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SUMMARY:Val Hawk  First Fridays LIve Music Performance
DESCRIPTION:Friday March 6\, 2026  7pm \nVal Hawk sings “New Standards’ with Nicki Adams and Yoshi Waki \nWestbeth Community Space\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nJazz composer and singer\, Val Hawk performs a collection of her originals. Following in the tradition of the Great American Songbook\, Val will have you laughing\, crying and tapping your feet\, maybe all at once! \nDo not miss this unique\, sublime and sometimes quirky\, original artist/composer in the intimate and acoustically incredible Westbeth Community Room – here at the home of Sound Innovation…historic Westbeth! Free! \nVAL HAWK made her Television debut in 1994\, playing guitar and singing the voice of Becky Sue in Schoolhouse Rock’s “Dollars and Sense”.   As a member of jazz vocal group The Ritz\, she played\, sang and arranged on their CD\,  “Almost Blue” (Denon).  For the Japanese pop market\, she can be heard on “Seventies Reminiscense” (Columbia Japan) and “A Long Vacation” for which she provided English lyrics. Her CD “Dream” with guest star\, Bob Dorough\, was released in 2013 and streams on Spotify\, Apple Music and You Tube.  She has appeared internationally at the Fukuoka\, Tokyo\, and Jakarta BlueNote\, and in festivals and concerts in Vienna\, Milan and Amsterdam.  Val spent many years performing in well known venues like The Blue Note\, Kitano\, Jazz WaHi and here in the Village at The 55 Bar\, NorthSquare Lounge\, Entwine and Pangea.  In the last several years\, Val has produced a collection of eclectic originals\, which she is in the process of recording. Her Birthday show will be an autobiographical journey highlighted by anecdotes and originals from her showbiz past. Cake to follow!\n@therealvalhawk \nYOSHI WAKI\nOriginally from Fukuoka\, Japan\, bassist and composer Yoshi Waki played piano in high school\, where he developed an interest in jazz. At university in Tokyo\, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering\, he met another jazz pianist and switched to double bass so they could play together. He had his first gig on bass just three months later. In 1996 he moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. After graduating\, he spent two years on the road with the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical\, “Fosse\,” before settling in New York. A sought-after sideman\, Yoshi plays frequently around the city. He appears on over 70 recordings for artists including Art Hirahara\, the Artie Shaw Orchestra\, Deborah Harry\, Freddie Cole\, Harry Whitaker\, Kenia\, Paquito D’Rivera\, Randy Johnston\, Shunzo Ohno\, Bill Ware\, Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra\, William Galison\, and many others; he can also be heard on Dan Zanes and Friends’ “Catch That Train!” (Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children)\, and Chihiro Yamanaka’s “After Hours” (23rd Japan Gold Disc Award for Jazz Album of the Year). Waki taught music theory and jazz ensemble at Long Island University. \nNICKI ADMAMS is a New York–based composer and pianist who has worked with artists such as Francisco Mela\, Jonathon Pinson\, Stacey Dillard\, and François Moutin\, and has appeared on NPR’s Soundcheck and at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theatre. A Steeplechase recording artist and finalist in the 2022 Bob Ravenscroft International Jazz Piano Competition\, he has released six albums as a leader\, scored award-nominated films including A Wonderful Way With Dragons\, and toured nationally and internationally with his own groups\, GADADU\,Prism Trio and the Adams Quartet.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/val-hawk-first-fridays-live-music-performance/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:First Fridays Free Live Music : Emergency Group and Framed Ophelia
