This Saturday Bar 66 recognizes the talents of amazing jazz guitarist virtuoso Michelle Marie. This is her debut performance at Bar 66 and we are proud to have both her and special guest Julian Chan on alto sax. This event is not to be missed!

http://www.myspace.com/michellemarie175

Michelle Marie - Guitar

Julian Chan - Alto Sax

Aidan O'Donnell - Bass

Mitch Perrins - Drums

• $20 Admission • $10 DRINK MINIMUM

Take the 1 train to HOUSTON Street. Take exit nearest the front of train.

Take the left stairway (VARICK/KING, SW Corner)

On street level, look left and you'll see Charlton street one block south

Petros Klampanis Trio - April 29th, 9pm

An amazing trio passes through Bar 66 on Wednesday....

Petros Klampanis - Bass

Gilad Hekselman - Guitar

Bodek Janke - Drums

These three virtuoso musicians come together for a very special performance,

highlighting original music from the entire band.

It's a truly international trio for sure - Gilad is from Israel, Petros is from Greece,

and Bodek is Polish-German.

One can only imagine the melting pot of ideas Bar 66 will experience on this night.

Please come down and support this wonderful event!

http://www.petrosklampanis.com/

Four Points Big Band - April 25th, 930pm

A brand new big band is hitting the New York jazz scene!

Saturday night sees the start of the Four Points Big Band, and the evening will be free!

Tell your friends and come down to support this exciting new venture.

There will be some great music arranged by our fine orchestra composers.

Don't miss this important night folks!

Claude Diallo/Luques Curtis/Mitch Perrins - April 22nd, 9pm

Hello everyone,

The seemingly endless stream of great musicians that fly through Bar 66 just keeps on coming.

Once again pianist Claude Diallo will be performing, but this time with a new trio.

On bass Luques Curtis, currently of the Sean Jones band, and on drums Mitch Perrins.

The evening will feature several original works by Claude. We are so lucky to have such fine musicians and I STRONGLY recommend you come along and check this gig out...

(This same group will also be playing at Greenwich Village Bistro on Friday 23rd at 9pm)

Tim Armacost/Aidan O'donnell/Mitch Perrins - April 18th, 845pm

Another great event coming up this Saturday. Tim Armacost will be the featured guest artist at Bar 66.

After landing in New York in 1993, Armacost quickly established his presence as a leader, releasing his first two albums, 'Fire' (Concord) and 'Live at Smalls' (Double Time) to critical acclaim.

A plethora of great music will be heard this Saturday, so please come down and check it out.

$20 admission.

Tim Armacost - Tenor Sax

Aidan O'Donnell - Bass

Mitch Perrins - Drums

Hekselman/O'Donnell/Perrins - April 15th, 845pm

Gilad is the 2005 winner of the Gibson Montreux International Guitar Competition, and regularly plays with the Ari Hoenig trio.

Since his arrival to New York in 2004, Gilad Hekselman has been earning a reputation as one of the most promising guitarists

in New York. In only four years this native Isreali has shared the stage with many top names from the New York jazz scene including Chris Potter, John Scofield, Anata Cohen, Jeff Ballard and Jeff 'Tain' Watts.
For more details click below...
http://www.giladhekselman.com/live/

Gilad Hekselman - Guitar

Aidan O'Donnell - Bass

Mitch Perrins - Drums

The Atlantic Quartet - April 11th, 830pm

Once a month at Bar 66 you will find the Atlantic Quartet.

AQ is an exciting group formed by Mitch Perrins, and on this night will feature two sets of music written entirely by Mitch.

Amongst other venues, the Atlantic Quartet has played the Gene Harris Jazz Festival, Smalls jazz club and the Iridium.

AQ is...

Janelle Reichman - Tenor Sax & Clarinet

Brad Whiteley - Keys

PJ Roberts - Bass

Mitch Perrins - Drummer & Composer

••Please note that this event will be RECORDED LIVE, so come down and be a part of this amazing night!••

April 5th

Thanks to all those who came and supported Claude Diallo last night.

Bar 66 was packed out! What a great night....

Look out for Claude's return on April 22nd, and rest assured you will be seeing more from his great band too (Laurent and Massimo, you guys were amazing!)

The Claude Diallo Situation - April 4th, 830pm

The Claude Diallo Situation - an extremely hip band that has been touring extensively throughout the US and Europe, will be playing there New York debut at Bar 66. What an honor!

Claude Diallo is a Swiss Jazz musician that graduated from Berklee College of Music and then moved to New York in 2007 where he went on to obtain his Masters Degree at the Copland School of Music.

For more details click below....

http://www.claudediallo.ch

April 2nd

Hello,

Just a quick note to say thank you for all of those who came along to the jam session.

We hope to have another soon, so keep an eye on this page for further details.

See you soon!