Jan 2012
8th APAP NYC Conference- Gail Boyd artist showcase at 2:45PM with the Don Braden Group featuring Vanessa Rubin and 3:45 Braden -Rapp @Yamaha Artist Services Inc. 689 Firth Avenue, Third Floor. (entrance on 54 St)
9th John Richmond Jam session at the Turning Point 8PM Nyack, NY great hang!
12th Bob Devos Organ Trio -Skippers -with the great Dan Kostelnik on Hammond B3-Skippers 304 University Ave. Newark, NJ 8-12
14th The Count Basie Orchestra with Patti Austin-Center for the Performing- Arts Carmel Indiana
15th Peter Hand Quartet- Westport Arts Center -with Harvie S and Lewis Porter 3PM 51 Riverdale Ave. Westport, CT 203-222-7070
19th NATIVE SOUL-Somethin' Jazz with Peter Brainin, Noah Haidu, Marcus McLaurine 9PM-1045
21st Sarah Partridge- Trumpets Jazz Club 8:30 and 10:30PM 6 Depot Square, Montclair, NJ
22nd Record with my fantastic jazz piano playing uncle- Robert Tyler!
26th Alan Rosenthal-The Pizza Place 7PM Yonkers New York
27th NATIVE SOUL- Trumpets Jazz Club with Peter Brainin, Noah Haidu, Marcus McLaurine
28th Annette St. John-Smoke brunch- 11:30AM-3:30
29th Radam Swartz Organ Trio-Skippers 5PM-9PM Newark, NJ
Dec 2011
9th Holli Ross-Cecils with Don Braden, Ted Rosenthal, Mark Peterson 9PM Cecils West Orange, NJ
10th Greg Abate Quartet-The Puffin with James Wiedman, Harvie S-The Puffin Teaneck, NJ 7:30PM
17th Bill Warfield Nonet-Somethin Jazz with Chris Hunter, Sam Burtis, Mike Migleori, Tim Harrison, Vic Juris, Daryl Johns, Bill Warfield, Me Somethin Jazz NYC 8:30PM
18th Benny Golson-Trumpets Jazz Club with Vitali Imereli, Allan Farnham and Rick Crane Trumpets Jazz 6 Depot Square Montclair, NJ sets 8 and 10PM
31st Joris Teepe trio-Campgaw Ski Lodge-12pm-3pm With Guitarist Dave Stryker- Campgaw Mahwah, NJ
Past performance's
June 2011
3rd Bob Devos organ trio-Trumpets Montclair,NJ 8:30PM
6th Native Soul-Fat Cat 9PM-12PM
7th Valery Ponomarev big Band the Garage 7PM-10
11th Paul West trio Featuring Richard Wyands piano Hunter, NY 8PM
19th Valery Ponomarev big band -Trumpets 7:30PM
22nd Behn Gellice quartet with Pat Bianchi and Ken Fowser The Hyatt 7:30 The New Bruinswick Jazz Project
23rd Bloodlions recording with Daryl Johns, Steve Johns, Julian Lee, Mike Lee and Brandon McCune at Knoop Studio with Tom Swift engineering
24th
Fredrick Levore-Miles Cafe 8:30PM-10:00PM
25th Thaddeus Expose trio with James Wiedman Cecils Jazz Club 9PM-1PM
28th Valery Ponomarev Big Band-The Zinc Bar NYC 8PM-12PM
30th Steve Slagle quartet-Makeba New Bruinswick,NJ 7:30PM-10:30PM
July 2011
1st NATIVE SOUL- Peter Brainin sax Noah Haidu pn Marcus McLaurine bs Steve Johns dr
at the DEER HEAD INN 7PM-11PM Delaware Water Gap
2nd Native Soul -Cecils Jazz Club West Orange,NJ 9PM-1PM
3rd Annette St John- Smoke brunch 11:30AM-3:30PM NYC
My son Daryl's birthday 15yrs old!!!!!
