and Francis Thompson

I’ll be performing on Thursday, September 17, 7 tp 9 p.m., at The Urban Winery in Silver Spring, Md. Click here to reserve tickets. There will be no cover, so bring your whole neighborhood with you. 

Joining me will be Harry Appelman on keyboard, Paul Langosch on bass and Francis Thompson on drums.   

For a sense of what you might hear, click here to listen my album, “In Case You Missed It,” on your favorite music stream. 

Harry is a jazz pianist and educator who has performed on concert stages on five continents. A recipient of Maryland State Arts Council Awards for composition in 2012 and 2018, he was a finalist in both the 1987 and 1988 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competitions (finishing second in 1988) and one of three prizewinners in the 1989 Great American Jazz Piano Competition.

Paul has played throughout his career with many jazz greats, most notably Tony Bennett, with whom he toured and recorded regularly for more than 20 years. His credits also include engagements with Phil Woods, Tal Farlow, Al Cohn, Mose Allison, Zoot Sims, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis, Mose Allison, Johnny Hartman, Bud Shank, John Hendricks, George Shearing, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme, Susanna McCorkle and Conte Candoli. 

Francis, who directs the percussion program at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, has recorded and performed for years in the D.C. area with saxophonist Davey Yarburough, vocalist Esther Williams, pianist Dan Reynolds, vocalist Pam Parker and the Latin jazz group Caribe Son and South African group Mahala. 

I hope you can make it to The Urban Winery on September 17.  

Thanks, 

Jeff