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  • Oct
    19 Thu
    The Princess of Soul Tia Durant Performs a Tribute to The Women of Soul- Aretha, Gladys and More

    The Princess of Soul Tia Durant Performs a Tribute to The Women of Soul- Aretha, Gladys and More

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $40.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $32.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: September 3, 2023 9:37 PM to October 19, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    TIA DURANT
    WATCH

    Tia Durant, aka the Princess of Soul, is sure to get you off your feet and feeling the beat. This tribute will feature the likes of Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and more! Durant brings a unique and immense energy to each performance. You’ll leave giving her all the R-E-S-P-E-C-T she deserves after this soulful experience.  



    $32.00 - $40.00
  • Oct
    19 Thu
    Confluence: The Carolinas’ Premier Music Industry Conference + Festival

    Confluence: The Carolinas’ Premier Music Industry Conference + Festival

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 9:30 PM, Show at 9:45 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

     

    The Confluence Music Pass includes access to live showcase sets by 40+ acts in all genres from across the Carolinas in multiple independent music venues in the heart of Charlotte! This multiday conference + festival is a can’t-miss for anyone in the Southeast connected to the music industry, including fans.

    Date: Thursday, October 19


    Doors: 9:30pm


    Time: 9:45pm (set 1) and 10:30pm (set 2)

    BUY TICKETS HERE



    Emanuel Wynter

    Hailing from Charlotte, classically trained violinist and songwriter Emanuel Wynter is taking ears and stages by storm with a distinctive sound and a lively, high-spirited stage presence that is infectious to everyone in the room. Taking influence from artists such as Anthony Hamilton, Leon Bridges, and Gary Clark Jr., Emanuel’s sound is a unique, vibrant, and expressive blend of R&B and Rock that manages to be raw in emotion and refined, sonically. He finds a way to sing, not only through rich and soulful vocals, but through his electrifying violin playing that is, at times, quite reminiscent of electric guitar. With dynamic musicianship and sincere lyricism, Emanuel Wynter is sure to keep your toes tapping and your soul singing. In past years, Emanuel played a supporting role as auxiliary violinist in other NC-based groups, such as 9daytrip, Stick & Stones, and many more, but 2018 was the year in which he introduced himself as a songwriter and artist with the release of Cosmos. That ultimately led to his first EP release in early 2020, titled These Past Two Years, that Delaney Clifford from CLTure described as “an album that refuses to be overlooked.” In the year of 2022, Emanuel has been hard at work, writing and recording music that begins the next chapter of his professional career, starting with the release of his next single, Stranger, in early 2023.

     


    Harvey Cummings Project


    Charlotte native Harvey Cummings II is an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, songwriter, and producer. His unique sound blends jazz, hip-hop, and soul to create an incredible listening experience. His band, The Harvey Cummings Project is a driving force in today’s modern jazz movement, performing for President Barack Obama, Oprah, and other festivals and events. He has collaborated his gifts with many artists including, Anthony Hamilton, Fantasia, TLC, Dababy, Lute, Big Pooh, and others.




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  • Oct
    20 Fri
    An Evening with Gena Chambers Singing Diana Ross and Patti LaBelle

    An Evening with Gena Chambers Singing Diana Ross and Patti LaBelle

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $40.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $32.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: June 28, 2023 7:55 AM to October 20, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    GENA CHAMBERS


    A true Southern girl Gena Chambers hails from Columbia SC, where the Baptist Church was the catalyst for her humble beginnings. Because her family is rooted in music she flourished and her love of it was carefully cultivated. While Gena favors RnB her musical palate includes tastes for Jazz, Pop, Country and Hip Hop as well. 

     

    Gena’s singer/songwriter/ performer talents provided the opportunity for her to travel all over the country however, she settled in the burgeoning city of Charlotte NC. While there Gena was able to assemble a band with which she regularly performs at various venues and events around the city. Some of her more notable acts include performing with or opening for jazz legends such as Gerald Albright, Mike Phillips, Marion Meadows, Magdalena Chovoncova, Kirk Whalum, Marqueal Jordan, Michael Manson, Will Downing, Jonathan Butler, Oli Silk, Bob Baldwin and Johnathan Fritzen; RnB giants like Raheem DaVaughn, Sheila E, and Shelea. 

