Friday, January 30th, at 7:00 pm, come on out to Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for the first of two shows with Jeff Fuller’s All-Star jazz group (under the old name) Jeff Fuller & Friends, with Naomi Wharry (trb/voc), Nigel Regan (alto sax), Ryan Sands (drs), Jeff Fuller, (bass) and Darren Litzie (pno.) $20 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Wednesday, January 14th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for a jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests,” including Jeff Fuller, Gary Grippo, Barry Ries, and Mark Kaplan. $10 cover.
Mark Kaplan Jazz Quintet at Best Video
The Mark Kaplan Jazz Quintet performs at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on December 19th from 7 – 9 p.m. Cover charge is $10.
he Quintet consists of Mark Kaplan, tenor saxophone; Martin Carter, piano: Peter Alexander, vibes; Adam Anderson, bass; and John Rispoli, drums.
Allen Lowe & The All Stars
On Wednesday, December 17th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for a jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests,” including Allen Lowe (tenor sax), Jeff Fuller (bass), Gary Grippo (guitar), Barry Ries (trumpet and drums), and Mark Kaplan (tenor saxophone). $10 cover.
THIMBLE ISLAND SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Thimble Islands Saxophone Quartet plays Best Video Film & Cultural Center Sat., Dec. 13, at 7 PM. The cover is $10.
TISQ is a group of four professional musicians that perform a wide variety of music, representing classical, jazz, traditional and contemporary musical genres, holding to a philosophy, “that good music is good music no matter the genre”. Some of the composers represented are: JS Bach, WA Mozart, Samuel Barber, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Scott Joplin, Frank Vasi, as well as traditional American folk and popular music. All have a place side by side on a TISQ concert program. All music is arranged by Tenor Saxophonist and composer Frank Vasi.
Along with Frank Vasi, the members of TISQ are Chris Herbert, Steve Mustakos, and Tim Moran. For this show, the quartet will play compositions by Miles Davis, Mozart, Thelonious Monk, Frank Vasi, Dave Brubeck, Samuel Barber, and Scott Joplin.
Allen Lowe & The All Stars
Step right into Hamden’s very own monthly jazz club…
Please join BVFCC and host Allen Lowe for our Monthly Jazz Night with Allen Lowe & The All-Stars on Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm. There will be a coterie of musical guests assembled by our host each month in a relaxed setting with tables and chairs to truly sit back, relax, and enjoy the great vibe. Of course, the BVCoffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, and café drinks. Cover charge is $10.
Allen Lowe is a composer, saxophonist, and music historian. He was voted Artist of the Year in the 2021 Jazz Times Readers’ Poll. He has recorded as a leader with: Julius Hemphill, Gary Bartz, Marc Ribot, David Murray, Nels Cline, Matt Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, and others.
“This fall, the jazz composer, saxophonist, and music historian Allen Lowe released what I consider to be his magnum opus, a four-cd set containing 69 tracks exploring almost every musical element and style that could be subsumed under the expansive rubric of “jazz.” One can hear elements of blues, R&B, bop, funk, rock, punk, avant guard, and much more, all beautifully composed and magnificently played (by Lowe himself and his colleagues). I’ve been digesting this music slowly, gradually, and repeatedly, and it just sounds better with each listen.
It’s Allen’s unequaled grasp of the entire history of American music that emerges in such idiosyncratic and creatively beautiful ways throughout this collection. I can’t think of anyone else who could have pulled off such a remarkably ambitious undertaking. He is a genius, without question.” -Professor Jon Karp, SUNY Binghamton
Allen Lowe & The All Stars
Step right into Hamden’s very own monthly jazz club…
Please join BVFCC and host Allen Lowe for their Monthly Jazz Night with Allen Lowe & The All-Stars on Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm. There will be a coterie of musical guests assembled by our host each month in a relaxed setting with tables and chairs to truly sit back, relax, and enjoy the great vibe. This month will have Jeff Fuller on bass, Gary Grippo on guitar, Barry Ries on drums and trumpet,and Mark Kaplan on tenor sax. The BVCoffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, and café drinks. Cover charge is $10.
Allen Lowe is a composer, saxophonist, and music historian. He was voted Artist of the Year in the 2021 Jazz Times Readers’ Poll. He has recorded as a leader with: Julius Hemphill, Gary Bartz, Marc Ribot, David Murray, Nels Cline, Matt Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, and others.
“This fall, the jazz composer, saxophonist, and music historian Allen Lowe released what I consider to be his magnum opus, a four-cd set containing 69 tracks exploring almost every musical element and style that could be subsumed under the expansive rubric of “jazz.” One can hear elements of blues, R&B, bop, funk, rock, punk, avant guard, and much more, all beautifully composed and magnificently played (by Lowe himself and his colleagues). I’ve been digesting this music slowly, gradually, and repeatedly, and it just sounds better with each listen.
It’s Allen’s unequaled grasp of the entire history of American music that emerges in such idiosyncratic and creatively beautiful ways throughout this collection. I can’t think of anyone else who could have pulled off such a remarkably ambitious undertaking. He is a genius, without question.” -Professor Jon Karp, SUNY Binghamton
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
On Wednesday, September 17th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for a jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests,” including Gary Grippo, Barry Ries, Jeff Fuller and Mark Kaplan. $10 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
On Wednesday, August 20th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars will perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for a jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests,” including Jeff Fuller, Gary Grippo, Barry Ries, and Mark Kaplan. $10 cover.
Sambeleza at Best Video
On Saturday, July 5th at 7:00 pm the long anticipated reunion of the original Sambeleza band takes place at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden. Join renowned jazz bassist Jeff Fuller and vocalist/pianist Isabella Mendes, guitarist Joe Carter, and special guest Graci Liano on drums, in a program of familiar and not-so-familiar bossa novas and sambas. $15 cover.
