Jeremy Pelt Quintet

at Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371

Fri, February 21, 8PM / $25 – $60 | $2.58 – $4.29 Fees Get Tickets

Jeremy Pelt

“Pelt is at the peak of his powers with the power and range of Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard in their seminal years.”

Jeremy Pelt – Trumpet

Jalen Baker – Vibraphone

Misha Mendelenko – Guitar

Leighton Harrell – Bass

Jared Spears – Drums

Jeremy Pelt is one of the preeminent young trumpeters in jazz. Forging a bond with the Mingus Big Band, Pelt built upon this and other relationships as his career progressed, eventually leading to collaborations with some of jazz’s greatest masters. These projects include performances and recordings with Cliff Barbaro, Keter Betts, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ravi Coltrane, Frank Foster, Winard Harper, Jimmy Heath, Vincent Herring, John Hicks, Charli Persip, Ralph Peterson, Lonnie Plaxico, Bobby Short, Cedar Walton, Frank Wess, and Nancy Wilson and the Skatalites.

Pelt frequently performs alongside ensembles including the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, and the Duke Ellington Big Band, and he is a member of the Lewis Nash Septet and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band featuring Louis Hayes. As a leader, Pelt has recorded 10 albums and has toured globally with his various ensembles, appearing at many major jazz festivals and concert venues.

Pelt’s recordings and performances have earned critical acclaim, and he has been featured in the Wall Street Journal by jazz writer and producer Nat Hentoff and was voted a rising star on the trumpet five years in a row by Downbeat magazine and the Jazz Journalist Association. Pelt has toured the U.S. and Europe in support of his 2022 release, Soundtrack.

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Fri, February 21

8PM / $25 – $60 | $2.58 – $4.29 Fees Get Tickets

Bill Charlap Trio

The Side Door Jazz Club

at Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371

Sun, January 19
8PM / $20 – $55 | $2.33 – $4.05 Fees Get Tickets

Bill Charlap

Bill Charlap – Piano

Peter Washington – Bass

Kenny Washington – Drums

Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time including Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Freddy Cole and Houston Person. Born in New York City, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who toured with Benny Goodman, and was a regular on the Perry Como show. She earned a 1963 Grammy nomination for her recording of “My Coloring Book.” In 2005, Charlap and Stewart released the acclaimed CD, Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note).

In 1997, Charlap formed his trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. In 2000, he was signed to Blue Note Records and received two Grammy Award nominations, for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard. He is known for his interpretations of American popular song.. Time magazine wrote, “Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.” In 2016, Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining, The Songs of Jerome Kern, was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Album. In April, the Bill Charlap Trio released, Notes from New York, their debut recording for the Impulse label. Alan Morrison’s five-star review in Down Beat stated that the new recording is “a masterclass in class.”

In 2019, Charlap will be celebrating his 15th year as Artistic Director of New York City’s Jazz in July Festival at 92Y. He has produced concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Chicago Symphony Center and the Hollywood Bowl. Charlap is married to renowned jazz pianist and composer Renee Rosnes, and the two artists often collaborate in a duo piano setting. In 2010 Charlap and Rosnes released Double Portrait (Blue Note). Bill Charlap is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.

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Sun, January 19

8PM / $20 – $55 | $2.33 – $4.05 Fees Get Tickets

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