    Aside from celebrating with and for

    her fellow musicians Gena was also bestowed the prestigious honor of performing for President Barack Obama and the Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 at the Democratic National Convention. 

     

    Gena’s passion for music is evident in her life’s work as she has painstakingly crafted a multifaceted repertoire. She is the quintessential artist, a true showpiece of the Charlotte music scene.




    $32.00 - $40.00
  • Oct
    20 Fri
    An Evening with Gena Chambers Singing Diana Ross and Patti LaBelle

    An Evening with Gena Chambers Singing Diana Ross and Patti LaBelle

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:45 PM, Show at 9:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $35.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $28.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: June 28, 2023 7:57 AM to October 20, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    GENA CHAMBERS


    A true Southern girl Gena Chambers hails from Columbia SC, where the Baptist Church was the catalyst for her humble beginnings. Because her family is rooted in music she flourished and her love of it was carefully cultivated. While Gena favors RnB her musical palate includes tastes for Jazz, Pop, Country and Hip Hop as well. 

     

    Gena’s singer/songwriter/ performer talents provided the opportunity for her to travel all over the country however, she settled in the burgeoning city of Charlotte NC. While there Gena was able to assemble a band with which she regularly performs at various venues and events around the city. Some of her more notable acts include performing with or opening for jazz legends such as Gerald Albright, Mike Phillips, Marion Meadows, Magdalena Chovoncova, Kirk Whalum, Marqueal Jordan, Michael Manson, Will Downing, Jonathan Butler, Oli Silk, Bob Baldwin and Johnathan Fritzen; RnB giants like Raheem DaVaughn, Sheila E, and Shelea. 

    Aside from celebrating with and for

    her fellow musicians Gena was also bestowed the prestigious honor of performing for President Barack Obama and the Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 at the Democratic National Convention. 

     

    Gena’s passion for music is evident in her life’s work as she has painstakingly crafted a multifaceted repertoire. She is the quintessential artist, a true showpiece of the Charlotte music scene.




    $28.00 - $35.00
  • Oct
    21 Sat
    An Evening with Veronica Swift

    An Evening with Veronica Swift

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 5:15 PM, Show at 6:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $85.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $68.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: May 19, 2023 8:00 AM to October 21, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 5:15pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.

    LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE C ON DEMAND SUBSCRIBERS. $9.99 FOR UNLIMITED MONTHLY STREAMING. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE


    “Rarely do I add my thoughts about upcoming artists, but Veronica Swift is a must see! My friend Chris Botti called her ‘one of the best female jazz vocalists of his lifetime’ and I echo the same sentiment! You absolutely do not want to miss this performance!” –Larry Farber, Founding Partner

    “She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd.” — Wall Street Journal


    "Swift gets both dramatic and slyly witty, taking on sexism directly with her unrestrained makeover of 'How Lovely to Be a Woman’…” — Glide Magazine 


    “Veronica Swift is a woman of many voices, and she uses every one of them to refract a dizzying kaleidoscope of moods on 'This Bitter Earth...'” — DownBeat 




    VERONICA SWIFT
    WATCH
    WEBSITE

    Veronica Swift’s new eponymously titled album, her third for Mack Avenue Records, is a masterful coming-out story. On her previous albums, Confessions (2019) and This Bitter Earth (2021), she ascended to the upper echelon of early 21st century jazz singers because of her virtuosic brilliance, interpretive ingenuity, bracing songwriting, and keen arrangements. Simply put, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation, she’s one of the most versatile.


    While her first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz, Veronica Swift shows that she’s more than a jazz singer, exploring French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, industrial rock, funk, and vaudeville. She pulls the feat off without the results sounding callow or pastiche. Swift’s expansive artistic voice remains firmly intact regardless of genre.


    Swift describes this personal artistic statement on her new album as “transgenre.” “I grew up immersed in the culture of jazz music, blessed to have had some of the greats as mentors, and I felt a deep familial duty to uphold that tradition,” she says, reflecting on her parents – jazz singer and educator, Stephanie Nakasian, and bebop pianist, Hod O’Brien.




