Where I am at any given moment

I really, really promise to keep this page current.

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Sat Sep 10

Rubber City Jazz Fest w?Jack Schantz. Mustil Store Stage, 12:30.

Sun Sep 4

Another boat gig w/Barbara Rosene.

Fri Aug 26

W/Maria Jacobs at BLU+. 8:00.

Thu Aug 25

Private event w/Carl Topilow.

Mon Aug 15

This should be fun - I'm playing on a paddlewheel steamer in Pittsburgh with Barbara Rosene. Let's hope the keyboard stays in place under my fingers...

Fri Jul 29

Private event.

Wed July 27

W/John Orsini and a small group at the Ben Franklin Community Gardens. 6:00.

Thu Jul 21

Private event.

Sun Jul 17

Private event.

Sat Apr 4

An encore livestreaming concert from my living room w/Barbara Rosene. 6:00.

Sat Mar 21

Livestreaming from my living room w/Barbara Rosene. 6:00.

It's the end of the (gig) world as we know it.

This is the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. My gigs for the forseeable future will be livestreaming.

Mar 1-2

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" w/Akron Symphony.

Jan 30 - Feb 17

Miss Saigon - Connor Palace Theater, Playhouse Square.

Jan 26

BLU Plate - 5:30-7:30.

Jan 18

Small group gig w/Cleveland Pops.

Jan 13

Dec 30

Private party at the Bop Stop.

Dec 22

It's a bigass generally irresponsible Xmas party at our house. If you didn't make it, you have my sympathy.

Dec 20

W/Helen Welch at The Shoreby Club. Will wonders never cease.

Dec 19

Private party.

Dec 15

W/Barbara Rosene at blu+. 8-11.

Dec 14

Waterbury Coach House w/Doris Long. 7-10:30.

Dec 13

Private party.

Dec 12

W/Peggy Coyle at blu+. 7-10:30.

Dec 9

Jingle Jazz at the University of Akron. 3:00.

Dec 8

Private event.

Dec 7

Private event w/Chris Vance.

Dec 4

A private event to celebrate the 90th birthday of the indefatigable Doris Long.

Nov 30

Private event w/Jack Schantz.

Nov 25

Private event w/Cleveland Pops.

Nov 16

CJO concert, somewhere in Cincinnati. Further deponent knoweth not.

Nov 11

Les Miz - two shows.

Nov 9

Cleveland Pops concert. 8:00, Severance Hall.

Nov 4

Las Miz - two shows.

Oct 30

Let the carnage begin. Subbing for "Les Miz" at the State Theater at Playhouse Square.

Oct 27

Private gig w/Carl Topilow. Somewhere in the outer environs of Sandusky.

Oct 22

Get your cerebral funk on at the CSU Faculty Jazz Ensemble recital. 7:30 in Drinko Hall.

Oct 21

Ooh, a double! CJO concert at the Ohio Theater. 4:00.

Oct 21

A private fundraiser for the Cleveland Pops. Nighttown, far too early in the morning.

Oct 20

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra at blu+ in Akron. 8:00.

Oct 6

Private gig w/Carl Topilow and the Cleveland Pops.

Oct 3

Private gig w/Jack Schantz.

Sep 25

I mold the minds of the future leaders of this great nation with a lecture on the music business at Lakeland College.

Sep 21

Such goodness! ANOTHER Gildersleeve concert, this time at Musica in Akron. 8:00

Sep 14

Private party w/Chris Vance.

Sep 9

Private gig w/Doris Long at the Cleveland Yachting Club.

Sep 2

Private gig w/Maria Jacobs.

Aug 30

W/Barbara Rosene at BLU jazz+. 8:00.

Aug 25

The Akron Jazz & Blues Fest. W/Maria Jacobs 1:00, solo piano 3:00.

Aug 19

The great big self-indulgent Gildersleeve concert. Cain Park, 1-4.

Aug 5

W/Barbara Rosene at Crown Point Ecology Center, 7-9.

Aug 3

Waterbury Coach House w/Doris Long. 7-10:30.

July 27

Blu Plate - 5:30-7:30, then to see Kenny Werner downstairs.

Jul 21

Private party.

Jul 18

Private event.

Jul 9-15

Out of town on personal business.

Jul 8

Private gigs w/Jack Schantz.

Jul 6

Private event.

Jun 28

Private party.

Jun 22

A very interesting gig at Pub Bricco. Joe Leaman, Theron Brown, Kofi Boakye and I will play some solo piano stuff and then talk about jazz piano. Should be interesting.

Jun 5-17

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Connor Palace Theater.

Jun 3

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra at the Cleveland Museum of Art. 6:30.

