VFW Post 399 hosted their 25th successful Red Cross on Wednesday, July 20th with over 61 donors registered. This event was a huge success…VFW Post 399 Quartermaster, Phil Delgado said, “I want to personally thank the donors who gave the gift of life and all the VFW volunteers who helped to make this day a success! For planning purposes, our next Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17th, between 8:30am-6pm. Your Blood Donation Matters. Please Call 1-800-733-2767 to make an appointment.
Join us for a cool evening of hot jazz at Westport’s new home for jazz! Melissa is a natural talent, and really makes every song she sings her very own. With a band like this, the evening is sure to be way over the top!
Jazz Singer Melissa Newman
with Tony Lombardozzi, Phil Bowler, and Matt Moadel
Thursday, July 14
Jazz at the Post (VFW Post 399)
465 Riverside Ave, Westport
sets at 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm
$10 cover, phone (203) 227-6796
Featuring a new hot menu from
Chef Derek Furino
dinner from 6:30 PM
FEATURED ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Melissa Newman had a lucrative career singing jingles for companies like AT&T and Chevrolet, Locally she has performed at the Blue Lemon, Tengda, and Harvest in Westport, with guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and bassist Phil Bowler. Melissa also makes, shows and sells ceramic and porcelain sculpture. Two of her pieces were featured in the 2012 Hamptons Show House. She lives in Westport with her husband and two sons.
Together again… for the first time since COVID shut down Westport!
Thursday, July 7 Jazz at the Post (VFW Post 399) 465 Riverside Ave, Westport
sets at 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm, $10 cover.
Featuring a new hot menu from Chef Derek Furino, dinner from 6:30 PM. Reservations strongly suggested JazzatThePost@gmail.com
Janice Friedman
Piano
Leon “Boots” Maleson
Bass
Ron Vincent
Drums
Greg Wall
Tenor & Soprano Sax
Reserve now for an incredibly exciting night of jazz in Westport. Janice has playing with the jazz Rabbi since the late 80’s. Boots Maleson and the JR go back to the late 70’s! Ron Vincent is Janice’s favorite drummer, and he has an illustrious jazz history. Don’t miss this show!
This short feature about the Famous Piano earned an Emmy award for News12CT producer Lori Golias! Lori will be at the Post on the 7th preparing another segment about the Return of the Famous Piano. Pianist extraordinaire Janice Friedman was the last Jazz artist to play this world famous piano.
(If you are not familiar with how this 1937 Steinway which was played nightly by Jazz giants at Manhattan’s legendary Village Gate, ended up in Westport, scroll down for the full story.)
Janice Friedman, who has recorded with such iconoclasts as Milt Hinton, Warren Vache’ and Claudio Roditi, and has graced the stage with jazz legends such as Billy Higgins and Joe Lovano, was the featured artist at lJazzFC last Thursday night Jazz Rabbi series concert on March 12, 2020.
The piano has not been played since then until…NOW! Last month the piano moved into JazzFC’s new home at Jazz at the Post in Westport, and after settling in for a few weeks after the move it will be back in the public ear, expertly played by none other than the last person to play it..the great Janice Friedman!
“ [Her] explosive piano playing carries the aura and variety of a big band.” John S. Wilson, the New York Times
“Your music sounds great. It made me feel good about things” Master guitarist Jim Hall
“Your playing reminds me of mine.” Legendary pianist, Cedar Walton