    $68.00 - $85.00
  • Oct
    21 Sat
    An Evening with Veronica Swift

    An Evening with Veronica Swift

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:15 PM, Show at 8:45 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $75.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $60.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: May 19, 2023 8:00 AM to October 21, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


     


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.

    “Rarely do I add my thoughts about upcoming artists, but Veronica Swift is a must see! My friend Chris Botti called her ‘one of the best female jazz vocalists of his lifetime’ and I echo the same sentiment! You absolutely do not want to miss this performance!” –Larry Farber, Founding Partner
    “She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd.” — Wall Street Journal


    "Swift gets both dramatic and slyly witty, taking on sexism directly with her unrestrained makeover of 'How Lovely to Be a Woman’…” — Glide Magazine 


    “Veronica Swift is a woman of many voices, and she uses every one of them to refract a dizzying kaleidoscope of moods on 'This Bitter Earth...'” — DownBeat 




    VERONICA SWIFT
    WATCH
    WEBSITE

    Veronica Swift’s new eponymously titled album, her third for Mack Avenue Records, is a masterful coming-out story. On her previous albums, Confessions (2019) and This Bitter Earth (2021), she ascended to the upper echelon of early 21st century jazz singers because of her virtuosic brilliance, interpretive ingenuity, bracing songwriting, and keen arrangements. Simply put, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation, she’s one of the most versatile.


    While her first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz, Veronica Swift shows that she’s more than a jazz singer, exploring French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, industrial rock, funk, and vaudeville. She pulls the feat off without the results sounding callow or pastiche. Swift’s expansive artistic voice remains firmly intact regardless of genre.


    Swift describes this personal artistic statement on her new album as “transgenre.” “I grew up immersed in the culture of jazz music, blessed to have had some of the greats as mentors, and I felt a deep familial duty to uphold that tradition,” she says, reflecting on her parents – jazz singer and educator, Stephanie Nakasian, and bebop pianist, Hod O’Brien.


    “But as rooted in jazz as I’ve been, there’s a uniquely visceral power in rock and soul music that’s always fueled my creative passion, and rather than mask or confine that part of my identity, the people I admire most show themselves unabashedly and that’s the kind of tradition I want to be a part of.”




    $60.00 - $75.00
  • Oct
    22 Sun
    Smooth Sundays with JD featuring Colin Williams: The Music of David Sanborn

    Smooth Sundays with JD featuring Colin Williams: The Music of David Sanborn

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 5:00 PM, Show at 6:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $35.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $28.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: April 11, 2023 10:37 AM to October 22, 2023 7:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 5:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.

    John Dillard
    WATCH
    WEBSITE
    Profusely creative, highly energetic, sensitive, and yet dynamic: These are a few words that describe the artistry of this extraordinary artist and bassist. From Gospel to RnB, Funk to Jazz, John’s versa-le style has been a key element for many artists, producers, and musical directors worldwide.

    $28.00 - $35.00
  • Oct
    25 Wed
    House of Funk: Curated by Stefan Kallander

    House of Funk: Curated by Stefan Kallander

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $30.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $24.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: July 17, 2023 8:29 AM to October 25, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    Join us for this Wednesday series every month! Middle C will be filled with the sounds of PFunk, Prince, Rick James, James Brown, and other timeless funk legends. Throw on your favorite pair of bell bottoms and follow your nose to the Funk!

    HOUSE OF FUNK
    WATCH

    Born in early 2019, House of Funk was conceived by Charlotte guitarist Stefan Kallander as a monthly night for the funk lovers of the Queen City where hips could move to the sounds of funk classics and deep cuts. The band features some of Charlotte’s finest musicians: Courtney Gibson, Jesse Lamar Williams, Zach Wheeler, Braxton Bateman, Simon George, and Stefan Kallander, in addition to monthly sit ins and features of other stunning artists from the deep well of Charlotte Funk. The series began to grow throughout the next year until our favorite runt cousin Covid 19 took center stage. But now House of Funk is back! 