Jun 2

Private event.

Jun 1

Private event.

May 31

With the Skatch Anderson Orchestra at BLU+. 7:00.

May 27

Private event.

May 18

Private event.

May 9

At Pub Bricco in Akron w/Doris Long. 7-10.

May 3

At the Blue Canyon in Twinsburg with George Lee. 6-9.

Apr 21

W/the Akron Symphony, doing the music of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Apr 15

A private recording session at Steve Savanyu's with the ageless Doris Long. Look for a release in the near future.

Apr 11

Come hear the CSU combos perform at the Bop Stop. I'm not performing, but, hey, the name of the page is "Where I am at Any Given Moment", and that's where I'll be.

April 8

MonsterPianos. EJThomas Hall. 3:00.

March 29

CD release gig with John Perrine. Nighttown at 8:00.

Mar 18

Jazz vespers service w/Jack Schantz

Mar 17

Private event, undoubtedly involved green beer.

Mar 16

Private event.

Mar 15

W/ Ross Faronda at Coco Bella in Brecksville. 7-9.

Mar 14

University of Akron faculty jazz ensemble concert. EJThomas Hall. 8:00.

Mar 9

/Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and Joan Ellison. Music Box. 8:00.

Mar 2

W/Anna Paolucci at BLU Jazz. 7-10.

Feb 24

W/Barbara Rosene at BLU Jazz. 8:00.

Feb 15

W/ Ross Faronda at Coco Bella in Brecksville. 7-9.

Feb 9

W/Peggy Coyle at the Sheraton Cuyahoga. 8-10:30.

Feb 2

W/Doris Long at Waterbury Coach House in Lakewood. 7-10:30.

Jan 26

W/Peggy Coyle at the Sheraton Cuyahoga. 8-11.

Jan 19

Cleveland Pops quintet at Nighttown. 8-10.

Jan 13

Private event.

Jan 5

One of a handful of private parties in the vast gig wasteland that is January.

Dec 31

Private NYE party.

Dec 28

Private party.

Dec 22

W/Anna Paolucci at BLU; 8-11.

Dec 21

W/Ross Farronda at the Peppermill Inn; 7-9.

Dec 17

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-lots of private parties, and this is one.

Dec 16

Private party.

Dec 15

W/Doris Long at the Waterbury Coach House - 7-10:30.

Dec 13

'Tis the season to play private parties.

Dec 12

Private party.

Dec 10

W/the Packard Big Band and Helen Welch; Packard Hall in Warren. 2-4.

W/ Nick Paparone and a sextet, at BLU. 6-9.

Dec 8

Private party.

Dec 6

Solo piano at BLU jazz; 8-11.

Nov 7-Dec 3

"Wicked" at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. Come see it early before we begin to go a little stir-crazy.

Nov 3

Private party.

Oct 27

W/Anna Paolucci at Mustard Seed Market Montrose. 6-9.

Oct 23

CSU Faculty Jazz Ensemble concert. Drinko Hall, 8:00.

Oct 21

W/Helen Welch and the Firelands Symphony, in Sandusky. TBD.

Oct 19

W/Ross Farronda at CocoBella. 7-9.

Oct 8

Jazz service at Lakewood Congregational. 10:00...A.M.

Oct 6

Private party.

Oct 4

W/Doris Long at Pub Bricco. 7:30-10:30.

Sep 24

Nighttown w?Maria Jacobs. 7:30-10:30.

Sep 23

Private party.

Sep 22

W/Anna Paolucci at Mustard Seed Market, Highland Square. 7-10.

Sep 21

W/Ross Farronda at CocoBella in Brecksville. 7-9.

Sep 20

W/Maria Jacobs & Aidan Plank at Pub Bricco. 7:30-10:30.

Sep 16

"The Book of Mormon" at the State Theater in Playhouse. Come witness the engine of my despair.

Sep 15

Private party.

Sep 13

BLU Jazz+ w/ Nick Paparone Sextet. 9-11.

Sep 8-10

Knobcon in Chicago. Where modular synthesizer manufacturers of many nations meet and proclaim loudly and often that they're pretty cool, after all, and not nerds at all...

Sep 1

Private party.

Aug 29

Pub Bricco w/Peggy Coyle. 7:30-10:30.

Aug 27

"A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald" w/the Cleveland Orchestra. Blpssom Music Center, 7:00 PM.

Aug 9

Solo piano at BLU Plate. 5-7:30.

Aug 5

W/Anna and the Consequences at BLU jazz+. 6-8.

Aug 4

W/Tim Akin at the Cuyahoga Sheraton. 8-11.

