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Full Week of Great Shows at Nighttown: Eddie Baccus Sr., Tamir Hendelmen, Forecast, Greg Bandy and more...

Nighttown Cleveland by Nighttown / Jim Wadsworth Productions

Hi Folks.

We have a full and fantastic week of shows for you this week at Nighttown!!

Tonight (Sunday), the dean of the B3 players here in Cleveland,Eddie Baccus Sr., is back at Nighttown with an all-star group ofCleveland's finest jazz/soul musicians. Eddie is a living legendhere in Cleveland. You don't want to miss him.

On Wednesday, Steve Winwood's sax player Paul Booth,makes his debut here at Nighttown. He's from England, and is anamazing sax player. Besides playing with Steve Winwood, he'stoured with Eric Clapton, Santana, Steely Dan and more. He'll be

joined by Cleveland's own, Dan Maier, who is a fantastic pianist and has backed numerousinternational artists for us. We're expecting a great night.

On Thursday, Chilean born and now NYC resident, Camila Meza, makesher debut at Nighttown. Guitarist and singer/songwriter Camila is quicklyrising on the jazz/pop scene in the U.S., and her style that mixes her rootswith traditional jazz is totally unique. Come and welcome Camila toCleveland on Thursday.

Then on Friday, we've got a DOUBLE HEADER: On Stephen's Greenall-weatherpatio, we've got Cleveland's favoritecontemporary jazz groupForecast. Forecast knows how to funk it up!!

In the main music room, we have one of the world's top jazzpianists making his Cleveland debut, Tamir Hendelman. Tamir isoriginally from Israel but is now based in Los Angeles. He's aregular member of John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton's groups, so youknow he's got to be great to be playing with those two cats. He'sgoing to be joined by two world class artists, Paul Keller onacoustic bass, and Sean Dobbins on drums. This is a "Don'tMiss" concert!!

Then on Saturday, native Clevelander and NYC resident, drummer Greg Bandy returns toNighttown to tear it up. Greg's going to be joined by a really creative guitarist from Sweden,Tomas Janzon. On piano is the excellent Jackie Warren!

On Sunday, Cleveland Opera Theater brings a unique program,"Seven Deadly Sins". Hearing opera up close and in the intimateand acoustically perfect music room at Nighttown is a real treat.

Wow! What a week at Nighttown. We hope you can join usfor some or all of these great programs!!

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New Shows Recently Added

3/11 Cleveland Opera Theater 3/14 Dominick Farinacci & Joe Hunter 3/22 Pete Cavano & Kevin Richards 3/28 Jamey Haddad International All Star Sextet featuring JulienLabro 4/12 Dominick Farinacci "Modern Warrior" 4/13 Dominick Farinacci Quintet 4/19 Eric Andersen 4/22 Nicole Henry 4/25 – 4/26 Stanley Jordan & Diego Figueiredo "Together 1stTime!" 4/27 – 4/28 Jimmy Webb-The Glenn Campbell Years 4/29 Lou Armagno Sinatra Selects

4/30 Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program

5/03 John McCutcheon

5/04 Corky Siegel & Howard Levy

5/11 Forecast

5/12 Nellie McKay CD Release Event

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46th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival

Featuring:

The Donald Harrison Quintet

Madd for Tadd™ A Tribute to Tadd Dameron Featuring the East Central Jazz Educators All Star Big Band

Big Band Matinee

Middle and High School Performances for Adjudication

March 16 - 18, 2018Dr. Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center (D-Building)

Lakeland Community College

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Lakeland Community College Music Department

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Unassuming Nighttown has been aNortheast Ohio destination since '65

By Joe CreaJanuary 20, 2018

It's easy to rattle off a list of Cleveland's trove of cultural treasures. While you list theCleveland Museum of Art, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Western Reserve Historical Societyand so many others, one unassuming gold mine can't be overlooked.

Nighttown, a weary-looking stone-frontedstorefront that stares stoically from its perch onCedar Hill, is easily passed by. The bold blackawning drawn over its portal intrigues — yettens of thousands of commuters nary give it aglance, never knowing the magic and maniawoven within those storied walls.

Equal parts jazz club, restaurant and wateringhole, Nighttown has been a Northeast Ohiodestination — and eventually an institution —since it first opened on Feb. 5, 1965.

It's a true "joint." The place recalls some New York City haunt, maybe somewhere in theBowery, from a hundred years back. Read more

"Late Night at Nighttown" ** Every Week **Fridays Jackie Warren on piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No coverSaturdays Jackie Warren on piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No cover

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table reservation- it is already included with yourpurchased tickets. All seats are General Admission. Allseating is based on the time that you arrive for theshow and based on how many people are in your partyand where we have tables of that size. You may besharing a table with other people.

Nighttown Student Discount PolicyStudents up to age 26 are 1/2 off the regular price. Student priced tickets are only available the night of theshow, are available only at the door, and are subject toavailability. Students must have a photo ID from agenerally-recognized high school, college or university. Full-paying ticket holders get priority on admission andseating. Certain select shows have no discount basedon arrangements with the artist. On evenings whenthere are two shows (i.e. shows at 7 & 9PM), thediscount is only good for the second show. Studentsunder the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adultpaying full price in order to be eligible for the discount.

Eddie Baccus Sr. Quartet$15.00 Sunday 3/04 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Hammond B-3 Master & Clevelnad Jazz Legend back on the Nighttown Stage!

Featuring: Eddie Baccus Sr.-Hammond B-3 Organ, Cecil Rucker-Vibes, Billy Artis-Guitar, & Perry Williams III-Drums.

One of the senior statesman of the Cleveland Jazz Scene, organist Eddie Baccus Sr. hasset the standard locally since the early 1960's. Like the late great Jimmy Smith,Baccus is a virtuoso on the Hammond B-3, equally adept at soul jazz and bebop. Inmany ways Eddie Baccus Sr. has been to the jazz scene what the late Robert Jr.Lockwood was to the local blues scene; he has been a leader, mentor, and the soul ofthe community for many years.

Early on his talent was evident as he was linked with another jazz legend, saxophonistRoland Kirk. Baccus and Kirk were schoolmates at the Ohio School of the Blind andtheir sessions together in the old Euclid and 105th area are the stuff of local legends. Kirk would go on to national acclaim before his untimely death in the late 70's. Baccusstayed close to home and it has been our good fortune.

Eddie Baccus Sr. has been a mentor to countless Cleveland jazz musicians, notably JoeLovano, Ernie Krivda, and more recently his son, Eddie Baccus Jr.. His work has onlybeen documented infrequently. He recorded an LP with Kirk back in 1962 "Feel Real"

been documented infrequently. He recorded an LP with Kirk back in 1962 "Feel Real"on Smash records. His other recording is a session done with Lovano in the mid 1980'sentitled "Hometown Sessions". Although he has not gone on to greater glory playingthe national circuit, Eddie Baccus Sr. has been the bedrock of the Cleveland jazz sceneand his influence on fans and musicians alike has been invaluable. Joining Eddie Baccus Sr. for his appearance at Nighttown will be an All-Star Clevelandlineup. They are Cecil Rucker on the Vibes. Eddie Sr. has frequently appeared withCecil's group Good Vibes. Billy Artis is on guitar. Many will remember Billy from hisdays backing the late great Bill Doggett at the Theatrical in downtown Cleveland. PerryWilliams III is on drums. Perry is a veteran on the soul jazz circuit and has workedwith Eddie Sr. and Cecil extensively. And on vocals is Ron Davis. Don't miss Hammond B-3 wizard Eddie Baccus Sr. Quartet live at Nighttown.

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Paul Booth Quartet$20.00 Wednesday 3/07 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

From London, England. Saxophonist from the bands of Steve Winwood and Basiaheadlines at Nighttown on night off from Steve Winwood's US tour.

Featuring: Paul Booth-Sax, Dan Maier-Piano, Tim Lekan-Acoustic Bass, & DonniePatterson-Drums.

Having released five solo albums to date, Paul Booth has firmly established himself asan in demand solo artist, as well as a ‘first call’ sideman for many big names in bothjazz and popular music worlds.

In his early years, whilst studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he won many awardsincluding the prestigious Clifford Brown/Stan Getz fellowship held in Miami, “The BestModern Jazz Player” category in the televised “Young Jazz Player of the Year”competition and many more.

His ability to blend into any musical surrounding coupled with his talents as a multi-instrumentalist has seen him work with a variety of well-known artists. Paul iscurrently in the Steve Winwood band, can be seen touring with Incognito, Brand NewHeavies, BBC Big Band, Michael Janisch Quintet, Ryan Quigley Quintet and over theyears has toured, performed & recorded worldwide with the likes of Steely Dan, EricClapton, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan,Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Rod Stewart, Kylie Mingoue, Riverdance, WarrenHaynes, Basia, Marti Pellow, Derek Trucks, Matt Bianco, , Eddie Henderson, GeoffreyKeezer, Clarence Penn, Ingrid Jensen

Paul runs several groups including a newly formed quartet with Steve Hamilton, DaveWhitford & Andrew Bain. He also runs a critically acclaimed world music group calledPatchwork Project featuring Jacqui Dankworth, Giorgio Serci, Rod Youngs, DavideMantovani & Satin Singh. The first album came out in 2015 and Volume 2 is due forrelease in 2018. Paul can also be seen with his organ trio with Ross Stanley & AndrewBain and as the musical director of the London based world music big band: BansanguOrchestra.

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Camila Meza "Traces" Quartet$15.00 Thursday 3/08 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

From Chile/NYC! Vocalist/Guitarist & Singer Songwriter blends Jazz & Music fromNorth & South America Live on Nighttown's Stage!

Featuring: Camila Meza-Vocals & Guitar, Michael Orenstein-piano, Kip Reed-bass,& Anthony Taddeo-drums/percussion.

The New York Times has described her as "A bright young singer and guitarist with anear for music of both folkloric and pop intention, Camila Meza has connected with astrong peer group since moving to New York from her native Santiago, Chile, in 2009."

During her seven years in the United States, Camila Meza has created a big impact inthe New York jazz scene. She possesses an innate and rare combination of qualities asa singer and guitar player, who also writes her own songs and arrangements. She has ahighly expressive voice with a unique tamber and way of phrasing, while herimprovisations and accompaniment on the guitar are equally touching and soulful.Camila's music takes us on a joyfully energetic and deep journey full of beauty andadventure. Her Latin American roots and profound connection to jazz combined with thefusions of contemporary and popular music give the music she creates a very specialand appealing sound.

