Tuesday, May 27 2008

Special guests Stan McDonald and Dave Bragdon

Stride & Boogie Woogie Master Neville Dickie is a National Treasure at home in England. His style, described as “showing off before the company;” demands machine-gun speed, flashy fingering and a powerful, accurate left hand—his left hand speed and total accuracy will take your breath away. This year Neville presents An evening of Boogie Woogie and all that jazz accompanied by the daring drummer Neville loves, Dave Bragdon. Get your yearly fix of Neville’s amazing dexterity and tasty renditions interspersed with entertaining stories and collaborations with clarinet/soprano sax legend Stan McDonald. The joint is always jumpin’ when Neville plays

Featuring Rev. Jim Rice on piano, Steve Skop on bass, Pieter Stryuk on drums, and Zach Chadwick on woodwinds.

Friedman is at home playing classic jazz with the likes of Buddy DeFranco and Clark Terry, or avant-garde jazz with the youngest Turks. Collectors snap up his recordings in America, Europe and especially Japan, where he has a remarkably large and loyal fan base. His new trio is appearing in and around New York City and has recently toured Japan.

Bruce Marshall, a celebrated singer songwriter from Concord, will host a new acoustic open mike every Tuesday night. Musicians are invited to perform with Bruce or solo at 8:30.

Bruce has recently released a solo CD entitled Restless Soul. The 15 song disc contains solo acoustic versions of some of Bruce's most requested original songs some of which that have not been previously released. This is Bruce's first solo CD and is being released in conjunction with his receiving the "Outstanding Acoustic Musician" award in the Blues Audience Magazine Readers Poll for '07.

Buy his solo and band CD's at the website below or at the upcoming show.

With the Rivers Music School Faculty. Jamie directs the Jazz program at the Rivers Music School. He received his MM degree in jazz composition from the New England Conservatory and has recently recorded two CDs of original works with Tony Malaby, George Schuller, Alexei Tsiganov, John Hebert and John Lockwood. Jamie’s band is always very high level with the Rivers faculty forming the heart of the group.

Ryles Artist Showcase is Ryles' contribution to the up and coming talent in the New England area.

Each Tuesday night Ryles will present up to three of the best up and coming local New England bands.

There aren’t many singer / songwriters who have enough material to release a two CD 36 track album just as there aren’t many musicians who have played with Todd Rundgren, Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Blue Oyster Cult, The New Cars, Hall &Oates and Mick Jagger in their careers! Staten Island based Kasim Sulton fills both these criteria and excels at his acoustic gigs whether it is just him and a guitar or with a couple of other musicians. With 30+ years in the music business Kasim’s banter on stage is always enthralling, witty and from his heart.

Imagine a trail that traverses the likes of Nick Drake, Ray Davies, and Neil Young by way of Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith and you'll get an inkling of the irresistible sound of The Electric Farm.The newest self-titled release, THE ELECTRIC FARM, is a lush collection of original compositions that takes soft pop into a folksy space rock milieu. The album delivers a a broad spectrum of sounds, including string arrangements (by co-producer Mike Frank) that punctuate the moody atmosphere-for a style reminiscent of Beck's Sea Changes.