“Keep on listening & tapping your feet” Count Basie-pianist, composer, and band leader

Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene

 

Friday December 21

CiCi and friends @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm; featuring CiCi on vocals with Wendell Mason on piano, David Carnegie on drums, 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 December 22

Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm; featuring Roger Gittens on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Stuart Jenkins on valve trombone, and Frank Glen on drums.

Kool Jazz @ The Waterfront Café starting at 7:30pm with Bert Brown on piano, Linus Yaw on bass, and Boo Rudder on drums.

Nj30 jazz quartet @ The Beach House in Holetown, St. James starting at 7:30pm; featuring Marius Charlemagne on electric bass, Ricardo Watson on keyboard, Joseph Callender on saxophone, and Rashad Hinds on drums

Sunday December 23

Jazz lunch with the Crustaceans 5-piece Swing Band @ Lobster Alive starting at 12:30pm

Jazz brunch @ Naniki Restaurant in Suriname, St. Joseph; 11:30am – 3pm

Jazz lunch @ Round House in Bathsheba; featuring Stefan van den Bossche on guitar with vocals by Gwen Taylor; 12noon – 3pm

Christmas at the Village Gate, corner of Stadium Rd/Bush Hall (near the Netball Club) starting at 6pm; featuring Mike Sealy on guitar; Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Mylon Clarke on alto & tenor saxophone, Nicholas Timothy on tenor saxophone, Kweku Jelani on trumpet, and Boo Rudder on drums.  Admission $20.00

Nj30 jazz quartet @ Ocean2 Hotel & Resort in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 6:30pm

Saxophonist Andre Woodvine & guitarist Stefan Van den Bossche @ Lanterns Restaurant, Bougainvillea Beach Resort, Maxwell Coast Road, Christ Church starting at 7:30pm

Monday December 24

Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm

Tuesday December 25    MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wednesday December 26      BOXING DAY

Thursday December 27

Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive on Bay Street starting at 7:30pm

Wine & Jazz with Mike Sealy & Friends @ Ocean15 in St. Lawrence Gap at Dover starting at 7:30pm

VSOP Dixieland Jazz Band @ Waterfront Café in Bridgetown starting @ 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.

Check back with us for more jazz events . . .

One Night Only’ featuring Andre Woodvine with The Original Unit, Saturday January 26 @ Divi Southwinds. A BJS event you won’t want to miss!

Honey Jazz. . . ladies sing the blues, Saturday January 12 @ Frank Collymore Hall starting at 7pm

Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari takes off in Barbados January 17 to January 21 @ various exciting venues www.nanikicaribbeanjazzsafari.com