The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continues season 15 of “Jazz: Live at the Library”, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #173 features the Todd Hildreth Group. Joining Todd  on piano, this quartet also includes Chris Fitzgerald/bass, Mike Hyman/drums and Ethan Evans/Trombone. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, www.jazzbooks.com and the Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. www.jazzartsfoundation.org    Show time: 7 – 8:15PM  Admission: Free Parking: Free   Important Note: We support the wearing of masks for these […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library begin season 15 of “Jazz: Live at the Library”, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #172 features The University of Kentucky Jazz Faculty Sextet with their debut performance on this concert series. These faculty members include Miles Osland on saxophone, Brad Kerns on trombone, Raleigh Dailey on piano, Ross Whitaker on guitar, Eli Uttal-Veroff on bass and Paul Deatherage on drums. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, www.jazzbooks.com and the Jazz […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library conclude Season 14 of “Jazz: Live at the Library”, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #171 brings some local flavor back to the library stage, the Ryan McGillicuddy Quartet. Ryan leads the group on bass and is joined by Glenn Ginn on guitar, Paul Deatherage on drums and Benjamin Morris on saxophone, These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, www.jazzbooks.com and the Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. www.jazzartsfoundation.org    Show time: 7 – […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 14 of “Jazz: Live at the Library”, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #170 brings one of our favorite groups back to the library for their annual performance, the Jamey Aebersold Quartet. The group is led by jazz educator, publisher, musician and 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. Joining Jamey on trumpet will be Tyrone Wheeler on bass, Jonathan Higgins on drums and Wade Honey on piano. […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 14 of “Jazz: Live at the Library”, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #169 brings another group of Louisville’s finest musicians, led by jazz educator & trumpeter, Pat Harbison. The Pat Harbison Quartet will include along with Pat, Clay Moore on guitar, Doug Elmore on bass and introducing Fiona Palensky on drums. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, www.jazzbooks.com and the Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. www.jazzartsfoundation.org    Show […]

It can’t be true. Where has the time gone? October 8 will be our last Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery for 2023. It has been another great season. Once again, we are honored to have Backbeat on the porch to finish our season. For this last show we will switch things up and give you a heavy dose of the Blues. You’ll hear Casper Reed on guitar and lead vocals, Fred Roberts on drums and backup vocals and Jonathan Hunt on bass guitar and backup vocals. It promises to be a fun afternoon. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, […]

It’s mid-September, which means there are only two more Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery concerts left for the 2023 season. Concert 5 will take place on September 24 at 3:00. We welcome back our good friend and multi-instrument musician, David Hall. David teaches music (and will probably have some of his students perform) as well as performing at Giuseppe’s Italian restaurant. David will perform on the following instruments: clarinet, flute, flugelhorn, keyboard, steel pan drum, alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, and ewi. David will probably have some of his students perform as well. You definitely don’t want […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 14 of Jazz Live at the Library, a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #168 brings to the library Meghan Pund and her quartet. This quartet has some of Louisville’s finest musicians, all back for another visit to our stage. The Meghan Pund Quartet features Meghan on saxophone, joined by her husband Diego Lyra on piano, Doug Elmore on bass and Mike Hyman on drums. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey […]

Summer is going fast. We’re half way through our Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery 2023 season. Sunday, August 27th, we bring back big fan favorites, the Baja Yetis. They always draw a huge crowd and we are looking forward to having them perform for us once again this season. The Yetis will be represented by Billy Underwood/saxophone, Shaun Owens, trumpet/flugelhorn. Jacob O’Donnell/saxophone, Brandon Bowldes/guitar, Nick Coleman/bass, Danielle Barkman/drums and Jason Cox/percussion. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine from our Jazz on the Porch wine fundraiser and prepare for a […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 14 of “Jazz: Live at the Library!” a series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #167 again welcomes another member of the Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Fame to our stage for his fifth appearance. Trumpeter Mike Wade has played many styles of jazz with his other groups including some funk/fusion, but on August 10th, he brings back some Bebop with his quintet that feature these great returning players:  Brandon Coleman on guitar and […]