Camila Meza belongs to a new generation of jazz musicians that are interested increating new sounds and allowing diverse influences into their music. With love for thisexploration, Camila felt right at home in the diverse and creative jazz scene of NewYork City. She graduated from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in2012 where she had the chance to study with masters such as Peter Bernstein, VicJuris, Sam Yahel, Steve Cardenas and Gil Goldstein amongst others. But even beforeworking with these masters, she began playing with her peers and other musicians ofNew York, quickly becoming part of the New York community.

"Living in New York has shaped the way I approach my music, and has nurtured me asa person. I've discovered things I would never have if I hadn't been here. It has been ajourney both outwards and inwards."

Her breakthrough album "Traces" has her showcasing her talents as a composer andexcelled singer and guitar player on her debut album for the New York based labelSunnyside Records.

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Forecast$15.00 Friday 3/09 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

North Coast's Premier Contemporary Jazz Group back at Nighttown!

Featuring: Lem Adams-vibes, Gary Stevenson-bass, Alphonso McDuffie-keyboards, Riley Richards-sax, & Gene Butler-drums.

On Nighttown's Stephens Green Patio. Fully Heated Indoor/Outdoor Space!

Forecast is the leading contemporary jazz group in the Northeast Ohio area. Foundingmembers Lem Adams on vibes and Gary Stephenson on electric bass have beenentertaining Ohio audiences for over 20 years. The current Forecast lineup includesJermaine Lockhart on sax, Dave Crawford on keyboards, Kevin Byas on guitar, andGene Butler on drums.

Forecast has shared the stage with many of the top names in contemporary jazzincluding Stanley Turrentine, Roy Ayers, The Crusaders, Bob James, Pieces of a Dream,and several others. They have won numerous awards and competitions over the yearsand have been the house band at The Q for Cleveland Cavs games.

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Tamir Hendelman Trio$20.00 Friday 3/09 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

From Israel/LA Ca.. Piano virtuoso from the Jeff Hamilton Trio Leads his Trio liveat Nighttown!

Featuring: Tamir Hendelman-Piano, Paul Keller-Acoustic Bass, Sean Dobbins-Drums.

Award-winning jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman has performed with the Jeff HamiltonTrio, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Harry Allen, Teddy Edwards, Warren Vache,Houston Person, Jeff Clayton, Nick Brignola, Phil Upchurch, Rickey Woodard, JohnClayton and Barbara Morrison. He also leads his own trio and his debut CD "Playground"features him in this trio setting.

Beginning his keyboard studies at age 6 in Tel Aviv, Tamir moved to the US at age 12in 1984, winning Yamaha's national keyboard competition 2 years later at age 14.Concerts in Japan and the Kennedy Center followed.

Tamir then studied at the Tanglewood Institute in 1988 and received a Bachelor ofMusic Composition degree from Eastman School of Music in 1993. He then became theyoungest musical director for Lovewell Institute, a national arts education non-profitorganization.

Since returning to LA in 1996, Tamir has been in steady demand as pianist and

Since returning to LA in 1996, Tamir has been in steady demand as pianist andarranger, touring the US, Europe and Asia, and receiving awards from ASCAP andNational Foundation For Advancement in the Arts. In 1999 Tamir was a guest soloistwith the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.

Tamir joined the Jeff Hamilton Trio in 2000, contributing arrangements, recording andtouring Japan, Europe and the US. In 2001 he became a member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, with whom he premiered John Clayton's new orchestration ofOscar Peterson's Canadiana Suite in the Hollywood Bowl in 2001. In 2002 he also touredEurope with Tierney Sutton and the Bill Holman Big Band. Tamir musically directed JuliaMigenes' s "Alter Ego" and played/arranged on Roberta Gambarini's "Easy To Love."

With the CHJO, Tamir has recorded for John Pizzarelli, Gladys Knight and Diana Krall.He is the pianist/arranger on Jackie Ryan's "You and the Night and the Music" and JanisMann's "A Perfect Time." He is also featured on Natalie Cole's "Still Unforgettable" andBarbara Streisand's upcoming recording.

Tamir’s musical travels have taken him from Alaska to New York, and Thailand toIsrael. In his own trio, he explores standards, Brazilian music, blues and his Israeliroots. Tamir’s debut CD Playground (2008) was released in Japan on the Swing Bros.label and was released in the U.S. in December 2008. Tamir is a Resonance Recordsartist.

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Greg Bandy / Tomas Janzon International Quartet $20.00 Saturday 3/10 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Master Drummer Greg Bandy teams up with Swedish Guitarist Tomas Janzon toLead All Star International Quartet!

Featuring: Greg Bandy-Drums, Tomas Janzon-Guitar, Juni Booth-Acoustic Bass, &Jackie Warren-Piano.

Now based in New York City, drummer Greg Bandy is a perennial favorite in theCleveland area and also enjoys an international reputation. Bandy has toured withseveral major jazz artists including Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, andOlu Dara. Additionally he has lead his own groups extensively. He has taken hisgroups far and wide, making appearances throughout North America, Europe, and insuch far away destinations as Japan.

Tomas Janzon was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His musical quest started at the ageof 7 playing the recorder. At 8 he began studying the cello and by 12 he wasperforming with the chamber orchestra Collegium Musicum. Later he would pursue andfocus on the guitar.

After studying at Musikhogskolan, The Royal School of Music in Stockholm he embarkedon his professional career: touring, performing and recording in Sweden and northernEurope with such artists as Berit Andersson, Bronislaw Suchanek, Anita Strandell, TwiceGuitar, Casa Grande and others. Tomas composed and recorded music for TV and films:"Vargavar" for national TV.

Tomas arrived in Los Angeles 1991 to study with Joe Diorio. While studying with Joe inL.A. Tomas was awarded The Outstanding Player of the Year at GIT in 1992, teaching asan adjunct staff member from 1995 to 2008. In May 2000 he completed a MM withhonors in Classical Guitar at USC Thornton School of Music, studying with Scott Tennantand James Smith, also studying composition for Vince Mendoza and teaching at the JazzStudies and Studio Guitar Departments. His composition Variations I to IV for marimba,percussion, guitar and double bass was premiered at USC Thornton School of Music2000.

2001 Tomas spent in Canada as an Artist-in-Resident at Selkirk College, teaching andperforming. 2002 to the present has included touring and working in Los Angeles, NewYork, Seattle, Phoenix, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The last yearshas also seen Tomas articles published in Guitar Player, Down Beat, LA Jazz Scene,Orkesterjournalen, Jazz Stage and Fotnoten.

Orkesterjournalen, Jazz Stage and Fotnoten.

Tomas recorded with Sherman Ferguson, Nedra Wheeler and Billy Higgins and hasreceived positive reviews and international airplay with this, his Changes Music labelrecording X-Changes.

Tomas' composing/recording project Coast to Coast to Coast from 3 cities: Los Angeles- Stockholm - New York, was released in January 2007. Featuring Ben Dixon, KenFiliano, Birger Thorelli, Lars Ekman, Jeff Littleton, Tony Austin and William Henderson.

Recording project Experiences featuring Art Hillery, Jeff Littleton and Albert "Tootie"Heath was released September 6, 2010.

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Cleveland Opera Theater - "Seven Deadly Sins"$40.00 Sunday 3/11 5:00 pm Buy Tickets

"Seven Deadly Sins" Great songs from the American Songbook.

Don't miss our annual sold out performance at Nighttown!

The iconic music of the American songbook is woven into a sinful tale... Nighttown food and beverage menu available à la carte at your table

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Dominick Farinacci & Joe Hunter$20.00 Wednesday 3/14 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Rising Trumpet Star and Seasoned Pianist form Dynamic Duo live at Nighttown!

Dominick Farinacci recently released his Mack Avenue Records debut, "Short Stories"-- a compelling suite of music with a repertoire that spans genres and generationsunited by the trumpeter/composer's soulful conception. Bringing together songs fromTom Waits, Horace Silver, Dianne Reeves and the Gipsy Kings as well as originalcompositions, Farinacci has managed to create his own musical universe, aided bymusicians of the highest caliber. All of the songs have a narrative that any listener canrelate to.

Farinacci had already achieved enough stature by his mid-teens that Wynton Marsalis

offered to help him set his sights on coming to New York, and by 2001, Farinacci wasone of only four trumpeters in the world to be selected as the inaugural students in TheJuilliard School's first jazz curriculum.

Life itself has many different sorts of mentorship built into it. A life in the arts can'texist without these kinds of relationships, and Short Stories is the fruit of the comingtogether of two kindred spirits, Farinacci and LiPuma, from the same home town(Cleveland, Ohio), separated by just under half a century in age. What unites them is aclear, moern aesthetic vision that combines the highest musical standards with a desireto be agents of change.

Amazingly, Farinacci found time during his Middle East years to also play an integralrole in the conception and build out of Cuyahoga Community College's Tommy LiPumaCenter for Creative Arts.

Nighttown favorite Joe Hunter has released two popular CD's in recent years. Hunteris the pianist of choice in the Northeast Ohio area. He can be heard frequently in theFat Tuesday Big Band, Swing City, and backing big name artists. He has backed many,including the legendary Tito Puente, and saxophonist David Sanborn, At NighttownHunter has backed some several top guns including clarenetist Ken Peplowski, andsaxophonists David "Fathead" Newman, and Scott Hamilton. Joe Hunter is also on thefaculty at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), one of the top jazz programs in thecountry.

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Jake Boland$20.00 Friday 3/16 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Pre St. Patrick's Day Celebration with vocalist and storyteller Jake Boland!

St Patrick's Day with The New Barleycorn$10.00 - $25.00 Saturday 3/17 1:00 pm Buy Tickets5:30 pm Sold Out 8:30 pm Sold Out - But the 1pm still open

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Nightown with Irish Music Masters The NewBarleycorn!

The place to be for St Patrick's Day!!.

1:00pm Show - children just $10

Both Alec and John were born and raised in Ireland in counties Dublin and Down wherethey learned to play music at an early age, they have both performed professionallysince their teenage years both enjoying considerable success with their respectivecareers.

John Delaney a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Irish group'Barleycorn', joined forces with Alec DeGabriele nine years ago to form 'The NewBarleycorn', after the other finished a 24 year run ending in 1995. John plays, 5 stringand tenor banjos, mandolin, guitar, whistle and bodhran. He also has played banjo onmany other Irish artists' recordings.

