Tony Levin · Bass

Pete Levin · Keys

Pat LaBarbera · Saxophone & Flute

Jeff Siegel · Drums

THE LEVIN BROTHERS BAND

Trained in Classical music, Pete and Tony Levin were also influenced by the 1950’s jazz recordings by bassist Oscar Pettiford. Both were encouraged by high school music faculty to pursue music careers. Pete went to The Juilliard School in New York City, Tony to The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. After graduating, Tony also moved to New York City. By the 1970’s both were active in the New York City music scene.

Style-wise, Tony and Pete have had divergent careers. Their musical paths have crossed many times, backing other artists and playing in each other’s bands. In the late ‘70s they toured together with Paul Simon. But other than a 1976 recording by their first group – “The Clams” – the Levin Brothers band was their first time developing a project together.

While their 2014 debut album “Levin Brothers” was rooted in ‘50s-era jazz, over the years they’ve added a lot of eclectic material to the band’s repertoire, drawing from Classical, Pop and Prog Rock genres and adapting it to the band’s jazz style. Performances now include compositions by Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Ennio Morricone, Ralph Towner, Astor Piazzolla and Jimi Hendrix, as well as originals by Pete and Tony.

Over the last 10 years the quartet has toured the U.S. and internationally, releasing 4 more albums. While Woodstock drummer Jeff Siegel has been with them from the beginning, the 4th member has varied over the years: saxophonist Erik Lawrence, guitarists David Spinozza and Jeff Ciampa, flautist Ali Ryerson and saxophonist Ken Gioffre. In 2024-25 they are joined by iconic saxophonist Pat Labarbera.

TONY LEVIN

Tony has become the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and BEAT. He has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Buddy Rich, Gary Burton, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann and many others. He currently records and tours with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Stick Men and BEAT.

PETE LEVIN

In the 1970s, Pete switched to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances with artists including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, David Sanborn, Miles Davis, Joe Louis Walker, Annie Lennox, Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter. He has released 19 solo albums. He currently leads the “Gil Evans Remembered” band, an 11-piece group made up of alumni of the Gil Evans Orchestra of the 1970’s.

JEFF “SEIGE” SEIGEL

Drummer/Composer/Educator Jeff Siegel is a veteran of the New York Jazz Scene. A member of Sir Roland Hanna’s Trio from 1994-99, Jeff has performed and recorded with jazz legends including Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Helen Merrill and Mose Allison. For many years he was a member of legendary pianist Lee Shaw’s recording and touring trio. He currently tours “The Professors” a jazz group made up of four members of the SUNY music faculty.

PAT LABARBERA

American-born Canadian jazz tenor sax player, Pat Labarbera is best known as a long-time featured soloist in Buddy Rich’s band and Elvin Jones’ quartet. Pat comes from a musical

family, sharing jazz history along with his two brothers, John (Buddy Rich) and Joe (Bill Evans, Tony Bennett). Pat also played in groups led by Woody Herman, Louie Bellson and Carlos Santana. Living in Toronto, Ontario since 1974, Pat has played a major role in the development of a generation of Canadian saxophonists. Pat joined the Levin Brothers quartet in 2024, appearing with them for four shows at the Rochester International Jazz Festival.

Mike Rodriguez – Trumpet

Nicole Glover – Sax

Gary Versace – Piano

TBD – Bass

Ele Howell – Drums

Mike Rodriguez is one of the most in-demand trumpeters in jazz today — a Queens-born musician whose career has taken him to the very top of the music. A Grammy Award winner as part of Chick Corea’s Spanish Heart Band, he has performed and recorded alongside Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Joe Lovano, Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Kenny Barron, Carla Bley, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He is currently a member of the internationally acclaimed SFJazz Collective and serves on the faculty at NYU and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Rodriguez’s playing is rooted in the hard bop tradition but reaches comfortably across the full spectrum of jazz — from straight-ahead to Latin, from chamber settings to large ensembles. His recordings as a leader, Reverence (Criss Cross) and Pathways (2021), showcase a mature voice that is at once lyrical, searching, and deeply swinging. Alongside his brother, pianist Robert Rodriguez, he has recorded five albums as the Rodriguez Brothers — a long-running creative partnership that has earned Grammy nominations and international acclaim.

