“Jazz has such great feeling and emotional content; it really doesn’t require technical understanding.” Dave Holland – English double bassist, composer, and bandleader
Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . .
Friday March 1
JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm, featuring percussionist Mario Porchetta with Wendell Mason on piano, and Richard Evans on acoustic bass
Jazz Friday @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 7:30pm, featuring Mike Krimholtz on piano & vocals, John Duckhouse on trombone & vocals, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, and Tony Scrooge on drums
Saturday March 2
New Jazz duo @ 39 Steps Wine Bar in Hastings starting at 8:30pm, featuring saxophonist Andre Woodvine, guitarist Willie Kerr – vocals by Kellie Cadogan.
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm, featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on trombone, and Frank Glen on drums. Reservations are required
Jazz on the waterfront @ The Waterfront Café starting at 7:30pm with Bert ‘Panta’ Brown on piano, Linus Yaw on bass, and Boo Rudder on drums
Nj30 Quartet @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 8pm with Kirk Layne on keyboard, Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Rashad Hinds on drums, and featuring Joseph Callendar on saxophone
Sunday March 3
Piano jazz with Ebe Gilkes @ The Sandpiper in Holetown 12:30pm – 2pm; lunch served ala carte
Jazz lunch – The Crustaceans 5-piece Swing Band @ Lobster Alive, starting at 12:30pm
Jazz brunch @ Naniki Restaurant in Suriname, St. Joseph, 12noon – 3pm.
Follow the Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari – Adventure in Antigua March 1st and 2nd @ www.nanikicaribbeanjazzsafari.com
Jazz duo @ The Round House in Bathsheba, 12noon – 3pm, featuring Stefan van den Bossche on guitar, vocals by Gwen Taylor
New Jazz @ Johnny Cool’s Bar, Dover Beach, St. Lawrence Gap, 7:30pm – 10:30pm. Musicians to be announced. Diners, reservations are required
Nj30 Sunset Jazz @ Ocean2 Hotel & Resort in St. Lawrence Gap, Dover starting at 6:30pm. Kirk Layne on keyboard, Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Rashad Hinds on drums, and featuring Joseph Callendar on saxophone
Dinner jazz with saxophonist Andre Woodvine and guitarist Stefan Van den Bossche @ Lanterns Restaurant, Bougainvillea Beach Resort, Maxwell Coast Road, Christ Church starting at 7:30pm. Reservations are required.
Tuesday March 5
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on trombone, and Frank Glen on drums. Reservations are required.
Thursday March 7
Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7pm featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Neil Newton on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on trombone, and Frank Glen on drums. Reservations are required.
Wine & Jazz – guitarist Mike Sealy & Friends @ Ocean15 in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 8pm
VSOP Dixieland Jazz @ The Waterfront Café in Bridgetown starting at 8pm with Andy Voss on trumpet & vocals, John Duckhouse on trombone & vocals, Tony Cummins on clarinet & sax, Art Taylor on piano, Robert Foster on drums, Ronnie Crebbin on banjo, and Cecil Bascombe on electric bass. Diners, reservations are required.
Live jazz Sunset Music Series @ Weiser’s on the Bay, Spring Garden Hwy starting at sunset and featuring live jazz with a quartet from the Barbados Community College.
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