Alec DeGabriele spent his formative years learning the business of music, theatre andentertaining with his families traveling theatrical show, 'The Shannon Players', whichwas well known and highly regarded throughout Ireland. Alec plays guitar and bass andwas the band leader with a top Irish Show Band for some years before deciding tocome to live in the U.S.A.

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"Angel of the Night" Barbara Barrett & Archie McElrath $20.00 Sunday 3/18 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Top Notch North Coast Jazz Vocalists take over the stage at Nighttown!

Featuring: Barbara Barrett-vocals, Archie McElrath-vocals, Cliff Habian-piano,Aidan Plank-acoustic bass, & Elijah Gilmore-drums.

Along with generous vocal range, Barbara Barrett's song styling is supported by earlytraining in music theory, flute, piano, and voice. Starting with piano at a young age,she progressed to and continued with music theory, and flute, finally finding her love ofvocals at the age of thirteen. Barbara went all the way to receiving a Bachelor's Degreein Music Education, from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music.After graduation, her love for European classical music afforded her success with TheCleveland Orchestra Chorus and The Blossom Festival Chorus, including performancesat Carnegie Hall, and in Chautauqua, New York.

When Karamu House presented Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha", Barbara was giventhe lead role of Monisha, and won the 2000-2001 Actor's Guild Award for Best FemaleVocalist. As a solo artist over the last several years, she has focused mainly on jazzstandards, but has included generous portions of blues, soul, gospel, and R&B, whichgives her renditions of the standards, fresh creativity without compromising the classicnature of the songs.

Archie McElrath’s vocals have been described as Powerful…Romantic…Sensuous…andSmooth!!! Once you have experienced his treatment of a song’s melody and lyrics youwill be forever held captive by the performance.

An international performer, Archie toured for several years in Canada playing atBiddle’s and Claudio’s in the “Old Towne” section of Montreal. During his militaryservice in Europe he appeared in clubs in Paris, France; Munich and Kaiserslautern,Germany; and, on several military bases.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Archie has appeared in numerous local venues includingThe Cleveland Playhouse, East Cleveland Public Library, the Greg R. Reese PerformingArts Center, Cain Park, Lancer’s, Peabody’s, Fat Fish Blue, the Boarding House, ClubIsabella, Jazz 28, and the Bop Stop. He also opened for Joe Williams at John CarrollUniversity.

Throughout his musical journey Archie’s mission has been to bring sincerity and passionto every performance. So, come along for what will certainly be an unforgettable ride!

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Pete Cavano & Kevin Richards$10.00 Thursday 3/22 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

East Side Meets West Side when these two North Coast Guitar Masters combineefforts live at Nighttown!

Pete Cavano - "It has been an honor and privilege to perform with artists as diverseas the late Robert Lockwood Jr., and local legends Anne E. Dechant, Wallace Coleman,Mr. Stress, and Colin Dussault, to name just a few.

In addition to my local work, I have been an annual performer at the Chet AtkinsAppreciation Society Convention held in Nashville. This is a showcase of the best sologuitarists from around the world and I am humbled to be in their ranks.

Though I will continue to “sit in” with notable local bands, for the last 20 years I haveconcentrated on solo guitar. Covering everything from Bach to the Beatles, I havedeveloped a broad repertoire which I can adapt to any audience."

Kevin T. Richards is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who specializes in pre-waracoustic blues, country, traditional and jazz music playing guitar, steel guitar, banjo,fiddle, and mandolin. Kevin has shared the stage with music greats such as RobertLockwood Jr., Jorma Kaukonen and John Hammond. Kevin fronts the band the SpyderStompers (Americana) and is a member of Hot Djang (gypsy jazz/swing). Recently hefounded the Green Diamond Zephyr a band created to help educate and preserve musicof the Great American Songbook.

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The Numbers Band (15-60-75)$10.00 Friday 3/23 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

From Kent, Ohio! Celebrating their 48th Year! Northeast Ohio Jazz, Blues, & RockLegends hit the Stage at Nighttown!

Featuring: Bob Kidney-guitar & vocals, Jack Kidney-harmonica, sax, keys, &vocals, Terry Hynde-sax, Bill Watson-bass, & Clint Alguire-drums.

15 60 75 The Numbers Band has been praised by almost every national musicpublication and several international publications since the beginning of their 30 yearsof live performances and recordings. Many fans are under the impression that the bandremains obscure by choice. In fact, they have never been offered a contract from anyrecording company in the industry, ever.

The music "cannot be categorized", "it is undefinable", "too original". The musicindustry is not about music anymore. It is about selling products the public can relateto. After all, it is a business. Even "alternative" music has become a label. The founderof the band, Robert Kidney, explains, "The music industry, the media, and thetellsusourvision (TV) are defining for the American public what is good music by onlyplaying and supporting what is profitable. We are taught to disregard everything that isnot familiar. We (The Numbers Band) give the people our best. Our effort goes intobeing creative, unique and original. We define our own sound. There are no rulesbecause we don't play the game. We are not in it for the game, we're in it for themusic."

So, the band continues to create and evolve outside of the "Rock & Roll" establishment.The majority of the recordings were financed by friends. Hundreds of photographstaken of the band in different stages of it's existence by different amazing people tell astory of intense performances, long nights, and the passing of time. Band membershave come and gone, and returned again. Robert sees music as much more than anemotional release or a performance.

The title of the band has always aroused curiosity from fans. The fans called them TheNumbers because it was easier than trying to get the figures right. Numbers had notbeen used in a name before, and the political climate in 1970 was quite Orwell-ian.Robert choose a sequence of numbers mentioned in a book written by Paul Oliver calledThe Blues Fell This Morning. In the chapter "The Jinx Is On Me", Oliver describes theNumbers Racket popular in Harlem in the 1950s and how dreams were analyzed asnumber sequences and used for placing bets. The band's music theory specialist, TerryHynde, also discovered that 15 divided 15 is 1, 60 divided by 15 is 4, and 75 divided by15 is 5. In a musician's world, "1, 4, 5," is referred to as the "universal progression".

The band resides in northeast Ohio. They have several recordings under their belt andmore music than they can afford to release.

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Richie Cole & Sammy DeLeon Latin Jazz Septet$25.00 Saturday 3/24 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Jazz Meets Salsa when Saxophone Star Richie Cole teams up with the NorthCoasts top Latin Jazz Group!

Featuring: Richie Cole-sax, Sammy DeLeon-timbales, Jackie Warren-piano, RafaelGuzman-percussion, Cheito Hernandez-bass, Scott McKee-trumpet, Tom First-sax, & Mark Mauldin-trombone.

Richie Cole started playing alto saxophone when he was 10 years old in his home townof Trenton, New Jersey. Influenced by Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker, Cole’s talentand dedication won him a full scholarship from Downbeat Magazine to the BerkleeSchool of Music in Boston.

His professional career began in 1969 when he joined the Buddy Rich Big Band. Andafter stints with the Lionel Hampton Big Band and the Doc Severinsen Big Band, Coleformed his own quintet and toured worldwide, doing a great deal to popularize bebopand his own “Alto Madness” style in the 70’s and early 80’s.

Cole has performed and recorded with the great vocalese artist Eddie Jefferson, theManhattan Transfer, Bobby Enriquez, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Stitt, Art Pepper, TomWaits, Boots Randolph, and Nancy Wilson, to name just a few of his musicalcollaborations. Notably, Cole has performed at the Village Vanguard and Carnegie Hallas well as gave a command performance for the Queen of England.

Cole has recorded over 50 albums and CDs, including his top hit album “HollywoodMadness” (1979 Muse Records) and his tribute album to Leonard Bernstein, “Richie ColePlays West Side Story” (1997 Music Masters Jazz). A prolific composer, Cole also findstime to arrange for full big bands, symphony orchestras and frequent performances atjazz festivals worldwide. Moreover, he enjoys sharing his love of music with youngergenerations and is active recording, touring and presenting university master classes.

Cole was appointed to the Board of the National Jazz Service Organization and theBoard for the National Endowment for the Arts where he served as chairman for oneyear. He is also a charter member of the International Association of Jazz Educators. In2005 he was awarded the State of California Congressional Certificate of LifetimeAchievement in Jazz on behalf of the Temecula Jazz Society.

Sammy DeLeon is a master timbales player who has shared his talent far and wide. He has appeared in New York, Chicago, Miami, San Juan and points in between. He isthe undisputed leader in latin music in the Ohio area. Formerly the musical director ofImpacto Nuevo, Sammy has been leading his own group since 1996. Equally adept inlatin jazz, salsa and merengue, Sammy and his Orchestra make it hard for an audienceto sit still. DeLeon has shared the stage with many stars of latin jazz.

He opened up for the late Tito Puente several times in Cleveland and New York City andwas a favorite of the late master. Sammy has collaborated with many of the leadinglatin musicians throughout the world. They include Humberto Ramirez, Tony Vega, ElGran Combo, and Tito Rojas. Latin music has enjoyed a great revival in Northeast Ohiothanks to the leadership of Sammy DeLeon and his dynamic Orchestra.

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Journeywork$10.00 Sunday 3/25 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Celtic Music from North Coast Favorites Brian Holleran, Brian Bigley, & Ruairi

Celtic Music from North Coast Favorites Brian Holleran, Brian Bigley, & RuairiHurley!

A varied program of traditional music played by JOURNEYWORK, comprising three ofthe Cleveland area's most skilled and in-demand Irish performers: Brian Holleran (fluteand whistle), Brian Bigley (uilleann pipes and whistle), and Ruairí Hurley (guitar andvocals). The trio performs regularly in the setting of The Harp Irish pub on Cleveland'swest side, and they will bring this infectious energy to their renditions of the liltingtunes and songs that tell the story of the Irish communities living on both sides of theAtlantic.

BRIAN BIGLEY comes from a musical family on the west side of Cleveland. Studyingwith Achill Island piper Michael Kilbane from the age of eight, Brian's sensitivity to theart of uilleann piping has developed into a high level of understanding. His interest inmaintaining the best sound possible led Brian to study the art of pipe-making with SethGallagher in upstate New York and time spent with flute maker Patrick Olwell. He iscurrently making pipes in the style of the late Dave Williams and is an accomplishedreed maker.

