CELEBRATING BILL CROW’S 96th BIRTHDAY!!!

About Leonieke and the “3 Generations of Jazz Trio”…

Leonieke Scheuble (pianist, leader)Leonieke (pronounced “Lay-o-nee-ka”) was just 10 years old when jazz great Dr. Lonnie Smith was shown a clip of her playing piano and gifted her with a Hammond organ. Three years later, she would go on to win “Best Up and Coming Young Artist” at the Hot House Fan Decision Awards. A recipient of the Governor’s Award for “Exceptional Promise in Music” as well as two International Women in Jazz awards, Leonieke is also a TEDx speaker. Her first of two CDs “Debut”, was recorded by renowned engineer, Rudy Van Gelder and features NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Cobb. Leonieke is a frequent feature of the New Jersey Jazz Society and is reviewed in many Jazz publications. In July, 2022, Leonieke signed an agreement with the Hammond Organ Company” and became a “Hammond Artist”. She can be seen performing regularly as a featured artist or leading her trio at many of New York and New Jersey’s finest Jazz venues.

Bill Crow (bassist)

Bill Crow has enjoyed a long jazz career, playing as a member of bands led by Teddy Charles, Stan Getz, Claude Thornhill, Terry Gibbs, Jerry Wald, Marian McPartland, Jimmy McPartland, Ruby Braff, Gerry Mulligan, Benny Goodman, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer and Clark Terry, Eddie Condon, Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, Walter Norris, Ryo Sasaki, and has made individual appearances with Dave Lambert, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Art Baron and the Duke’s Men, Tomoko Ohno, Houston Person, the Lincoln Center Jazz Project, and many more. He has recorded extensively with most of these bands, and with many others. He has also played for several hit Broadway shows, including The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, and 42 ND Street.  He has also written two books about jazz, “Jazz Anecdotes” and “From Birdland to Broadway,” both published by Oxford University Press.

Nick Scheuble (drummer)

Nick Scheuble has performed with Classical and Jazz Grammy winner, Wynton Marsalis, as well many of the world's greatest jazz musicians. He is also Grammy nominee, Chico Mendoza's percussionist for over 25 years. Recently completing a US Embassy tour of Uzbekistan (April & May 2022) and before that, Moldova (2019), Nick has also performed at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Village Gate, Café de Muze (Belgium), Aaron Davis Hall, John Harms Center, Mechanics Hall, and other noted venues throughout America, Eastern and Western Europe.

The celebration will begin at 7:00 with two sets. No music charge, $25 food & drink minimum per person. Reservations are strongly recommended.