Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Bronxnet TV

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Just want to thank the wonderful people at Bronxnet TV for having me guest on their morning OPEN Show w?Bob Lee to talk about my upcoming performances. This crew makes everything so comfortable and fun. And they make it look easy! Thanks to my friends Bob Lee and the Bronxnet staff and Producers.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A Great Night At Showmwn's

Such a wonderful experience every time we play at our favorite jazz room in Harlem that is Showman's at 375 West125th Street.The audiences at our shows there responded so nicely to our sets. We made new friends from France, The Netherlands, Britain and New York! And a promoter from southern France is booking us at some jazz festivals in his area. Pretty cool stuff.

The Quartet was enhanced by some great bass solos (and rhythm) from Motoki Mihara, a crowd favorite, Ritch Trifan on the B3 organ and Mark Pultorak on drums.

A good warm-up for our upcoming concert soon at the Dizzy Gillespie Theater (53 East 11th Street) on Tuesday, April 2nd at 8 PM!

Thanks for checking out our newest blog. And please check our website: www.louvolpejazz.com for more upcoming shows.

Our next blog will talk about some wonderful musicians who have been sitting in with the group.

Monday, January 24, 2011


Hope you had a great Holiday time and are keeping warm during our Winter freeze-out! We have been doing so many private events throughout the holiday season into January and are ready now to book our shows for the group and showcase our new CD.

Really looking so forward to seeing you soon at one of our shows. Thanks to all who contacted Jazz Guitar asking about our performance dates. We are back with some wonderful venues and events!

http://louvolpejazz.com/

(Lou and the band at Trumpet's Jazz Club)

Here is our itinerary for the rest of January into February so far:

*****Lou is featured on the cover

of the February issue of JUST JAZZ GUITAR magazine

with a review of "Hear and Now" and a feature article! He will also contribute his experiences in the studio and on the road in future issues.

The solo Jazz Guitar continues for Jazz Brunch at the Waterside in North Bergen, NJ every Sunday from 12 noon to 3 PM. Such a fine restaurant with the best staff around.

Check back here soon for our new schedule of performances of the "Lou Volpe on Broadway" show at Charley O's in the heart of Times Square! Special thanks to our man, Joe Franklin (WBBR and Sirius/ XM).

Wednesday January 26th
8 to 9 PM
The Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Blvd (between 133 & 134 streets)
New York, NY
212 690 7807

Lou does the solo jazz guitar show for one set at this great music venue in Harlem! Thanks to all who responded "will attend" to our Facebook post. (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192479177431250&index=1)

Saturday January 29th
7 PM
The Liberty House Restaurant
76 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City, 07305
(201) 395-0300

Duo jazz tonight at this great restaurant with such a view of downtown Manhattan!

Sunday January 30th
12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
201 867 0700
Jazz Brunch

A great brunch plus solo jazz guitar are featured at the beautifully redesigned Waterside.

***SPECIAL EVENT***

Friday February 4th
WVOX Radio ~ 1460 AM
8 to 9 PM
Show: "Metal Mayhem"
Host: Matt O'Shaughnessy

WVOX'S "METAL MAYHEM" SHOW PRESENTS GUITARIST EXTRAORDINAIRE LOU VOLPE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH IN ONE-OF-A-KIND RADIO SHOW!

HOST MATT O'SHAUGHNESSY CHATS WITH WITH HIGHLY CELEBRATED AND EXCEPTIONAL GUITARIST, LOU VOLPE, IN WHAT LISTENERS CAN EXPECT TO BE AN AWESOME AND UNIQUE RADIO EXPERIENCE ON WVOX!

VOLPE IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED AND ADMIRED ARTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS TOURED THE US...EUROPE...AFRICA AND JAPAN AMONG OTHER TOUR STOPS.

MATT O'SHAUGHNESSY SAY'S, ''THIS IS DEFINITELY A FIRST FOR WVOX.. AND YES... JAZZ AND HARD ROCK DO AND WILL MESH NICELY ON THE AIR LIVE WHEN LOU DOES HIS MAGIC ON THE FRETBOARD!"