Brian is also a world-class Irish step dancer, having competed at the WorldChampionships in Glasgow and Killarney. He has toured extensively throughout NorthAmerica and Europe as a pipe, flute, and whistle player, as well as a dancer with "TheMagic of Ireland" and "Tomaseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas" (tomaseenfoley.com). Hehas been featured as a guest artist with Apollo's Fire - The Cleveland BaroqueOrchestra, as well as with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, performing in their"Symphonic Led Zeppelin" concerts at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2002) and theMasonic Auditorium (2007).

BRIAN HOLLERAN grew up in an Irish family in Jersey City, New Jersey. His interestin traditional Irish music was first piqued at the age of twelve after listening to thesession recording "Music at Matt Molloy's," and later his father's trad vinyl collection.His mother found him initial tin whistle lessons with Maura Vesey and finally flutelessons with 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellow Mike Rafferty of Ballynakill, EastCounty Galway. Mike taught Brian the bulk of his music and would become Brian'sbiggest influence and source of encouragement. In addition to many tunes, Mike alsotaught Brian about the many musicians who came out of East Galway and thedistinctive traits of that regional style.

Brian was also influenced by Willie Kelly and Patrick Ourceau, two of the greatestexponents of traditional Irish fiddle playing in the United States.

Originally from Dublin, guitarist/vocalist RUAIRÍ HURLEY has been performing,recording, and collaborating within the Northeast Ohio traditional music scene forseveral years. He sings songs from the tradition in both the English and Irish languageand has a particular interest in arranging traditional tunes for the guitar.

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"54 Below Concert": Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Department Senior Class$10.00 Monday 3/26 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Senior Class

Every year in early April, the BW music theater seniors take their “Senior Showcase” toNew York City. This tightly choreographed “mini-show” is performed so the theatricalagents can see the talent for themselves and decide which of the kids they want torepresent. And all of the BW kids, stunningly and for years, end up with theatricalrepresentation, often based on this showcase.

For the last few years, the BW seniors have also done their showcase at New York’sfamed cabaret, “Feinstein’s 54 Below.”

But not this year.

Instead, the seniors are going to do a completely different show for this sophisticatedNew York audience – and they’re going to preview that special show at Nighttown onMonday, March 26.

Let’s help send the BW seniors to fame and fortune in New York City with a full-houseof Cleveland support at Nighttown on March 26 for this very special “Feinstein’s 54Below” show.

From lead roles on Broadway and London's West End to prime time television, film andmore, students from Baldwin Wallace’s music theatre (BWMT) program have garneredtop acclaim for more than 20 years.

Recently ranked as number two of the top ten Music Theatre programs in the countryby College Magazine, Program Director Victoria Bussert continues to lead students tosuccessful careers.

Click here for Plain Dealer article "Baldwin Wallace University's Victoria Bussert hasmolded talent, lighted the way for Broadway-bound actors"

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Charlie Hunter$20.00 Tuesday 3/27 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

8 String Guitar Virtuoso and his Group return to Nighttown!

As a young guitarist growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Charlie Hunter waslooking for a way to stand out in the '80s. His primary influences were jazz great JoePass and the fluid Tuck Andress (of the guitar/vocal duo Tuck & Patti), both six-stringguitarists who were adept at blending bass notes into their standard guitar melodies tomake themselves sound like two musicians at once. But Hunter wanted to take it onestep further, and set out to find an instrument on which he could simultaneouslyfunction as both a guitarist and a bassist. For his self-titled 1993 debut CD, Hunterplayed a seven-string guitar for the duality effect, locking down the bottom withdrummer Jay Lane and mixing melodically with saxophonist David Ellis. But on his trio's1995 sophomore release, Bing, Bing, Bing!, Hunter unveiled his custom-made Novaxeight-string, the guitar that finally allowed him to realize his capacity. Designed byRalph Novak, the instrument featured special frets and separate signals for its guitarand bass portions. Picking bass notes with his right thumb while fretting them with hisleft index finger (while at the same time fingerpicking guitar chords and single noteswith his right hand's remaining four digits as he frets with his left hand's other threefingers), Hunter achieves the real sound of two-for-one.

Hunter played with the side group T.J. Kirk in the mid-'90s, a band that derived theirname from the cover material they exclusively played: Thelonious Monk, James Brown,and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Initially wanting to call themselves James T. Kirk beforebeing threatened by the Star Trek TV and film series, T.J. Kirk released a self-titled1995 debut and the 1996 follow-up, If Four Was One, before disbanding. Hunter tookdrummer Scott Amendola with him for his next project, an ambitious instrumentalremake of Bob Marley's Natty Dread album in its entirety. Also featuring saxophonistsKenny Brooks and Calder Spanier, the 1997 release beat the odds by becomingarguably Hunter's best album. After Spanier died from injuries sustained from being hitby a car, Hunter moved east to New York, taking Amendola with him. Teaming withvibraphonist Stefon Harris and percussionist John Santos, Charlie Hunter & Pound forPound's 1998 CD Return of the Candyman is dedicated to Spanier. A departure fromNatty Dread, mainly due to the work of Harris, the disc featured a vibes-heavy cover ofSteve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle."

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Jamey Haddad International All Star Sextet featuring Julien Labro$20.00 Wednesday 3/28 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Master drummer & percussionist from Paul Simon's band, and professor of Musicat Oberlin leads All Star International Group!

Featuring: Jamey Haddad-drums & percussion, Julien Labro-accordion, MichaelOrenstein-piano, Emma Adomeit-acoustic bass, Patrick Graney-percussion, &Birsa Chatterjee-sax.

A world class musician, native Clevelander Jamey Haddad spent most of 2012 and2013 on tour with Paul Simon enhancing his world famous music with his percussion. Jamey Haddad has been a professional jazz musician for over 25 years. He has touredand recorded with many greats including Carly Simon, Joe Lovano, Paul Winter, KennyWerner, and Dave Liebman.

Currently Jamey teaches at Oberlin and he continues to tour as the leader of his owngroup, and as a special guest, nationally and internationally.

Boundary breaking and eclectic, Julien Labro escapes easy classification with hisunique musical language and blend of improvisation and artistry that draws from hisdiverse background and musical roots. Inspired by music from around the world andacross a myriad of genres, spanning jazz, classical, world and even folk music, Julienhas crafted a refreshingly genre-bending, multilayered contemporary voice, rich withharmony, rhythm, and spontaneity that sets him indescribably apart.

Labro’s musical journey has taken him all across North America, Europe, the MiddleEast and South America. He has performed and collaborated with groups and artistssuch as Hot Club of Detroit, Brazilian pianist João Donato, Argentinean Grammy winningcomposer and pianist Fernando Otero, big-band leader Maria Schneider, vocalistCassandra Wilson and Kiran Ahluwalia, clarinetist Anat Cohen, Lebanese oud masterMarcel Khalife, saxophonists Miguel Zenón, James Carter, Chris Cheek, Jon Irabagonand Victor Goines, trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, composers Du Yun and AvnerDorman, harmonica extraordinaire Howard Levy, percussionist Jamey Haddad,bandoneónist Daniel Binelli, and guitarists Howard Alden, Larry Coryell, Frank Vignola,Tommy Emmanuel, and John and Bucky Pizzarelli.

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Songwriters in the Round$10.00 Friday 3/30 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Singer Songwriters share their Music and Stories live on Nighttown Stage!

Featuring: Gretchen Pleuss, Emily Keener, Morgan Mecaskey, Michelle Gaw.

As with some of her proudly stated musical heroes, which include Nick Drake, JoniMitchell, Paul Simon, and Ani Difranco, Gretchen Pleuss keeps the music above thestandard, three-chord, coffee-house troubadour sound with some cool chordprogressions (a la Mitchell) and grooves. Pleuss also trusts her lilting melodies enoughto use her quiet, emotive alto to sell her lyrics.

Emily Keener is a craftswoman of observation and emotion, and her live presence isreminiscent of conversations in dimly lit living rooms. Her music is a mirror and amagnifying glass, reflective and evocative; with compelling melodies and fiercehonesty.Her latest record, “Breakfast” (November 2016) and 2018 finds her workingtirelessly on a new collection of songs for her upcoming release.

Morgan Mecaskey is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist living in Cleveland, Ohio. Her music is a heart and head experience forthe listener: earnest lyrics delve into metaphysical questions while vivid soundscapes,whimsical motifs, and fat beats build the bold and beguiling music.

Michelle Gaw is a singer/songwriter that has been writing and performing for sevenyears. She has a wide range of musical influences including folk, soul, jazz, and indie.Michelle focuses primarily on relatability and wordplay in her songwriting. She strivesto make her audiences think differently about life’s subtleties. Using guided imageryand word painting, Michelle’s songs take listeners through vivid experiences.

Dane Vannatter $15.00 Saturday 3/31 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Dynamic Jazz Vocalist and recent arrival in Cleveland makes his Nighttown Debutwith his Quartet!

Featuring: Dane Vannatter-vocals, Jackie Warren-piano, Aiden Plank-bass, MikeTomaro- sax/flute.

Dane Vannatter has received Bistro awards for Outstanding Vocalist and for his secondrecording Flight by the critics of BackStage in New York. Dane has been acclaimed byreviewers at The New York Post, The Boston Globe, and BackStage for a style that“blends facets of cabaret and jazz with intelligence and care.”

The Boston Globe remarks “Dane Vannatter’s distinctive style leaves an imprint onwhatever music he sings. His voice has a floating quality that gets in your head andwon’t leave….his music is a swinging, soaring adventure!” He has been nominated for 4MAC awards and is a Nightlife Award finalist.

Dane has performed for several years at the annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Conventionin New York. In Pittsburgh, Dane has performed for First Fridays at the Frick, and singsregularly at Fairmont Hotel’s Jazz at Andy’s and James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy.On July 31, 2015 Dane was called to the stage by Patti LaBelle during her concert in

On July 31, 2015 Dane was called to the stage by Patti LaBelle during her concert inColumbus, Ohio. After hearing Dane sing and inviting him to duet on her classic “LadyMarmalade” Patti exclaimed “You better sing, fool. My God!.”

Dane released his 4th CD Give Me Something Real in 2016 to much critical acclaim

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Svetlana & The Delancey Five$15.00 Thursday 4/05 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

From Russia/NYC! Exciting Swing Vocalist and her Band make Cleveland Debutat Nighttown!

Svetlana is "Breakfast at Tiffany's served at the 21st Century Speakeasy" (Allan Young,New York Music Daily), "outstanding vocalist and songwriter" (Will Frieldwald, WallStreet Journal), "making Hot Jazz sound cool!" (BlueMonkMoods).

