Shiri Zorn Quartet
2026-08-01 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Shiri Zorn – vocals
George Muscatello – guitar
Lew Scott – bass
Dean Sharp – drums

Shiri Zorn is an innovative jazz vocalist whose fresh and i ntercultural sound reinvents standard jazz repertoire as we k now it. She layers American Songbook tunes with Middle E astern influences and unexpected time signatures and r e harmonizes Latin and Samba classics to evoke feelings of transcendence, temporarily rendering the listener lost to t i me and space. Zorn’s critically acclaimed debut album, Into Another Land, was vocally produced by Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton. Zorn currently performs in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is recording her second album, “Looking for the Light,” coming in fall 2024.
“Shiri is my favorite kind of singer (and human, for that matter)—open-minded, creative, and honest,” ~ Tierney Sutton

John Menegon Trio Essence - Birthday Bash!
2026-08-08 19:00 - 22:00
John Menegon – bass
Pete Smith – guitar
Matt Garrity – drums
Musicians invited to sit in and help celebrate!
New York City bassist John Menegon started his career playing bass in Montreal. After having worked for several years on the Canadian jazz scene with the great guitarists Sonny Greenwich, Mike Gauthier & Nelson Simons, and saxophonists Steve Grossman & Pat LaBarbara, he went on to hone his skills in NYC in the mid-80s. Since moving to New York to study Jazz at Long Island University on a full scholarship, John has performed/recorded with Dewey Redman, David “Fathead” Newman, Matt Wilson, Frank Kimbrough, John Hicks, Yoron Israel, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Burrell, Joel Frahm, Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra, Nick Brignola, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Slide Hampton, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, and many others. In addition to touring, recording, and composing, he has created and taught Jazz Workshops on the music of Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus at Williams College.
Pete Smith is a New York City-based guitarist who performs in a wide range of musical settings. As a founding member of Santos4tet (aka Grupo los Santos), a vanguard Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-style quartet, he has played New York’s Town Hall, concerts throughout the U.S., Cuba & Austria and was a Fall 2024 JazzRoad performing arts grant recipient. He has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival, as well as concerts in thirty countries throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with Norah Jones, trumpeter Donald Byrd, Cuban trombone master Juan Pablo Torres, Andrew Hill, Kat Edmonson, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, the Moonlighters, Madeline Peyroux, Natalie Merchant and Huun-Huur-Tu, and is a member of Michael Feinstein’s Carnegie Hall Big Band. In 2023 he traveled to Congo-Kinshasa as a member of the band Opius Bliss—as cultural ambassadors for the US Embassy—to perform for and teach, play and dialogue with local musicians in Kinshasa and Kisangani. 2023 also saw the release of Santos4tet’s 4th album “Santos 4”. Pete will be recording a new album with bassist Sean Smith (The Smith Duo) in 2025.
Drummer Matt Garrity has been on the New York City music scene since 1994. He has performed with some of the best in the business, including Vincent Herring, David Williams, Teri Thornton, Gary Versace, Ron McLure, Ben Monder, Ratzo Harris, Jeremy Pelt and Jerome Richardson, among others.
Matt attended William Paterson College’s jazz studies program in the early nineties. He has studied with renowned performers/ educators John Riley, Horacee Arnold, Rufus Reid, Harold Mabern, Carl Allen, Bill Goodwin, and Ed Shaughnessy, among others.

Horton/London/Kirkwood
2026-08-15 19:00 - 22:00
Amy London – vocals
Ron Horton – trumpet/flugelhorn
Neal Kirkwood – piano
Lew Scott – bass

Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quintet
2026-08-22 19:00 - 22:00
Erica Lindsay – tenor saxophone
Ron Horton – trumpet
Francesca Tanksley – piano
Rich Syracuse – bass
Jeff “ Siege” Siegel – drums

Peggy Stern Quartet
2026-08-29 19:00 - 22:00
Peggy Stern – piano
Ron Horton – trumpet/flugelhorn
Lew Scott – bass
Peter O’Brien – drums

Joel Harrison Quartet
2026-09-05 19:00 - 22:00
Joel Harrison (guitar)
David Gilmore (guitar)
Ben Zwerin (bass)
Bram Kincheloe (drums)

Pete McCann Quartet
2026-09-12 19:00 - 22:00

Mark Usvolk Septet
2026-09-19 19:00 - 22:00
Bassist, composer and Lydia’s Café owner Mark Usvolk has the rare privilege of featuring some of the finest musicians in New York in this annual performance of his original works written over the past 30 years.
Jazz, Latin, R&B and Classical styles with memorable melodies and rich harmonies.
Mark Usvolk – bass/composer
Ron Horton – trumpet/flugelhorn
Tim Armacost – sax/flute
Mark Dziuba – guitar
Tim Regusis – keys
Jeff Siegel – drums
Amir Halfon – percussion