TUNE IN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH AT 8PM AS MATT O'SHAUGHNESSY WELCOMES LEGENDARY GUITAR VIRTUOSO - LOU VOLPE - FOR A NIGHT OF GUITAR SHREDDING AND MAGIC! 1460 AM AND WORLDWIDE ON WVOX.COM!

Saturday February 5th
7:30 PM
The Creole Restaurant and Supper Club
2167 Third Avenue at 118th Street
New York, NY, 10035
212 876 8838

The trio plus Chip Shelton on sax and flute jazz it up at this great music room and restaurant in Harlem tonight! Some special guests will be joining the band also.

Sunday February 6th
12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
201 867 0700
Jazz Brunch

A great brunch plus solo jazz guitar are featured at the beautifully redesigned Waterside.

Saturday February 12th
8 PM
WinnaVegas Casino
Sloan, Iowa

On the road again! The Lou Volpe Group does a set and the backs up the Supremes for a high energy show at this great casino in Middle America near Sioux City.

Wednesday February 16th
7 to 9 PM
Cholo's

4 Lawton Street (next to library)
New Rochelle, NY
914-235-0094


Cholo's, a fantastic Peruvian restaurant right in New Rochelle is featuring two sets of Jazz Guitar tonight! Hope you can join us and check out this fine place for music and a taste of South America.


Saturday February 19th
9:30 PM
Showman's

375 W 125th St # 1,
New York, NY 10027-4813
(212) 864-8941 ‎

The Lou Volpe group is back by popular demand! 3 sets tonight (9:30, 11:30 and 1:30) at the legendary home of the greatest jazz musicians. Come and enjoy music from our new CD, "Hear and Now" and experience the warm and friendly atmosphere of this wonderful music tradition in Harlem. Chip Shelton will be sitting in on sax along with other very special guests!

Sunday February 20th
12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
201 867 0700
Jazz Brunch

A great brunch plus solo jazz guitar are featured at the beautifully redesigned Waterside.

***SPECIAL EVENT***
Saturday February 26th
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Central Park West
(212) 874-5210
"New York Celebrates George Harrison"

Lou Has been chosen to perform solo at this wonderful tribute to George Harrison along with his old boss, Roberta Flack and others! A truly special night!

Sunday February 27th
12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
201 867 0700
Jazz Brunch

A great brunch plus solo jazz guitar are featured at the beautifully redesigned Waterside.

Sunday February 27th
4:30 to 6:30 PM

The Starving Artist

249 City Island Avenue

City Island (the Bronx), NY
718.885.3779

Lou's "Starving Artist Jazztet" plays 2 sets this afternoon at the best place in town for music and art.

Saturday March 5th
7:30 PM
The Creole Restaurant and Supper Club
2167 Third Avenue at 118th Street
New York, NY, 10035
212 876 8838

The trio plus some very special guest artists jazz it up tonight at this great music room and restaurant in Harlem!

Sunday March 6th

12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz guitar at the beautiful Waterside right across the Hudson River from the 79th Street Boat Basin with a nice view of the New York skyline!

Sunday March 6th
5 to 9 PM
Mambo Italiano
866 Morris Park Avenue, New York, NY 10462
(718) 597-6262 ‎

Lou's first appearance at this new gorgeous restaurant! Great food and music! Hope you can join us for Jazz Guitar's premier performance at a new music room in the Bronx.

Saturday March 12th
The Pointe
2 Chapel Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 985-9854

Lou's solo guitar show is featured at this lovely dining spot off the water overlooking the Statue of Liberty. Hope you can join us for great food and music!


Check http://louvolpejazz.com/ for any additional shows scheduled as we are adding more dates very soon!

Thanks for reading our newsletter and stay feeling good and feeling warm throughout this fantastic Winter season!