    $24.00 - $30.00
  • Oct
    26 Thu
    Java Band Performs the Hits of Soul & Motown

    Java Band Performs the Hits of Soul & Motown

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $40.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $32.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: July 14, 2023 2:21 PM to October 26, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    JAVA BAND
    WATCH

    WEBSITE

    There's no sitting at a JAVA party. We keep your event flowing from beginning to end. Both old and young are engaged and dancing the night away.

    Our versatile style combines music including all genres to satisfy the music enthusiast as well as the person that's the life of the party. Jazz standards, Rock, Motown/Beach, R&B, Hip Hop, and Country we do it all. Everyone who experiences a show is left in awe of the amazing night they just witnessed. 
    We can accommodate any occasion. From our trio to our 9-piece unit (can expand to 13), we cater each show to the client's desires. Java is sure to get the crowd involved. Playing all of your favorites, we promise to rock the house. 

    Performing all over the US, Java has some of the most talented musicians and vocalists around. Our energy, creativity, knowledge, and attitude are second to none. We treat each opportunity as an honor and leave every event giving all we have. 

    Looking for the perfect entertainment for your event? Look no further than JAVA. 

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    $32.00 - $40.00
  • Oct
    27 Fri
    Euge Groove

    Euge Groove

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $70.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $54.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: December 12, 2022 4:40 PM to October 27, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.





    Euge Groove
    WATCH
    LISTEN
    WEBSITE
    A graduate of Miami’s School Of Music, Euge launched his professional career in Miami in the mid-80s, playing in salsa bands, Top 40 club bands and doing the occasional high-profile session date like Expose’s “Seasons Change,” a #1 Billboard AC hit. In 1987 he moved to L.A., wrote a track for Richard Elliot’s The Power of Suggestion and Elliot recommended Euge to take over his spot in Tower of Power. Euge toured with TOP for four years, including a year backing Huey Lewis & The News. He went on to record, tour or perform with the likes of Joe Cocker, The Eurythmics, The Gap Band, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and Richard Marx (that’s Euge’s horn on “Keep Coming Back,” a #1 AC hit duet he recorded with Luther Vandross). In 1999, Euge started recording his own material, dubbing himself Euge Groove, and posting his music on the now-defunct MP3.com website; downloading started almost immediately and Euge was soon topping the MP3.com Jazz chart. He signed soon thereafter with Warner Bros.




    Euge Groove has garnered a devout following with his irresistible mix of danceable grooves, mind-bending hooks, R&B-infused melodies, and inspired solos. Having collaborated with everyone from Tina Turner Elton John and Bonnie Raitt to Tower of Power and Aaron Neville, Euge Groove is never short on inspiration. 


    Through the years, Euge’s love of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, and Blues have all come together to inform his personalized sound.


    Euge Groove further asserts himself as a vital force in the continuum of Contemporary Jazz and promises he has no intentions other than to Groove On! 




    $54.00 - $70.00
  • Oct
    27 Fri
    Euge Groove

    Euge Groove

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:45 PM, Show at 9:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $60.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $48.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: December 12, 2022 4:39 PM to October 27, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.





    Euge Groove
    WATCH
    LISTEN
    WEBSITE
    A graduate of Miami’s School Of Music, Euge launched his professional career in Miami in the mid-80s, playing in salsa bands, Top 40 club bands and doing the occasional high-profile session date like Expose’s “Seasons Change,” a #1 Billboard AC hit. In 1987 he moved to L.A., wrote a track for Richard Elliot’s The Power of Suggestion and Elliot recommended Euge to take over his spot in Tower of Power. Euge toured with TOP for four years, including a year backing Huey Lewis & The News. He went on to record, tour or perform with the likes of Joe Cocker, The Eurythmics, The Gap Band, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and Richard Marx (that’s Euge’s horn on “Keep Coming Back,” a #1 AC hit duet he recorded with Luther Vandross). In 1999, Euge started recording his own material, dubbing himself Euge Groove, and posting his music on the now-defunct MP3.com website; downloading started almost immediately and Euge was soon topping the MP3.com Jazz chart. He signed soon thereafter with Warner Bros.