7th Bob Devos Organ trio-Skippers 8PM-12PM Newark, NJ
10th-15th Teaching Litchfeild Jazz Camp
18th-22 Teaching Jazz in July Umass Amherst
23rd Jerry Sokolov-Goldman Bridge, 8:30PM Info coming soon
26th Recording Jennifer Johnson
28 Richard Sussman Quartet -The Kitano Dick Oats sax, Jay Anderson bass,
Aug 2011
2nd Brooklyn Big Band -Iridium 8PM NYC
5th Gerry Malkin Quartet Tarrytown,NY 6:30PM-8PM with George Colligan piano
7th Holli Hoffman Quartet- Erie Jazz Festival Erie PA
8th-20th Teaching Jazz House Kids
17th John Hart trio Dobbs Ferry Landing 6:30PM-8PM with Gary Vasace organ
Sept 2011
16th NATIVE SOUL - Brooklyn Conservatory info coming soon
25th Warren Vache TBA
Nov 2011
25th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Philadelphia Museam of art
Dec 2011
10th Greg Abate Quartet- The Puffin Teaneck,NJ
Past dates
Feb.2011
5th Bob Devos organ trio- The Candelite 3pm-7pm w Dan Kostelnik Hammon B3 Trenton,NJ
13th Alan Namery's Jazz Focus- Old Tappan Library 1:30pm-3:00pm
15th David Heckendorn -recording session -David worked with Richard Dryfuss teaching him piano on the set of Mr. Hollands Opus
17th David Heckendorn-recording session
18th Bob Devos- The Priory 7pm-11pm w/Dan Kostelnik-Hammond B3 Newark,NJ
March. 2011
1st Native Soul "Soul Step" on Talking Drum/American Showplace Music hits the radio airways across the US and Canada
The band Native Soul is: Peter Brianin-sx Noah Haidu-pn-Marcus Mclaurine-bs and Steve Johns-dr
Tour dates coming soon!!!
5th Alan Rosenthal trio- Cleopatra's Needle w/Cameron Brown 7-11 NYC
20th Housten Person quartet- Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society event 7:30PM Nyack, NY
24th Gary Smulyan Trio- Rome, Italy -Casa de Jazz w/ Cameron Brown
25th Gary Smulyan Trio-Rome, Italy-Casa de Jazz w/Cameron Brown
26th Gary Smulyan Trio-Rome , Italy-Casa de Jazz w/Cameron Brown
April 2011
8th Lauren Hooker- Cape May Jazz Festival w/ Alan Farnham po -Joris Teepe-bs
9th NATIVE SOUL- CD release event "SOUL STEP" Trumpets 8PM -10PM with Peter Brainin-sx Noah Haidu-pn-Marcus McLaurine-bs-Steve Johns-drs Trumpets 6 Depot Square Montclair,NJ
16th Greg Abate quartet- The Puffin w/Bill Cunliffe pn and Harvie S 7:30PM Teaneck, NJ
26th NATIVE SOUL-CD release event "SOUL STEP The Bahai Center 8PM-9:30PM
The Bahai Center 53 East 11th Street NYC 212-674-8998
4th Bob Devos organ quartet- Eric Alexander Akiko Tsuruga- Olives Nyack,NY 8PM
7th -13th Jessye Norman- London,England
16th Jessye Norman- Roots-my life my song- Philharmonie Munich Germany
20th- Jessye Norman- Roots-Frankfurt Germany
24th Jessye Norman-Roots- Berlin
July 2009
1st Jessye Norman- Roots- Cologne Germany
6th -10th Teaching Jazz in July Univ. of MA at Amherst
11th Akiko Tsuruga organ quartet- Bob Devos Eric Alexander Jazz Mobile 106th St.& Central Park West
2PM 1hr Set
19th Sunday Serenade- Music of Horace Silver info coming soon
24th Sonny Fortune quartet- Kirk Lightsy Wayne Dockery- DUC des Lombards Paris France
25th Sonny Fortune quartet- DUC des Lombards
26th Sonny Fortune quartet- Jazz A' Foix Festival - Foix, France
