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Wednesdays at 8 pm
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ALTERNATING THURSDAYS

Jam Sessions with Jesse Green or Spencer Reed (see music schedule for dates and times)—no music charge

DINNERS—Thursday through SATURDAY 5:30 to 9:30 pm, bar menu ‘til 10:30

SUNDAY 4 to 8 pm

Live Music Thursday
through Sunday
 

Contact the Deer Head Inn
570-424-2000 or jazz@deerheadinn.com

Contact Bob Mancuso

570-424-2000 or email bob@deerheadinn.com

 newsletter that highlights special events and provides a list of upcoming artists.

 

This Month's Featured Artist

Warren Vaché
Performing July 17

Just when you think you can predict how cornetist Warren Vaché might finish off a phrase or interpret a given song, he turns quite another way or the tune receives a totally new treatment. In Vaché, jazz has found a creator whose prodigious, hard-earned skills enable him to craft swinging performances of beauty, emotion and surprise. Sometimes narrowly classified as a swing musician, the cornetist regularly defies this or other labels. Vaché has listened to and absorbed all styles of music. His trumpet heroes include Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Bobby Hackett, Fats Navarro, Tom Harrell and Ruby Braff among others.

As a college music major, he began to find the formal training stultifying and through his father met trumpeter Pee Wee Erwin, who had been a star performer with the best bands of the swing era, including Benny Goodman's and Tommy Dorsey's. “Pee Wee was one of the nicest human beings on the face of the earth," Vaché said. "He was the glue that kept me together. I considered leaving college without my degree. He kept me interested. He gave me some stuff that was musical to play, but still required technical expertise. He was what I always aspired to be--a professional trumpet player who played jazz and could read and had a wonderful appreciation for other kinds of music- -and was a marvelous player."

In the mid-seventies Vaché began playing with the Benny Goodman band on the recommendation of veteran guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and found himself in the company of such stellar players as pianist Hank Jones, trombonist Urbie Green, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims, bassist Slam Stewart, and Goodman himself. Goodman picked and chose his appearances sparingly, and while this association took Vaché all over the world, it afforded him time to play in a variety of other settings. He became a regular part of the house band at Condon's in New York, teaming with the great veteran trombonist Vic Dickenson, whom he credits with some of his maturing approach to jazz playing. On this job he also worked next door to the influential trumpeter Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge, who took him under his wing. "It used to amaze me how approachable my heroes were," Vaché admits, "how eager they were to pass along advice." During this time Vaché also headed a trio at New York's Crawdaddy, featuring pianist John Bunch and bassist Phil Flanigan.

Noted DownBeat writer and jazz historian Dan Morgenstern summed up Vaché’s position accurately: "It speaks well for jazz, that music of continuing surprises, that it is still capable of producing unclassifiable players like Warren Vaché, who find new and personal ways of using aspects of the jazz tradition that others may have overlooked or neglected, or never been exposed to. Eclectic he may be ... but uncommitted he most certainly is not."

Wednesday, June 30, 8 pm, TRIVIA!

JULY

Thursday, July 1, 8 to 11 pm, no music charge
Blues Jam with Spencer Reed
Spencer, guitar 8 to 9 pm—jam session 9 to 11 pm

Friday, July 2, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $5
Chuck Cooper Quartet
Erin McClelland, guitar; Davey Lantz, piano; Jordan Scanella, bass; Chuck, drums

Saturday, July 3, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $12/$6 after 9:30
Acoustic Sounds with Sweet Sue Terry, Peggy Stern & Lew Scott
Sweet Sue, saxophones; Peggy, piano; Lew, bass

Sunday, July 4, CLOSED – Happy Fourth of July!

Wednesday, July 7
6 pm, 5K Run the Gap
8 pm, TRIVIA!

Thursday, July 8, 8 to 11 pm, no music charge
Jazz Jam with Jesse Green
Jesse, piano, 8 to 9 pm—jam session 9 to 11 pm

Friday, July 9, 7 to 11 music charge $5
Eric Mintel Quartet
Eric, piano; Nelson Hill, saxophone, Dave Antonow, bass; Dave Mohen, drums

Saturday, July 10, 7  to 11 pm, music charge $12/$6 after 9:30
Giacomo Gates
Giacomo, vocals; Billy Test, piano; Todd Coolman, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums

Sunday, July 11, 5 to 8 pm, music charge $5
Dan Wilkins' Colony
Dan, saxohones; Benny Benack III, trumpet; Angelo Di Loreto, piano; Jeff Koch, bass; Joe Peri, drums

Wednesday, July 14, 8 pm, TRIVIA!

Thursday, July 15, 8 to 11 pm, no music charge
Blues Jam with Spencer Reed
Spencer, guitar 8 to 9 pm—jam session 9 to 11 pm

Friday, July 16, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $5
The After Hours Trio + One
Najwa Parkins, vocals; Justin Sekelewski, bass; Dan Hanrahan, guitar; Luke Brandon, trumpet

Saturday, July 17, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $15/$8 after 9:30
Warren Vaché Trio
Warren, trumpet; Vinnie Carrao, guitar; Joel Forbes, bass

Sunday, July 18, 5 to 8 pm, music charge $5
Nancy Coletti Quartet
Nancy, vocals; Skip Wilkins, piano; Paul Rostock, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums

Wednesday, July 21
6 pm, 5K Run the Gap
8 pm, TRIVIA!

Thursday, July 22
6 - 8 pm - Wine Tasting Event
8 to 11 pm, no music charge - Jazz Jam with Jesse Green
Jesse, piano, 8 to 9 pm—jam session 9 to 11 pm

Friday, July 23, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $5
Vicki Doney Quartet
Vicki, vocals; Lou Czechowski, piano; Roy Cumming, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums

Saturday, July 24, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $15/$8 after 9:30
Guitar Trio
Bucky Pizzarelli, Walt Bibinger, & Ed Laub

Sunday, July 25, 5 to 8 pm, music charge $10
Bill Mays Solo Piano

Tuesday, July 27, 7 pm doors open, 7:30 show start, $10 cash
The Water Gap Players are "Making a Scene (Again)"
Betsy Jackson, Ann Matthews, Leah Thomas, Joe Arner, Dave Hymes, Denny Carrig

Wednesday, July 28, 8 pm, TRIVIA!

Thursday, July 29, 8 to 11 pm, no music charge
Blues Jam with Spencer Reed
Spencer, guitar 8 to 9 pm—jam session 9 to 11 pm

Friday, July 30, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $5
Matt Vashlishan Quartet with Special Guest Dave Liebman
Matt, saxophones; Evan Gregor, bass; John Hart, guitar; Mike Stephans, drums

Saturday, July 31, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $12/$6 after 9:30
Jack Wilkins Quartet
Jack, guitar; Jon Cowherd, piano; Steve LaSpina, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums

Sunday, August 1, 5 to 8 pm, music charge $5
Regina Sayles, guitar & vocals

Deer Head Inn 5 Main Street,
Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327 570.424.2000