itinerary
itinerary
2008
Thursday, July 3 Madison, NJ
Solo Piano at Shanghai Jazz, 7 - 9:30 pm
Madison, NJ
http://www.shanghaijazz.com/schedulenonflash.htm
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Friday, July 4 The Deer Head Inn, Poconos, PA
The Jim Ridl Quartet
Jim Ridl - Piano • Chris Karlik - Saxophones • Tom Di Carlo - Bass • TIm Horner - Drums
The Deer Head Inn, 7 - 11 pm
http://www.deerheadinn.com/
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Thursday, July 10 The Metropolitan Room, NYC
The Nate Birkey Quartet
Celebrating Nate's new cd release "Almost Home"
The Metropolitan Room, NY, NY
7:30 (one set)
http://www.metropolitanroom.com/
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Saturday, July 12 Bronxville, NY
duo with Nate Birkey
Nate Birkey - Trumpet and Vocal • Jim Ridl - Piano
Scalini Restaurant, Bronxville, NY, 7 -10 pm
www.scaliniosteria.com
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Sunday, July 13 Nyack, NY
Scott Reeves Quartet
RiverSpace Cafe, Nyack, NY
7:30 - 10:30Scott Reeves - Trombone
Rich Perry - Saxophone
Jim Ridl - Piano
Mike McGuirk - Bass
Andy Watson - Drums
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Friday, July 18 Atlantic City, NJ
The Gina Roche Quartet
Dante Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
8 pmGina Roche - Vocal • Jim Ridl - Piano • Chico Huff - Bass • Allison Miller - Drums
http://www.dantehall.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=4
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Sunday, July 20 Doylestown, PA
The Vince Ector Quartet at the Cliveden Jazz Fest
Doylestown, PA
3-4 pm
Vince Ector - Drums • tba - Saxophone • Jim Ridl - Piano • Leon Dorsey - Bass
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Sunday, August 3 Scranton PA
SCRANTON JAZZ FESTIVAL with The JD Walter Quartet
JD Walter, vocals - Jim Ridl, piano - Boris Kozlov, bass - Donald Edwards, drumsmore info coming
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Thursday, August 7 NYC
The Nate Birkey Quartet
The Kitano, NY, NY
8 and 10 pm
http://www.kitano.com/barlounge.html
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Wednesday, August 26 Newark, NJ
The Vince Ector Quartet
Weequaic Park, Newark, NJ
7 - 9 pm
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2008 past gigs
Jan. 12 Chris' Jazz Cafe Phila., Pa
The Antfarm Quartet Cd Celebration of "Dialogues, Part. 2"
http://www.chrisjazzcafe.com/calendar.html
Jan. 10 IAJE convention Toronto, Canada
Imperial Ballroom-Fairmont Royal York Ralph Bowen Quartet
http://www.iaje.org/iaje.aspx?pid=27
Saturday, Jan. 26 The Vince Ector Quartet
Vince Ector/ Drums and Composer Jim Ridl/Piano Abraham Burton/Sax Leon Dorsey/ Bass
The Michener Art Museum Doylestown, Pa
http://www.michenermuseum.org/events/event.php?id=980
Sunday, Jan. 27 The Scott Reeves Quintet Scott Reeves/Trombone and composer
Rich Perry/Sax Jim Ridl/Piano Mike McGuirk/Bass Andy Watson/Drums
The 55 Bar 55 Christopher St., NYC http://55bar.com/
Thursday Feb 7 Charles Pillow Group Keystone College, La Plume, Pa
performing Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, March 1 Composer ANDREW STERMAN premieres
THE PATH TO PEACE Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette St, NYC 7:30pm
http://www.joespub.com
Friday, March 7 Jim Ridl Trio Jim Ridl - Piano Francois Moutin - Bass Tim Horner - Drums
Shanghai Jazz, Madison, NJ http://www.shanghaijazz.com/schedulefinal.htm
Tuesday, March 11 The Jim Ridl Quartet
Charles Pillow reeds, Jim Ridl piano, Tom Di Carlo bass, Tim Horner drums
The 55 bar NYC - beginning at 10 pm
http://www.55bar.com
Friday & Saturday / March 14 & 15 Scott Reeves Quintet
