Calendar Archive

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Saturday
Sep
16th
2023
8:15pm

Matthew Fries Trio – Society for History and Racial Equity Fundraiser

Bank Street Market
Kalamazoo, MI

We’re performing at an outdoor gala for SHARE (the Society for History and Racial Equity). It’s their “taste of jazz” fundraiser event.

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

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Friday
Sep
15th
2023
7:30pm

Matthew Fries Trio

Merriman’s Playhouse
South Bend, IN

We’re returning to our favorite listening room in the Midwest for a night of jazz piano trio music. Look for set of my originals plus some arrangements of jazz standards and tunes by some of my heroes.

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

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Monday
Sep
11th
2023

with Curtis Stigers

Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID

Outdoor concert at the beautiful Idaho Shakespeare Festival.

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Friday
Sep
1st
2023
5pm

with Andrew Rathbun Quartet – Beer Garden Show at Bells

Bells Eccentric Cafe
Kalamazoo, MI

Join us in the beer garden for some new music from Andrew.

Andrew Rathbun – tenor sax
Matthew Fries – electric piano
Carlo De Rosa – bass
Keith Hall – drums

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Friday
Aug
25th
2023
- through -
Sunday
Aug
27th
2023

MF Quartet at the Stowe Jazz Festival

Stowe Jazz Festival
Stowe, VT

The quartet will be hosting a jam session at the festival on Friday and Saturday nights, then performing a set on the main stage on Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm.

Matthew Fries – piano
Andrew Rathbun – saxophone
Carlo DeRosa – bass
Keith Hall – drums

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Thursday
Aug
17th
2023
6pm

Solo Piano Performance – Inspired by Surrealism

Flint Institute of Arts
Flint, MI

The Flint Institute of Arts has a wonderful exhibition of surrealist artists called Beyond Dreams: Surrealism and Its Manifestations. Well-known artists like Salvador Dalí, Joan Miro, and Leonora Carrington, as well as contemporary artists like Kenny Scharf, Sergei Isupov, and Peter Milton. I’ll be doing a solo piano performance and discussing connections and similarities between the surrealist art movement and the development of jazz improvisation.

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Thursday
Aug
10th
2023
7:30pm
Saturday
Aug
5th
2023

with New York Voices

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Wednesday
Jul
26th
2023
7pm

Two-piano Duo with Cliff Monear

Steinway Jazz Cafe
Steinway Piano Gallery
Detroit, MI

Join us for a concert of two-piano jazz on a couple gorgeous instruments! Lots of fun and improvisation is planned.

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Sunday
Jul
23rd
2023
11am-2pm

with Fred Knapp Trio

Old Goat
Grand Rapids, MI
Sunday
Jul
16th
2023
3pm

Michigan Jazz Festival Solo Piano Performance

Michigan Jazz Festival
Schoolcraft College
Livonia, MI

Join me at the Michigan Jazz Festival for a set of solo piano music including originals from my recent albums, standards, and tunes by some of my favorite jazz composers.

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Sunday
Jul
16th
2023
6:15pm

Andrew Rathbun

with Andrew Rathbun Quartet

Michigan Jazz Festival
Schoolcraft College
Livonia, MI
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Thursday
Jun
29th
2023
- through -
Friday
Jul
7th
2023

with Curtis Stigers

on tour in US and Germany

6/29 – Jimmy’s Jazz Club, Portsmouth, NH
6/30 – Caffé Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
7/1 – Rochester International Jazz Festival, Rochester NY

7/5 – Herford, DE
7/6 – Straubing, DE
7/7 – Mannheim, DE

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Monday
Jun
26th
2023

Andrew Rathbun

with Andrew Rathbun Quartet

Grand Rapids, MI

Andrew Rathbun – sax
Keith Hall – drums
Matthew Fries – piano
Carlo De Rosa – bass

Friday
Jun
23rd
2023

with New York Voices

Fort Wayne, IN
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