Jazz Club Performances 2011 – present (highlights)

International (non festivals)

  • Moods – Zurich, Switzerland
  • Unterfahrt – Munich, Germany
  • Sunset – Paris, France
  • DeRoma – Antwerp, Belgium
  • Axes Jazz Power – Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Rote Fabrik – Zurich, Switzerland
  • AMR – Geneva, Swizerland
  • Bird’s Eye – Basel, Switzerland
  • Jazz Club Singen – Singen, Germany
  • Jazz Club Nurnberg – Nurnberg, Germany
  • AB Jazz Club – Brussels, Belgium
  • Archiduc – Brussels, Belgium
  • Mullbau – Luzern, Switzerland
  • Vrijstaat O Oostende – Oostende, Belgium
  • KreuzKultur – Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Jazz in Winterthur – Winterthur, Switzerland
  • The Rex – Toronto, Canada
  • Cellar Jazz Club – Vancouver, Canada
  • Yarbird Suite – Edmonton, Canada
  • Beat Niq – Calgary, Canada

USA

New York, NY

  • Roulette (Brooklyn)
  • Jazz Gallery
  • BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
  • Le Poisson Rouge
  • The Stone
  • Joe’s Pub
  • Cornelia St. Café
  • Seeds (Brooklyn)
  • Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn)
  • Korzo (Brooklyn)
  • Di Capo Opera House
  • Barbez (Brooklyn)
  • Café Carlyle
  • IBeam (Brooklyn)
  • NY (continued)
  • Subculture
  • Somethin’ Jazz Club

Milwaukee, WI

  • Jazz Estate
  • Blu (Top of the Pfister Hotel)
  • Jazz Gallery
  • Sugar Maple
  • Woodland Pattern Bookstore
  • Company Brewing
  • West End Conservatory of Music
  • Hotel Metro

Chicago, IL

  • Jazz Showcase
  • Green Mill Jazz Club
  • Andy’s Jazz Club
  • Constellation
  • City Winery
  • Hideout
  • Elastic Gallery
  • Space (Evanston)
  • Experimental Sound Studio
  • Hungry Brain
  • Skylark
  • Room 43
  • Whistler
  • The Owl
  • Fulton Street Collective

Others

  • Firehouse 12 – New Haven, Connecticut
  • Tula’s – Seattle, Washington
  • Cliff Bells – Detroit, Michigan
  • Merriman’s Playhouse – South Bend, Indiana
  • Ice House – Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • The Fountain – Madison, Wisconsin
  • Café Luna – De Pere, Wisconsin
  • The Falcon – Marlboro, NY

Jazz Festival Performances (summer 2011-present)

2011

  • June 25 Sudtirol Jazz Festival – Bolzano, Italy with Jamie Baum Septet
  • June 27 Jazz Lent Festival – Maribor, Slovenia with Jamie Baum Septet
  • September 23 Dewey Beach Music Festival – Rhode Island with Rachael Sage
  • October 21 CMJ Music Festival – New York, NY with Rachael Sage
  • *November 25 Unerhort Jazz Festival – Zurich, Switzerland with Russ Johnson/Co Streiff/Gerry Hemingway
  • December 28-31 Merce Cunningham Dance Company Final Performances – Park Avenue Armory – New York, NY

2012

  • *August 25 East Side Jazz Festival – Milwaukee, WI with Russ Johnson’s “Meeting Point”
  • September 1st Chicago Jazz Festival – Millennium Park – Chicago, IL with Jason Stein Quartet

2013

  • March 19 Banlieues Bleues Festival – Paris, France with Robin Verheyen’s NY Quartet
  • March 21 Leuven Jazz Festival – Leuven, Belgium with Robin Verheyen’s NY Quartet
  • March 24 Budapest Jazz Festival – Budapest, Hungary with Robin Verheyen’s NY Quartet
  • *May 5 Unrehearsed Festival – Milwaukee, WI Russ Johnson/Devin Drobka
  • June 14 North by North East – (NXNE) Toronto, Canada with Rachael Sage
  • *September 12 Summerfest Big Band Camp – Milwaukee, WI with Russ Johnson Quartet
  • *November 9 Umbrella Fest – Chicago, IL with Russ Johnson’s “Meeting Point”

2014

  • *March 23 Bergamo Jazz Festival – Bergamo, Italy with Russ Johnson/Ken Vandermark/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Tim Daisy
  • *March 24 Dialoghi Per Due – Pavia, Italy with Russ Johnson/KenVandermark
  • *May 31 & June 1 Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound Celebration – Montclair, NJ with Russ Johnson’s “Still Out to Lunch”
  • July 11 North Sea Jazz Festival – Rotterdam, Netherlands with Jamie Baum Septet
  • August 5 MA Festival – Concertgebouw Bruges, Belgium with Robin Verheyen’s “Guillaume de Machaut” project
  • August 20 Jazz at Five – Madison, WI with Johannes Wallmann’s “Sweet Minute Big Band”
  • *August 29 Chicago Jazz Festival – Millennium Park – Chicago, IL with Russ Johnson’s “Meeting Point”
  • August 31 Chicago Jazz Festival – Millennium Park – Chicago, IL with Chicago Yestet
  • September 27 Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago, IL with Dana Hall’s “Black Ark Movement”
  • *October 17 EdgeFest – Ann Arbor, MI with Russ Johnson’s “Still Out to Lunch”