    Euge Groove has garnered a devout following with his irresistible mix of danceable grooves, mind-bending hooks, R&B-infused melodies, and inspired solos. Having collaborated with everyone from Tina Turner Elton John and Bonnie Raitt to Tower of Power and Aaron Neville, Euge Groove is never short on inspiration. 


    Through the years, Euge’s love of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, and Blues have all come together to inform his personalized sound.


    Euge Groove further asserts himself as a vital force in the continuum of Contemporary Jazz and promises he has no intentions other than to Groove On! 




    $48.00 - $60.00
  • Oct
    28 Sat
    Euge Groove

    Euge Groove

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $70.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $56.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: December 12, 2022 4:32 PM to October 27, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.

    LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE C ON DEMAND SUBSCRIBERS. $9.99 FOR UNLIMITED MONTHLY STREAMING. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE






    Euge Groove
    WATCH
    LISTEN
    WEBSITE
    A graduate of Miami’s School Of Music, Euge launched his professional career in Miami in the mid-80s, playing in salsa bands, Top 40 club bands and doing the occasional high-profile session date like Expose’s “Seasons Change,” a #1 Billboard AC hit. In 1987 he moved to L.A., wrote a track for Richard Elliot’s The Power of Suggestion and Elliot recommended Euge to take over his spot in Tower of Power. Euge toured with TOP for four years, including a year backing Huey Lewis & The News. He went on to record, tour or perform with the likes of Joe Cocker, The Eurythmics, The Gap Band, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and Richard Marx (that’s Euge’s horn on “Keep Coming Back,” a #1 AC hit duet he recorded with Luther Vandross). In 1999, Euge started recording his own material, dubbing himself Euge Groove, and posting his music on the now-defunct MP3.com website; downloading started almost immediately and Euge was soon topping the MP3.com Jazz chart. He signed soon thereafter with Warner Bros.




    Euge Groove has garnered a devout following with his irresistible mix of danceable grooves, mind-bending hooks, R&B-infused melodies, and inspired solos. Having collaborated with everyone from Tina Turner Elton John and Bonnie Raitt to Tower of Power and Aaron Neville, Euge Groove is never short on inspiration. 


    Through the years, Euge’s love of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, and Blues have all come together to inform his personalized sound.


    Euge Groove further asserts himself as a vital force in the continuum of Contemporary Jazz and promises he has no intentions other than to Groove On! 




    $56.00 - $70.00
  • Oct
    28 Sat
    Euge Groove

    Euge Groove

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:45 PM, Show at 9:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $70.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $56.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: December 12, 2022 4:36 PM to October 28, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION

    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.





    Euge Groove
    WATCH
    LISTEN
    WEBSITE
    A graduate of Miami’s School Of Music, Euge launched his professional career in Miami in the mid-80s, playing in salsa bands, Top 40 club bands and doing the occasional high-profile session date like Expose’s “Seasons Change,” a #1 Billboard AC hit. In 1987 he moved to L.A., wrote a track for Richard Elliot’s The Power of Suggestion and Elliot recommended Euge to take over his spot in Tower of Power. Euge toured with TOP for four years, including a year backing Huey Lewis & The News. He went on to record, tour or perform with the likes of Joe Cocker, The Eurythmics, The Gap Band, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville and Richard Marx (that’s Euge’s horn on “Keep Coming Back,” a #1 AC hit duet he recorded with Luther Vandross). In 1999, Euge started recording his own material, dubbing himself Euge Groove, and posting his music on the now-defunct MP3.com website; downloading started almost immediately and Euge was soon topping the MP3.com Jazz chart. He signed soon thereafter with Warner Bros.




    Euge Groove has garnered a devout following with his irresistible mix of danceable grooves, mind-bending hooks, R&B-infused melodies, and inspired solos. Having collaborated with everyone from Tina Turner Elton John and Bonnie Raitt to Tower of Power and Aaron Neville, Euge Groove is never short on inspiration. 


    Through the years, Euge’s love of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, and Blues have all come together to inform his personalized sound.