"Prepare to swing and be moved!" (JazzLives) and "Shine your dancing shoes!" (TimeOut NY) as "NYC darlings" (Time Out NY) Svetlana and the Delancey Five transport youto the carnival of sound, seamlessly moving from sophisticated and sultry retrospectionto a rowdy joyous "exuberant, foot-stomping party combining swing and pop-singer/songwriter sensibilities"(WPIX11TV) fit for the 21st Century!

Svetlana & The Delancey Five is a collective to New York's veteran jazz musicians leadby a young exciting vocalist, bandleader and arranger, Svetlana Shmulyian. Sinceforming in 2011, Svetlana and her band have headlined sold out shows in the premierjazz clubs (such as Blue Note, BBKings, Joe's Pub, Regattabar), Jazz Festivals (BlueNote Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Blues Festival), and Performance Arts Centers across theUnited States and internationally. The band has gained stellar reviews from Presenters,Audiences, and Press alike by playing exhilarating shows that combine the charm ofSvetlana's sultry swinging vocals, with the the excitement and power of a "little bigband" and the intoxicating unpredictable improvisational aspects of a small jazz group!

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Jeff Lorber Fusion$40.00 Friday 4/06

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Grammy Winning Piano and Keyboard Artist and Fusion Legend returns toNighttown for 2 Big Shows!

Trailblazing pianist, composer, producer and bandleader Jeff Lorber is a consummateartist who continues to push himself to new plateaus. A groundbreaking Fender Rhodespioneer along with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample and Bob James, Lorber hastriumphed as one of the most innovative musical minds in contemporary jazz. The multiGrammy-nominated pianist’s newest CD is a sterling example of his expansive musicalroots, masterfully crafted harmonic and melodic sophistication, irresistible finger-poppin’ grooves and intricate rhythmic sense. “I came up with the name Prototypebecause we are always trying to up our game and come up with new exciting musicthat could be a prototype or innovative harbinger for the future of our musical style,”says the LA based pianist. Lorber, a Berklee College of Music alum who formerlymajored in Chemistry at Boston College goes full throttle on Prototype, orchestratinglike an alchemist in the lab concocting a majestic elixir of jazz, soul, funk, pop, R&Band gospel.

Jeff Lorber’s Fusion came to life in the 70s when the pianist attended Berklee College ofMusic. “I was listening to Miles Davis and Bitches Brew and the beginning of greatfusion bands like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Return to Forever,”reflects Lorber. “There were also artists like Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders and GroverWashington, who pioneered a more melodic and funky type of sound. Not to mentionthe fantastic music being made in R&B and pop music like Earth Wind and Fire andTower of Power.” Lorber envisioned Jeff Lorber Fusion a second generation to thesefusion bands that were more R&B and melody oriented. A true clinician, Lorber hasmade it a point to study the long line of modern jazz pianists since 1945. “HerbieHancock and Chick Corea have been major influences but I had to go back and try tofigure out who they listened to and were inspired by,” says Lorber. “Some of theseicons that come to mind are Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner and Bud Powell.”He adds, “I also can’t forget all of the pianists who played with Miles Davis such as RedGarland, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan and Horace Silver.”

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Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo$20.00 Saturday 4/07 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

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Guitar Virtuosos Back on Nighttown Stage for a two nights of Stunning Fretwork!

Frank Vignola

Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the publictoday. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of theworld’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Wynton Marsalis,Tommy Emmanuel, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul,who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitar List” for the Wall Street Journal.Vignola’s jaw-dropping technique explains why the New York Times deemed him “one ofthe brightest…stars of the guitar”.

Born on suburban Long Island on December 30, 1965, Vignola was raised in the NewYork area. The Italian-American started playing the guitar at the age of six and grew up

York area. The Italian-American started playing the guitar at the age of six and grew upadmiring a variety of guitarists. Far from a jazz snob, Vignola never listened to jazzexclusively and was also a major fan of classical, rock, R&B, and pop. The guitariststhat he admires range from Django and Les Paul to rock icons like Frank Zappa andEddie Van Halen. As a young adult, Vignola studied at the Cultural Arts Center of LongIsland and went on to enjoy an enormous amount of sideman gigs in the 1980sincluding recording and touring with the likes of Madonna, Leon Redbone, Ringo Starr aswell as coming into his own as a leader in 1988 with his famed Hot Club of Francetribute which was hailed in the NY Times as one of the top ten acts in New York City in1988 and forged the way for the many Django Hot Club groups that followed.

The New Yorker was 27 when, in 1993, he signed with Concord Jazz and recorded hisfirst Concord session as a leader, Appel Direct. Many more Concord releases followedin the 1990s as well as 3 releases for the Telarc label as co-leader of the groupTravelin’ Light. The early 2000′s found Vignola recording a solo guitar CD for AcousticDisc as well as performing regularly with guitarist, Les Paul. This also marked the timethat Frank began working with record producer Joel Dorn as well as making featuredappearances on Atlantic, Sony and Warner Brothers Records with the likes of DonaldFagen, Queen Latifah, Mark O Connor and Wynton Marsalis. He also recorded acollection of Gershwin pieces for Mel Bay Records titled, “Vignola Plays Gershwin”which was number 2 in NPR radio airplay charts. In recent years, Vignola has recordedtwo important collaborative CD’s, “Just Between Frets” with Tommy Emmanuel on SolidAir Records and “Frank-N-Dawg, Melody Monsters” with mandolinist David Grisman onAcoustic Disc Records.

Vinny Raniolo

Still in his 20s, Raniolo has already performed alongside Tommy Emmanuel, TonyTrishka, Bucky Pizzarelli and David Grisman. Vignola and Raniolo have been touringtogether as a guitar duo for nearly four years, and have played hundreds of showstogether.

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Dominick Farinacci "Modern Warrior"$30.00 Thursday 4/12 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

The Story and Sound of a Combat Veteran's Journey. Created by DominickFarinacci and Jaymes Poling.

With 7 Pc Band Live at Nighttown!

Modern Warrior is a live theatrical music experience co-created by United StatesMilitary Veteran Jaymes Poling and musician Dominick Farinacci. This dynamicproduction explores the psychological weights of war, the challenges of reintegration asa civilian, and the potential for positive personal and communal growth.Narrated by Staff Sergeant Poling, who spent three years in Afghanistan as aninfantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division, the autobiographical production details histime in the military and his subsequent transition to civilian life back home. It’scomplemented by dynamic musical performances led by Dominick Farinacci (MackAvenue recording artist and former Global Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center).

The Modern Warrior initiative aims to build bridges between veteran and civiliancommunities through live performances, collaborative workshops, sharing veteranstories and informative panel discussions. Modern Warrior works to help destigmatizeour veterans’ experiences through deeper understanding from the community and byproviding inspirational hope across communities.

About the creators

About the creatorsJaymes Poling grew up in Warren, Ohio and enlisted in the US Army at the age of 17.He was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina as aninfantryman. During his eight years with the division, he spent 36 months fighting inAfghanistan across three separate tours.Jaymes is currently in his last year of a finance degree at John Carroll University, andspends time working to help veterans find their own peace after war. Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has been recently credited the title Global Ambassadorto Jazz at Lincoln Center by Wynton Marsalis, working to further integrate jazz intocommunities around the world. He graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005launching his career in Japan with a prolific run of eight albums, later releasing twomore globally. He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around theworld, was a featured guest on ABC’s Good Morning America, and is a TED Speaker.Music icon Quincy Jones says of Dominick’s accomplishments in performance,recording, education & advocacy, “This kid is 360 degrees!”

His most recent recording “Short Stories” is produced by Tommy LiPuma. This isTommy & Dominick’s first collaboration, and was recorded in their hometown ofCleveland at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts.

In addition to touring around the world with his band, Dominick has been successful inhis personal endeavors on bringing music into the community through Arts andWellness & Education. He was invited by TED to be a TED Speaker at the 2014 TED MEDconference at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

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Dominick Farinacci Quintet$30.00 Friday 4/13 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Rising Trumpet Star and his Group Back by Popular Demand Live at Nighttown!

Dominick Farinacci recently released his Mack Avenue Records debut, "Short Stories" --a compelling suite of music with a repertoire that spans genres and generations unitedby the trumpeter/composer's soulful conception. Bringing together songs from TomWaits, Horace Silver, Dianne Reeves and the Gipsy Kings as well as originalcompositions, Farinacci has managed to create his own musical universe, aided bymusicians of the highest caliber. All of the songs have a narrative that any listener canrelate to.

Farinacci had already achieved enough stature by his mid-teens that Wynton Marsalisoffered to help him set his sights on coming to New York, and by 2001, Farinacci wasone of only four trumpeters in the world to be selected as the inaugural students in TheJuilliard School's first jazz curriculum. During his school years and afterwards, Farinacciimmediately distinguished himself as a soloist/bandleader/composer with a vision.

Soon thereafter, Farinacci was named the first Global Ambassador for Jazz at LincolnCenter and traveled to Qatar where his world expanded beyond his wildest dreams.Throughout the two years that Farinacci spent there, he broadened his activities toinclude dozens of different projects, where the goal was, through his music andoutreach activities, to unite communities and overcome barriers of every sort.

outreach activities, to unite communities and overcome barriers of every sort.

Life itself has many different sorts of mentorship built into it. A life in the arts can'texist without these kinds of relationships, and Short Stories is the fruit of the comingtogether of two kindred spirits, Farinacci and LiPuma, from the same home town(Cleveland, Ohio), separated by just under half a century in age. What unites them is aclear, moern aesthetic vision that combines the highest musical standards with a desireto be agents of change.

There are so many superlatives thrown around these days that they seem to have losttheir effect; but as this unique and deeply grounded album sinks into yourconsciousness, you will undoubtedly come to the conclusion that Dominick Farinacci isnot only one of the truly outstanding musicians of his generation, but also that what isbehind the music is nothing short of miraculous. In Farinacci's own words: "While ShortStories is the title of this particular recording, it has come to represent a culmination ofthings I'm most passionate about - performance, education, music & wellness andcommunity-based cultural collaborations - unfolding in the music and touring around theworld."

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Eric Andersen $20.00 Thursday 4/19 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

Legendary Singer/Songwriter and Trio hit the Stage at Nighttown!

"Eric Andersen is one of our finest singers and songwriters, in the most literal sense ofthat tradition… the most elegant of singers." David Fricke, (Rolling StoneMagazine)

“An American master.” Robert Palmer.