DESCRIPTION:Friday Oct 3\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nJoin Westbeth Musician Andreas Brade for an evening full of Free Improvised Music touches of ambience\, Jazz Rock\, Electronica\, Krautrock and Free Jazz will feature two Groups \nFramed Ophelia: featuring Walter Horn\, keyboards; Tsuyoshi Honjo\, Saxophone; Peter Evans multi instrumentalist & electronics. \nEmergency Group: featuring Robert Boston\, keyboards; Jonathan Byerley\, guitar; Dave Mandl\, Bass; Andreas Brade\, drums \nWith this event we will celebrate the recording Emergency Group at Westbeth.\nPlease come and join us for an evening of music in the moment\, This is an all age event. \n Bandcamp link Emergency Group\n\nBandcamp link to Framed Ophelia
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-free-live-music-emergency-group-and-framed-ophelia/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:FIRST FRIDAY MUSIC: Noah Haidu Trio
DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge  Friday Dec 6\, 2024 at 8pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY  \nFree \nModern jazz piano trio with a broad repertoire of original compositions and a few pop covers and standards. The repertoire  will feature original compositions and arrangements by Noah\, Kayvon and Gervis\, alongside extended interpretations of works from the jazz lexicon. The music will blend the trio’s unique personalities\, experimentalism\, and deep understanding of the music’s history. \n Noah Haidu\nJazz pianist and composer Noah Haidu combines modernism\, soul\, and swing to create what the Wall Street Journal has described as “his own compelling brand of pianism.”\nNoah started classical piano at age 6\, spurred on initially by fear of his vindictive piano teacher. Falling in love with Jazz at age 20\, the young pianist  moved to NYC\, supporting himself as a waiter until he was fired for breaking one too many dishes.\nAfter paying his dues as a freelancer for many years\, Noah has lately toured and recorded with icons such as Billy Hart\, Buster Williams\,  Lenny White and Steve Wilson. His Sunnyside Records albums garnered millions of streams and reached the top 5 in the JazzWeek radio charts. @instagram \, YouTube\,https://www.noahhaidu.com\nNoah Haidu Photo:Jimmy Katz \nGervis Myles\nBorn and raised in Wisconsin\, double bassist Gervis Myles is a 2020 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with an impressive range of musical experiences. He has been in a wide variety of musical contexts\, ranging from the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theater in midtown\, playing South African-style pop grooves with the Ndlovu Youth Choir\, all the way to cutting-edge contemporary jazz music with artists like Tivon Pennicott and Peter Evans. He cherishes every musical experience for what it is and hopes to continue to grow and learn in New York.  \nKayvan Gordon\nKayvon Gordon was born and raised in Detroit. At a young age\, he was taken under the mentorship of legendary trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. Later\, he went on to study at the University of Michigan. He has also had the honor of sharing the stage with Sullivan Fortner\, Robert Hurst\, Rodney Whitaker\, Johnny O’Neal\, Ravi Coltrane\, and JD Allen\, to name a few. Currently based in New York\, Kayvon Gordon seeks to contribute to the forward thinking aesthetic of his contemporaries while honoring the rich musical legacy of Detroit.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/noah-haidu-trio-play-westbeths-first-friday/
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SUMMARY:First Fridays Music: Victoria Horne and Friends Jazz\, Blues\, and more
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LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:First Fridays: Copasetic Connection with Brenda Bufalino\, Teri Roiger\, and John Menegon
DESCRIPTION:Friday Feb 2\, 2024 at 7Pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNYC  \nBrenda Bufalino (Taps and Poetry)\nTeri Roiger (Vocals and Piano)\nJohn Menegon (Bass)  \nAn evening of Jazz Music and Tap Dance featuring compositions by Billy Strayhorn\, Charles Mingus and others\, as well as original music and poetry by Brenda and Teri. \nAn excerpt of “Woodpecker”\, a documentary that Tony Waag is creating on the artistic life of Brenda Bufalino\, will be shown. \n \nBRENDA BUFALINO\nBrenda Bufalino is a mixed genre artist: Jazz tap dancer\, vocalist\, poet\, Author\, Ceramicist\, and Choreographer. https://www.brendabufalino.com/ \nShe was the creator\, and director of highly acclaimed American\nTap Dance Orchestra\, and the International Tap Dance Orchestra.