    Euge Groove further asserts himself as a vital force in the continuum of Contemporary Jazz and promises he has no intentions other than to Groove On! 




    $56.00 - $70.00
  • Oct
    29 Sun
    An Evening With Tony Hightower

    An Evening With Tony Hightower

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 5:00 PM, Show at 6:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $35.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $28.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: July 20, 2023 2:32 PM to October 29, 2023 7:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 5:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    TONY HIGHTOWER
    WEBSITE
    WATCH

    Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz…Real Jazz. With years of experience as a musical performer and actor with familiar roots that place him firmly within the music’s firmament, Atlanta-native Hightower is still just getting started on this benevolent turn in his journey. And he is bringing a lot of young people with him.

    ​His sophomore project, LEGACY, finds Hightower exploring Jazz vocal stylings from a dazzling prism of angles. The 10-song album moves confidently and assuredly from original compositions such as the soulful scat-laced “All to the Good,” the seductive Brazilian bossa nova of “Rendezvous” and the tender carnal Jarreau-esque love beg “I Need You” to swingin’ covers of Earth, Wind & Fire’s classic Skip Scarborough-penned “Can’t Hide Love,” a mean shuffle boogie groove through Al Green’s “Love and Happiness” and a smoldering upright bass accompanied tiptoe through the 1929 Andy Razaf standard “Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You” made further famous in 1944 by one of Hightower’s greatest and earliest Jazz vocal heroes, Nat “King” Cole. That one’ll make the women wiggle.




    $28.00 - $35.00
  • Nov
    2 Thu
    Special EFX Allstars featuring Chieli Minucci, Karen Briggs, Lao Tizer, Dave Livolsi & Joel Rosenblatt with Guest Maria Howell

    Special EFX Allstars featuring Chieli Minucci, Karen Briggs, Lao Tizer, Dave Livolsi & Joel Rosenblatt with Guest Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $55.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $44.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: April 14, 2023 8:00 AM to November 2, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.

    LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE C ON DEMAND SUBSCRIBERS. $9.99 FOR UNLIMITED MONTHLY STREAMING. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE





    SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARS
    WATCH
    WEBSITE

    Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger, Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion groupSPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for 40 years.

    Karen Briggs, also known as the "Lady in Red", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs took up the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15. Briggs joined theVirginiaSymphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genres

    Keyboardist Lao Tizer is one of today’s rising stars of the world-fusion genre. Tizer’s original music has spurred comparisons of a modern twist to the 1970s and early 1980s heyday of jazz fusion, when trailblazing ensembles like Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report set the aesthetic standard. Lao’s music has a multi-genre, multi-national appeal and his group,The Lao Tizer Band, has toured the USA and the world while being nominated“Jazz Group of the Year”!Their new 2018 CD/DVD combo release,Songs From The Swinghouse has received acclaim across the industry while debuting near the top of the Billboard Jazz Album Chart!

    Joel Rosenblatt is a world-renowned drummer and producer.He has performed and recorded with such greats as: Spyro Gyra, Special EFX, Lee Ritenour, Freddy Jackson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton. Eileen Ivers, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea,Steps Ahead, Paquito d Rivera, Manhattan Transfer, Randy Brecker, Ken Navarro,Bill Evans and many more. Having toured the world many times over, Joel brings an international musical awareness to the music.Currently the owner and main engineer at world class Cliff Sound Productions, Joel is also actively involved in producing and cultivating new artists.





    $44.00 - $55.00
  • Nov
    2 Thu
    Special EFX Allstars featuring Chieli Minucci, Karen Briggs, Lao Tizer, Dave Livolsi & Joel Rosenblatt with Guest Maria Howell

    Special EFX Allstars featuring Chieli Minucci, Karen Briggs, Lao Tizer, Dave Livolsi & Joel Rosenblatt with Guest Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:45 PM, Show at 9:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $50.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $40.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: April 14, 2023 8:00 AM to November 2, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.



    SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARS
    WATCH
    WEBSITE

    Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger, Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion groupSPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for 40 years.

