Avilena Music Productions, LLC

01/11/2020

Jazz Masters Series - January 26, 2020- Ted Rosenthal Trio

04/11/2019

Jazz Masters Series - April 28, 2019 - Dena DeRose Trio, with Special Guest Marvin StammSarah's Wine Bar20 West Lane, Ridgefield, CT6:30 - 8:30 pm$27.50 cover, $20 minimum food/drinkreservations: 203-438-8282

05/21/2017

Jay Leonhart and Tomoko Ohno to perform in Jazz Masters Series @ Sarah's Wine Bar, Ridgefield, CT, on Sunday, May 28, 2017.

10/29/2016

03/29/2015

Jazz Masters Series-- Sunday, March 29, 2015--

Paul Meyers-- World On a String Trio--
w/ Vanderlei Pereira, percussion, and Leo Traversa, bass

Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 6:30pm

Sarah's Wine Bar
20 West Lane
Ridgefield, CT, 06877

reservations: 203-438-8282

09/18/2014

Kendra Shank Trio to perform in Jazz Masters Series @ Sarah's Wine Bar, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Sunday, September 28, 2014
6:30 - 8:30 pm
$22 cover / $15 minimum

Kendra Shank, vocals
Nate Radley, guitar
Dean Johnson, bass

05/22/2014

Martin Wind announces his new release, "Turn Out The Stars." Martin Wind has received great press recently, with the May cover of Hot House and twice featured in DownBeat magazine
(May issue - CD review & June issue - feature).

Excerpt from Hothouse Magazine:



The bassist’s most ambitious project to date is his soon to be released Turn Out the Stars, a collection of songs inspired or written by the great pianist Bill Evans. Arranged for orchestra by Wind, the disc features the bassist’s quartet and the Italian Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana under the direction of Massimo Morganti.

It was inevitable that Wind and the work of Evans would at some point intersect. “Bill touched me with his sound,” he says. “His piano touch had that impact on me and I was hooked; it’s as simple as that.”

On Turn Out the Stars, Wind’s quartet is rounded out by the sensitive pianist Bill Cunliffe, the unpredictable and underrated multi-reed player Scott Robinson and the tasteful former Evans drummer Joe LaBarbera. Bringing in LaBarbera for this project was a no-brainer. “He is an amazingly complete musician” Wind says. The two met while playing in Florida with pianist Mays and hit it off. But the Evans alumnus never offered any suggestions when dealing with the music of his former bandleader. “He respected us enough as musicians to not give us any guidelines,” Wind says. “After we performed the music at a concert in Italy Joe did offer that ‘Bill would have really loved this.’ Which I thought was a great compliment.”

Of Robinson, with whom he has recorded several albums, Wind says, “He always struck me as so different and so unique and always one hundred percent himself no matter which style of music he would play. He became the voice of my music.”

The CD is a sumptuous treat, a seamless combination of swinging ensemble and lush orchestration work. The title track and two other songs, “Twelve Tone Tune Two” and the cinematically sweeping treatment of “Blue and Green,” are all Evans originals. The Henry Mancini piece “Days of Wine and Roses” and the Victor Young composition “My Foolish Heart” were both made famous by Evan’s timeless treatments. Robinson’s “Jeremy,” Don Friedman’s “Memory of Scottie,” Phil Woods’ dedication “Goodbye Mr. Evans” and LaBarbera’s “Kind of Bill” round out the tunes. The players are all in top form and the music glistens with love, respect and a deep sense of connection. The bassist is working on being able to perform his Evans’ project with full orchestra in the United States sometime soon.

Martin Wind’s quartet with Scott Robinson, Joe LaBarbera and Bill Mays is at Jazz at Kitano on May 30 and 31 for the New York debut of Turn Out the Stars. The quartet also will appear at Bernard’s in Ridgefield CT on June 1.

05/21/2014

Article on Martin Wind in this month's Downbeat Magazine (June 2014):

http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2014/DB1406/single_page_view/48.html

04/20/2014

http://m.newstimes.com/news/article/Why-flute-diva-Ali-Ryerson-has-no-fear-5410305.php?cmpid=fb-mobile

First lady of flutes shares private moments, thoughts on her life in music [...] she usually has two or more with her; different flutes have different sounds. "A bill was passed that says I can carry them on the plane; I don't have to check them," she said, referring to an act passed by Congress in…

04/20/2014

The Ali Ryerson Quintet will perform in the Jazz Masters Series @ Sarah's Wine Bar, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield, CT, on Sunday, April 27, 2014. 6:30 - 8:30 pm; $22 cover, $15 minimum
Reservations: 203-438-8282

The Ali Ryerson Quintet features:
Ali Ryerson, flute
Pete Levin, keyboards
Mike DeMicco, guitar
Mark Egan, bass
Karl Latham, drums

03/12/2014

Avilena Music Productions, LLC Cyrille Aimee will perform in the Jazz Masters Series @ Sarah's Wine Bar, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield, CT, on Sunday, March 30, 2014, with guitarist Michael Valeanu and bassist Or Bareket. 6:30 - 8:30 pm; $22 cover, $15 minimum Reservations: 203-438-8282

01/13/2014

Nicki Parrott and Rossano Sportiello will perform in the Jazz Masters Series, at Sarah's Wine Bar, 20 West Lane, Ridgefield, CT, on Sunday, January 26, 2013.
6:30 - 8:30 pm
$22 cover, $15 minimum
Reservations 203-438-8282