Scott Reeves - Trombone Rich Perry - Saxophone Jim Ridl - Piano Mike McGuirk - Bass Andy Watson - Drums
Live recording! Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant
364 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ
(973) 736-4800
(Jersey Tpke. or Garden State Pkwy. to 280 West, right at exit 10 & take 1st right)
http://www.cecilsjazzclub.com/calendar/public.cfm
Tuesday, March 25 The Nate Birkey Quartet
The 55 bar NYC - 2 Sets beginning at 7 pm
http://www.55bar.com
Nate Birkey - Jim Ridl - Tony Marino - Marko Marcinko
Wednesday, March 26 Piano Master Class and Solo Concert
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Sunday, March 30 Sheryl Bailey Quartet
Sheryl Bailey - Jim Ridl - Rene Hart - Shingo Okudairo
Blue Note NYC
http://www.bluenote.net/newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=5911
Wednesday, June 18 The 55 Bar/NYC The Early Show 7-9 pm
JD Walter - Vocal • Jim Ridl - Rhodes • Mark Kelley - Bass • Bruce Cox - Drumshttp://www.55bar.com/
Friday, June 20 Lagoa, Portugal
Lagoa Jazz Festival with JD Walter Quartet, Lagoa, Algarve (Portugal)
Jd Walter - Vocal • Jim Ridl - Piano • Mark Kelley - Bass • Donald Edwards - Drums
Sunday, June 22 Faro, Algarve (Portugal) Clinic with JD Walter Quartet
at the Association of Culture, Faro, Algarve (Portugal)
Thursday / Friday, June 26 / 27 Bronxville, NY duo with Nate Birkey
Nate Birkey - Trumpet and Vocal • Jim Ridl - Piano
Scalini Restaurant, Bronxville, NY, 7 -10 pm www.scaliniosteria.com
2007 past gigs
jan.
29 & 30 with the bruce thornton
jazz quartet college of st. benedict in st. joseph, minnesota
feb. 1 with scott reeves' manhattan bones
trumpets jazz club montclair, nj
feb. 5 with guitarist
jef lee johnson nyc / jazz standard
feb. 6 noontime concert w/ antfarm
quartet richard stockton college of new jersey
feb.
7th nyc / 55 bar jim
ridl quartet with steve wilson sax ugonna okegwo
bass jeff ballard drums
feb.
8 with dave wilson quartet chris'
jazz cafe, philly pa
feb. 10 with vocalist carol heffler lambertville
station, PA
feb. 12, 19, 26 duet with bassist joe michaels
sullivan's steakhouse, king of prussia, pa
feb.
16 jim ridl trio with nate
birkey (trumpet / vocal)
deerhead inn http://www.deerheadinn.com/music/music(this).htm
feb. 22 w/ rob brosch trio
ludwig's restaurant, phila., pa
feb. 23 w/ dave
liebman big band orange county community college, new york state
march 1 w/ nate birkey quartet
nyc http://www.kitano.com
march 3 in concert w/ diane monroe and michal schmidt
corning, ny
july 18 joanna pascale quintet loew's hotel/philly
july 23 jim ridl trio the 55 bar/nyc with brain howell - bass / dan monaghan - drums
august 8 the nate birkey quartet the 55 bar/nyc
august 11 jd walter quartet the deerhead inn/delaware water gap, pa
august 12 the antfarm quartet arts alive concerts/atlantic city, nj
august 17 ralph bowen quartet ortlieb's jazz haus/philly
august 30 the antfarm quartet gerald veasley's jazz base/the sheraton hotel/reading, pa
friday / saturday , november 16 &17 @ 8pm
TRIBECA Performing Arts Center, NYC / Jazz in Progress: The Next Faces of Jazz
Jazz Vocalist JD Walter Quartet
featuring: pianist, arranger Jim Ridl and the Sojourner Strings
with Miriam Sullivan-Bass, Vince Ector-drums
The Sojourner strings are: Marlene Rice-violin, Judith insell-viola, Nioka Workman-cello
199 Chambers Street #110SC , New York, NY 10007
Info@tribecapac.org • Box Office: 212.220.1460
monday , december 10 @ 10pm - 1am the 55 bar / nyc THE JIM RIDL GROUP
premiering the work-in-progress SOL LLENA SUITE by Jim Ridl
jim ridl piano • vic juris guitar • charles pillow clarinet/sax • jay anderson bass • tim horner drums
more info: http://www.55bar.com/
tuesday , december 18 @ 7pm the 55 bar / nyc NATE BIRKEY Quartet
