Listen to Past Concerts
You can listen to our past concerts on our YouTube channel. Enjoy!
Colin Hancock with the New York Classic 7
Photo by Cornell Chronicle
Colin Hancock with the New York Classic 7
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT and LIVE STREAM
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Road
Wallingford, PA 19086
Texas native Colin Hancock has been an enthusiast for the music and methods of traditional jazz since his earliest days, including re-creation of acoustic cylinder recordings (using the century-old techniques combined with modern digital technology to produce surprisingly accurate audio), and then at Cornell University as a founding member of the Original Cornell Syncopators, who performed for Tri-State in November, 2018. Post-graduation, Colin has found time to sit in frequently in the NYC trad scene, such as appearing at Mona's, and he performed again for us at Tri-State, backing Cynthia Sayer last November. Now Colin fronts a band of like-minded New York-based (mostly) trad jazz players. This is the US premiere for the New York Classic 7, who first appeared (led by Mike Davis) in Bern, Switzerland in October of last year. The group appears today, demonstrating multi-instrumental virtuosity - Colin (cornet, trumpet, reeds) plays drums, for example, and Andy Schumm (also trumpet, cornet, reeds) plays piano.
Mike Davis's New Wonders
Photo by Jim McGann
Mike Davis's New Wonders
Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT and LIVE STREAM
Haddonfield United Methodist Church
29 Warwick Road
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Mike Davis returns with his New York City based New Wonders septet,.The band vividly invokes America’s Jazz Age during the 1920s, when jazz was the soundtrack for dramatic national changes and played a central part in people's dreams, adventures and romances. The band gives exquisite attention to musical detail, and their deep passion for original recordings is evident in each performance.
Made possible by funds from the Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission at Camden County College, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Ethan Uslan - Solo Piano
Photo by PJ Ingram
Ethan Uslan - Solo Piano
Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT and LIVE STREAM
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Road
Wallingford, PA 19086
Ethan Uslan returns to Tri-State as one of the hottest names on the ragtime/traditional jazz scene today. Though he studied classical piano, he harbored a secret ragtime addiction, complementing his classical studies by learning to play like Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, and George Gershwin. He has recorded CDs, and performed silent film scores on DVD releases (and spins a great yarn.) We look forward to a terrific return performance!
Al Harrison's Dixieland Band
Photo by Jim McGann
Al Harrison's Dixieland Band
Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT and LIVE STREAM
Haddonfield United Methodist Church
29 Warwick Road
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
This Tri-State Jazz favorite, which last performed for the Society in 2018, returns to Haddonfield. "The Al Harrison Dixieland Band is a polished ensemble with enough firepower, as Duke Ellington would say, to 'scorch the moon!'" - Jim McGann, The Strutter, Tri-State Jazz Society. “A great, lively band that preserves the tradition of classic jazz without embalming it. The creativity is at full throttle, and so is the sense of fun. You can’t listen to Al and his friends and not feel better about life in general.” - Joe Barron, music reporter, Montgomery Newspapers.
Danny Tobias and Friends
Photo by Neal Siegal
Danny Tobias and Friends
Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT & LIVE STREAM
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Road
Wallingford, PA 19086
During the past decade, Danny Tobias has emerged as one of TSJS’ most favored musicians, having appeared with the Midiri Brothers Sextet, Marty Grosz's Hot Winds, David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, and as a leader in his own right, including the annual All-Star Concerts. On this latest occasion. Danny will be joined by two illustrious NYC-based musicians: multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Vince Giordano (another veteran TSJS performer, here playing string bass, tuba, and bass sax) and pianist Conal Fawkes, plus reed man/violinist/mandolinist Dennis Lichtman and drummer/vocalist Jim Lawlor; also a TSJS stalwart). Equally at home with a cornet or trumpet, Tobias brings beautiful shape and individuality to his jazz performances. Playing professionally since the age of 15, he’s best known for traditional jazz and swing, either reproducing classic arrangements or artful improvisation with the music of “The Jazz Age” at Tri-State Jazz Society’s concert at Community Arts Center, on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.