\nPerforming her one-person shows internationally\, she has also appeared\nas a guest tap dance soloist at Town Hall\, Carnegie Hall\, The Joyce\nTheater and Kennedy Center. She is the creator of numerous solo shows\nperforming with jazz duos and trios. Her collaborations have been with\nbassist Joe Fonda on tour internationally and on his project and album\n“From the Source\,” reissued in 2023\, with Teri Roiger and John\nManegon\, Frank Kimbrough\, and Jay Clayton with whom she created\nthe Tap Opera\, “Gertrude’s Nose\,” for voices and taps. With her mentor\nand partner Charles “Honi” Coles\, she toured internationally for\ndecades. Most recently in November 2023\, Ms. Bufalino created a new\nevenings work “Blue Heron Flies” performed at the Regent Theater in\nArlington\, Mass.\nMs Bufalino’s book of poems “Circular Migrations” and her\nmemoir “Tapping the Source\,” which is now in it’s third printing\, are\nboth published by Codhill Press\, and her novella “Song of the Split\nElm\,” is published by Outskirts Press. Her many DVD’s\, CD’s and\nbooks are available on her website: brendabufalino.com\nShe has received several NEA fellowships\, The Tap City Hall of\nFame Award\, The Dance Magazine Award\, and the prestigious\nBessie Award\, for lifetime achievement. \nJOHN MENEGON \n(Bassist\, Composer\, Arranger) www.johnmenegon.com \n“New York bassist John Menegon is in the line of George Mraz and Michael Moore; a\nharmonically sophisticated bassist with technical facility who swings hard when it’s\ncalled for.” Kirk Silsbee\, Downbeat!\nMenegon is a jazz bassist\, but is also a guitarist\, arranger\, and composer. He began his\ncareer as a musician in Montreal playing in groups with the great guitarist Nelson\nSymonds\, as well as pianist Vic Vogel and guitarist Sonny Greenwich. After relocating\nto New York City\, he played bass for over ten years with two legendary tenor\nsaxophonists\, Dewey Redman and Texas Tenor David “Fathead” Newman. This\nexperience provided a solid foundation for Menegon to continue his explorations as a\nbandleader\, composer and arranger\, and he has been composing and arranging music\nthroughout his career. Menegon has released five CDs as a bandleader featuring\nDewey Redman\, Frank Kimbrough\, Joel Frahm\, Matt Wilson\, David “Fathead” Newman\,\nJoe Lovano\, Kenny Burrell\, Jack DeJohnette\, Teri Roiger\, John Di Martino\, John\nGunther\, and many others. He currently plays with jazz legend Joe Lovano’s “Classic\nQuartet” as well as numerous other stellar musicians. As an educator\, he spent several\nyears teaching in the Jazz Departments of SUNY New Paltz\, Williams College\, Bard\nand Bennington Colleges. Menegon has a new release coming out in April 2024 with his\nband “Sound Embrace” featuring his original compositions with Jean-Michel Pilc on\npiano\, Chet Doxas on sax\, and Jim Doxas on drums. \nTERI ROIGER\n(Jazz Vocalist\, Pianist\, Lyricist) www.teriroiger.com \n“Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty\nCarter but with her own uniqueness.” JACK DEJOHNETTE (legendary jazz drummer &\n2012 NEA Jazz Master)\nAn American jazz musician\, vocalist\, pianist\, songwriter\, lyricist\, educator\, and\nproducer\, Teri lives in New York City. Her first recording was made with the legendary\nstride pianist Butch Thompson\, and since then she has recorded with Jack DeJohnette\,\nKenny Burrell\, John Menegon\, Frank Kimbrough\, Gil Goldstein\, Steve Williams\, Matt\nWilson\, Pete Levin\, Joel Frahm\, Jay Collins\, Nanny Assis\, and many others. The depth\nof her experiences and love of jazz is apparent when she brings all her talents to live\nperformances\, the recording studio\, and through her moving lyrics and compositions.\nTeri’s five recordings as a bandleader have all met with critical acclaim\, as have her live\nperformances at festivals and top New York jazz spots. Her recordings showcase her\nuncommon knowledge\, appreciation\, and deep love for the artistry of Billie Holiday\,\nAbbey Lincoln\, and Thelonious Monk. The acclaimed critic Scott Yanow selected\n“GHOST OF YESTERDAY: Shades of Lady Day\,” as one of the top 30 Jazz CDs of\n2017! Her composition “Still Life\,” the title track of another album\, won 3 rd prize in the\njazz category of the acclaimed songwriting competition ISC. In 2013 her recording of\nAbbey Lincoln’s music was featured as one of the five best tribute releases in NYC Jazz\nRecord. Teri & John Menegon’s first collaboration\, MISTERIOSO\, includes jazz legends\nJack DeJohnette and Kenny Burrell\, and Teri was given permission to publish her own\nlyrics to Monk’s iconic composition “Misterioso.” They will be releasing a re-mixed and\nmastered vinyl edition in 2024.