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CONCERT & TICKET
INFORMATION
The Jazz Kitchen is proud to present the very best in local, regional and national jazz talent in an comfortable, intimate setting. We feature a wide variety of jazz entertainment six nights a week. (sometimes seven) YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD TO ENTER THE JAZZ KITCHEN!! NIGHTLY SHOWS are generally local or non-ticketed regional acts. Tickets are NOT sold in advance but we do accept dinner reservations as long as everyone in your party is eating dinner and can arrive at least one hour prior to showtime. Please call the club directly at 317.253.4900 for reservations or make online reservations here. ONLINE RESERVATIONS Please remember that normal cover charges apply. Reservations for ticketed or blocked events - please call 317.253.4900 Check the calendar page for exact prices and times. SPECIAL SHOWS
are shows that are generally national or international jazz acts. TIP! For the
best seating at special events join us for dinner before the show. |

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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION STEVE ALLEE TRIO www.steveallee.com Steve Allee Trio Colors CD Release party with Bill Moring, bass and Tim Horner, drums 6-9p $15 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() VITAL INFORMATION featuring STEVE SMITH, BARON BROWNE, TOM COSTER AND VINNY VALENTINO www.vitalinformation.com Now in their 23rd year since their initial 1983 release, Steve Smith and Vital Information has become a formidable jazz/fusion juggernaut whose longevity surpasses all of the major fusion groups. The all-star lineup of Tom Coster (keyboards), Baron Browne (bass), Vinny Valentino (guitar) and Steve Smith (drums) serve up a veritable banquet of sounds, from slamming funk and syncopated second line grooves to seriously swinging, uptempo B-3 burners, South Indian Carnatic inspired jams and sizzling fuzoid romps 7:30 & 9:30p $20 open @ 5p for dinner charge-by-phone @ 317.253.4900 |
BUSELLI WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA www.bwjo.org Indianapolis' own nationally acclaimed concert-class professional jazz ensemble 7-10p $10 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() TRIOLOGY + 1 www.owlstudios.com An inventive collection of originals by tenor / soprano saxophonist Rob Dixon. this jazz / funk based band is in the vain of Soulive & Joshua Redman. A hard groovin', feel-good must see! 7-10:30p $5 open @ 5p for dinner ![]() Root MOVmENTS 10:30p-1a $5 |
![]() SALSA @ 6 A new weekly event, Salsa @ Six! every Thursday evening @ 6P. Soon to become the premier after work Salsa event on the Indy social scene. TAPAS DRINK SPECIALS FREE DANCE LESSONS Admission is only $5 with ladies FREE til 10p ![]() LATIN DANCE PARTY Indy's longest running latin dance night. featuring Univision's DJs Marco Dominguez and Fernando Ramirez playing a mix of salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, Latin hip-hop & more 9p-2a – $7 ladies FREE 'til 10p open @ 5p for dinner |
STEVE ALLEE QUARTET featuring RICH PERRY www.steveallee.com Fresh off his CD Release party with Bill Moring on bass and Tim Horner on drums, Allee adds NY tenor man Perry for a night of burnin' jazz originals. 8:30 & 10:30p $12 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() BUTLER ADULT SUMMER JAZZ LAB trumpeter / educator Mark Buselli leads this summer big band jazz group. 5p – $8 open @ 5p for dinner ![]() STEVE ALLEE QUARTET featuring RICH PERRY www.steveallee.com Fresh off his CD Release party with Bill Moring on bass and Tim Horner on drums, Allee adds NY tenor man Perry for a night of burnin' jazz originals. 8:30 & 10:30p $12 open @ 5p for dinner |
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| CLOSED | ![]() FRANK GLOVER QUARTET For 6 years running the FGQ has been a Monday night fixture. Vituoso saxman Glover & hall-of-fame pianist Sifferlen lead Indys best straight-ahead jazz group through hi-energy jazz standards. 7:30-11:30 FREE open @ 5p for dinner MARK SHELDON PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT UNVEILING 5:30 wine and light hors d'oeuvres provided |
![]() MIDCOAST SWING ORCHESTRA www.bwjo.org The 10-piece MidCoast Swing Orchestra performs classic 30's and 40's jazz representing the great Harlem dance bands including Basie, Ellington and Lunceford. 7-11p $10 open @ 5p for dinner |
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![]() SALSA @ 6 A new weekly event, Salsa @ Six! every Thursday evening @ 6P. Soon to become the premier after work Salsa event on the Indy social scene. TAPAS DRINK SPECIALS FREE DANCE LESSONS Admission is only $5 with ladies FREE til 10p ![]() LATIN DANCE PARTY Indy's longest running latin dance night. featuring Univision's DJs Marco Dominguez and Fernando Ramirez playing a mix of salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, Latin hip-hop & more 9p-2a – $7 ladies FREE 'til 10p open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() MELVIN RHYNE featuring FAREED HAQUE, ROB DIXON & KENNY PHELPS Join B-3 master, Melvin, a true living legend and Indy native for his new collaboration with guitar phenom Fareed Haque and young lions saxophonist Rob Dixon and drummer Kenny Phelps. 8:30 & 10:30p $12 open @ 5p for dinner |
