“Keep on listening & tapping your feet” Count Basie-pianist, composer, and band leader
Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene
Friday December 21
CiCi and friends @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm; featuring CiCi on vocals with Wendell Mason on piano, David Carnegie on drums, 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 December 22
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm; featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on valve trombone, and Frank Glen on drums.
Kool Jazz @ The Waterfront Café starting at 7:30pm with Bert Brown on piano, Linus Yaw on bass, and Boo Rudder on drums.
Nj30 jazz quartet @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 7:30pm; featuring Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Ricardo Watson on keyboard, Joseph Callender on saxophone, and Rashad Hinds on drums
Sunday December 23
Jazz lunch with the Crustaceans 5-piece Swing Band @ Lobster Alive starting at 12:30pm
Jazz brunch @ Naniki Restaurant in Suriname, St. Joseph; 11:30am – 3pm
Jazz lunch @ Round House in Bathsheba; featuring Stefan van den Bossche on guitar with vocals by Gwen Taylor; 12noon – 3pm
Christmas at the Village Gate, corner of Stadium Rd/Bush Hall (near the Netball Club) starting at 6pm; featuring Mike Sealy on guitar; Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Mylon Clarke on alto & tenor saxophone, Nicholas Timothy on tenor saxophone, Kweku Jelani on trumpet, and Boo Rudder on drums. Admission $20.00
Nj30 jazz quartet @ Ocean2 Hotel & Resort in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 6:30pm
Saxophonist Andre Woodvine & guitarist Stefan Van den Bossche @ Lanterns Restaurant, Bougainvillea Beach Resort, Maxwell Coast Road, Christ Church starting at 7:30pm
Monday December 24
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm
Tuesday December 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wednesday December 26 BOXING DAY
Thursday December 27
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm
Wine & Jazz with Mike Sealy & Friends @ Ocean15 in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 7:30pm
VSOP Dixieland Jazz Band @ Waterfront Café in Bridgetown starting @ 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.
Check back with us for more jazz events . . .
‘One Night Only’ featuring Andre Woodvine with The Original Unit, Saturday January 26 @ Divi Southwinds. A BJS event you won’t want to miss!
Honey Jazz. . . ladies sing the blues, Saturday January 12 @ Frank Collymore Hall starting at 7pm
Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari takes off in Barbados January 17 to January 21 @ various exciting venues www.nanikicaribbeanjazzsafari.com
