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Caili O'Doherty "Quarantine Dream" Album Release
2022-06-25 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | bar centro, 804 E. Center St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53212
New York based, award winning pianist and composer performs music off her recently released album on Posi-tone Records entitled “Quarantine Dream”. This show is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Featuring:

Caili O’Doherty – keyboard
Martin Nevin – bass
Cory Cox – drums
Tim Armacost – tenor saxophone

Markowitz, Wilson, and Deutsch Blues Trio
2022-06-24 20:00 - 22:30
Join these three Milwaukee musicians for an evening of blues explorations. Honoring old traditions, indulging new ones — from Muddy Waters to Fleetwood Mac and beyond, the evening is sure to be eclectic in music as well as musical company. Some special guests will be making appearances as well!

Featuring:

Anthony Deutsch on drums
Tom Wilson on Bass
Max Markowitz on guitar

Jay Anderson Quintet
2022-06-23 20:00 - 22:30
We are so excited to be hosting Jay and friends for an awesome mix of jazz and hip hop. Featuring:
Jay Anderson
Russ Johnson
Nathan Pflughoeft
John Simons
Dave Schopke

Paul Silbergleit Trio
2022-06-22 19:30 - 22:00
Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, you can listen to some of the best jazz musicians in the city here at the beautiful bar centro! Featuring:
Paul Silbergleit is a Milwaukee-based jazz guitarist, composer, educator, and author. Straight-ahead in style, he bears the influence of figures such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, and Kenny Burrell.
Paul has performed with a wide array of jazz luminaries such as Melvin Rhyne, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Tierney Sutton, Jon Faddis, Richie Cole, Brian Lynch, David Hazeltine, and Jack McDuff, to name just a few. A member of area jazz supergroup We Six, he has also worked with notable institutions like the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His critically acclaimed albums Silberglicity, My New Attitude, and January have climbed onto the jazz airwaves and charts, while his new release The Hidden Standard shows off his arranging skills with an amazing variety of reimagined familiar tunes.
Clay Schaub has been performing music professionally for over twenty years. He has worked on the New York City jazz scene as a skilled sideman and has performed regularly with Greg Ruggiero, Gregory Tardy, Bob Mover, Frank Morgan, Joe Bonner, Luisa Sobral, Igor Lumpert, Christine Hoberg, and Uros Markovic.
Clay graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver in 2004, and received a Downbeat Award for Outstanding Big Band Arrangement that same year. He studied with Ken Walker, performed with Eric Gunnison, Alan Hood, & Frank Morgan, was featured at the Estes Park Jazz Festival, was faculty at the Rocky Mountain Vocal Jazz and Northwest College Jazz camps, and was the bassist for several Denver Civic Theater Productions.
Devin Drobka drummer, composer and educator has been playing drums for the past 20 years. Devin is currently one of the most in-demand Performers and Educators in the Midwest.
Devin decided to further his education and applied to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Devin received his BMA in Jazz Drumming Performance from Berklee College of Music in 09′ where he had the chance to study with Terri Lynn Carrington, Bob Tamigni, Skip Hadden, Jamey Haddad, Kenwood Dennard, Jon Hazilla, Ralph Peterson Jr, Ian Froman, and the master drummer Bob Moses. While at Berklee Devin performed with legends of the Jazz world such as Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, Greg Osby, Cecil McBee, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, and Phil Grenadier.

Billy Peterson and Andrew Walesch
2022-06-18 20:00 - 22:30
This is a ticketed event! Buy tickets here:
https://barcentro.ticketleap.com/

Billy Peterson is one of the premier, most celebrated bass players in the world. His uncompromising talents as a performer have brought him widespread recognition, as well as his plenty credits as a composer, arranger and producer. So it is no surprise that the world-renowned bassist is quite often also compared with a chameleon, but not only as he can fill many positions, but also as he is at home in several genres of music weather it be rock, pop, R&B, soul, jazz, folk or country.

