Sharp 9 Gallery

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. Sharp 9 Gallery

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm... 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.

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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.

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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."

Four shows this weekend starting Thursday night and continuing until Sunday. For info and tickets: https://www.durhamjazzworkshop.org/concerts.html

“A Truly fantastic listening experience” —The Jazz Page Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=82AFAFB1-C32B-85EA-29386F2528949940

“Can range from cutting edge current to old school funky and down home soulful…There are so many great pianists these days, but Ernest Turner is ready to take his place along side the best of them.” —Jazz Music Archives

Award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated pianist and composer Ernest Turner’s professional career has spanned 20 years, and has included performances and recordings with some of the biggest names in jazz and pop music, including Delfeayo Marsalis, John Legend, Raphael Saadiq, and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. His album, My Americana (2019), offers an understated “ode to black American music” rooted in an innovative reimagination of pieces by Stevie Wonder, Fats Waller, and others, alongside original compositions. In addition to an active performance schedule, he has conducted numerous music clinics and educational performances, and was a former faculty member at Eastern Carolina University. Turner placed second in the 2019 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition, and his trio was selected as the winner of the 2019 DCJazzPrix Competition.

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=2072B777-0753-5467-4AC385C95EEC7F0E Le’Andra McPhatter is a pianist and organist whose music is a rich tapestry of gospel, soul, and jazz, woven together with warmth, passion, and depth. Originally from Kinston, NC, and now based in Hartford, CT, she is a versatile improviser whose artistry bridges tradition and innovation. A graduate of North Carolina Central University (BM, Jazz Studies) and the University of Hartford (MM, Jazz Studies), she has performed at renowned venues and festivals, collaborating with artists such as Shana Tucker, Branford Marsalis, and Doobie Powell. Her upcoming album, Like Home, Vol. 1 (coming in June 2026), is an invitation to experience music as a space of healing, joy, and authenticity. Le'Andra D. McPhatter

The Swingtet returns to Sharp 9 for a special evening of straight-ahead jazz spanning the 1930s through the 1970s—music that swings hard, sings deeply, and honors the lineage. With special guest Ryan Hanseler on piano. Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=21835717-DAB3-3058-80B84AF2B1500124

If you love timeless jazz played by musicians who truly live with the music, this is your night. Expect great playing, great tunes and a full house. Baron Tymas

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=3E388080-CF9B-031F-62921C916B0EAB4C Jalen Baker has been lauded as “A bold new vibraphonist in Jazz town who warrants an ear with a promising career” by Downbeat Magazine. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a MFA from Florida State University he is also an alumnus of Houston’s famed performing arts high school HSPVA. Jalen has gone on to become a mainstay on the international jazz scene performing often with notable bandleaders such as Jeremy Pelt, Johnathan Blake, Ulysses Owens Jr. Tim Warfield and many others. He is also an accomplished composer/bandleader in his own right with The Jalen Baker Quartet. With the release of Baker’s first album in 2021 “This Is Me, This Is Us” and his second album in 2023 “Be Still” he earned worldwide recognition from various Jazz Publications such as Downbeat, UK Jazz Journal, Texatura, JazzIZ, and Stereo Gum. Jalen is also recognized as a rising star in Downbeat Magazine's Critics Poll and was included in Houston City Book’s Leaders and Legends series. In addition to an often robust touring schedule Jalen is also an educator and adjunct professor at Texas Southern University who uses both his classical percussion training as well as his jazz training to guide even younger musicians who may aspire to make playing jazz their career choice.