This week, Jimmy Greene makes a welcome return to our stage at the helm of an all–star quintet including guitarist Lage Lund, pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Kendrick Scott.

This Jazz Standard one–night stand heralds the release of 'Terrible Animals' – the new Criss Cross CD by Lage Lund. This is the first new release in three years by the “fluent, precise and clean–toned guitarist” (Mike Hobart, Financial Times, 2015).

Towner is best known as composer, guitarist, and keyboardist for the acoustic jazz ensemble Oregon: The group’s double CD Oregon In Moscow (Intuition, 2000), recorded with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, earned no less than four GRAMMY Award nominations.

In addition to his growing body of work as a leader, trumpeter Avishai Cohen has performed and recorded with sax­ophonist Mark Turner, French–Israeli pop singer Keren Ann, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain.

At age 24, Veronica Swift is now being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene: as a second–place winner in the 2015 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition, as a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and on tour with the Emmet Cohen Trio.