July 27th Sonny Fortune quartet- Festival de Jazz au Fort Napoleon- Laseyne sur Mer, France
30th Pete Yellin- Smalls NYC
31st Randy Brecker quintet- Festival under the stars- Burlington,NJ time TBA
Aug. 2009
1st Jimmy Owens- Jazzmobile Albany, NY concert info tba
2nd Jimmy Owens- Schenectady NY info tba
11th Valery Ponomarev Big Band- the Garage 8PM NYC
13th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Redmoor- Cincinatti Ohio 8PM
14th Sonny Fortune Quartet- The Jazz Kitchen Indianapolis IN 8PM
19 John Hart Organ trio recording- Jazz Index
31st Brooklyn Big Band- The Cafe Iguana 240 W.54th 9PM
Sept. 2009
4th Bob Devos organ trio- The Priory 233 W. Market St. Newark, NJ 7-11PM
11th Sonny Fortune Quartet LIVE RECORDING!! Sweetrhythm NYC w/ Michael Cochrane pn. David Williams b. 9PM
12th Sonny Fortune Quartet LIVE RECORDING!! Sweetrhythm NYC 9PM
13th Bob Devos Organ Trio- Jazz Fest and Arts Fair OSPAC 1PM 4 Boland Drive West Orange NJ
15th Brooklyn Big Band- The Bahai Center 8PM 53 East 11th St. NYC
16th Native Soul- Fat Cat 9PM 183 West 10th St NYC
22nd The Valery Ponomarev Big Band 8PM 1650 Broadway NYC
Oct. 2009
4th Warren Vache/Bucky Pizzerelli- Concert Indian Trails 2PM- Franklin Lakes,NJ
7th Kyle Kohler Organ trio- Showmans 8PM 375 125th St NY
15th Native Soul- CleoPatras Needle 2485 8PM Brdway NY
16th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Concert Philadelphia Museum of Art 6PM
17th John Carlini Trio W/Mike Richmond- 7:30PM Shanghai Jazz 24 Main St. Madison NJ
18th Jimmy Owens Plus- Concert -Jazz Foundation
21St Jimmy Owens Plus W/Grady Tate- Concert Queens Museum 8PM
24th Steve Bernstein - Children's Concert WBGO 12PM Maplewood Jr High School
Nov.2009
4th Santi Debriano Trio- Skippers 8pm 304 University Ave Newark NJ
10th Bob Mintzer Quartet- Nyack High School 8PM
13th Dave Stryker- 8PM TheTurning Point 468 Piermont Rd Piermont NY
14th Sonny Fortune Trio/w David Williams 8PM Sista's Place 456 Nostrand Ave.
17th Jimmy Owens W/Wycliffe Gordon and Special guest Yankee Slugger Bernie Williams on guitar! 8PM Colden Center Queens College
21st Giacamo Gates- Turning Point 8PM 468 Piermont Rd Piermont NY
22nd Radam Swartz organ trio- Skippers 3PM-7PM 304 Univ.Ave Newark NJ
Dec 2009
bunch of stuff TBA!
Jan. 2010
21st Native Soul- W/Peter Brainin, Noah Haidu, Marcus Mclaurine and Me-Smalls 8pm 183 West 10th St. NYC
29th Sonny Fortune Quartet- 8PM The Kitano 66 Park Ave NYC
30Th Sonny Fortune Quartet 8PM The Kitano
Feb. 2010
4th Bob Devos Organ trio- The Kitano 8pm 66 Park Ave NYC
13th Gene Perla -Starfish Brasserie 51 West St. Bethelhem PA 7-10PM
16th Bill Moring and Way Out East w/Tim Armacost Jack Walrath, Jim Ridle- 55 Bar NYC 10PM
22nd Recording TBA
23rd Recording TBA
March 2010
3rd John Richmond w/Bob Devos The Zinc Bar NYC 7:30PM
6th Gene Perla Trio-Lafayette Bar 11 N4th St, Easton PA 9PM-12A
7th Recording Rudy Van Gelder Studio's w/Daryl Johns, Debbie Keefe Johns, Don Sickler and Michael Cochrane
13th Bob Devos- Somers Point Jazz Festival w/saxophonist Bob Bowen TBA
