Sun Sep 7
Charlie Sigler Organ Trio (livestream)
3PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
Charlie Sigler Organ Trio
Charlie Sigler, guitar
Kyle Koehler, Hammond B3 organ
Eric Kennedy, drums
Guitarist Charlie Sigler has been an active member of the music community since his high school years studying and performing in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. A recent graduate of William Paterson University with a B.A. in Jazz Performance, Charlie has performed with many greats of the music including Christian McBride, Slide Hampton, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Lenny White, Winard Harper, Harold Mabern, Norman Simmons, Joe Magnarelli, Myron Walden, Akiko Tsuruga, Jared Gold, Vince Ector, Bruce Williams, Jerry Weldon and Radam Schwartz amongst many others. He has performed at clubs and festivals throughout the region including the Montclair Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, AFRAM and the Berks Jazz Festival.
For three decades, Kyle Koehler has been one of jazz’s most important & consistent voices on organ. Influenced by organ legends Shirley Scott & Charles Earland growing up in Philly & armed with a college degree in music performance & composition, his career path gained traction after college with a move to NYC. There in the late ’90s, he began leading trios & performing with top jazz artists, with Lou Donaldon, Jimmy Heath & David “Fathead” Newman included. Early accolades for his organ playing include “Rising Star” status from Downbeat magazine & being chosen to tour Africa as a “Jazz Ambassador” for the Kennedy Center & U.S. State Dep’t. Currently continuing to perform across the U.S., Europe & Japan, he also records & does Hammond B3 educational workshops. Dedicated to keeping the organ tradition alive in jazz, Koehler’s playing honors those great organists who preceded him.
Eric Kennedy, drummer, vocalist, multi-percussionist and composer, is the Jazz Journalist Association’s 2023 Baltimore Jazz Hero. Eric has performed, toured, and recorded with an impressive range of solid jazz leaders including Gary Bartz, Fred Wesley, Ethel Ennis, Larry Willis, Carl Grubbs and Pansori (Korean solo opera) master Ahn Sook Sun. He was the last drummer/vocalist for the bluesy Holmes Brothers, honored with a National Heritage Award. He’s been an integral member of projects by previous Baltimore Jazz Heroes including bass clarinetist-ensemble leader Todd Marcus (celebrated in 2016), trumpeter-educator Sean Jones (2020) and bassist Ed Hrybyk (2022).
But musical achievements, accolades and associations are not what earn Eric Kennedy his recognition as a hero – rather, it’s his work since 1996 as an educator, mentoring Baltimore’s young population, from children to undergraduates, including as a music instructor for the Sax camp summer program led by Carl and Barbara Grubbs for the Contemporary Arts Inc, a 20+ year project. He has taught percussion to pre-teens and adolescents for more than two decades at the Music workshop and for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Orchkids program. Eric has been an adjunct faculty member at Peabody Conservatory and since 2020 at Towson University.
By Don Palmer
In-person seats: $25 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Advance sales end 1 hr before show; remaining tickets may be purchased at door.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through Sept. 14
Donations welcome!
3PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream