Musicians

Tim Smith’s inspirational saxophone, positive lyrics, and expressive voice have been heard from Compiègne, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and from Sarotov, Russia to the Carolinas. 
Tim earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Saxophone Performance from Oberlin Conservatory. He later moved on to create an impressive musical performance resume, touring nationally and internationally with such bands […]

Jabu Graybeal is a 15 year old homeschooler from Pittsboro NC.  He started dancing 7 years ago and has been a member of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble directed by Gene Medler for the past 5 years.  He has danced with several local performers including Pierce Freelon and The Beast, Durham jazz trumpeter Al

Jim Ketch is a Summit Records artist and Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His three CDs on the Summit Records label includes Next Set (2009), A Distant View (2012), and Distracted Society (2015). In 2012 he received UNC’s prestigious Chapman Award for outstanding

The Tim Smith Trio (TS3) presents well-seasoned, multi-cultural flavors on a plate of jazz. Internationally influenced original tunes and popular standards fuse to open a whole new world of aural sensation. Relax and let yourself fall into the deeply positive vibrations of this classic Chapel Hill/Carrboro group. Tim Smith, Robert Cantrell, Doug Largent Performing August

Jason Foureman is in demand as a performer, clinician, and educator. Born in Durham, NC he received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2000. In 2005, he was awarded a teaching assistantship at the University of Louisville where he taught and received his Masters degree in Jazz Studies. Currently,

A thirty year veteran of the international jazz circuit, Robert Trowers has played with some of the finest and best known ensembles and artists in jazz. A partial listing of his performance credits include the Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet and Count Basie Orchestras, stints with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under Wynton Marsalis, the Carnegie Hall

Steve Wing provided this short bio of Bus Brown whose music we will feature on both July 16 and August 27: Bus Brown was born in Baltimore MD in 1907.  In the 1930s he formed The Harlem Highlanders, a singing and dancing troupe of African Americans that wore kilts for their performances.  Bus befriended and

Since his arrival to North Carolina in 1982, Ed Butler has been an integral part of the artistic community.  He has drawn from the variety of art and music found in the Triangle due largely from the ethnic and cultural diversity found here.  He has performed in an assortment of venues both across the United