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Jazz Cafe, July 2010

Jazz Cafe, July 2010

Day + Time
Thursdays   6 – 9 pm
Location
Best Café
Open To
All ages
Cost
Free
Description
Groove to an eclectic mix of jazz ensembles every Thursday, 6 – 9 pm, at VMFA's Best Café. The Jazz Café is presented to the public by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Richmond Jazz Society, free of charge! Light fare and beverages available for sale. 

April 12
Chris Vasi Trio
Modern and vintage jazz mixed with music from Africa and Cuba.
Chris Vasi-guitar, Carter Blough-bass, Johnny Hott-percussion

April 19
Debo Dabney Trio featuring Marrell Elam
Contemporary and jazz standards mixed with blues and popular favorites.
Debo Dabney-piano, Stan Scott-bass, Lester Kenney-drums, Marrell Elam-vocals

April 26
Neal Bowens Project
Contemporary, smooth jazz and neo-soul
Neal Bowens-sax, Thurman Hargrove-keys, Cedric (Trudy) Hughes-bass, Ben Miles-drums, Rick McLemore-guitar/keys, guest vocalists 

May 3
Forte Jazz Trio
Smooth and contemporary jazz, sprinkled with straight ahead jazz standards
Brian Pinner-saxophone, Pete Jaymes Ford-piano, Darryl Rawlings-drums

May 10
Jim Branch Quartet
A laid-back mixture of swinging jazz and stirring blues vocals
Jim Branch-vocals, Weldon Hill-piano, Mike Hawkins-bass, Dave Hoggard-drums

May 17
Against All Odds Band
Smooth jazz styles mixed with straight ahead favorites
Charles Peterson-saxes & vocals, Bob Habib-drums, Donnell Smith-bass, Rob White-guitar

May 24
Anthony Dowd Quartet
Pianist Anthony Dowd and his group play jazz favorites mixed with great original tunes.
Anthony Dowd-piano, Randall Pharr-bass, Alan Parker-guitar, Aaron Binder-drums

May 31
Skip Gailes Quartet
Skip Gailes Quartet has been a fixture on the Richmond jazz scene for more than 30 years, playing music by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, and originals.
Skip Gailes-piano/sax, Randall Pharr-bass, Royce Campbell-guitar, Devonne Harris-drums  

June 7
Joe Scott featuring vocalist Virgil Braxton
Contemporary and mainstream jazz standards featuring bluesy vocals by Virgil Braxton.
Virgil Braxton-vocals, Joe Scott-guitar, Virgil Braxton-vocals (other artists to be announced)

June 14
Debra Dean & Patrick Lawler
Debra Dean and Patrick, along with their band, serve up a classy mix of jazz and blues with a soulful, organic flavor.
Debra Dean-vocals, Patrick Lawler-guitar and piano, Joe Sarver-bass, Todd Woodson-drums

June 21
Carlton Blount 
Contemporary and smooth jazz from one of the region’s most soulful vocalists.
Side men to be announced

June 28
Ban Caribe
Playing "Latin Soul” and "Rumba with Soul," Ban Caribe has been dubbed "The Clave Soul Sounds of Ban Caribe."
Owen Weeks-bass, David Brown-rhythm guitar, Carter Wailes-shaker and clave, Orisegun Bennet-congas, Niki McMullen-background vocals, Gerald Golden-background vocals, Kevin Davis-percussion and "Steel Pan" 

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