Andrew Walesch somehow manages to encapsulate the sophistication of a cosmopolite and the self-effacing charm of a country boy.
Whether composing and arranging or appearing in settings ranging from solo artist to big band, this St. Cloud, Minnesota native, who criss-crosses the bold North playing dates big and small, is as respectful of his predecessors as he is ready to take a leap into the unknown and chart a new course.
In his monthly, sold-out shows with his 10-piece band, Walesch is a traditionalist and an iconoclast rolled into one. His audiences include jazz enthusiasts of a certain age, as well as a younger crowd compelled by his down-home insouciance, and the knowing irreverence of a tried-and-true American nightclub entertainer. “Although they are my idols, I don’t attempt to imitate the great pop and jazz artists of the 50’s and 60’s,” says the singer and pianist, “but I go for broke when we do our shows – vocally and musically – which is what they all did best and why they were in a class of their own. I take risks, but I’m from Minnesota, so I’ve got jumper cables in the trunk.”
Buy tickets at https://barcentro.ticketleap.com/

Robin Pluer Quartet
2022-06-17 20:00 - 22:30
We are so excited to be hosting an amazingly talented set of musicians this Friday.
Featuring Robin Pluer — a veteran on the Milwaukee music scene, Robin is often cited as one of Milwaukee’s finest musicians. You have probably seen her at place like Bastille Days or the Jazz Estate, and now she is right her in the heart of Riverwest!!
Guy Fiorentini — Award winning multi-instrumentalist, author and music educator Guy Fiorentini has been a regular on the Milwaukee music scene for over 20 years, working with many of the best blues, jazz, rock, and folk artists in the region.
Juli Wood –For the past twenty years with four albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide performances, saxophonist, vocalist and composer Juli Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical and entertaining performer on Chicago’s music scene. Juli has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Chicago’s main jazz clubs – Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy’s and Katerina’s. Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm , Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J’s club (Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki Finland), Arlandia Jazz Fest (Aaland Islands, Finland) and the ” Made in Chicago ” jazz festival in Poznan Poland to name a few.
Peter Roller — Guitar playing has led me to many styles and cultures, I’ve enjoyed synthesizing these influences in my playing and writing – and helping students take steps toward doing the same…
A youthful interest in surf, Stones, Dylan, and Butterfield Blues Band records led me to Roots guitarists like Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Fred McDowell, Blind Blake, and Muddy Waters–then to creative interpreters of their music like John Fahey, Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke. On the heels of this acoustic blues-centered music I was grabbed by the Dobro playing of Josh Graves with Flatt & Scruggs. This sent me down another rabbit hole: playing lap slide influenced by Hawaiian steel guitar innovators, the country/bluegrass Dobro of Brother Oswald and Mike Auldridge, as well as Jerry Byrd’s sublime electric lap steel. I wrote my Music major Senior Thesis on the Origins of the Steel Guitar and Dobro at Grinnell College in 1977.

ABC’s of Jazz with Joan Dadian — The Letter “I”
2022-06-16 19:00 - 21:00
Jazzy Joan (aka Joan Dadian) curates the recorded music of three artists on the third Thursday each month by working alphabetically. This week we feature artists starting with the letter “I”. Stop by this month as we listen to Isaiah J. Thompson, Ike Quebec, Illinois Jacquet, and Ibrahim Maalouf! It’s kind of like listening to great albums in your living room with friends—except that you have the chance to make new friends! Starts at 7:00, we hope to see you this May 19th

Smoke N' Mirrors
2022-06-11 20:00 - 22:30, 2022-05-27 20:00 - 22:30
Smoke N’ Mirrors is a Jazz-Rock trio from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of Gabriel Hammer (Keyboards), Sam Kacala (Percussion), and Pete Geraci (Saxophone). They have been playing together since 2018 and are an incredible blend of jazz, hip-hop, and funk. These guys put on an amazing show that you will not want to miss!