Mark Usvolk received his Bachelor of Music from The University of North Texas eons ago as a guitarist, majoring in composition and theory. He then went on for the next 20 years or so making a living playing guitar and bass in a variety of groups performing Jazz, R&B, Salsa, Funk along with shows, recording dates and performances with the Tucson Symphony.
Usvolk started designing and building homes in Ulster County in 1986 and along with wife, Roni bought the Country Deli in 2006 from Roni’s mom, Lydia, turning it into the cafe and music venue of today. Which is how he got this gig.
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Since 1982, trumpeter Ron Horton has been an integral part of New York’s flourishing jazz scene and he stands out both as an exemplary instrumentalist and as a highly progressive composer and arranger. Whether called upon as a sideman or as a leader of one of his own ensembles, he shows that he is committed to further expanding the existing perimeters of jazz.
Horton has had many long musical associations with leaders such as saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom (1983-2000) and pianist Andrew Hill. He was a member of Hill’s sextet from 1998 until 2003, and appears on the group’s critically acclaimed cd, Dusk (Palmetto 2000). He was also musical director and co-arranger for Hill’s big band, and is featured on the cd, A Beautiful Day(Palmetto 2002).
Ron Horton was born in 1960 in Bethesda, Maryland, and has been frequently called on as a sideman to perform and/or record with such artists as Lee Konitz, Will Holshouser, Rez Abbasi, Phillip Johnston, Andy Laster, Mick Rossi, Matt Wilson, Bill Gerhardt, Bill Mays, Peggy Stern, Allan Chase, Andy Biskin, Ted Nash, Jon Gordon, John McKenna, Walter Thompson, Diana Perez, Billy Newman, Mario Pavone, Tina Marsh, Maryanne DeProphetis, Landon Knoblock, Sam Bardfeld, Maria Guida, Abigail Riccards, Angie Sanchez, Kris Davis, Darcy James Argue and many others.
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Saxophonist Tim Armacost’s music is known for its balance of lyrical invention, harmonic sophistication and exciting interplay among top-tier band mates. His improvisations are brimming with ideas, but organized into a naturally flowing narrative
Touring regularly around the world both as a sideman and a leader, Armacost has worked with a phenomenal number of jazz greats, including Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Peter Erskine, Ray Drummond, Roy Hargrove, Don Friedman and Randy Brecker.
Armacost has recorded 14 critically acclaimed albums as a leader, performed on more than 60 as a sideman, and has recorded over 100 original songs and arrangements. His most recent leader outing, Time Being, featuring Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Bob Hurst received 4 stars in Downbeat magazine, and has met with critical acclaim around the world.
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Tim Regusis is a Hudson Valley-based pianist who has been active in the jazz scene of the NYC region, as well as in the fields of R&B, Latin and various world musics for many years.
He has played and/or recorded with Patti Austin, Ruben Blades, David Byrne, Celia Cruz, Chuck Mangione, Johnny Pacheco, Daniel Ponce, Rick Margitza, Cindy Blackman, Jeff Williams, Akira Ohmori, Najee, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Jonathan Butler, Ofra Haza and others.
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Mark Dziuba has been a guitarist, improviser and composer for most of his life. He has performed with a who’s who of Jazz, Blues, Rock and Bluegrass musicians and has performed and taught at workshops and festivals internationally for over 40 years.
Mark is a tenured professor of music at the State University of New York at New Paltz where he directs the Jazz Studies program. He was a part of the internationally acclaimed National Guitar Workshop for 25 years and has been a part of the Crown of the Continent International Guitar Festival since its birth.
Mark is a published author and a featured soloist and composer on numerous recordings. He continues to explore the world of improvised live and virtual music and can be found performing often in the area and abroad. (dziubam@newpaltz.edu)
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JEFF “SIEGE” SIEGEL
Drummer/Composer Jeff “Siege” Siegel is a veteran of the New York Jazz scene and has worked with a virtual “who’s who” of artists. A member of the Sir Roland Hanna Trio from 1994-’99, Siegel’s diverse career has also led him to perform and/or record with legends such as Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Sheila Jordan, Helen Merrill, Mose Allison, John Medeski, Arthur Rhames, Dave Douglas, Stefon Harris, Pat Metheny, Kurt Elling, Ravi Coltrane, Ryan Kisor, Lee Shaw, Levin Brothers, John Medeski, Dena DeRose, Lee Shaw and many others. He has worked in the avant garde world as well with Wadada Leo Smith, Baikida Carroll. He’s performed over 30 European tours including four as leader of the Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet and several others as co-leader. The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Sextet performed a 3 week tour of Africa in the summer of 2019. Other recent tours include The Levin Brothers Japan, Mexico, Canada and the US west coast and Midwest as well as South & Central America. His 2017 CD release “King of Xhosa” features South African trumpeter Feya Faku and is on the ARC label. His most recent release with his quartet is the 2018 release on ARC entitled “London Live” and “When You Were There” (2019) with Hetko, Syracuse & Siegel.