14th THE JOHNS' JAZZ QUARTET! w/ Debbie Keefe Johns-sax Steve Johns-drs Michael Cochrane-pn and featuring our son, the wonderfully talented jazz bass prodigy Daryl Johns on bass at THE TURNING POINT 7:30-10:30PM 468 Piermont Ave. Piermont NY www.turningpointcafe.com
18th Bob Devos -Caldwell NJ more info to come
20th Sonny Fortune Quartet w/ Michael Cochrane pn, James King bs - Chris's Jazz Cafe Philly PA 8PM
27th Bob Devos - Baird Center South Orange NJ
April 2010
8th John Richmond-The Kitano 8PM NYC
June 2010
20th Sonny Fortune Concert in Philly TBA
July 2010
11th -23th Jazz In July summer jazz workshop
31st Peter Hand Big Band Featuring Housten Person Hackettestown NJ 8PM
August 2010
3rd Peter Hand -The Bahia Center NYC 8PM
September 26th Warren Vache Concert Franklin Lakes TBA
Past Performances
Sept. 2008
10th Bill Moring and Way Out East- Smalls 9pm 183 West 10th NYC
13th Bill Moring and Way Out East - The Puffin Art Center 8PM 20 Puffin Way Teaneck NJ
26th Sonny Fortune - Sweet Rhythm NYC 88 7th Ave New York, NY 10014 9PM 212-255-3626
27th Sonny Fortune- Sweet Rhythm info above
30th Scott Wendholt - Riverspace 7:30PM 119 Main St, Nyack, NY 845-348-0741
Oct. 2008
4th Randy Brecker - Yamaha trumpet day- Yamaha Artist Center NYC 1PM 689 5th Ave NYC at 54th St 212-339-9995
4th Bob Devos organ trio - Trumpets 8:30 6 Depot Sq, Montclair, NJ 973-744-2600
7th Gary Smulyan - Harvard Club 8PM 27 West 44th St. NYC 212-827-1246
10th Steve Turre- Riverspace 8PM 119 Main St. Nyack, NY 845-348-0741
17th Bob Devos Organ trio- Lana's- 8PM 1300 Raritan Road, Clark NJ 07066 732 669-9024
Nov. 2008
7th Bob Hamilton trio- 8PM Harford Community Collage 401 Thomas Run Road Bel Air Maryland 410-836-4000
14th Mel Martin quartet- 8PM Kitano 66 Park Ave NYC 212-885-7000 www.kitano.com
15th Mel Martin quartet- same as above
22nd Sonny Fortune- Moscow Russia
Dec.2008
19th Houston Person- Riverspace 8PM 119 Main St. Nyack, NY 845-348-0741
Jan. 2009
10th Bob Devos Organ trio Chris's Philadelphia PA 8PM
20th Native Soul - Peter Brainin - sax Noah Haidu -piano Marcus Mcluarine- bass Steve Johns-drums and cymbals- The Bahai Center 8PM 53 E. 11th St. New York NY 10003 212-674-8998
27th Bob Devos Organ trio- 8PM Riverspace Nyack NY
30th Bob Devos Organ trio- Cecils 9PM West Orange NJ
31st Bon Devos Organ trio-Cecils 9PM West Orange NJ
Feb. 2009
4th Randy Brecker - taping Marian McPartland Piano jazz for NPR
6th Randy Brecker Quintet- 11AM-12PM Childrens concert tribute to Miles Davis The Kimmel Center 300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
7th Randy Brecker quintet "The music of Miles Davis"- 8PM The Kimmel Center 300 S Broad St, Philadelphia,PA
13th Randy Brecker guest Richard Sussman - Riverspace Nyack NY 8PM
17th Mark Patterson- Riverspace Nyack NY 8PM
21st Valerey Ponomarev- Trumpets Montclair NJ 8PM
22nd Sonny Fortune quartet- Greenwich Public Library Greenwich Conn 3:30-5:00PM
March 2009
7th Jessye Norman - Sacred Ellington Concert- St. John the Divine 8PM
10th Bill Moring and Way Out East- The Bahai Center 8PM 53 East 11th St NY NY 212-674-8998
