T. Blunt
Anna Phillips
Dan Frigolette
Hoboken’s Dan Frigolette (graduate of Baldwinsville High) put together another joke fest this year, featuring Anna Phillips, and Syracuse natives Jessimae Peluso and newcomer T. Blunt (who served as the MC). There were two sets for the Friday show.
Jessimae Peluso
Ryan Fox (guitar) jams with the house band at Jazz Central during Saturday's session.
Living Word Academy’s Oliva Michael, Acacia Bunker and their teacher Paula Michael participated in a Scholastic Jam Session today at Jazz Central.
Toronto’s Chrissie Cunningham: Was it something I said?
Anna Phillips (pictured below) produced a comedy show at Jazz Central last night that featured homegirl Jessimae Peluso, Amy Carlson (New Rochelle) and Chrissie Cunningham (Toronto).
Anna Phillips said she thinks she is smarter than Lil’ Wayne, but she’s not sure.
Jessimae Peluso, who now lives in NYC, danced on stage, then reminisced about CNY and summers at Green Lakes making the human chain.
The laughs were punctated by stories about Hip Hop, relationships, parties and pet dogs.
Amy Carlson, who lives in New Rochelle, wrote a poem about Syracuse. Want to hear it, here it goes…
Cunningham, who happens to be hearing-impaired, was making her U.S. and Syracuse premiere.
Chrissie Cunningham from Syracuse in Focus on Vimeo.
Rae Sunshine, gave us a conversation between Mr. Do Nothing and Ms. Say Something on Friday.
During an intermission at a comedy show last night at Jazz Central, Rae Sunshine performed one her poems , which was an imaginary conversation between Mr. Do Nothing and Ms. Say Something.
Her group Underground Poetry Spot will be performing a full show later this month at Art Rage Gallery.
Moody McCarthy
Central New Yorker’s turned New York City comics Moody McCarthy and Dan Frigolette came home to the Jazz Central stage last night for two shows.
McCarthy took a satirical view of his alma mater’s mascot (Moody’s a Corcoran alum) and family gift giving, while Frigolette (an SU grad) engaged the crowd about the chances of a Jersey guy picking up women from Manhattan and a comedian’s limitations in hierarchy of show business.
MC for the show was ESM grad Justin Taylor.
Dan Frigolette
Justin Taylor
Here is a link for the work of Jazz PhotographerJohn Herr, who is like a family photographer and historian for jazz music here in Syracuse.
Four Hands Playing (Christmas Party, seek Jazz Central)
Young Cats
Props to the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (pictured are members Nick Frenay and Chad Leftkowitz Brown) the young cats who served as the defacto house band for the Northeast Jazz & Wine Fest late night jam sessions at Jazz Central over the weekend.