Aug 3

A memorial session for John Morton. John had a great musical mind and an incredibly versatile voice. He passed too soon. I was fortunate to have him as a friend. Please come and raise a glass of expensive Scotch in his name, while anyone who's anyone on the NEO music scene throws down as he would have wanted. BLU jazz+ at 8.

Jul 30

CJO at Montefiere. I'm not sure what that means, either. 2:30-4.

Jul 29

Private event w/Marsha Newman.

Jul 28

W/Helen Welch at the Shoreby Club. You're welcome to attend; it costs $25K to get in.

Jul 25

W/the Dan Angotti big band at the Venice Cafe in Kent. See below. 7:30.

Jul 22

W/a big band at the Italian-American Festival in the amphitheater in Cuyahoga Falls. No one can say I don't live an exotic and exciting life. Noon.

Jul 20

W/Ross Farronda at the Peppermill Cafe in Brecksville, which now has a new name that I can't remember, so this entire post isn't very helpful, is it? 7-9.

Jul 14

Private event.

Jul 12

Solo piano at BLU Plate, the new restaurant right above BLU jazz+ in Akron. Come eat, drink and listen in some order. 5-7:30.

Jul 8

Private event w/Marsha Newman.

Jul 2

W/Jack Schantz at the Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Massilon.

Jul 1

Another private event. Outdoors, but in the shade.

Jun 30

Private event. Somewhere outdoors. In the sun. Wearing black.

Jun 29

Private party.

Jun 25

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra concert at Fairmount Temple. 4:00.

Jun 24

Private event.

Jun 23

W/Doris Long at the Waterbury Coach House. 7-10:30.

Jun 17

A big sloppy gala event at Playhouse Square, wherein Yr Obedient Servant gets to throw down on B-3.

Jun 15

W/Ross Ferranda at the Peppermill Inn. 7-9.

Jun 10

Bongiornio's is no more! Well, not till the end of the month, but this is the last night for music. Come join me and a bunch of sit-ins as we say goodbye to a wonderful restaurant and a great venue for jazz. 6:30-??

Jun 9

W/Anna Paolucci at the new Mustard Seed in Highland Square. 8:30-11:30.

Jun 3

Enough with the private parties! At least this one's with Helen Welch.

Jun 2

Private party.

May 27

Private event.

May 26

W/Barb Knight at Selah restaurant in the booming metropolis of Struthers, OH.

May 18-21

I'm at Moogfest in Durham, NC. Nerdgasm, baby.

May 17

W/Maria Jacobs at Pub Bricco in Akron. 8:30-11:30.

Apr 25 - May 14

"Something Rotten" at Playhouse Square.

Fri Apr 21

Private event.

Thu Apr 20

W/Ross Ferranda at the Peppermill Inn in Brecksville. 7-9.

Wed Apr 19

W/Doris Long at Pub Bricco in Akron. 7-10.

Fri Apr 14

Helen Welch at the Sheraton Cuyahoga Falls. 7:30-10:30.

Thu Apr 13

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra at Hudson High School. 8:00.

Fri Apr 7

W/Doris Long at Waterbury Coach House. 7-10:30.

Sat Apr 1

Featured soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #5.

Fri Mar 31

Private party.

Mon Mar 27

Private event.

Sun Mar 26

Donald Erb's "Reconnaissance" with the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Sat Mar 25

W/Joan Ellison and the Erie Valley Philharmonic.

Wed Mar 22

With the University of Akron Faculty Jazz Ensemble and guest artist Jon Fedchok. EJThomas. 8:00.

Mar 17-18

Judging at the Lakeland Jazz Festival.

Thurs Mar 16

W/Ross Ferranda at the Peppermill Inn in Brecksville. 7-9.

Tue Mar 14

With the Dan Angotti Big Band. At the Venice Cafe(!) in Kent. 7:30-9:30.

Thurs Mar 9

With Soundworks at the Bop Stop. 8:00.

Sat Mar 4

Private event.

Sun Feb 26

Jazz Vespers service at St. Paul's in Cleveland w/Paul Ferguson. 4:00.

Thurs Feb 23

Musicians from the University of Akron at blu jazz.

Fri Feb 17

Private event.

Fri-Sat Feb 10-11

Tierney Sutton and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.

Sat Feb 4

Private event.

Fri Feb 3

Private event.

Thurs Feb 2

A reading gig with the OMEA band. Cleveland Marriott, 9:30-11:30.

Wed Feb 1

Solo piano at blu jazz. 7-10:30.

Fri Jan 20-22

Off to NAMM in Anaheim to share my accumulated musical knowledge with a grateful world and to pick up free stuff.

Sun Jan 1

And so begins the bleak and featureless desert that is January.