13th Sonny Fortune quartet- Chris's 8PM Philadelhia PA
14th Sonny Fortune quartet- Chirs's 8PM Philadelphia PA
April
6th Sonny Fortune quartet- The Turning Point Peirmont NY 8PM
May
2nd Randy Brecker quintet- Wine and Jazz fest longwood Gardens- More info coming soon
Past performances
May 2007
29th - June 2nd International Trunpet Guild- University of Mass house rhythm section with Jeff Holms and Chip Jackson
June 2007
3rd Ada Rovatti quintet- Red Bank Jazz festival Red Bank,NJ 2PM
7th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Macy's in Herald Square NYC JVC jazz fest 6-7PM
9th Randy Brecker Quintet - Rochester Jazz Festival
14th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Newark Museum 1PM
17th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Scheonberg Museum NYC 3PM JVC Jazz Festival
18th Sonny Fortune Quartet- JVC jazz party at Gracie Mansion NYC live WBGO broadcast! 6PM
19th Brooklyn Big Band- Birdland NYC music of Teo Mecero JVC event 8:30
21 Jay Leonhart allstars featuring Jon Faddis, Peter Washington etc JVC Danny Kaye playhouse 8pm
26th 27th Bob Devos recording for Savant/High Note
July 2007
6th Mel Martin quartet -Kitano w/Steve Laspina and Don Friedman 8PM 66th Park Ave. at East 38th St. 212-885-7000
7th Mel Martin quartet-Kitano
9th thru 20th- Teaching- Jazz in July Umass Amherst w/Billy Taylor
12th Peter Leitch trio concert- 7:30 PM New Rochelle ,NY Venue TBA
19 Jazz in July Allstars- Bowker hall campus at Umass Amherst 7:30Pm w/ Geri Allen,Sheila Jordon, Billy Taylor, Chip Jackson and others.
20th Zan Stewart quartet- The Iridium NYC 12 o'clock midnight w/ Dave Kokoski and Ed Howard
23rd thru August 3rd Teaching Litchfield jazz camp litchfeild, Conn www.litchfieldjazzfest.com
August
4th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Litchfield Jazz Festival 3PM with Chip Jackson and Michael Coccrane www.litchfieldjazzfest.com
8th Benny Carter 100th birhday concert- Hollywood Bowl Quincy Jones MC!
17th Sonny Fortune Quartet - Sweetrhythm NYC 8pm www.sweetrhythmny.com
18th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Sweetrhythm
23rd Antoinette Montague- w/Bill Easley NJ PAC Newark NJ 7pm
25th The Duke Ellington Orchestra- Southold High School SH Long Island, NY 7:30pm
26th Native Soul - Concert -Gosmans Dock Montauk, NY 6pm
29th Native Soul - Kitano w/Peter Brainin, Noah Haidu, Marcus Mclaurine and Me
September 2007
8th Vocalist Antoinette Montague w/ The Bill Easley Quartet- Yonkers Riverfest 4-5 pm 1 Vanderdonck St Yonkers NY
9th Dave Stryker -Blue to the bone 2pm OPAC Jazz Festival West Orange , NJ www.ospac.org
16th Bob Devos- Lake George Jazz festival w/Eric Alexander and Dan Kastelnick 1PM
20th Bob Devos organ trio- Drew University time TBA
20th Bob Devos organ trio - Bohamian Beer Garden
21st Sonny Fortune Quartet- Pearls jazz club- San Francisco
22nd Sonny Fortune Quartet- Pearls jazz club-San Francisco
23rd Sonny Fortune Quartet- Pearls jazz club- San Francisco
25th Richard Sussman- 7-10 Riverspace Nyack, NY jam session!
