The Mark Kaplan Jazz Quintet at Best Video Film and Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT. Friday, June 12th, 7 – 9 p.m. Mark Kaplan, tenor sax; Peter Alexander, vibes; Martin Carter, piano; Adam Anderson, bass; John Rispoli, drums. $10 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All Stars
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
On Wednesday, April 22nd, from 7 – 9 pm, Allen Lowe & The All-Stars at Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, for an unusual jazz session with the usual (talented) suspects ~ Gary Grippo, Barry Ries, Jeff Fuller and Mark Kaplan. $10 cover.
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Please join Best Video Film & Cultural Center and host Allen Lowe for our Monthly Jazz Night on Wednesday March 25th 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 & The All-Stars
Allen Lowe & The All-Stars
Please join Best Video Film & Cultural Center and host Allen Lowe for our Monthly Jazz Night with Allen Lowe & The All-Stars on Wednesday, February 25th 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.
Jeff Fuller & Friends
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.