At The Side Door, Rodriguez brings his own quintet — an intimate format that puts his voice front and center in a room built for exactly this kind of music.

The Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn restaurant prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.

Billy Childs · Piano

Matt Penman · Bass

Ari Hoenig · Drums

Billy Childs stands in a category of his own in contemporary jazz. A pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor whose music moves effortlessly between jazz and the classical tradition, he has garnered six Grammy Awards and seventeen nominations — including back-to-back wins for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Rebirth (2018) and The Winds of Change (2024). The Guggenheim Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters have all recognized his work. DownBeat simply calls him “one of the foremost American composers of his era.”

Childs began his career in the late 1970s apprenticing alongside Freddie Hubbard and J.J. Johnson — two of jazz’s all-time giants. Since then he has performed and collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Sting, Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, the Kronos Quartet, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among many others. His compositions have been commissioned by the LA Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and the LA Master Chorale.

At The Side Door, he brings the piano trio format down to its most intimate — just three musicians in a room, playing at the highest level. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of jazz’s true masters in close quarters.

The Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn restaurant prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.

Reggie Watkins · Trombone

Matt Parker · Saxophones

Orrin Evans · Piano

Matt Dwonszyk · Bass

Byron Landham · Drums

Reggie Watkins is one of the most compelling trombonists working in jazz today — a musician whose playing Hot House Magazine describes as marked by “originality and creativity avoiding clichés and predictable phrases in an entirely distinctive trombone style.” Rooted in the Pittsburgh jazz tradition that gave the world Art Blakey, Billy Strayhorn, and Ahmad Jamal, Watkins has spent over two decades pushing jazz forward on his own terms.

His résumé spans the full range of the music. He served as trombonist and musical director for Maynard Ferguson for six years, has been a longtime member of the Grammy-nominated Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band, and has shared the stage with Aretha Franklin, Arturo Sandoval, Dianne Reeves, and Trombone Shorty, among many others. His most recent album, Rivers (2025), recorded with a Pittsburgh-based quartet, draws on his deep roots in the Steel City while pushing confidently toward the future.

At The Side Door, Watkins brings a hand-picked quintet featuring some of the finest players on the scene today — including pianist Orrin Evans, a longtime collaborator and one of the most creative voices in contemporary jazz.

The Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn restaurant prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.

Three of New York’s finest bring their acclaimed drummerless trio to The Side Door for a night of intimate, conversational jazz.

Ben Allison · Bass

Steve Cardenas · Guitar

Ted Nash · Saxophone

Modeled after the intimate, drummerless trios of Jimmy Giuffre in the 1950s, Allison, Cardenas & Nash have spent over a decade building one of the most distinctive sounds in jazz — deeply conversational, rooted in blues and folk, and wide open to wherever the music leads. The trio arrives fresh off the April release of Triological on Sunnyside Records — their most personal album yet, featuring original compositions from each member for the first time.

Ben Allison · Bass In a career spanning over 30 years, Ben Allison has developed an instantly identifiable sound as a bassist, composer, producer, and educator. JazzTimes recognized him as “a visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the New York City jazz scene.” He founded the Jazz Composers Collective at just 25, has appeared on over 100 albums, and composed the theme for NPR’s On the Media, heard by 1.5 million listeners a week.

Steve Cardenas · Guitar Steve Cardenas began his musical career in Kansas City and has been a fixture of the New York jazz scene since 1995. A longtime member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, and Steve Swallow Quintet, he is also a respected educator on faculty at The New School and co-author of the Thelonious Monk Fakebook — the first time all of Monk’s compositions were assembled in a single volume.

Ted Nash · Saxophone A two-time Grammy Award winner and longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Ted Nash has had an extraordinary career as a performer, composer, and conductor. DownBeat called him “one of the most together saxophonists of his generation.” His 2017 big band album Presidential Suite, inspired by great political speeches of the 20th century, earned him two Grammys and the Jazz Journalists Association’s Composer of the Year award.

The Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn restaurant prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.