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![]() SALSA @ 6 A new weekly event, Salsa @ Six! every Thursday evening @ 6P. Soon to become the premier after work Salsa event on the Indy social scene. TAPAS DRINK SPECIALS FREE DANCE LESSONS Admission is only $5 with ladies FREE til 10p ![]() LATIN DANCE PARTY Indy's longest running latin dance night. featuring Univision's DJs Marco Dominguez and Fernando Ramirez playing a mix of salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, Latin hip-hop & more 9p-2a – $7 ladies FREE 'til 10p open @ 5p for dinner |
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![]() SLIDE HAMPTON & the STEVE ALLEE BIG BAND A tribute to Virtue Hampton This night features the Steve Allee Big Band and Slides GRAMMY award winning compositions and arrangements. 6 & 8:30p $35 open @ 5p for dinner www.slidehampton.com sumontproductions.com/jabacle.htm www.steveallee.com |
![]() FRANK GLOVER QUARTET For 6 years running the FGQ has been a Monday night fixture. Vituoso saxman Glover & hall-of-fame pianist Sifferlen lead Indys best straight-ahead jazz group through hi-energy jazz standards. 7:30-11:30 FREE open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() MIDCOAST SWING ORCHESTRA www.bwjo.org The 10-piece MidCoast Swing Orchestra performs classic 30's and 40's jazz representing the great Harlem dance bands including Basie, Ellington and Lunceford. 7-11p $10 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() TRIOLOGY + 1 www.owlstudios.com An inventive collection of originals by tenor / soprano saxophonist Rob Dixon. this jazz / funk based band is in the vain of Soulive & Joshua Redman. A hard groovin', feel-good must see! 7-10:30p $5 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() SALSA @ 6 A new weekly event, Salsa @ Six! every Thursday evening @ 6P. Soon to become the premier after work Salsa event on the Indy social scene. TAPAS DRINK SPECIALS FREE DANCE LESSONS Admission is only $5 with ladies FREE til 10p ![]() LATIN DANCE PARTY Indy's longest running latin dance night. featuring Univision's DJs Marco Dominguez and Fernando Ramirez playing a mix of salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, Latin hip-hop & more 9p-2a – $7 ladies FREE 'til 10p open @ 5p for dinner |
APA
JAZZ FELLOWSHIP AWARDS www.americanpianists.org Hear all five Finalists at each session performing in solo and jazz trio formats, with a different repertoire at each set. Dinner and drinks are available for purchase during the sessions. 6:45 - SOLD-OUT & 9:30p open @ 5p for dinner Call Bridget @ 940.9945 for tickets |
![]() AVISHAI COHEN www.avishaimusic.com Until late in 2003, Avishai was a member of the Chick Corea New Trio and accompanist to other jazz note-worthies, including Bobby McFerrin, Roy Hargrove, Herbie Hancock, Nnenna Freelon, Claudia Acuña, Paquito DRivera and many others. Avishai has become a first call musician in multiple genres. In 2003 he made a studio recording with pop-soul artist Alicia Keys, and has also performed concert works with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and The Boston Pops Symphony. 8:30 & 10:30p $20 open @ 5p for dinner |
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| CLOSED | ![]() FRANK GLOVER QUARTET For 6 years running the FGQ has been a Monday night fixture. Vituoso saxman Glover & hall-of-fame pianist Sifferlen lead Indys best straight-ahead jazz group through hi-energy jazz standards. 7:30-11:30 FREE open @ 5p for dinner |
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![]() TRIOLOGY + 1 www.owlstudios.com An inventive collection of originals by tenor / soprano saxophonist Rob Dixon. this jazz / funk based band is in the vain of Soulive & Joshua Redman. A hard groovin', feel-good must see! 7-10:30p $5 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() SALSA @ 6 A new weekly event, Salsa @ Six! every Thursday evening @ 6P. Soon to become the premier after work Salsa event on the Indy social scene. TAPAS DRINK SPECIALS FREE DANCE LESSONS Admission is only $5 with ladies FREE til 10p ![]() LATIN DANCE PARTY Indy's longest running latin dance night. featuring Univision's DJs Marco Dominguez and Fernando Ramirez playing a mix of salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, Latin hip-hop & more 9p-2a – $7 ladies FREE 'til 10p open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() EVERETT GREENE QUARTET www.everettgreene.com A finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition, a regular on the Chicago jazz scene, and considered to be Indiana's top jazz baritone vocalist, Everett Greene has a voice and style that epitomizes "smooth." The ladies love him and we know that you will too. This big bass baritone has an Eckstine feel for the blues and romantic ballads. 8:30 & 10:30p – $10 open @ 5p for dinner |
![]() CODE V Taking a page from the early days of Jazz Fusion, Code Violation plays music from Weather Report, Tribal Tech, Billy Cobham, Soulive, Christian McBride Band, Monk, and Wayne Shorter, just to name a few. They also have originals to add to the fusion mix. Code V consists of Jim Litchfield on bass, Greg Leistikow on keyboard and Chapman Stick and Sam McCune on the drums. 5:30 - 7:30p $7 open @ 5p for dinner ![]() BILL LANCTON and COALITION www.billlancton.com Indy guitar favorite Lancton returns with his contemporary jazz/funk group. Joining Bill will be Allen "Turk" Burke on organ, Russell Taylor on drums and Kenny Kipp on saxes 8:30 & 10:30p – $10 dinner served until 11p |
UPCOMING MAJOR SHOWS
STEVE SMITH & VITAL INFO - APR 2
SLIDE HAMPTON 75TH BIRTHDAY APR 20,21,22
APA SEMI-FINALS - APRIL 27
AVISHAI COHEN - APRIL 28
KATE McGARRY - MAY 18
FOUR FRESHMEN - MAY 20
PETER ERSKINE - MAY 22
LUCA MUNDACA DUO - MAY 25
BRIAN AUGER - MAY 26
REDD HOLT - JUNE 3
RACHEL Z DEPT OF GOOD AND EVIL - JUNE 22