It’s July, things are heating up and Season 17 of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery continues with our good friend Mark Gardner leading Gotcha’ Covered. Joining Mark on keyboard will be David Maynard/saxophone, Ben Cantrell/drums and Matt Meighan/bass.  Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine from our friends and Talon and prepare for a great afternoon of  Jazz performed by Blue Groove Jazz. This year we have new presenting sponsors, anonymous donors/friends of the Jazz Arts Foundation. We greatly appreciate them for being our sponsors this season. And a huge […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue Season 16 of “Jazz: Live at the Library!”, their series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington.  Show #190 features renowned bassist from Dayton, Ohio, Eddie Brookshire and his wife and vocalist Brenda Flowers …. back in town after a long hiatus: performing here last with his Bebop Quintet in 2012.  They will be joined by Dr. Keith McCutchen (piano) and Dave McWhorter (drums). These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz (www.jazzbooks.com) and the Jazz […]

Season 17 of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery continues with our good friends who have played for us many times, Blue Groove Jazz. Blue Groove is composed of Sam Carr on saxophone, Mark Gardner tickling the ivories on keyboard, Eben Hensen keeping the beat on drums and Peter McCaffrey strumming the bass. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine from our friends and Talon and prepare for a great afternoon of  Jazz performed by Blue Groove Jazz. This year we have new presenting sponsors, anonymous donors/friends of the Jazz Arts […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue Season 16 of “Jazz: Live at the Library!”, their series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #189 brings the Mambo Combo back to town, led by Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Famer, Mike Sharfe.  Mike and his group go back to their roots to present a concert of jazz favorites and standards.  Joining Mike on bass will be Brian Batchlor Glader (piano), Tim McCord (sax) and John Zappa (trumpet) are all making return visits and Andrew […]

My goodness, where has the time gone? It’s already May and time for the first 2025 concert of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery. We have a great lineup scheduled for this season. We begin our 17th season on May 25 with one of our fan favorites, Paladin, featuring JAF board member, James Poole III on trumpet. Joining James will be Mark Gardner on keyboard, Tom Covello strumming the bass guitar and Brehnan Miller keeping the beat on the drums. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine from our friends at […]

It’s another quick turnaround for Jazz Live at the Library. This concert is a makeup of the January concert which was postponed due to bad weather. We proudly continue with season 16 of our Jazz  Live at the Library concert series presented by the Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library. This series of monthly concerts is held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #188 welcomes to the library stage, the Brooks Giles Quartet. Joining Brooks on saxophone will be Clay Moore/guitar, Tom Covello/contrabass, and Robert Griffin/drums. These […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue their Season 16 of Jazz: Live at the Library! with a very special Wednesday Night Concert at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. In conjunction with International Jazz Day (IJD) festivities, the Jazz Arts Foundation has funded an additional special concert on April 30 to celebrate International Jazz Day. April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) with April 30th set aside as a worldwide day of celebration. Organizations from all over the globe will be holding events on this day. Our concert […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library proudly continue Season 16 of Jazz: Live at the Library, their series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #186 brings guitarist Brandon Coleman down from Cincinnati to perform with the Keith McCutchen Trio… Keith McCutchen, piano, Danny Cecil, bass and Dave McWhorter, drums. 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 Brandon Coleman Praised as a “wonderful composer,” […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library continue Season 16 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 #185 brings in the Todd Hildreth Quintet from Louisville. For this return visit, Todd adds to his regular piano trio (Chris Fitzgerald on bass and Mike Hyman on drums) with two saxophone players: Tim Whalen on tenor sax and Dave Clark on alto sax. Hope you can join us for a fun evening of Jazz. These monthly concerts are […]

With the January concert being postponed due to bad weather, the Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library are now ready to begin Season 16 of “Jazz: Live at the Library!”, their series of monthly concerts held at the Farish Theatre in the Central Library Branch, 140 East Main St. in downtown Lexington. Show #184 welcomes back to the library stage our local Lexington friends, the Osland/Dailey Jazztet. Performing for your entertainment will be Miles Osland/flute, Raleigh Dailey/piano, Danny Cecil/bass and Paul Deatherage/drums. We are proud to have these guys back playing for us. These monthly concerts are sponsored […]