Calendar Archive

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Sunday
Jan
25th
2026
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Saturday
Jan
10th
2026
6-9pm

with Keith Hall Brazil Trio

Horrock's Beer Garden
Lansing, MI

Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa -electric bass

Playing the classic rhythms of Brazil.

Sunday
Dec
28th
2025
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Thursday
Dec
18th
2025
6-9pm

with Keith Hall Brazil Trio

Horrock's Beer Garden
Kentwood, MI

Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa -electric bass

Playing the classic rhythms of Brazil.

Friday
Dec
12th
2025
5-8pm

with Keith Hall Brazil Trio

Horrock's Beer Garden
Battle Creek, MI

Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa -electric bass

Playing the classic rhythms of Brazil.

Sunday
Nov
30th
2025
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Thursday
Nov
13th
2025
7:30pm

with Bobby Watson

Crawlspace Comedy Theatre
315 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Bobby Watson – sax
Matthew Fries – piano
Carlo De Rosa – bass
Keith Hall – drums

Jazz in the Crawlspace series continues with guest artist BOBBY WATSON!

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Friday
Nov
7th
2025

with Keith Hall Brazil Trio

Merriman's Playhouse
South Bend, IN

Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa -electric bass

Playing the classic rhythms of Brazil.

Sunday
Nov
2nd
2025
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Friday
Oct
24th
2025
5-8pm

with Keith Hall Brazil Trio

Horrock's Beer Garden
Battle Creek, MI

Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa -electric bass

Playing the classic rhythms of Brazil.

Saturday
Oct
11th
2025
7:30pm

Trumpet Summit in Honor of Roy Hargrove

Dalton Center
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

A day of workshops and clinics that will finish with a concert featuring trumpeters: Jon Faddis, Maurice Brown, Freddie Hendrix, Ashlin Parker, and Corey Wilkes.

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Sunday
Oct
5th
2025
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Saturday
Sep
27th
2025

with Sean Dobbins and the Collegiate Collage

Blue Llama Jazz Club
Ann Arbor, MI

Andrew Bishop – Saxophones U of M
Anthony Stanco – Trumpet MSU
Matthew Fries – Piano WSU
Robert Hurst – Bass U of M
Sean Dobbins – Drums

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Monday
Sep
22nd
2025
7:30

with Curtis Stigers

Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID

Curtis Stigers – vocals/sax
Matthew Fries – piano
Cliff Schmitt – bass
Paul Wells – drums

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Friday
Sep
12th
2025

with Jimmy Greene

Blue Llama Jazz Club
Ann Arbor, MI

Jimmy Greene – sax
Matthew Fries – piano
Carlo De Rosa – bass
Keith Hall – drums

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