Stephanie Lippert and Eric Blowtorch
2022-06-10 20:00 - 22:30
Steph Lippert is a Milwaukee pianist, trombonist, singer-songwriter, and music educator. She moved here in 2010 to pursue studies in Collaborative Piano and Trombone performance. Since 2010, she has worked actively as an accompanist for local churches, schools, and instrumentalists. In addition, she enjoys teaching privately, djing under the name Gramma Matrix, and serves on the board of the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee. Other local bands you may see her perform with include The Brew City Big Band, L’Resorts, Lady Cannon, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, and her own band which she started in March of 2021, The Steph Lippert Project.

Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards

CLOSED FOR MITCHELL PARTY
2022-06-04
Closed for a private party.

Claudia Johnson
2022-06-03 20:00 - 22:30
Claudia Johnson is a singer-songwriter who was based in NY for 24 years and has written and produced two original music projects. Her second recording, as well as an upcoming third, were written and produced here in Milwaukee. Claudia has performed around Milwaukee with a full band in various iterations, this newest band is a trio with drummer Paul Westfahl and guitarist Chris Newlin, both incredible writers and performers in their own right. Having worked together in other projects it felt natural for the 3 to come together for this project and reimagine some of the arrangements and find a unique approach to Claudia’s music. Her music is an eclectic mix of rock, pop and contemporary singer songwriter styles and represents various musical influences. The three together have created an organic and intimate approach to the music.

MJI NIGHT AT BAR CENTRO
2022-06-02 19:30 - 21:30
We are so excited to have a wonderful set of jazz artists this Thursday!
Come see some amazing music and grab a few craft cocktails, featuring vocalist Marcya Daneille with Mark Davis (piano), Clay Schaub (bass), and Devin Drobka (drums). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Music 7:30 – 9:30 PM.
Tickets available here:
https://www.milwaukeejazzinstitute.org/event-details/mji-night-at-bar-centro-2

MRS. FUN
2022-05-28 20:00 - 22:30
MRS. FUN is an acid jazz/free jazz duo composed of keyboard player Connie Grauer and drummer Kim Zick. Grauer and Zick are from Waukesha but recorded Mrs. Fun’s first album in Nashville, where they met the Indigo Girls. They then returned to Wisconsin, moving to Milwaukee. Their most recent album, Funsville, and their 1999 “best of” album appear on Daemon Records while their previous records were released on their own FunTime Records.

Paul Silbergleit Trio
2022-05-26 19:30 - 22:00, 2022-05-12 19:30 - 22:00, 2022-04-28 19:30 - 22:00
Every second and fourth Thursday of the month, you can listen to some of the best jazz musicians in the city here at the beautiful bar centro! Featuring:
Paul Silbergleit is a Milwaukee-based jazz guitarist, composer, educator, and author. Straight-ahead in style, he bears the influence of figures such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, and Kenny Burrell.
Paul has performed with a wide array of jazz luminaries such as Melvin Rhyne, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Tierney Sutton, Jon Faddis, Richie Cole, Brian Lynch, David Hazeltine, and Jack McDuff, to name just a few. A member of area jazz supergroup We Six, he has also worked with notable institutions like the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His critically acclaimed albums Silberglicity, My New Attitude, and January have climbed onto the jazz airwaves and charts, while his new release The Hidden Standard shows off his arranging skills with an amazing variety of reimagined familiar tunes.
Clay Schaub has been performing music professionally for over twenty years. He has worked on the New York City jazz scene as a skilled sideman and has performed regularly with Greg Ruggiero, Gregory Tardy, Bob Mover, Frank Morgan, Joe Bonner, Luisa Sobral, Igor Lumpert, Christine Hoberg, and Uros Markovic.
Clay graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver in 2004, and received a Downbeat Award for Outstanding Big Band Arrangement that same year. He studied with Ken Walker, performed with Eric Gunnison, Alan Hood, & Frank Morgan, was featured at the Estes Park Jazz Festival, was faculty at the Rocky Mountain Vocal Jazz and Northwest College Jazz camps, and was the bassist for several Denver Civic Theater Productions.
Devin Drobka drummer, composer and educator has been playing drums for the past 20 years. Devin is currently one of the most in-demand Performers and Educators in the Midwest.
Devin decided to further his education and applied to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Devin received his BMA in Jazz Drumming Performance from Berklee College of Music in 09′ where he had the chance to study with Terri Lynn Carrington, Bob Tamigni, Skip Hadden, Jamey Haddad, Kenwood Dennard, Jon Hazilla, Ralph Peterson Jr, Ian Froman, and the master drummer Bob Moses. While at Berklee Devin performed with legends of the Jazz world such as Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, Greg Osby, Cecil McBee, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, and Phil Grenadier.

CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT
2022-05-21
Closed for Christian Mitchell party.

Forrest Jackson
2022-05-20 20:00 - 22:30, 2022-04-22 20:00 - 22:30
Come check out riverwest jazz pianist Forrest Jackson this Friday at bar centro!

ABC’s of Jazz with Joan Dadian — The Letter “H”
2022-05-19 19:00 - 21:00
Jazzy Joan (aka Joan Dadian) curates the recorded music of three artists on the third Thursday each month by working alphabetically. This week we feature artists starting with the letter “H”. Stop by this month as we listen to Horace Silver, Holly Cole, Harold Land, and Hilton Ruiz! It’s kind of like listening to great albums in your living room with friends—except that you have the chance to make new friends! Come check it out and enjoy some nice cocktails and jazz! Starts at 7:00, we hope to see you this May 19th!

Robin Pluer and MRS. FUN
2022-05-14 20:00 - 22:30
Featuring Robin Pluer — a veteran on the Milwaukee music scene, Robin is often cited as one of Milwaukee’s finest musicians. You have probably seen her at place like Bastille Days or the Jazz Estate, and now she is right her in the heart of Riverwest!!
and
MRS. FUN —
Mrs. Fun is an acid jazz/free jazz duo composed of keyboard player Connie Grauer and drummer Kim Zick. Grauer and Zick are from Waukesha but recorded Mrs. Fun’s first album in Nashville, where they met the Indigo Girls. They then returned to Wisconsin, moving to Milwaukee. Their most recent album, Funsville, and their 1999 “best of” album appear on Daemon Records while their previous records were released on their own FunTime Records.

Sean Jones with Lisa Henry and the National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Quintet
2022-05-13 19:00 - 23:00
Bar Centro and Milwaukee Jazz Institute are proud to host the Herbie Hancock Institute tour featuring internationally renowned jazz trumpeter Sean Jones and Kansas City jazz and blues vocalist Lisa Henry accompanied by a quintet composed of five of the most gifted high school music students in the country who comprise the National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Quintet.
Tickets are available for the 7 PM and 9 PM shows. Seating is limited. Get your tickets today!

Buy tickets here: https://www.milwaukeejazzinstitute.org/event-details/sean-jones-w-the-national-peer-to-peer-jazz-quintet

Sean Jones is one of the top jazz trumpeters and composers on the scene today. He appears on more than 50 albums and has performed all over the world with such eminent jazz artists as Tia Fuller, Herbie Hancock, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joe Lovano, Marcus Miller, Dianne Reeves, SFJazz, Wayne Shorter, Nancy Wilson, and Miguel Zenon. He has eight recordings as a leader and is regularly cited in DownBeat and JazzTimes magazines’ annual Critics and Readers’ Polls as one of the best trumpet players of his generation. Besides being an internationally acclaimed performer and composer, Jones is a dedicated jazz educator who enjoys working with up-and-coming young artists. Formerly the Chairman of the Brass Department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Jones currently serves as Chair of Jazz Studies at the world renowned Peabody Conservatory of Music. He also serves as Artistic Director for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra and presents jazz workshops around the globe. His latest recording, Live from Jazz at the Bistro (Mack Avenue Records), has been lauded by jazz fans and critics alike. www.sean-jones.com

Lisa Henry is a dynamic vocalist with a combination of swingin’ cool and down home class. A Kansas City native, she began by singing gospel music in the Baptist church, and by age 12 was singing the music of Billie Holiday and Miles Davis. Henry, a former winner of the Herbie Hancock Institute’s International Jazz Vocals Competition, was later named an International Jazz Ambassador to Africa; toured Chile, Argentina and Peru with the Institute in the 1990s; and performed for 34 Heads of State at the Summit of the Americas. In 2006 she participated in a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour of India and performed for an esteemed presidential dinner at the White House, celebrating the Institute’s 20th Anniversary. Over the past 25 years, Henry has toured the globe, sharing the stage with such renowned artists as Ambrose Akinmusire, Kenny Barron, Don Braden, Bobby Broom, Gerald Clayton, Robin Eubanks, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Ingrid Jensen, Sean Jones, Kevin Mahogany, Delfeayo Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Terell Stafford, Bobby Watson, and Steve Wilson. Her Live from 18th and Vine recording has received critical acclaim. www.lisahenryjazz.com
For more on Lisa, please check out her website at https://lisahenryjazz.com.

Buy tickets here: https://www.milwaukeejazzinstitute.org/event-details/sean-jones-w-the-national-peer-to-peer-jazz-quintet

Local Jazz Artist
2022-05-07 20:00 - 22:30
Steph Lippert?

CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT
2022-05-06
Nehmar Wedding Rehearsal

Tanya Reed
2022-04-30 20:00 - 22:30
We are so happy to be featuring the amazingly talented Tanya Reed!! One of Milwaukee’s premier gospel and jazz vocalists, we are looking forward to having her powerful voice accompanied by the soulful guitar tunes of Nathan Pflughoeft! ! Come snag a reservation at our restaurant next door before the show and then enjoy some craft cocktails and FREE music at bar centro! This is a performance you surely will not want to miss!

Juli Wood
2022-04-29 20:00 - 22:30
For the past twenty years with four albums as a leader, several studio projects as a side man, and countless worldwide performances, saxophonist, vocalist and composer Juli Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical and entertaining performer on Chicago’s music scene. Juli has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally; Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Chicago’s main jazz clubs – Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy’s and Katerina’s. Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm , Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J’s club (Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki Finland), Arlandia Jazz Fest (Aaland Islands, Finland) and the ” Made in Chicago ” jazz festival in Poznan Poland to name a few.

Smoke N' Mirrors
2022-04-23 20:00 - 22:30
Smoke N’ Mirrors is a Jazz-Rock trio from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of Gabriel Hammer (Keyboards), Sam Kacala (Percussion), and Pete Geraci (Saxophone). They have been playing together since 2018 and are an incredible blend of jazz, hip-hop, and funk. These guys put on an amazing show that you will not want to miss! Come join us 8:00 – 10:30 for both nights this weekend!

ABC's of Jazz with Joan Dadian -- The Letter "G"
2022-04-21 19:00 - 21:00
Jazzy Joan (aka Joan Dadian) curates the recorded music of three artists on the third Thursday each month by working alphabetically. This week we feature artists starting with the letter “G”. Stop by this month as we listen to Gigi Gryce, Gene Ammons, George Benson, and Gabin! It’s kind of like listening to great albums in your living room with friends—except that you have the chance to make new friends! Come check it out and enjoy some nice cocktails and jazz! Starts at 7:00, we hope to see you this April 21st!

Stephanie Lippert
2022-04-16 20:00 - 22:30
THIS EVENT HAS A COVER CHARGE OF $10. $5 IF YOU ATE AT THE RESTAURANT

Steph Lippert is a Milwaukee pianist, trombonist, singer-songwriter, and music educator. She moved here in 2010 to pursue studies in Collaborative Piano and Trombone performance. Since 2010, she has worked actively as an accompanist for local churches, schools, and instrumentalists. In addition, she enjoys teaching privately, djing under the name Gramma Matrix, and serves on the board of the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee. Other local bands you may see her perform with include The Brew City Big Band, L’Resorts, Lady Cannon, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, and her own band which she started in March of 2021, The Steph Lippert Project.
John Hefter performs as a free lance Jazz pianist and solo pianist in Milwaukee, WI and the midwest. He studied Jazz with Jack Grassel , Rich Crabtree, and at UW Madison with Richard Davis and Joan Wildman. John is also a private teacher. He draws on many styles to tailor an individual playing based approach.
Cameron Spann is a local drummist.