Teri Roiger w/ Jazz Passengers
2026-09-26 19:00 - 22:00
Teri Roiger – vocals
Roy Nathanson – saxophone
John Menegon – bass
Bill Ware – vibes
Matt Garrity – drums

ROY NATHANSON is a prolific saxophonist, composer, bandleader, poet, actor and teacher. BILL WARE is a vibraphonist, composer, bandleader, arranger and composer. The two have a long musical friendship that started with the Jazz Passengers, co-founded by Roy Nathanson and Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. Nearly four decades and 13 albums later, the band has recorded and performed with Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, and Mavis Staples.
TERI ROIGER
VOCALIST, PIANIST, SONGWRITER
“Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter but with her own uniqueness.” JACK DEJOHNETTE (legendary jazz drummer & NEA Jazz Master)
An American jazz musician vocalist, pianist, songwriter, educator, and producer, Teri lives in New York City and also spends time in New York’s Hudson Valley. She began playing piano at age 5, and played church organ throughout her teens. When she discovered jazz in her early 20s – and shortly after made her first demo with the legendary stride pianist Butch Thompson – her musical path was set.
Throughout the years, her music has taken many exciting twists and turns. She has performed as a DUO with her husband, bassist John Menegon, throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and they have been featured artists at the San Miguel Jazz Festival (Mexico), Panama Jazz Festival (Panama), and Bolzano Jazz Festival (Italy), where they presented concerts and masterclasses. The depth of her experiences and love of jazz is apparent when she brings all their talents to live performances, the recording studio, and through her moving lyrics and compositions.

BILL WARE – VIBRAPHONE
Harkening back to a violinist whose freedom from slavery was bought in performance, Bill Ware’s place within American music is best described as a proud lineage. Vibraphonist, bassist, composer, pianist, educator and creative adventurer, Ware’s genre-bending career, well into its fourth decade, has been nothing short of riveting. A founding member of the Jazz Passengers and Groove Collective, he’s also collaborated with Steely Dan, John Zorn, JD Parran, Marc Ribot, Bobby Sanabria, Deborah Harry, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Chico Mendoza, Bobby Previte, Joe Henderson, Jerome Harris, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Minnesota Symphony, Elvis Costello, Arturo O’Farrill, Andy Summers, Marshall Crenshaw, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmore and many more.

JOHN MENEGON – BASS
New York City bassist John Menegon started his career playing bass in Montreal. After having worked for several years on the Canadian jazz scene with the great guitarists Sonny Greenwich, Mike Gauthier & Nelson Simons, and saxophonists Steve Grossman & Pat LaBarbara, he went on to hone his skills in NYC in the mid-80s. Since moving to New York to study Jazz at Long Island University on a full scholarship, John has performed/recorded with Dewey Redman, David “Fathead” Newman, Matt Wilson, Frank Kimbrough, John Hicks, Yoron Israel, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Burrell, Joel Frahm, Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra, Nick Brignola, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Slide Hampton, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, and many others. In addition to touring, recording, and composing, he has created and taught Jazz Workshops on the music of Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus at Williams College (Williamstown, MA). He has also taught master classes at Jazz Festivals around the world, including the Panama Jazz Festival, Bolzano, (Italy) and San Miguel de Allende.
MATT GARRITY – DRUMS
Drummer, Matt Garrity has been on the New York music scene since 1994. He has performed and recorded with some of the best in the business, including Grammy winners: Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring and Steve Slagle, as well as David Williams, Teri Thornton, Peter Bernstein, David Amram, Eric Alexander, Judi Silvano, Gary Versace, Ron McLure, Ed Cherry, Joel Forrester, Jeremy Pelt and Jerome Richardson.

Jeff Ciampa/Chris Pasin Sextet
2026-10-03 19:00 - 22:00
Jeff Ciampa-gtr
Chris Pasin-tpt
Todd Anderson-sax
Bram Kincheloe-dr
Clayton Thompson-bass
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Possibly Tim Sessions-tbn

The Saints of Swing
2026-10-10 19:00 - 22:00

Jimmy Madison & Friends
2026-10-17 19:00 - 22:00

Amir Halfon
2026-10-24 19:00 - 22:00

Bob Meyer & Circular Jazz
2026-10-31 08:00 - 17:00
Halloween Party Jazz: 10/31/26
Peyton Pleninger, tenor sax
Rich Syracuse, bass
Bob Meyer, drums and cymbals.

Tim Regusis & Friends
2026-11-07 19:00 - 22:00

Peter Einhorn
2026-11-14 08:00 - 17:00
Peter – guitar
Emily – vocals

Elsa Nillson
2026-11-21 19:00 - 22:00

David Gilmore
2026-11-28 19:00 - 22:00

David Heckendorn
2026-12-05 19:00 - 22:00

NYE Celebration w/ A Groove Gathering
2026-12-31 19:00 - 22:00
