Allen Lowe & The All Stars
On Wednesday, November 20th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for the monthly jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests” (including guitarist Gary Grippo, drummer Barry Ries, bassist Jeff Fuller and saxophonist Mark Kaplan.) $10 cover.
Jeff Fuller, Tony Lombardozzi, Barry Ries at Best Video
On Friday, November 15th, from 7 – 8:30 pm bassist Jeff Fuller will be joining guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and drummer Barry Ries in a program of great, swingin’ jazz at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden. This is CT’s most intimate listening room ~ a great place to really listen to the music! $15 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars will perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, on Wednesday, October 16th from 7 – 9 pm. $10 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Step right into Hamden’s very own monthly jazz club…
Please join Best Video Film & Cultural Center and host Allen Lowe for our Monthly Jazz Night with Allen Lowe & The All-Stars on Wednesday, September 18th 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.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
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.
“Allen Lowe is the tradition; he is one of the few musicians doing anything new today.” -Anthony Braxton
“ Allen Lowe is a genius! His work is always full of wonder, the excitement of discovery, and humor…the best work has always been done at the margins, by the so-called underground – Poe, Whitman, Monk, Harvey Pekar, Herbie Nichols, James Joyce, Sun Ra – but it’s still a surprise and a revelation whenever you find it.” -John Szwed, Columbia University Jazz Studies
Paradox Organ Alliance
The Paradox Organ Alliance plays a jazz show at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Sat., Sept. 7. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
The Paradox Organ Alliance is dedicated to preserving and continuing the great 70-plus-year tradition of Hammond organ, guitar and drum set trios. From blues to bebop, latin, funky boogaloo to the Great American Songbook, each Alliance set explores a musical journey through time. Whenever possible, guest soloists are featured.
The founding members, Dr. Gary Grippo, Dr. Gary Novick, and John McGuire, have performed together for several years. Dr. Grippo has been a well-known member of the Connecticut and New Haven jazz scene for over 20 years. A music major at Rutgers, he has studied with Bucky Pizzarelli and Harry Leahey, among others. While at Rutgers, he performed with jazz legends Gerry Mulligan, Louie Bellson, and Clark Terry. He currently host a weekly jazz radio show on WNHU.
Dr. Novick, a newcomer to the Connecticut jazz scene, has studied with Noah Baerman and Ben Patterson. A life-long keyboardist, he is now dedicating himself to digging deeply into the Hammond idiom, channeling the techniques of the masters of the B-3.
John McGuire has been performing in various musical idioms for over 40 years. He has studied privately with Ed Soph, Gary Chaffee and the great Joe Morello and has performed with such Jazz stalwarts as Lew Soloff, Joe Roccisano, Archie Shepp and Shelton Lester.
Paradox Organ Alliance: Jazz
Paradox Organ Alliance: Jazz
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Wednesday, August 28th from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for the monthly jazz session with “a coterie of musical guests” including saxoophonist Mark Kaplan and bassist Jeff Fuller. $10 cover.
Mark Kaplan at Best Video Film & Cultural Center
On Friday, August 23rd from 7 – 9 pm, saxophonist Mark Kaplan and his group perform at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT. Cover, $10.
Robert Silverman & Bobo Lavorgna
Robert Silverman and Bobo Lavorgna play jazz at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Sat., Aug. 17. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
Robert Silverman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. and has been playing jazz piano, trumpet, singing and composing for over 50 years. Mr. Silverman was first mentored by the great Jackie McLean in Hartford, and then moved on to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston where he was fortunate to work with George Russell, Jaki Byard, Fred Hersch, Jimmy Guiffre, Ran Blake and many others. He graduated from the Jazz Studies Department in 1984. He moved to New York where he did graduate work with Jimmy Heath at Queens College and has been the recipient of many awards, including two ‘Meet the Composer’ grants and a Brio award in 2013 and 2024 for Best Jazz Composer. He won three Grants during the Pandemic including the New York Foundation for Arts and the Louis Armstrong Foundation.
Robert has released 15 CDs in NYC, and works with the elderly population and Alzheimer patients in the Bronx. He is on the Staff of 92nd Street Y in New York City where he teaches Jazz Studies. He has written five suites of music, one titled Kindred Spirits, combing Yiddish music and Jazz. He also wrote the Romare Bearden Suite which was recorded and premiered at the Harlem School of the Arts.
Bobo Lavorgna has performed and recorded with Mark Naftalin, The Bargain, Jake & The Family Jewels, Stormin’ Norman & Suzy, Ebin-Rose Trio, Mercy Choir, Brian Larney, and The Mojomatics.