“Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . .
Friday March 8
JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm, featuring percussionist Mario Porchetta with Wendell Mason on piano, and Richard Evans on acoustic bass.
Jazz Friday @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 7:30pm, featuring Mike Krimholtz on piano & vocals, John Duckhouse on trombone & vocals, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, and Tony Scrooge on drums.
Saturday March 9
New Roger Gittens Quartet with guest trombonist Jerry Tilitz . . . all the way from Hamburg, Germany @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm. Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on valve trombone, and Gershon Ford on drums. Reservations required
Jazz on the waterfront @ The Waterfront Café starting at 7:30pm with Bert ‘Panta’ Brown on piano, Linus Yaw on bass, and Boo Rudder on drums
Nj30 Quartet @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 8pm with Kirk Layne on keyboard, Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Rashad Hinds on drums, and featuring Joseph Callendar on saxophone
Sunday March 10
Piano jazz with Ebe Gilkes @ The Sandpiper in Holetown starting at 12:30pm. Lunch served ala carte
Jazz lunch – The Crustaceans 5-piece Swing Band @ Lobster Alive, starting at 12:30pm
Jazz brunch @ Naniki Restaurant in Suriname, St. Joseph, 12 – 3pm.
Follow the Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari to St. Vincent March 30 & 31. For details and the program go to www.nanikicaribbeanjazzsafari.com
Jazz duo @ The Round House in Bathsheba, 12noon – 3pm, featuring Stefan van den Bossche on guitar, vocals by Gwen Taylor
New Jazz @ Johnny Cool’s Bar, Dover Beach, St. Lawrence Gap, 7:30pm – 10:30pm featuring guitarist Victor Linton & Friends. Diners, reservations are required
Sunset jazz with Nj30 @ Ocean2 Hotel & Resort in St. Lawrence Gap, Dover starting at 6:30pm. Kirk Layne on keyboard, Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Rashad Hinds on drums, and featuring Joseph Callendar on saxophone
Dinner jazz with saxophonist Andre Woodvine and guitarist Stefan Van den Bossche @ Lanterns Restaurant, Bougainvillea Beach Resort, Maxwell Coast Road, Christ Church starting at 7:30pm. Reservations required.
Tuesday March 12
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on trombone, and Frank Glen on drums. Reservations required
Thursday March 13
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Neil Newton on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on trombone, and Frank Glen on drums. Reservations required.
Wine & Jazz – guitarist Mike Sealy & Friends @ Ocean15 in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 8pm
Dixieland Jazz with the VSOP band @ The Waterfront Café in Bridgetown starting at 8pm with Andy Voss on trumpet & vocals, John Duckhouse on trombone & vocals, Tony Cummins on clarinet & sax, Art Taylor on piano, Robert Foster on drums, Ronnie Crebbin on banjo, and Cecil Bascombe on electric bass. Reservations required
Sunset Music Series @ Weiser’s on the Bay, Spring Garden Hwy starting at sunset and featuring live jazz with a quartet of fine, up-and-coming musicians from the Barbados Community College.
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