See you soon,

Wishing you the very best,

Lou Volpe Jazz Guitar

Monday, December 6, 2010

Hope the holiday season finds you happy and feeling great! We are looking forward to the official release of the new CD "Hear and Now" sometime early in the New Year along with some really nice reviews courtesy of Just Jazz Guitar, Jazziz, Downbeat and other great magazines plus endorsements from George Benson, Sid Bernstein (who saw us at our last gig at Creole), radio personalities all over the country and others. A very exciting time for Lou Volpe Jazz Guitar! The CD is now available at http://louvolpejazz.com/buy/ and will soon be at Jazz Guitar's CD Baby website and Banes and Noble stores. More info soon.

http://louvolpejazz.com/


Lou at B B King's photo by MARY POMARICO

Here is our itinerary for December so far:

Saturday December 11th
7:30 PM
The Creole Restaurant and Supper Club
2167 Third Avenue at 118th Street
New York, NY, 10035
212 876 8838

The trio plus Tracy Mothershed on vocals plus Chip Shelton on sax and flute jazz it up at this great music room and restaurant in Harlem tonight!

Sunday December 12th
12 to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ, 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz guitar at the beautiful Waterside right across the Hudson River from the 79th Street Boat Basin with a nice view of the New York skyline!


Monday December 13th
WVOX Radio ~ 1460 AM
11 AM to 12 noon
Show: "Westchester Magazine, Today and Tomorrow"
Host: Michael Dandry

Lou performs live and talks about the new CD, "Hear and Now" and his upcoming performance schedule along with some stories about recording and traveling the world with Judy Collins, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan and many jazz stars! Should be some interesting behind the scenes tidbits!



Friday December 17th
9:30, 11:30 and 1:30 sets
Showman's
375 West 125th Street (between Morningside and St, Nicholas Avenues)
New York, NY,10027
212 864 8941

The trio is joined by Tracy Mothershed on vocals and Chip Shelton on sax for a rousing night of high energy jazz at this wonderful historic jazz room where some of the greatest musicians of all time once played!


Saturday December 18th
7 to 11 PM
Delta's

19 Dennis Street

New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 732 249 1551

Lou plays the trio with Vince Seneri on organ at this fine soul food restaurant.


Sunday December 19th

Noon to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz at the beautiful Waterside right across the Hudson from the 79th Street Boat Basin.


Sunday December 26th

Noon to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz guitar at the beautiful Waterside with a gorgeous view of New York City across the Hudson.

Friday December 31st
10 PM to 1 AM
Starving Artist Cafe and Gallerie
249 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY, 10462
714 885 3779

Solo jazz guitar tonight to bring in the New Year just right!


Charley O’s - The “Jazz Room” downstairs
1611 Broadway (49th Street)

New York, NY 10019

212 246-1960 for reservations

We are back every Friday for 2 sets! The Lou Volpe on Broadway show continues after a short break for the holidays. Check back here later in the month:
http://louvolpejazz.com/shows for our new "Jazz Room" schedule!

Sunday January 2nd
Noon to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz guitar to brighten up the New Year with just the right music and cuisine!

Thanks for reading our news letter.

Wishing you all the best blessings and joy for this wonderful Holiday time and into the best New Year ever!

Lou Volpe Jazz Guitar

Check: http://louvolpejazz.com/ for updates.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Jazz Guitar News


Hope all is well with you and looking forward to seeing you soon! Thanks to all who jammed the Starving Artist Cafe last Sunday for the CD release party with the trio there! We love it when that happens.

Our Friday night run at Charley O's "Jazz Room" is going really well and giving us an opportunity to perform at other great venues around town (TBA)! There are wonderful guest artists sitting in every week. The new CD, "HEAR and NOW" has just been approved for airplay on the Sirius/XM Satellite Jazz stations by the program director (who happens to be David Ruffin's, of the Temptations, nephew) and more stations will follow so we are very happy! The CD will soon be available on itunes and CD Baby.

There will be features on Lou Volpe Jazz Guitar in Hot House Jazz Magazine, Bronxnet TV (2 shows will air within the next few weeks!), The Bronx Times Reporter (last week actually) and Just Jazz Guitar Magazine very soon.



LV at the Starving Artist Cafe

Here is our performance schedule for this weekend:

Thursday October 21st
6 to 9 PM
Pronto Pizza & Pasta
134 North Avenue
New Rochelle, New York 10801
(914) 576-2200

Solo jazz guitar tonight at this great dining room in New Rochelle.

**Friday, October 22nd**
8:30 and 10:30 PM
Charley O’s - The “Jazz Room” downstairs
1611 Broadway (49th Street)
New York, NY 10019
212 246-1960 for reservations

We are back every Friday for 2 sets! Jazz saxophonist Bill Easley and vocalist extraordinaire Robin Filippone will be our special guest artists this Friday. A special performance for sure. Hope to see you there! Reservations are recommended.


