Washington Jazz Society

WJS Jazz Brunch - Every Sunday
2018-08-05 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-07-22 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-07-08 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-07-01 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-06-24 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-06-17 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-05-20 11:30 - 14:30, 2018-05-06 11:30 - 14:30 UTC and 12 more dates | Presidents Pub, 88 N Main St, Washington, PA, 15301, United States
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz guitar from Dan Baker

WJS Jazz Brunch - Featuring Mark Strickland
2018-07-29 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz guitar from Mark Strickland

WJS Jazz Brunch - Featuring Antoinette Manganas
2018-07-15 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz from Antoinette Manganas.

About Antoinette: Her Father, Reolando, also a singer & musician, owned a barber shop in the tiny town of Canonsburg, Pa, (also home of the famous Perry Como). He always sang around the home, and Antoinette grew up living with music, in both her heart & soul. But it wasn’t until later in life that she answered an ad in a local newspaper, and from there it was no stopping her. She went on to use her God-given talent and sing in the finest establishments; clubs, festivals, benefits, and private parties in Pittsburgh & the Tri-State area, New York, Chicago, and as far as Georgia & California.

Antoinette is also a National Recording Artist, and now has four CD’s to her credit. She has written several songs, including “Where Do We Go From Here”, which was recorded as a duet with the famous Lead Singer Mr. Howard Hewett of Shalamar. Her music has been heard in the USA, and as far away as Spain, Finland, Turkey & Scandanavia, with Songs & Albums alike that have hit #1 on various charts!

Antoinette does several musical performances. Her long-standing “Antoinette Jazz Band” (AJB) as a Duo, Trio or larger band for Wine Tastings, Jazz Clubs, Theaters, Receptions, Dinner Parties and more. Our “Antoinette Groove Band” (AGB), with well over 100 years of core-artist performing experience, playing Corporate Parties, Weddings, Anniversary, CC Member, Golf Outing and Invitational events, and small & larger Casino’s & Dance Clubs as well. Antoinette also has another new band called “Antoinette No Ordinary Soul”. NOS is a NeoSoul/R&B/Smooth Jazz “Fusion” band playing selections from artists like Sade, Maysa, John Legend, Ledisi, India Arie, Anthony Hamilton, Pebbles, Tamia and more. Also including some of Antoinette’s original songs from her CD’s, now you can hear them LIVE with No Ordinary Soul in and around Pittsburgh & the Tri-State area.

WJS Jazz Brunch - Featuring Jeff Lashway
2018-06-10 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. Featuring Jeff Lashway.

About Jeff:

Jeff Lashway, pianist with the late Maynard Ferguson, originally from Pittsburgh, has performed all over the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Formal training consisted of 11 years of private, classical piano before branching out into jazz and pop music. Having lived also in Indianapolis and New Orleans, Jeff has incorporated many styles of playing into his own unique style.

Jeff played on the album Maynard Ferguson MF Horn 6 (Live at Ronnie Scott’s), and on Maynard’s last album, The One and Only, which was completed in July of 2006. In addition, Jeff has played with Slide Hampton, guitarist Joe Negri, and legendary New Orleans cornetist Connie Jones, and has been a featured artist at the Texas Jazz Festival, performing with the great Latin jazz vocalist, Adela Daito. Other recording credits include

“Swingin’ for Shuur” (Diane Shuur) and “Vistas” with Guitarist Royce Campbell, and “Likin It On Top” with trumpter Bill Carmichaels.

2009 saw the release of Jeff’s first recording project as a leader.

“Reunion”, featuring such luminaries as Vinnie Colaiuta, Jim Rotondi, John Allred, and Todd Coolman, has been extremely well received with world wide sales and a place in the JazzWeek top 50 chart for several months. Jeff also regularly conducts High School and College level Clinics and master classes.

