Sharp 9 Gallery

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=EE4DFF69-CC39-2F6E-AFE4E98A4A435F76 When he’s not in the classroom, Mitchell shares his talents from the main stage. Over the course of his performance career, Mitchell has performed in several states along the east coast and has also had the opportunity to take his musical talents overseas. Mitchell graced stages abroad while touring in Italy, specifically at the Jazzit Festival, Teatro Piccolo in Milan, as well as a Notte Bianca performance in front of the Duomo. Other notable performances include the Eye am Music Festival in Colorado, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival in Maryland, along with staple events in the North Carolina jazz scene like the John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival and the Ocean City Jazz Festival. He’s also had several performances at the annual Give the Drummer Some concert, including an opening slot for Jeff Tain Watts. Michell has performed alongside some of the industry greats including Branford Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo, Jon Metzger and John Fedchock.

Mitchell’s creativity is underscored through his work as a recording artist. He released his debut solo album, Black Guardian, in 2020 followed by an EP, 4 for 4, in 2022. Mitchell is endorsed by Marimba One and is an educator-affiliate of 2112 Percussion.

Starting on 06/19 most of the shows will start at 7 PM. Check out the upcoming show: https://www.durhamjazzworkshop.org/concerts.html

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=EAA5799C-A2F7-8DE6-8375B11CCDE6EBFE Jake Richter is a drummer, composer, and educator who splits his time between New York City and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He maintains an active performance schedule both as a bandleader and a sideman, and appears frequently at venues like The Jazz Gallery, Chris’ Jazz Cafe, Shapeshifter Lab, Barbés, Bar Bayeux, and The Sharp 9. His debut album, Listen to the Birds is out now on Endectomorph Records (Brooklyn).
Richter began his PhD in Music Composition at Duke University in the Fall of 2025. In 2020, he graduated with his Masters Degree in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with luminaries Miguel Zenón, Jim McNeely, Kendrick Scott, and Jeff Ballard.
Before moving to New York, Richter studied jazz percussion and music composition at Indiana University, where he was a recipient of a full tuition scholarship. While there he performed with Bobby McFerrin, Randy Brecker, Marquis Hill, and Walter Smith III. He was also the recipient of the David N Baker B.M.I. Jazz Composition award.

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“…a reminder of the power of music and brotherhood.”

—Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz

“More sizzling than fried peppers and onions.”

—George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=0A0C7A91-A15A-D025-A3671F6CF07085F6 The Dominican Jazz Project is an ensemble that includes some of the most internationally renowned musicians living in the Dominican Republic, Sandy Gabriel, Guy Frómeta, and David Almengod, who have toured and recorded with Latin pop star, Juan Luis Guerra and Cuban/Puerto Rican bassist, Ramón Vázquez, who has toured internationally with the legendary Cuban pianist, Chucho Valdés. Founded in 2014, they have performed at important festivals in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba - the 2024 Festival Internacional de Cuba, the 2019 Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, the 2018 Sajoma Jazz Festival, and made three appearances at the Jazzomania Jazz Festival in Santo Domingo, DR) as well as tours performing at universities and jazz clubs across the eastern United States. The band received two awards in the 2023 Indie Dominicano (Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Song), The DJP was invited to the Palacio Nacional for the condecoracion (formal decoration) ceremony of bandmate, Guillo Carias, where they met and took photos with Presidente Luis Abinader, president of the Dominican Republic (April 2022). Stephen Anderson (director, composer, pianist) was formally distinguished by the Ministra de Cultura, Señora Milagros Germán, on behalf of the government in the Dominican Republic for "his research and contributions to the national musical heritage... with "his sound works of fusion with jazz, our rhythms have traveled with our seal of identity."

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=4B2F71A4-F2AF-6F1E-EE3E15942A122A84 Canadian-born Steve Haines (double bass) has played with Wycliffe Gordon, Jason Marsalis, Jimmy Cobb, Ralph Bowen, Fred Wesley, and the Joey Calderazzo Trio & Quartet; and currently performs with Chad Eby and the Janinah Burnett Quartet. His latest recording endeavor is Thomas Heflin’s Morning Star on Blue Canoe records, alongside Greg Tardy and Mavis Poole. He recorded with Joe Chambers on his Blue Note recording Samba De Maracatu. Steve has also written for Becca Stevens and full orchestra, heard on Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra (2019, Justin Time Records), which Japan’s Jazz Life Magazine calls “a masterpiece”. Steve orchestrated and arranged the musical Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald, was a finalist for the 2010 Jazz Knights Competition in New York, and twice won the North Carolina Arts Fellowship. He is currently the Interim Director of the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at the University of North Carolina Greensboro where he has served for 25 years.

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=E667FBBD-9B9D-B1AF-5C6AADEE66817476 TJ Maiani is Durham based drummer and educator. After spending nearly a decade in New York City working with a wide range of musicians from Neneh Cherry to Sylvan Esso, he relocated to the Triangle where he performs regularly and coaches combos at the Durham Jazz Workshop.

This performance will include originals from various members of the group and a carefully chosen selection of titles from the Great American Songbook and the Blue Note catalogue.

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=235570C6-918A-FAA4-881692C484DDD600 Angela Bingham's singing is characterized by the qualities of honest expression, solid swinging and an emphasis on the blues. Her penchant for improvisation, personable phrasing and stage presence are compelling.

Kevin Van Sant has been a mainstay on the Triangle area jazz scene for over 25 years. In addition to leading his own groups, performing solo guitar, and being sideman at one point or another with nearly every well known area jazz musician, he is also a member of Grammy nominee John Brown’s big band and the Dan Davis Group, a jazz organ trio voted Wake County’s best local band by the readers of the Indy Weekly in 2025. Kevin is also the jazz guitar instructor at Duke University and has performed for concerts and festivals internationally. Though also a composer, Kevin’s bread and butter is a his fondness for interpreting songs from The Great American Songbook.

The ultra-cool west coast music Matt Dennis wrote is close to Angela's heart; so much that she titled her 2016 release, “The Night We Called it a Day”, a tune written by Dennis w/lyricist Tom Adair.

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=EB619B91-9C90-52E1-89CA933C6D96E82D The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, co-founded and directed by Jim Ketch has been performing monthly at the Sharp 9 Gallery for over 13 years. Featuring the top jazz artists in NC, the NCJRO draws from a wide selection of the big band playbook. Expect works from Ellington, Basie, Thad Jones, Kenton and much more each show.

This show is now SOLD_OUT, there are still a few tickets for the Saturday June 13 show, tickets are moving quickly, get yours: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=46EC31FB-0F49-E880-14FA9CDA5BC0011E One of the finest pianists of his generation, having recorded thirteen albums as a leader, Joey Calderazzo has traveled the road from child prodigy to in-demand session musician to elite member of the finest ensembles in jazz. He's accompanied the music's geniuses, from Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis to Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland. Throughout his journey, Calderazzo has boldly explored his own psyche and his place in the world, as a composer, improvisor, band member, and leader.
Joey Calderazzo - Piano
This performance is sponsored by Susan & Steve Pruskin Sharp 9 Gallery Joey Calderazzo

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=46EC31FB-0F49-E880-14FA9CDA5BC0011E One of the finest pianists of his generation, having recorded thirteen albums as a leader, Joey Calderazzo has traveled the road from child prodigy to in-demand session musician to elite member of the finest ensembles in jazz. He's accompanied the music's geniuses, from Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis to Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland. Throughout his journey, Calderazzo has boldly explored his own psyche and his place in the world, as a composer, improvisor, band member, and leader.

Joey Calderazzo - Piano

This performance is sponsored by Susan & Steve Pruskin