October 2007
6th Bob Devos Organ trio- West Orange Arts council 12-4 venue tba
15th Mel Martin- Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
22nd Bill Moring- recording Tim Armacost, Jack Walrath and SJ
26th Ronnie Cuber Band- Kitano 8pm 38th and Park NYC
27th Ronnie Cuber Band- Kitano
27th Sonny Fortune Quartet - Jazz Improve conference 3-5 Venue tba
November 2007
10th - 17th Ronnie Cuber Band - Bologna Jazz Festival
28th Randy Brecker Quintet- Martinique Jazz Festival
30th Randy Brecker Quintet- Norfolk Virginia venue tba
Dec 2007
5th Bob Devos Organ trio- Kitano 8pm 38th and Park Ave NYC
14th 15th Sonny Fortune- Chris's Philadelphia
Jan. 2008
2nd Ada Rovatti Quintet - Special guest Randy Brecker -Kitano NYC
4th Dave Stryker Blue To The Bone- Natural History Museum NYC 6PM and 7:30 PM
10th Bill Easley Quartet- Kitano 8PM NYC
15th Riverspace - Concert and jam Special guest saxophonist Steve Slagle Nyack NY 7-10PM
18th Bob Devos organ trio- The Priory 7-11 PM Newark NJ
22nd Riverspace- Concert and jam Special guest trombonist Matt Haviland
25th Native Soul- Montague Club Brooklyn NY 7-10PM
29th Sonny Fortune Quintet w/Wallace Roney- Bluenote NYC
30th Sonny Fortune Quintet w/Wallace Roney -Bluenote NYC
Feb. 2008
1st John Richmond Quartet- Cecils West Orange NJ 9PM
2nd John Richmond Quartet- Cecils 9PM
8th Peter Hand- The Silvermine Norwalk Conn 8PM
10th Peter Hand Quintet w/Don Bradon- Hudson River Museum
14th-24th Duke Ellington Orchestra - Japan tour - Billboard Live
March 2008
1st Sonny Fortune- The Blue Wisp Cincinnatti
2nd Sonny Fortune Quartet - concert -Mcphail School of Music- Minneapolis, Minn
9th Bob Devos Organ Trio- Somers Point NJ Jazz Society
April 2008
1st Duane Eubanks- Riverspace - Nyack NY 7:30
3rd Jimmy Heath big band- The Iridium- NYC 8PM
4th Jimmy Heath bb- The Iridium
5th Jimmy Heath bb-The Iridium
6th Jimmy Heath bb- The Iridium
22nd Jamie Baum- Riverspaqce-Nyack NY 7:30
27th Randy Brecker Ensemble- Wiehl Germany
28th Randy Brecker Ensemble-Hannover Germany -Jazz club
29th Randy Brecker Ensemble- Muenster Germany
30th Randy Brecker Ensemble -Heilbronn Germany
May 2008
1st Randy Brecker Ensemble- Tuebingen Germany
2nd Randy Brecker Ensemble- Soest Germany
3rd Randy Brecker Ensemble- Kempten Germany
date TBA Randy Brecker- Baku/Asserbatian
11th Bob Devos organ trio- Bluenote brunch 11-1 NYC
12th Bob Devos organ trio- Turning Point Peirmont NY 8PM
14th Bob Devos organ trio- BB Kings 8PM
17th Randy Brecker Ensemble- Special concert Zurich Switzerland
23rd Sonny Fortune Quartet- Sweetrhythm NYC sets 8PM
24th Sonny Fortune Quartet- Sweetrhythm NYC
June 2008
13th 14th Bob Devos - Cecils -West Orange , NJ sets 9PM
27th Sonny Fortune- Riverspace Nyack NY 7:30
July 2008
7th-11 Jazz in July- Umass Amherst - Teaching
16th Ronnie Cuber Band- Pori Jazz Festival, Helsinki Finland
17th Ronnie Cuber Band- Pori Jazz Fesival
18th Ronne Cuber Band- Concert -Jazz & Image Villa Cella Montana - Rome Italy
19th Ronnis Cuber Band- Concert-Jazz & Image Villa Cella Montana- Rome Italy
22nd Ronnie Cuber Band- Concert "Jesi" Ancona Italy
24th Ronnie Cuber Band- Ronnie Scotts- London England
25th Ronnie Cuber Band- Ronnie Scotts
26th Ronnie Cuber Band- Ronnie Scotts
28th-Aug 1st Litchfield Jazz Camp- Teaching
August 2008
4th -9th Vermont Jazz Center- Teaching