Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960, Philadelphia) is an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credits Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored. Admission: $44. Buy now

Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960, Philadelphia) is an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credits Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored. Buy now

Don't miss The Ambassadors (The Freshest New Jazz group in the Southeast) in concert at The Velvet Note on Friday January 24th, 2020. Alex Lattimore, Sweet Lu Olutosin and Tyrone Jackson (The Ambassadors) bring their uniquely crafted brand of Jazz to one of the nation's Top rated Jazz venues for the first time. These talented Billboard charting, Grammy balloted musicians have appeared in all 50 states, Mexico, Japan, South America and Europe as ambassadors for Jazz music thus the moniker. 

Jason “Slim” Gambill, famed Guitarist for Country Supergroup Lady Antebellum, releases his very first solo project at The Velvet Note.  This killer jazz recording entitled, Fake Jazz and Theme Songs will both captivate and surprise you, as will the accomplished members of his new jazz band.  Slim is a multi-genre guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the multi-platinum Capitol Nashville recording artist Lady Antebellum, who has sold more than 16 million albums…

Jason “Slim” Gambill, famed Guitarist for Country Supergroup Lady Antebellum, releases his very first solo project at The Velvet Note.  This killer jazz recording entitled, Fake Jazz and Theme Songs will both captivate and surprise you, as will the accomplished members of his new jazz band.   Slim is a multi-genre guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the multi-platinum Capitol Nashville recording artist Lady Antebellum, who has sold more than 16 million…

Hailed by Downbeat for its “deft analysis of choice repertoire,” and by the Chicago Reader for its “diversity of approaches to all kinds of source material,” the JOE POLICASTRO TRIO is a Chicago-based alternative jazz trio led by bassist Joe Policastro featuring guitarist Dave Miller and drummer Mikel Avery. While firmly rooted in jazz, the band’s open-minded, inclusive nature draws upon a wide array of musical styles and sources while still keeping the aesthetic of an acoustic trio intact.  Their…