Eric Andersen first came to prominence as a performer in Greenwich Village in theearly 1960s and immediately became part of the Village folk and songwriter scenealong with Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, and Bob Dylan, and was at theepicenter of the American Greenwich Village singer-songwriter explosion.

Besides his own classics, he’s co-written songs with Bob Weir of the Dead, Townes VanZandt, Rick Danko, and Lou Reed.

His songs have been covered by many artists including Mary Chapin Carpenter, JudyCollins, Fairport Convention, Rick Nelson, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, The GratefulDead, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Blues Project, Gillian Welch and Linda Thompson, andRick Danko. Bob Dylan’s version of Eric’s song “Thirsty Boots” was released as a singleon Record Store Day and also appears on the Dylan CD Another Self Portrait.

Over the past 50 years, Eric has toured the world and released over 30 CDs of originalmusic including Blue Rain (Appleseed Recordings) his first live concert recording in Oslowith the band Spoonful of Blues and released in 2007. In the early 1990s Andersen recorded 2 trio-harmony albums with The Band’s RickDanko and Norwegian singer Jonas Fjeld. He’s featured in the Joni Mitchell AmericanMasters documentary, the Wildflower Festival DVD with Judy Collins, Tom Rush, andArlo Guthrie, the rock film Festival Express and the documentary Greenwich Village:Music That Defined a Generation. In 1990 Eric won the New York Music Award for his album Ghosts Upon the Road,in 1992 the Spellemanns Pris (Norwegian Grammy) for “Danko Fjeld Andersen” and in2003 The Premio Tenco award with Patti Smith in San Remo, Italy. It is an award givento outstanding songwriters. Previous awards have gone to Randy Newman, Tom Waits,Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Lou Reed.

Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Lou Reed. The Eric Andersen and Friends Webcast was launched in June 2011 by NevessaProductions Woodstock with special guests Happy Traum, John Sebastian, Joe Flood andInge Andersen.

Featured songs from that show were from his album The Cologne Concert (MeyerRecords) which was released on CD and Vinyl in April 2011. The live album featuresEric’s wife Inge Andersen on back-up harmonies and he is accompanied on violin byMichele Gazich.

Coming soon, in conjunction with Eric’s fall tours, this October 2107 will see the releaseof two new albums:

Sony/Legacy Records will be issuing THE ESSENTIAL ERIC ANDERSEN – A 42-trackdigital release, 33 track double CD release and 20 track double LP retrospective releasecovering fifty years of his recorded history from Today is the Highway to Blue Riverand Ghosts Upon the Road and Beat Avenue and on to his Live in Cologne album andunreleased New York recordings.

The fall of 2017 will see the release of a new EP from Meyer Records called SilentAngel: The Exploded World of Heinrich Böll”

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David Ake HUMANITIES Quintet $20.00 Saturday 4/21 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Cutting Edge Pianist takes that Stage at Nighttown with his All-Sar Quintet!

Featuring: David Ake-piano, Ralph Alessi-trumpet, Peter Epstein-sax, DrewGress-acoustic bass, & Mark Ferber-drums.

Pianist and composer David Ake has worked alongside some of the world's mostcreative musicians. Among his recordings are the solo-piano CD In Between, hailed byJazz Times as “luminous” and “poignant;” Bridges (Down Beat : ****1/2); and thecritically acclaimed Lake Effect, recorded during and inspired by his two years inCleveland.

His most recent release, Humanities, features the renowned improvisers Ralph Alessi(trumpet), Ben Monder (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), and Mark Ferber (drums).

In addition to his extensive performance credits, Ake is an award-winning scholar andeducator. He authored the books Jazz Cultures and Jazz Matters, and co-edited theessay collection Jazz/Not Jazz.

A former chair of the music department at Case Western Reserve University, he nowchairs the Department of Musicology at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

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Nicole Henry$25.00 Sunday 4/22 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Dynamic jazz & soul vocalist from Miami/NYC live on Nighttown stage! With theRobert Hubbard Trio.

Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world’smost acclaimed vocalists. Ms. Henry possesses a potent combination of dynamic vocalabilities, impeccable phrasing and powerful emotional resonance.

Her passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma have earned her a 2013 SoulTrain Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," three Top-10 U.S. Billboard andHMV Japan jazz CDs, and rave reviews by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal,The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more.

Ms. Henry’s accompaniment ranges from a jazz trio to a full big band with a repertoirethat includes the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, contemporarystandards, blues and originals.

Ms. Henry has captivated audiences in over 15 countries, headlining at venues in NewYork, Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, San Francisco and Miami - includingover 30 music festivals and in some of the world’s most famous venues.

Such venues include: Blue Note; Jazz at Lincoln Center; Blues Alley; Arsht Center;Feinstein’s; Madrid Jazz Festival; Regattabar; Catalina Jazz, L.A.; The Royal Room,Palm Beach; Jazz Aspen/Snowmass Festival; Green Mill; Jazz Kitchen and many more!

“The obvious forerunner to Ms. Henry…is the younger Natalie Cole, to whose style sheadds a coating of brass.” - The New York Times

"...this generation's First Lady of Jazz. She is the genuine article, the dream at lastcome true… - The Huffington Post

“…a paragon of perfection…the vocal love child of Whitney Houston and SarahVaughan.” - Miami Herald

“...a pop, soul superwoman.” - The New York Times

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Stanley Jordan & Diego Figueiredo "Together for the First Time!"$30.00 Wednesday 4/25 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Thursday 4/26 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

After Selling out their Solo Shows in January, Nighttown is proud to Present theseTwo World Class Guitarists Together For the First Time!

International Summit Meeting with Stanley Jordan (USA) and Diego Figueiredo(Brazil). World Premier Live at Nighttown!!

(Brazil). World Premier Live at Nighttown!!

In a career that took flight with immediate commercial success and critical acclaim,guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musicalpersona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it boldreinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, toblazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works. Jordan canalways be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.

Key to Jordan’s fast-track acclaim was his mastery of a special technique on theguitar’s fretboard. Instead of conventional strumming and picking, Jordan's innovative"touch technique" is an advanced form of two-handed tapping. While a handful of otherplayers were using similar techniques, Stanley’s fluid, multi-layered textures and sheervirtuosity raised the bar for excellence.

But his technique, though impressive, is always a means to a musical end. His music isimbued with a warmth and sensitivity that has captured the imagination of listenersworldwide. A classically trained pianist before playing guitar, Jordan wanted greaterfreedom in voicing chords on his guitar, so he applied piano principles to do so.Jordan's touch technique allows the guitarist to play melody and chords simultaneouslywith an unprecedented level of independence.

To date Jordan has performed in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He has performedat many festivals, including the Kool Jazz Festival, the Concord Jazz Festival, and theMontreaux International Jazz Festival. During the 1980s he collaborated with a diversearray of artists, including performances with Art Blakey and Richie Cole and recordingswith Stanley Clarke.

Diego Figueiredo is a new star of the guitar world. He is only 35, and he has release23 Cds, 3 DVDs, and he has playing in more than 60 contries around the world. He iswinner of several important competitions like Montreux Jazz Competition, VISA Prizeand some others. Diego is presenting now his new concert “ From Classical to Jazz”. Itis a fusion between Jazz, Bossa nova and Classical music. Diego has an uniqueinterpretation, with a lot of technique, much emotion, and his show has been a greatsuccess to audiences.

Brazil continuously fosters new stars that impress and amaze their audiences with theirjoy and exceptional technique. Diego Figueiredo makes new fans everytime he entersthe stage, and very few others play the guitar as expressively as he does.

Diego has recorded and performed with big names like Gilberto Gil, João Bosco,Roberto Menescal, Toquinho, Belchior, Fafá de Belém, Angela Maria, Toninho Horta,Larry Coryell, Ken Peplowski, Lewis Nash, John Clayton, Cyrille Aimée and manyothers.

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Jimmy Webb - The Glenn Campbell Years $75.00 Friday 4/27 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Saturday 4/28 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

JIMMY WEBB: THE GLEN CAMPBELL YEARS highlights some of the 100+recordings from the Webb/Campbell songbook, pulling the audience in withvarious accounts each night of the personal side of generational touchstones like“Honey Come Back,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,”“Galveston” and more from decades of shared musical memories.

Songwriter Jimmy Webb has had many chart topping hits, spanning a wide variety ofmusical genres. He received his first gold record at age 18, was the NationalSongwriter Hall of Fame's youngest ever inductee and the only artist ever to receiveGrammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.

But perhaps Webb's most enduring legacy is his musical partnership with GlenCampbell. The two musicians worked on over one hundred recordings togetherbeginning with “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” which won two Grammy awards. But atthe time, the two had never met in person. Webb says that happened a couple of yearslater at a recording studio in L.A.

Webb offers fans a unique glimpse into that collaboration with "Jimmy Webb: The GlenCampbell Years.” Through songs, video and audio clips, the composer and performerwill share stories of how the many iconic songs they produced came to be.

Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer and singer known worldwide as amaster of his trade. Not many artists can say they premiered a classical nocturne andhad a rap hit with Kanye West (“Do What You Gotta Do” on “Famous”) in the sameyear, but Jimmy’s career is full of surprises. Since his first platinum hit “The WorstThat Could Happen,” Webb has had numerous hits including “Up, Up and Away,” “By theTime I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “All I Know” and “MacArthurPark,” and has also become a leader and mentor in the industry as a champion forsongwriters.

Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics andorchestration. His numerous accolades include the prestigious Ivor Novella InternationalAward (2012) and the Academy of Country Music’s Poet Award (2016). In 2016 RollingStone Magazine listed Webb as one of the top 50 songwriters of all time. Jimmy Webbwas the youngest person ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Jimmy Webb’s songs have been recorded by some of the greatest voices of all timeincluding Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel,Linda Ronstadt, Michael Feinstein and Judy Collins as well as bands like R.E.M. PerBMI, his song “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” was the third most performed song in the50 years between 1940 and 1990. Webb continues to write and record, and hasreleased ten solo albums since the 1970s, while also writing for other artists. His latesttwo CDs, Just Across the River and Still Within the Sound of My Voice, feature duetswith friends including Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, JD Souther,Glen Campbell, Lucinda Williams, Mark Knopfler, Brian Wilson, Lyle Lovett and KeithUrban, among others.

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Lou Armagno "Sinatra Selects" $10.00 Sunday 4/29 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Vocalist Lou Armagno & his group Sinatra Selects plays the music of "Old BlueEyes" for Special Spring Show at Nighttown!