\n“Teri is made for those who still understand the meaning of the term the real thing.”\nStanley Crouch (Author & Cultural Critic) \nPhoto Credits:\nJanis Wilkins for John Menegeon (left)\nNeil Segal for Teri Roiger (right)\nSteve Peterson for Brenda Bufalino (center)
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-first-friday-copsasetic-connection/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Mike DiRubbo Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJanuary 5\, 2024 at 7:30pm\nWestbeth Community Room \nAn evening of Modern Jazz with alto saxophone\, piano\, acoustic bass and drums.  Mike will be performing some of his original compositions from his brand new recording\, “Inner Light”\, most of which were composed here at Westbeth.  The performance will be followed with a Q&A.  \nMike DiRubbo  saxophonist\, composer\n“Something about the sound Mike DiRubbo elicits from the alto saxophone – deep\, dark\, immense\, with a machete edge that denotes a ready-for-anything urban sensibility – immediately grabs the ear. It’s a sound familiar to the cream of New York’s hardcore jazz community since the mid-‘90’s”\n– Ted Panken\nmikedirubbo.com \nBrian Charette organist\, pianist\nA leading voice in modern jazz\, Charette is a Hammond U.S.A\, Hammond Europe\, I.K Multimedia\, and Casio endorsed\, Cellar Live recording artist. Brian is currently #2 on the 2023 Downbeat Critic’s Poll for Organ and also won 2023 “Rising Star: Keyboard”. Brian was also the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star: Organ” award and 2015 Hot House Magazine’s “Fan’s Decision Jazz Award for Best Organist”.\nbriancharette.com \nUgonna Okegwa bassist\nOne of the most distinctive and sought-after jazz bassists in the world. Critics across the globe have praised him for his rich tone\, supple sense of swing\, stylistic range and inventiveness. These qualities have not only earned him a place on the bandstand with jazz legends as diverse as Clark Terry\, Benny Golson\, Pharoah Sanders and Joseph Jarman – they have established him as one of the leading lights of a younger generation redefining jazz for the new century.\nugonnaokegwo.com \nEvan Sherman drummer\nAmerican drummer\, bandleader\, and arranger Evan Sherman  has recorded and toured internationally in the bands of Ron Carter\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Roy Hargrove\, Jimmy Heath\, Branford & Wynton Marsalis\, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars & Samara Joy.\nhttps://www.evanshermanmusic.com
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/mike-dirubbo-quartet/
LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room
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SUMMARY:First Fridays Presents Music Within Westbeth curated by Andreas Brade
DESCRIPTION:German born drummer\, educator and composer Andreas Brade has been a professional drummer for over 30 years. With an open mind he has found himself over the years in many different musical situations\, “the good and the bad” and many lessons learned. Andreas has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with many different Jazz\, African\, Afro Caribbean\, Gospel\, Rock\, R&B\, and Improvisational Artists at venues and festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest\, Kennedy Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, NJPAC\, the Blue Note\, the Apollo Cafe and many more. These days\, Andreas\, likes to maintain his passion for Jazz\, and different genres of the world\, mainly African and Afro Caribbean styles\, while exploring his own voice. He is also drawn more towards electronica\, art and Improvisational music. \nRead more about Andreas HERE
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-presents-music-within-westbeth-curated-by-andreas-brade/
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