Eric Suseoff live at the WJS Jazz Brunch
2018-05-27 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz from Eric Suseoff.
About Eric: Well known to local jazz enthusiasts, guitarist and composer Eric Susoeff has been part of the Pittsburgh music scene since his debut with Harold Betters at the Encore in 1976. Offering a warm, bluesy, full-bodied sound, he has played with a long list of local and international luminaries including: Dizzy Gillespie, David Amram, Roger Williams, Airto, Ivan Lins, Romero Lubambo, Charo, Frankie Avalon, Marty Allen, Eric Kloss, Frank Cunimondo, Gene Ludwig, Pete Henderson, Dave & Maureen Budway, Sandy Staley, Kenia, Roger Humphreys, Erin Burkett, Kenny Blake, Walt Harper, Nathan Davis, Don Aliquo, John Wilson and many others. His primary focus continues to be his Latin jazz quintet Salsamba, founded in 1984, which has played to clubs, festivals and colleges throughout the U.S. The group recently released their sixth recording titled “Mojito Blues.” Past releases (MAMBO IN BLUE, MAMBO DEL SOL, LATINVENTIONS, THE TRAVELER, BRAZILIA) all received critical acclaim. Additional recording credits include musical artists: Kenia, Don Aliquo Jr., Sandy Staley, Mike Tomaro , Azucar and about 45 others. His flair for arranging the beautiful music of Antonio Carlos Jobim led to a 2005 CD with Soprano Lilly Abreu and Cuarteto Latinoamericano, an internationally known string quartet. Eric has been seen on stage and TV playing everything from nostalgic rock to show tunes and avant-garde chamber music, with groups as diverse as the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, The Marcels, Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

Mother's Day Jazz Brunch with Peg Wilson
2018-05-13 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections.

Featuring

Louis Lucarelli ● Electronic Vibes

Andy Yalch ● Piano

Rich Scampone ● Drums

Peg Wilson ● Vocals

WJS Jazz Brunch - Featuring Tom Terling
2018-04-22 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz guitar from Tom Terling.

Jenny Wison Trio at the Washington Jazz Society Brunch
2018-04-15 11:30 - 14:30
Jenny Wison Trio at the Washington Jazz Society Brunch
April 15, 2018
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Presidents Pub
On April 15 be sure to check out the Jenny Wilson Trio at the WJS Jazz Brunch at the Presidents Pub. Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. As always it’s free to attend.
‘Pour a jigger of Bill Evans and a shot of Christian McBride into a shaker with a dash of sweet vermouth, stir and strain into a cocktail glass, now ease back and sip a heady mix of the Jenny Wilson Duo. Listeners thirsty for new currents in post-bop and new wave jazz will find a fresh elixir in this finely crafted pairing of piano and upright bass.’ – A.S. Gintzler, Writer at Large

‘The region’s most consistently entertaining and engaging jazz ensemble. They are pros who know how to connect with their audience.’ – WV Jazz Society

Jenny Wilson – piano/flute/vocals
Nathan Wilson – bass
David Glover – drums
Adam Loudin – trumpet and flugelhorn

WJS Jazz Brunch - Featuring Mark Strickland
2018-04-08 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz from Mark Strickland.

WJS Jazz Brunch Featuring the Washington and Jefferson Jazz Combo and Kyle Simpson
2018-03-11 11:30 - 14:30
Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. No cover charge. Featuring jazz from the W&J Jazz Combo led by Kyle Simpson

Cross Current live at the WJS Jazz Brunch at the Presidents Pub
2018-02-11 11:30 - 14:30
On February 11, 2018 Cross Current will bring their unique sound to the Washington Jazz Society Brunch at the Presidents Pub. Enjoy great live jazz over brunch! Bloody Marys, bottomless mimosas, and Great brunch selections. As always it’s free to attend. Check out a video below of Cross Current with Steeltown horns. The band consists of Mark Lucas on Guitar, Max Leake on Piano, John Hall Jr. on Bass, and Jevon Rushton on Drums.