Featuring: Lou Armagno-vocals, Marc Paige-sax, Mike Elkins-piano, Jim Mass-bass, & Ricky Exton-drums.

Lou Armagno Lou has been performing in and around Cleveland since he moved back

Lou Armagno Lou has been performing in and around Cleveland since he moved backin June 2013. What sets Lou apart from other Rat Packer’s is his uncanny similarity insound and delivery to 'Ole Blue Eyes? Prior to coming back home Lou performed inHonolulu with various bands and venues. His 2015 CD release, NEVER BEFORE, a 100thanniversary tribute to The Chairman of the Board, is a fantastic interpretation of songsFrank never recorded, and truly a treat!

Marc Paige Marc has been playing clarinet and saxophone for over 55 years. He hasperformed with many rock, blues and jazz groups, along with most of Cleveland's bigbands. Additionally, he is a member of the Solon Philharmonic Orchestra, and a boardmember with Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.

Mike Elkins Mike Elkins is a pianist, music director, and arranger. He is a veteran ofseveral area big bands and currently the pianist for the Dan Zola Orchestra. He hasworked in regional musical theater productions as a pit orchestra member and musicdirector at Beck Center, Huntington Playhouse, Clague Playhouse and the former BereaSummer Theater at Baldwin Wallace University. Mike is one half of the singing duo,Mike and Mary, in which he plays keyboards, sings, and arranges. Mike is employed asa software engineer and lives in Berea with his wife, Linda.

Jim Mass Jim is a Cleveland native with a diverse musical background spanning morethan 40 years. Being equally comfortable on both Acoustic and Electric bass, he hasplayed in most every musical genre, including Jazz, Pop, Rock, Big Band, Classical,Country, Bluegrass, Shows and Plays, Christian and Ethnic. His musical foundationmakes him a quick study, and a first call on many sub lists in the area. Groups (toname a few) he has played with include the NEO Jazz Orchestra, Skyline, Swing CityBig Band, The Juice Band, Jazz Connection, Johnny Baron Quintet, the Tom FriesOrchestra, Summit Jazz, Cleveland Philharmonic, Hermit Club and Chagrin StudioOrchestras, Rob Michaels, and Josephine Venuti.

Ricky Exton Drummer, recording artist, composer, arranger, and producer, Ricky hasbeen active in the music community for over 2 decades. At an early age, Ricky's talentsemerged as one of the Cleveland Tri C All Stars. He continued his career in music atthe Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., where he earned a Baccalaureate inProfessional Music. His performance venues include jazz festivals, concerts, televisionappearances, and private and corporate events. He has performed with Lou Rawls,Wynton Marsalis, Rufus Reid, Cyrus Chestnut, Joanne Brackeen, Kim Nazarian, LindaPresgrave, and international guitar virtuoso Neil Zaza. In addition, Ricky is an activesession musician recording in studios from the east coast to the west coast.

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Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Seniors & Sophmores - DOUBLE BILL$15.00 Monday 4/30 7:00 pm Buy Tickets

Sophmore Standards & Senior Showcase from the Next Generation of BroadwayStars! Live at Nighttown!

“Senior Showcase” and “The Sophomores with Broadway Golden Standards”

This is it. The Senior Showcase, itself, a dynamic non-stop production created for theBroadway casting directors and agents. By the time you see this showcase on theNighttown stage, the seniors will have already been to New York City to do the showfor the agents, so this will be the last time they perform together as a class. Everyyear we see this showcase on the Nighttown stage, it’s an emotional experience for thekids – and the audience, too.

Before the Senior Showcase, we’ll listen to the BW sophomore students deliver much-loved excerpts from some of Broadway’s golden age musicals.

If you’re a fan of musical theater, you won’t want to miss this unforgettable, dual

If you’re a fan of musical theater, you won’t want to miss this unforgettable, dualperformance !!

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John McCutcheon$30.00 Thursday 5/03 8:00 pm Buy Tickets

Singer/Songwriter & Folk Music Legend returns to Nighttown! Back by populardemand!

John McCutcheon is one of folk music’s great living storytellers. Revered around theworld for his thoughtful and inspiring songwriting and mastery of the hammereddulcimer, John McCutcheon’s career spans over twenty albums and seven Grammynominations.

Wisconsin native John McCutcheon is an American folk music singer and multi-instrumentalist who has produced 34 albums since the 1970s.He is regarded as amaster of the hammered dulcimer, and is also proficient on many other instrumentsincluding guitar, banjo, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, fiddle, and jawharp.

McCutcheon, whose family background encompasses farmers and shoemakers, startedplaying guitar in the early 60s. He picked up a great number of traditional Americansongs and tunes from the Appalachians, and learned a wealth of instruments, includingfiddle, banjo, autoharp and, most notably, the hammer-dulcimer. His playing of thelatter encompasses folk, classical, jazz and many other elements. McCutcheon'sextensive recording legacy has attracted a string of awards, and also seven Grammynominations. He has recorded exclusively for Rounder Records since the early 80s.Howjadoo was the first of several children's albums which have established McCutcheonas arguably the leading artist within the genre. In the 90s his children's recordingsincluded the Grammy-nominated Four Seasons series, which featured manycompositions co-written with long-time friend and collaborator, Si Kahn. McCutcheonhas also collected and recorded a good deal of Nicaraguan music, which was releasedby Rounder as a double album, Nicaragua Presente!, in 1989. McCutcheon's prolificwork rate has included production work for several other folk artists, and he has alsohad published songbooks and instructional materials.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness a living legend perform live on theNighttown stage.

Click here to read the article in the Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com from John's lastappearance in 2015

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Corky Siegel & Howard Levy$30.00 Friday 5/04 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

Chicago Harmonica Legends and All Around Great Musicians! Live on theNighttown Stage!

Featuring: Corky Siegel-Harmonica & Vocals (From the Siegel-Schwall Band),Howard Levy (From Bela Fleck & the Flecktones)-Harmonica and Piano.

Corky Siegel is known internationally as one of the world’s great blues harmonicaplayers, and is a celebrated composer, blues pianist, singer, songwriter, band leaderand author.

Born in Chicago in 1943, Corky’s professional music career began when he founded thenow legendary Siegel-Schwall Band in Chicago in 1964 with guitarist Jim Schwall. Thegroup was a major component of the young generation of white blues artists—alsoincluding Paul Butterfield, Charlie Musselwhite, Harvey Mandel, Barry Goldberg, NickGravenites and Michael Bloomfield—who learned the historic Chicago blues style at thefeet and hands of such towering figures as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter,Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy and Sam Lay.

Corky played with all these greats at Siegel-Schwall’s first steady engagement, in 1965at Peppers, Chicago’s internationally renowned blues club. They were soon signed toVanguard Records, with blues luminary Samuel Charters producing. Their first album,The Siegel-Schwall Band, was released in 1966, and with it the group made SanFrancisco a virtual second home: There the likes of Janis Joplin, Santana, Steve Millerand Joni Mitchell opened for them (Siegel-Schwall actually produced Mitchell’s demotape); the band would record three more classic albums for Vanguard up through 1970,then five for Wooden Nickel/RCA through 1974 before going on hiatus.

After releasing three solo albums, Corky founded Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues,featuring himself on harmonica, piano and vocals, the West End String Quartet oftopflight Chicago classical string players, and Frank Donaldson on world percussioninstruments. The novel ensemble performed Siegel’s pioneering blues/classical musiccompositions and released its first album, Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, on Chicago’sfamed blues label Alligator Records in 1994.

Corky also appears internationally as guest soloist with symphony orchestras.

Howard Levy is equally at home in Jazz, Classical music, Rock, Folk, Latin, and WorldMusic, he brings a fresh lyrical approach to whatever he plays.

Howard Levy is a musician without limits. Composer, Grammy Award winner, multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his astonishing harmonica playing, which hasearned him the admiration of audiences worldwide. This has made him a favorite and arecording artist sought after by the likes of The Flecktones, Kenny Loggins, DollyParton, Rabih Abou Khalil, and Paquito D, Rivera, Styx, Donald Fagen, and Paul Simon.

All About Jazz says, “Levy’s harmonica playing is startlingly fluid and full of thetechnical prowess that would be expected from the genre’s top saxophonists, not froman instrument that is often associated with campfire cowboys and Mississippibluesmen…These musicians have come together to prove, once again, that it’s notnecessary to only look to New York for the best in American jazz.”

It is only natural then that Corky Siegel and Howard Levy, two of Chicago’s mostrevered and celebrated music treasures, would come together to make people laughwhile knocking them flat with jaw dropping virtuosity.

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Forecast$15.00 Friday 5/11 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

North Coast's Premier Contemporary Jazz Group back at Nighttown!

Featuring: Lem Adams-vibes, Gary Stevenson-bass, Alphonso McDuffie-keyboards, Riley Richards-sax, & Gene Butler-drums.

Forecast is the leading contemporary jazz group in the Northeast Ohio area. Foundingmembers Lem Adams on vibes and Gary Stephenson on electric bass have beenentertaining Ohio audiences for over 20 years. The current Forecast lineup includesJermaine Lockhart on sax, Dave Crawford on keyboards, Kevin Byas on guitar, andGene Butler on drums.

Forecast has shared the stage with many of the top names in contemporary jazzincluding Stanley Turrentine, Roy Ayers, The Crusaders, Bob James, Pieces of a Dream,and several others. They have won numerous awards and competitions over the yearsand have been the house band at The Q for Cleveland Cavs games.

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Nellie McKay - CD Release Event$30.00 Saturday 5/12 8:30 pm Buy Tickets

CD Release Party! Playing Music from her Brand New CD "Sister Orchid"!

Back by Popular Demand! Singer Songwriter, Pianist, & Comedienne

Live on the Nighttown Stage!

Conjuring the image of a lonely all night truck stop along highway 1 on the Californiacoast, all but lost in the fog that comes creeping along the shoreline.. this albumspeaks of the night, the outsider, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea. Sister Orchidwas conceived in solitude, executed in darkness. It comes from a place of quiet, aworld of low lights and cool drinks, up against a hard wall. An oasis of hungry eyesand easy promises, warm as a biscuit, the kind of place your mother warned youagainst.

