It’s November and that means we get to welcome back to the library stage our good friend and sponsor of Jazz Live at the Library, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. The Jazz Arts Foundation and the Lexington Public Library are proud to 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 #194 features Jamey and his quartet. Jamey will be playing saxophone and joined by Tyrone Wheeler on bass, Lexington’s own Jonathan […]

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 #193 features a program of classic Blue Note recordings that will pair two of Louisville’s finest jazz musicians: trumpeter Pat Haribson and saxman Isaac Stephens playing together as a quintet for their first time with pianist Keith McCutchen, bassist Danny Cecil and drummer Dave McWhorter. These monthly concerts are sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz (www.jazzbooks.com) and the Jazz Arts […]

Wow!!! Where has this summer gone. It’s moving toward the end of September, which means there is only one more Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery concerts left for the 2025 season. Can’t believe I just said that. Concert 5 will take place on September 28 at 3:00. We welcome back to the porch our good friend and multi-instrument musician, David Hall. David teaches music 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 also have […]

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 #192 brings back the Ryan McGillicuddy Group. This group, led by bassist Ryan McGillicuddy features fellow Morehead State music faculty members: Glenn Ginn on guitar, and Benjamin Morris on saxophone and Morehead Alum, Nicholas Diedrichsen on 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  […]

August is winding down and Season 17 of Jazz on the Porch at Talon Winery continues on August 31 at 3:00pm. We are excited to welcome back to The Porch great friends and a huge crowd favorite, The Baja Yetis. Playing for the Yetis will be Bill Underwood/Saxophone, Shaun Owens, Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Jacob O’Donnell/Saxophone, Brandon Bowlds/Guitar, Nick Coleman/Bass and Danielle Barkman/Drums. Bring your chairs, blankets, food, family and friends, get a bottle or two of wine from our friends at Talon and prepare for a great afternoon of  Jazz performed by the Yetis. This year our concerts are sponsored by the […]

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 #191 features the return of a library favorite, vibraphonist Rusty Burge and his quartet. Joining Rusty will be Matt Harris tickling the ivories, Aaron Jacobs strumming the bass and John Taylor keeping the beat on 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: […]

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 […]