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 […]

It’s July and time for another Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery. On July 30, we welcome from Richmond, The Westbrook Trio. Heading the trio is Randy Westbrook. Randy is the executive director of the Richmond Area Arts Council and the event coordinator for the summer music series at the Richmond Centre. Joining Randy on keyboards will be Jacob Hamrick on drums and Barry Lewis playing bass.  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 great afternoon of Jazz from […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library are proud to continue 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 #166 again brings back a member of Cincinnati’s Jazz Hall of Fame to our stage.  Bassist Mike Sharfe has played for five decades with credits on more than 250 records/CDs.  As the leader and musical mentor of the Retro Nouveau Quartet, he brings back Brian Batchelor Glader on keyboards, Josh Kline on tenor sax and Jeff […]

As we continue our 15th season of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery, we welcome back to the porch our good friends from Danville and Harrodsburg, Blue Groove Jazz. These guys have played many times for us and are always a hit. Blue Groove consists of Sam Carr on saxophone, Mark Gardner on keyboard, Eben Hensen on drums and Peter McCaffrey on the bass. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine  and prepare for a great afternoon of Jazz from Blue Groove. This year we have a new presenting sponsor, an […]

The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library are proud to continue 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. For show #165 we welcome back vibraphonist Rusty Burge. Accompanying Rusty will be the Phil DeGregg Trio, with Phil on piano, Aaron Jacobs strumming the bass and John Taylor keeping the beat on drums. Rusty is a world-renowned vibraphonist, playing an instrument we don’t often get to see and hear. It will be a concert you don’t […]

It’s mid-May and time once again for another season of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery. We open our 15th season in two weeks with fan favorite 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 and Talon and prepare for a great afternoon of New Orleans Jazz from Paladin. This year we have a new presenting […]