Nellie McKay has released six relatively accomplished albums, won a Theatre WorldAward for her Broadway portrayal of Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, co-created and starred in the award winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats, and has writtenmusical biographies around a compelling gallery of ladies - from environmental pioneerRachel Carson to the life, conviction, and execution at San Quentin of the underdogBarbara Graham, and most recently The Big Molinsky – Considering Joan Rivers, aswell as A GIRL NAMED BILL – The Life and Times of Billy Tipton, named one of the BestConcerts of the Year by The New York Times.

A recipient of PETA's Humanitarian Award in recognition of her dedication to animalrights, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal advocate against war, capitalism and the two-partysystem that sustains it.

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"Late Night at Nighttown"Fridays Jackie Warren on piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No coverSaturdays Jackie Warren on piano 10:30PM - 1:00AM No cover

Sunday, March 4 Eddie Baccus Sr. Quartet 7 PM $15.Hammond B-3 Master & Clevelnad Jazz Legend back on the Nighttown Stage!Featuring: Eddie Baccus Sr.-Hammond B-3 Organ, Cecil Rucker-Vibes, Billy Artis-Guitar, & PerryWilliams III-Drums.

Wednesday, March 7 Paul Booth Quartet 7 PM $20.From London, England. Saxophonist from the bands of Steve Winwood and Basia headlines atNighttown on night off from Steve Winwood's US tour.Featuring: Paul Booth-Sax, Dan Maier-Piano, Tim Lekan-Acoustic Bass, & Donnie Patterson-Drums.

Thursday, March 8 Camille Meza Traces Quartet 8 PM $15.From Chile/NYC! Vocalist/Guitarist & Singer Songwriter blends Jazz & Music from North & SouthAmerica Live on Nighttown's Stage!Featuring: Camille Meza-Vocals & Guitar, Michael Orenstein-piano, Kip Reed-bass, & Anthony Taddeo-drums/percussion.

Friday, March 9 Tamir Hendelman Trio 8:30 PM $20From Israel/LA Ca.. Piano virtuoso from the Jeff Hamilton Trio Leads his Trio live at Nighttown!Featuring: Tamir Hendelman-Piano, Paul Keller-Acoustic Bass, Sean Dobbins-Drums.

Friday, March 9 Forecast 8:00 PM $15.North Coast's Premier Contemporary Jazz Group back on stage at Nighttown for big Holiday Weekend!Featuring: Lem Adams-vibes, Gary Stevenson-bass, Alphonso McDuffie-keyboards, Riley Richards-sax, & Gene Butler-drums.On Nighttown's Stephens Green Patio. Fully Heated Indoor/Outdoor Space!

Saturday, March 10 Greg Bandy / Tomas Janzon International Quartet 8:30 PM $20.Master Drummer Greg Bandy teams up with Swedish Guitarist Tomas Janzon to Lead All StarInternational Quartet!Featuring: Greg Bandy-Drums, Tomas Janzon-Guitar, Juni Booth-Acoustic Bass, & Jackie Warren-Piano.

Sunday, March 11 Cleveland Opera Theater 5 PM $40."Seven Deadly Sins" Great songs from the American Songbook.

Wednesday, March 14 Dominick Farinacci & Joe Hunter 7 PM $20.Rising Trumpet Star and Seasoned Pianist form Dynamic Duo live at Nighttown!

Friday, March 16 Jake Boland 8:30 PM $20.Pre St. Patrick's Day Celebration with vocalist and storyteller Jake Boland!

Saturday March 17 St Patrick's Day with The New Barleycorn 1pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm $25 1:00pm Show - children just $10Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Nightown with Irish Music Masters The New Barleycorn!The place to be for St Patrick's Day!!.

Sunday, March 18 "Angel of the Night" Barbara Barrett & Archie McElrath 7PM $20.Top Notch North Coast Jazz Vocalists take over the stage at Nighttown!Featuring: Barbara Barrett-vocals, Archie McElrath-vocals, Cliff Habian-piano, Aidan Plank-acousticbass, & Elijah Gilmore-drums.

Thursday, March 22 Pete Cavano & Kevin Richards 8 PM $10.East Side Meets West Side when these two North Coast Guitar Masters combine efforts live atNighttown!

Friday, March 23 The Numbers Band (15-60-75) 8:30 PM $10.From Kent, Ohio! Celebrating their 48th Year! Northeast Ohio Jazz, Blues, & Rock Legends hit theStage at Nighttown!Featuring: Bob Kidney-guitar & vocals, Jack Kidney-harmonica, sax, keys, & vocals, Terry Hynde-sax, Bill Watson-bass, & Clint Alguire-drums.

Saturday, March 24 Richie Cole & Sammy DeLeon Latin Jazz Septet 8:30 PM $25.Jazz Meets Salsa when Saxophone Star Richie Cole teams up with the North Coasts top Latin JazzGroup! Featuring: Richie Cole-sax, Sammy DeLeon-timbales, Jackie Warren-piano, Rafael Guzman-percussion, Cheito Hernandez-bass, Scott McKee-trumpet, Tom First-sax, & Mark Mauldin-trombone.

Sunday, March 25 Journeywork 7 PM $10.Celtic Music from North Coast Favorites Brian Holleran, Brian Bigley, & Ruairi Hurley!

Celtic Music from North Coast Favorites Brian Holleran, Brian Bigley, & Ruairi Hurley!

Monday, March 26 “54 Below Concert”: Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Senior Class 7 PM $10.Next Generation of Broadway Stars Live on Nighttown Stage!

Tuesday, March 27 Charlie Hunter 7 PM $20.8 String Guitar Virtuoso and his Group return to Nighttown!

Wednesday, March 28 Jamey Haddad International All Star Sextet featuring JulienLabro 7 PM $20.Master drummer & percussionist from Paul Simon's band, and professor of Music at Oberlin leads AllStar International Group!Featuring: Jamey Haddad-drums & percussion, Julien Labro-accordion, Michael Orenstein-piano,Emma Adomeit-acoustic bass, Patrick Graney-percussion, & Birsa Chatterjee-sax.

Friday, March 30 Songwriters in the Round 8:30 PM $10.Singer Songwriters share their Music and Stories live on Nighttown Stage!Featuring: Gretchen Pleuss, Emily Keener, Morgan Mecaskey, Michelle Gaw.

Saturday, March 31 Dane Vannatter 8:30 PM $15.Dynamic Jazz Vocalist and recent arrival in Cleveland makes his Nighttown Debut with his Quartet!Dane Vannatter-vocals, Jackie Warren-piano, Aiden Plank-bass, Mike Tomaro- sax/flute.

Thursday, April 5 Svetlana & The Delancey Five 8 PM $15.From Russia/NYC! Exciting Swing Vocalist and her Band make Cleveland Debut at Nighttown!

Friday, April 6 Jeff Lorber Fusion 8 & 10 PM $40.Grammy Winning Piano and Keyboard Artist and Fusion Legend returns to Nighttown for 2 Big Shows!

Saturday & Sunday, April 7-8 Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo 8:30 PM Saturday Main Stage 7 PM Sunday ( On the Secret Garden Patio) $20.Guitar Virtuosos Back on Nighttown Stage for a two nights of Stunning Fretwork!

Thursday, April 12 Dominick Farinacci "Modern Warrior" 8 PM $30.The Story and Sound of a Combat Veteran's Journey. Created by Dominick Farinacci and JaymesPoling.With 7 Pc Band Live at Nighttown!

Friday, April 13 Dominick Farinacci Quintet 8:30 PM $30.Rising Trumpet Star and his Group Back by Popular Demand Live at Nighttown!

Thursday, April 19 Eric Andersen 8 PM $20.Legendary Singer/Songwriter and Trio hit the Stage at Nighttown!

Saturday, April 21 David Ake HUMANITIES Quintet 8:30 PM $20.Cutting Edge Pianist takes that Stage at Nighttown with his All-Sar Quintet!Featuring: David Ake-piano, Ralph Alessi-trumpet, Peter Epstein-sax, Drew Gress-acoustic bass, &Mark Ferber-drums.

Sunday, April 22 Nicole Henry 7 PM $25.Dynamic jazz & soul vocalist from Miami/NYC live on Nighttown stage! With the Robert Hubbard Trio.

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Wednesday-Thursday, April 25-26 Stanley Jordan & Diego Figueiredo "Together for the FirstTime!" 7 PM Wed. 8 PM Thursday $30.After Selling out their Solo Shows in January, Nighttown is proud to Present these Two World ClassGuitarists Together For the First Time!International Summit Meeting with Stanley Jordan (USA) and Diego Figueiredo (Brazil). WorldPremier Live at Nighttown!!

Friday and Saturday, April 27-28 Jimmy Webb-The Glenn Campbell Years 8:30 PM BothNights $75.JIMMY WEBB: THE GLEN CAMPBELL YEARS highlights some of the 100+ recordings from theWebb/Campbell songbook, pulling the audience in with various accounts each night of the personalside of generational touchstones like “Honey Come Back,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “WichitaLineman,” “Galveston” and more from decades of shared musical memories.

Sunday, April 29 Lou Armagno Sinatra Selects 7 PM $10.Vocalist Lou Armagno & his group Sinatra Selects plays the music of "Old Blue Eyes" for SpecialSpring Show at Nighttown!Featuring: Lou Armagno-vocals, Marc Paige-sax, Mike Elkins-piano, Jim Mass-bass, & Ricky Exton-drums.

Monday, April 30 Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program 7 PM $15.Sophmore Standards & Senior Showcase from the Next Generation of Broadway Stars! Live atNighttown!

Thursday, May 3 John McCutcheon 8 PM $30.Singer/Songwriter & Folk Music Legend returns to Nighttown! Back by popular demand!

Friday, May 4 Corky Siegel & Howard Levy 8:30 PM $30.Chicago Harmonica Legends and All Around Great Musicians! Live on the Nighttown Stage!Featuring: Corky Siegel-Harmonica & Vocals (From the Siegel-Schwall Band), Howard Levy (FromBela Fleck & the Flecktones)-Harmonica and Piano.

Friday, May 11 Forecast 8:30 PM $15.North Coast's Premier Contemporary Jazz Group back on stage at Nighttown!Featuring: Lem Adams-vibes, Gary Stevenson-bass, Alphonso McDuffie-keyboards, Riley Richards-sax, & Gene Butler-drums.

Saturday, May 12 Nellie McKay 8:30 PM $30.CD Release Party! Playing Music from her Brand New CD "Sister Orchid"! Back by Popular Demand! Singer Songwriter, Pianist, & ComedienneLive on the Nighttown Stage!

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