2015

  • *January 9 Winter JazzFest – New York, NY with Russ Johnson’s “Still Out to Lunch”
  • March 6 Chi Town Jazz Festival – Chicago, IL with Matt Ulery’s “Loom”
  • April 18 Woody Herman Jazz Festival – UW Milwaukee, WI with the Woody Herman Orchestra
  • *June 5 BayView Jazz Fest – Milwaukee, WI with Russ Johnson’s “Headlands”
  • June 6 OKKA Fest – Milwaukee, WI with Jeb Bishop Quartet
  • June 19 Isthmus Jazz Festival – Madison, WI with with Johannes Wallmann’s “Sweet Minute Big Band”
  • August 7 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Goshen, CT wit Litchfield Jazz Orchestra
  • August 9 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Goshen, CT with Matt Wilson’s “Tribute to Charli Persip”
  • August 30 Saalfelden Jazz Festival – Saalfelden, Austria with Ken Thomson’s “Slow/Fast”
  • September 5 Fox Valley Jazz Festival – Menasha, WI with Chicago Yestet
  • September 5 Stevens Point Jazz Festival – Stevens Point, WI with Chicago Yestet
  • *September 25 Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago, IL with Russ Johnson’s “Headlands”
  • October 17 Earshot Jazz Festival – Seattle, WA with Mark Taylor and Dawn Clement’s “Line-up”

2016

  • January 16 Winter JazzFest – New York, NY with Ohad Talmor’s “Grand Ensemble”
  • April 9 Woody Herman Jazz Festival – UW Milwaukee, WI with the Woody Herman Orchestra
  • May 12 Jazz A Liege Festival – Liege, Belgium with Robin Verheyen’s NY Quartet
  • June 17 Isthmus Jazz Festival – Madison, WI with Chicago Yestet
  • September 24 Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago, IL with Matt Ulery’s “Loom”
  • September 24 Hyde Park Jazz Festival – Chicago, IL with Greg Ward’s “Ten Tongues”
*denotes groups under my leadership

Colleges & Universities

Performance and/or masterclass

  • Western Michigan University (10/25/12, 3/5/15, 11/12-13/15)
  • Oberlin Conservatory of Music (10/11/13)
  • DePaul University (11/11/13)
  • Loyola University – Chicago (2/5/16)
  • Shenandoah Conservatory of Music (10/9/14)
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts (8/1-5/16)
  • University of Wisconsin Madison (9/9/11, 10/27/11, 2/24/12, 2/22/13, 11/1/13, 11/6/13, 2/13/15, 10/29/15)
  • UW Madison Jazz Orchestra…Guest Soloist (2/27/13)
  • UW Madison Faculty Concert Series (3/5/13)
  • Bowling Green State University (11/26/12) (10/5/16)
  • University of Chicago (4/7/14)
  • Ripon College (9/27/13)
  • Northern Illinois University  (8/28/14)
  • University of Wisconsin Whitewater (10/4/14)
  • Silver Lake College (9/19/15)
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (4/5/14)
  • Victoria Island University (Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada (3/26/12)

Other Notable Performances

  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNow Series at Harris Theater Millennium Park  6/1/2015 with composer Myra Melford
  • Made in Chicago World Class Jazz Series at Millennium Park – Pritzker Auditorium Chicago, IL  8/13/2015 with Greg Ward (composer) & Onye Ozuzu (choreographer) interpreting Charles Mingus’ “Black Saint”
  • Made in Chicago World Class Jazz Series at Millennium Park – Pritzker Auditorium Chicago, IL  8/15/2013 with Dana Hall’s “Black Fire”
  • Detroit Institute of the Arts 12/9/2011 and 10/3/14 with Ken Thomson’s “Slow/Fast”
  • US ARMY Jazz Knights (guest artist) West Point, NY 6/16/2012
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL 9/21/2013 with trumpeters Steven Burns, Marquis Hill, Corey Wilkes, josh Abrams and Russ Johnson
  • Door County Concerts Chamber Music Series 4/10/2015 with Johannes Wallmann Quartet
  • Chamber Music America Bryant Park NY, NY 5/25/2015 with Robin Verheyen’s “NY Quartet”
  • Tribute to Gunther Schuller at Shapeshifter Lab Brooklyn, NY 12/12/2015 with George Schuller
  • LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids MI 3/20/2016 with Matt Ulery’s “Loom”
  • Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, IL 5/17/2016 with James Falzone & Katie Ernst
  • LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids MI 3/22/2105 with Charlie Kohlhase’s “Chicago Explorers Club”