more info: http://www.55bar.com/
friday, december 28 the deerhead inn/delaware water gap, pa
MICHAEL STEPHANS Quartet
with dave liebman, francois moutin, jim ridl and michael stephans
2006 past gigs
jan 5 with
the denis diblasio qt., collingswood
community center, collingswood,nj
jan. 13 in duet with tony miceli,
philly art museum, phila., pa
jan. 22 in duet with diane monroe,
croft farm, cherry hill, nj
jan. 28 with the ant farm qt.,
cumberland county college, vineland, nj
feb. 2 with the francois moutin qt.,
55 bar, nyc
feb. 6 with the ron kerber qt.,
swarthmore college, swarthmore, pa
feb. 10 in duet with diane monroe,
university of sranton, scranton. pa
feb. 16 with the bel canto chorus, acda
convention/st. thomas church, nyc
feb. 16 with the manhattan bones,
sweet rhythm, nyc
feb. 19 with jd walter and joris teepe,
smoke, nyc
feb. 23 - 24 with todd horton qt.,
loew's hotel, phila., pa
feb. 28 - 7 FRANCE
feb. 28 with rick margitza qt.,la fontaine, paris, france
march 3 in duet with darryl hall, la borie, limoge, france
march 6 in duet with darryl hall, l'archipel, paris,france
march 16 - 17
with todd horton qt., loew's hotel, phila., pa
march 24 with gerald veasley qt and kurt
elling, berks jazz fest, reading., pa
april 6 with j. calvin weston group,
world cafe, phila., pa
april 12
with todd horton quartet loew's
hotel 6-9 pm phila., pa
april
19 with todd horton quartet
loew's hotel 6-9 pm phila., pa
april
21 with todd horton quartet
loew's hotel 6-9 pm phila., pa
april
28 with todd
horton quartet
loew's hotel 6-9 pm phila., pa
april 30 with
the george rabbai and ron kerber quintet
good shepherd lutheran church concert series
southhampton, pa
fri.
june 9 with Joanna Pasqual
Loew's Hotel, 6-9pm Philadelphia, PA
sat. june 10 with Antfarm
Quartet at the Seafood Fest Gardner's Basin Atlantic City, NJ
thurs. june 15
at Ludwig's in Philadelphia 9:30pm - 12:30am
fri. june 16 with
JD Walter Quartet at The Firehouse, Philadelphia,
PA 6-8pm
sun. june 18 with
JD Walter Trio at Smoke in NYC. 6:30 -
8:30pm
wed. june 28 with
Joanna Pasqual Loew's Hotel, 6-9pm Philadelphia,
PA
fri. june 30 with
Joanna Pasqual Loew's Hotel, 6-9pm Philadelphia, PA
thurs.
july 20 at Ludwig's in Philadelphia 9:30pm
- 12:30am
thurs. july 27
at Ludwig's in Philadelphia 9:30pm - 12:30am
sat.
july 29 with Tony DeAngeles Quartet at Chris's
Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia
sun.
august 6 with Marko Marcinko Quartet
at Scranton Jazz Festival;
Scranton PA
sat.
august 12 In Concert with
violinist Diane Monroe, Catskills,
NY
sunday
sept. 10 morrisville
jazz fest jim
ridl trio with francois
moutin and ari
hoenig, morrisville, pa
monday sept. 11
at Small's (NYC) with
steve wilson, francois
moutin, ari
hoenig
monday sept. 11
Swarthmore College in concert with violinist Diane
Monroe
friday sept. 15 with Dave
Liebman Big Band birdland, nyc
sat.
sept. 30 with Denis DiBlasio Quintet
Long Beach Island, NJ
sunday
oct. 15 Denis DiBlasio Quintet
at Villanova University Chapel
sunday
oct. 22 Antfarm Quartet Cape
May Jazz Vespers
thursday,
nov. 2, friday, nov. 3, friday, nov. 10 & friday, nov. 17
w/ vocalist joanna pascale loew's
hotel 6-9 phila., pa
monday, nov. 6
55
bar NYC jim ridl trio w/
francois moutin, bass; marko marcinko on drums
saturday, nov. 11 w/ vocalist
carol heffler lambertville
station lambertville, nj
thursday,
nov. 16 w/
tony deangeles trio tony on drums;
tim lekan on bass- ludwig's restaurant
phila. pa
tuesday.,
nov. 28 duet
w/ saxophonist dave homan brother's
moon hopewell, nj
thursday,
nov. 30 w/ rob brosh trio
ludwig's restaurant phila., pa
for past events, click here to view the archives page
For bookings, contact Jim Ridl.