Fri Dec 23

Private event.

Thurs Dec 22

Private event.

Wed Dec 21

Shoreby Club w/Helen Welch. While technically a private event, I'm just always tickled by rich people badly singing Christmas carols.

Sat Dec 17

Private event.

Fri Dec 16

Private event.

Wed Dec 14

Pub Bricco w/Marsha Newman. 7:30-10:30.

Sun Dec 11

Jingle Jazz - the University of Akron Jazz Department Christmas concert. It's a swinging thing. 3:00 at Guzzetta Hall.

Sat Dec 10

Private event.

Fri Dec 9

Private event

Thurs Dec 8

Private event.

Sat Dec 3

The Jazz Unit reunion concert concert at the Bop Stop. This is a significant concert; you should go. 8:00, at, um, the Bop Stop.

Fri Dec 2

W/Doris Long at the Waterbury Coach House in Lakewood. 7:30-10-30.

Sun Nov 27

Cleveland Pops at Severance Hall

Tues Nov 22

Private event.

Sat Nov 19

In Sandusky with a Cleveland Pops small group.

Thurs Nov 17

Hey, look! Something open to the public! I'm at the Peppermill Pub and Grill in Brecksville w/Ross Feronda and a buncha guys who play music. 7-9.

Sun Nov 13

A memorial event for Roland Paolucci, the former head of the jazz department at the University of Akron, and a former director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Roland was a great guy, and a day of music is exactly what he would have wanted.

Sat Nov 12

Private event.

Thurs Nov 10

Private event.

Sun Nov 6

W/the Firelands Symphony, Sandusky Theater, 4:00.

Sat Nov 5

Private event.

Thurs Nov 3

Private event.

Oct 28-29

With the Erie Philharmonic, performing the music of Danny Elfman. I'm taking my theremin.

Sun Oct 23

W/the Jack Schantz Quartet at Lakewood Congregation Church. Come get your church on. 10:00 AM.

Fri Oct 21

W/Peggy Coyle and Brad Bolton at the Sheraton Suites, Cuyahoga Falls. 8-11.

Sat Oct 15

W/Helen Welch at a yet-to-be-disclosed location.

Fri Oct 14

W/the inimitable Teddy Panteras at the Courtyard Inn and Restaurant in Lisbon, somewhere in Ohio. 6:30-9:30.

Monday Oct 3

W/CSU Faculty Jazz Ensemble. Drinko Hall, 7:30.

Sat Oct 1

Cleveland Orchestra Gala, with dinner music by Yr Obedient Servant.

Sept 24-30

I'm entering this after the fact (so my house doesn't get robbed). Susan and I are in Buenos Aires for our 30th anniversary, and for me to play a little tango.

Fri Sept 23

Waterbury Coach House w/Doris Long. 7:00-10:30.

Sun Sept 18

W/the Firelands Symphony in Sandusky. A midafternoon gig at a winery - what could go wrong?

Sat Sept 17

Private event. Hey - what can I say? It's the season.

Sun Sept 11

Cleveland Pops - dedication of the new Strongsville Middle School.

Sat Sept 10

Private event.

Fri Sept 9

Private event.

Fri Sep 2

The band I was in when I was in college, "Gildersleeve", is doing a reunion gig at Musica in Akron. We'll be as cheerfully self-indulgent as ever. For more info, go here: https://www.facebook.com/Gildersleeve-1510466015917117/?fref=ts

Sat Aug 13

Private gig w/Abe LaMarca.

Sat Aug 6

Private function.

Wed Aug 3

Solo piano at blu jazz+. 7-11.

Sat July 30

W/Vince Mastro at Bongiornio's in Twinsburg. It's been a while. 7:00-??

Fri July 29

w/Helen Welch at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls. 8:00.

Sat July 16

I'm doing a duo at Bongiornio's in Twinsburg with John Morton. This will be sick.

Sat July 9

Private event.

Fri July 8

Private event.

Sun June 3

A church gig with the Jack Schantz quartet at the Emmanuel UCC in Akron. 10:00. Get yer church on.

Fri July 1

w/Doris Long at the Waterbury Coach House. 7:00.

Wed June 29

Solo piano at blu jazz+. 7-10.

Sun June 26

Private function.

Thurs June 23

A quartet gig w/Jason Smith at the Shaker Heights Library. 7:00.

Sat June 18

Private event.

Fri June 17

w/Doris Long at the Waterbury Coach House. 7:00.

Mon June 13

w/the Skatch Anderson big band at Brothers' in Lakewood. 8-10:30.

Sun June 12

w/Helen Welch at Gervasi Vineyards. 5-8.

Sat June 11

Private function.