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 […]

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 […]