$15 Cover @ the Door / Start 8:30pm / Doors 8pm / Seated Show

Modern jazz played by Boston's best jazz musicians.

Joe Hunt is a jazz drummer, educator, author, and historian. In the early 1960s, Joe Hunt performed and recorded alongside the late NEC Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Emeritus George Russell, with releases on Decca and Riverside. Hunt joined The Stan Getz Quartet in 1964, recording several releases on Verve, then was a member of the Bill Evans Trio from 1966-1967. The remainder of the 1960s found Hunt performing or recording with several other jazz luminaries including Chet Baker, Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer, and the late Herb Pomeroy.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Hunt was a member of The National Jazz Ensemble, led jazz groups with John Scofield, Mike Stern, and Santi Debriano, and toured with quartets of Red Rodney and Hal McKusick. The 1990s, and beyond, have included membership in The Smithsonian Jazz Masters Orchestra, with former NEC president Gunther Schuller, performances with Kenny Burrell, Joe Lavano, Joanne Brackeen, and Tal Farlow, as well as recordings with the Bert Seager Quintet, and also, Trio. Hunt is the author of the 1994 book 52nd Street Beat, which is a historical look at jazz drummer greats from 1945 to 1965.

The Joe Hunt quartet features modern

jazz ensemble music played by top local pros:

Mark Pinto - alto saxophone,

formerly years with the Buddy Rich band

John Lockwood – bass, formerly with

Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, current Fringe member

Yuka Hamano Hunt – piano, voice, arranger

Joe Hunt – drums, formerly with George Russell,

Stan Getz, Jim Hall, Dexter Gordon, and Bill Evans

We pay tribute to a special composer or performer at

most performances. Recent shows have included:

Burt Bacharach, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, and Gigi

Gryce. Future shows will include the music of

Paul and Carla Bley, and arranger, Johnny Mandel.

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Continuing of the 3th Sunday of Every Month