Saturday October 23rd
8 PM
The Alor Cafe
2110 Richmond Rd
Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 351-1101

The Guitar Club with Gene Cornish and company rock the house tonight. Reservations are recommended.

Sunday October 24th
Noon to 3 PM
The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
reservations: 201 861 0700
Jazz Brunch

Solo jazz at the beautiful Waterside right across the Hudson from the 79th Street Boat Basin.


Thanks for reading our newsletter and hope to see you at one of our gigs soon!


Wishing you All the very best ,

Lou Volpe Jazz Guitar


http://louvolpejazz.com/



Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Autumn Jazz Guitar News


I would like to thank everyone who came to see us play at the Harlem and Larchmont venues in the past few weeks. Playing with different forms of the Trio and Quartet is always an energizing experience for me! Like tomorrow, I am playing at the Creole Restaurant, 3rd Avenue and 118th Street, NYC, with bass (Motoki) and percussion (Gary Fritz) as an alternative to the normal bass, drums and guitar lineup.

The new CD, "Hear and Now" is complete and ready for shipment just in time for our CD RELEASE PARTIES and performances at some great venues starting this weekend. Hope you can make it to one of our shows starting with tonight!:

Every Sunday
Noon to 3 p.m.

The Waterside
7800 B River Road
North Bergen, NJ 07047
Jazz Brunch


Lou's opening night on Broadway on Friday, October 1st! The Jazz room at Charley O's at 1611 Broadway /at 49th Street is hosting The "Lou Volpe on Broadway" show. reservations: 212 246 1960. 2 shows at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. The Trio will feature Buddy Williams on drums and our guest artist will be Rock n Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish of the Rascals! Hope to see you at our Grand Opening Night.

Wednesday September 22nd
7:30 to 11:30 PM
Creole Restaurant and Supper Club
2167 Third Avenue (at 118th st)New York, NY, 10035
212 876 8838
The trio featuring Gary Fritz on percussion and Motoki on Bass plus vocalist David Patterson play some high energy sets tonight at Harlem’s premier music spot on 3rd Avenue and 118th Street.

Thursday September 23rd
8 to 11PM
Chat 19
19 Chatsworth Ave
Larchmont, NY 10538-2903
(914) 833-8871
Lou plays with Skip and the Lickety Split band all night long.


Friday September 24th
Liberty House Restaurant
7 to 11 PM
76 Audrey Zapp Drive
Jersey City
201-395-0300
Duo jazz tonight at this excellent restaurant in Jersey City featuring a gorgeous view of the downtown Manhattan skyline!

Saturday September 25th
1 to 3 PM
Barnes and Noble
290 Baychester Ave.
Bay Plaza, Bronx, NY 10475
(718) 862-3945
Our first CD release party with a solo guitar performance and the new CDs! "Hear and Now" Finally for sale at B & N. Hope to see you there.


Monday September 27
6 to 8 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway
Lincoln Triangle, New York, NY 10023
(212) 595-6859
Our 2nd and GRAND CD release party finds us with a CD signing and performance at B & N's premier Lincoln Center location. The trio will perform the CD "Hear and Now" live and upclose!

Wednesday
September 29th
7:30 PM to 10 PM
Watercolor Cafe
2094 Boston Post Road
Larchmont, NY
call: 914 834-2213
Once again come join us at the Watercolor: Solo guitar with some special guests sitting in tonight! Like David Patterson on vocals and more...

Thanks for reading this post.

Wishing you the best Autumn season ever filled with joy, laughter and plenty of music!
Lou Volpe
Jazz Guitar





Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Performance and Studio Recording

Our final guitar session for the new recording had to be postponed due to schedule conflicts. So near yet so far. You can check here for a full report of the sessions in June. We had such fun in the studio "making believe" that a huge audience was behind the glass in the control room. The album is tentatively titled "Hear And Now". It may change several times before the release date! We will keep you posted.

Thanks for checking in.
Wishing you the best,
Lou Volpe
Jazz Guitar