    Karen Briggs, also known as the "Lady in Red", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs took up the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15. Briggs joined theVirginiaSymphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genres

    Keyboardist Lao Tizer is one of today’s rising stars of the world-fusion genre. Tizer’s original music has spurred comparisons of a modern twist to the 1970s and early 1980s heyday of jazz fusion, when trailblazing ensembles like Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report set the aesthetic standard. Lao’s music has a multi-genre, multi-national appeal and his group,The Lao Tizer Band, has toured the USA and the world while being nominated“Jazz Group of the Year”!Their new 2018 CD/DVD combo release,Songs From The Swinghouse has received acclaim across the industry while debuting near the top of the Billboard Jazz Album Chart!

    Joel Rosenblatt is a world-renowned drummer and producer.He has performed and recorded with such greats as: Spyro Gyra, Special EFX, Lee Ritenour, Freddy Jackson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton. Eileen Ivers, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea,Steps Ahead, Paquito d Rivera, Manhattan Transfer, Randy Brecker, Ken Navarro,Bill Evans and many more. Having toured the world many times over, Joel brings an international musical awareness to the music.Currently the owner and main engineer at world class Cliff Sound Productions, Joel is also actively involved in producing and cultivating new artists.

    Bassist David Livolsi attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA for two semesters. It was there in Boston where he began combining all of his influences of Rock, Jazz, R&B, Blues, Fusion, Funk, and Soul Music to create his "sound" on the bass. David has gone on to work with such notable artists such as, John Scofield, Bill Evans, Jazz Is Dead, T Lavitz, Jerry Goodman, Roberta Flack, Maysa, Najee, Chuck Loeb, Sam Rivers, Kung Fu, John Tropea, David Spinozza, Nelson Rangell, and many more.



    $40.00 - $50.00
  • Nov
    3 Fri
    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $45.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $36.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: September 7, 2023 9:22 PM to November 3, 2023 8:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.




    NOEL FREIDLINE
    Pianist, vocalist, writer, arranger and educator, doesn’t come close to all things Noel Freidline! As a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Florida, with a BA in Music, Noel has been the bandleader of The Noel Freidline Quintet for over 26 years. He has numerous recordings to his credit, and has performed at jazz festivals from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (FL)…to the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)…not to mention, a 3-year stint at the world famous Bellagio in Las Vegas, as the house band, leading his NFQ, where he performed for actress Julia Robert’s surprise 35th birthday party.


    Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by Charlotte Magazine in 2006 and in 2009 and was named “Best Musical Director”, by the Metrolina Theatre Association of the Carolinas. In 2011 Freidline was chosen for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Association - Center Stage Award (Charlotte, NC), in recognition of his excellence in service to the arts. And in May, 2015, Noel Freidline was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Hall of Fame. 


    MARIA HOWELL
    For over 35 years, this petite NC native, who splits her time between both the east coast and the west coast, has developed her career as a singer, actor, and voiceover artist. Her debut acting role was the choir soloist in the Oscar Nominated film, “The Color Purple”. She has gone on to appear in hit TV shows as Lifetime’s “Army Wives”, NBC’s “Revolution”, and CBS’s “Criminal Minds”. Feature films…“The Blind Side”, “Hidden Figures”, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. As a song stylist, Maria has shared the musical stage with legendary artists as, Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, Earl Klugh, brothers Ronnie and Hubert Laws, and veteran actor/singer, Keith David.




    $36.00 - $45.00
  • Nov
    3 Fri
    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:45 PM, Show at 9:15 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $40.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $32.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: September 7, 2023 9:27 PM to November 3, 2023 10:15 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


     


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.




    NOEL FREIDLINE
    Pianist, vocalist, writer, arranger and educator, doesn’t come close to all things Noel Freidline! As a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Florida, with a BA in Music, Noel has been the bandleader of The Noel Freidline Quintet for over 26 years. He has numerous recordings to his credit, and has performed at jazz festivals from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (FL)…to the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)…not to mention, a 3-year stint at the world famous Bellagio in Las Vegas, as the house band, leading his NFQ, where he performed for actress Julia Robert’s surprise 35th birthday party.


    Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by Charlotte Magazine in 2006 and in 2009 and was named “Best Musical Director”, by the Metrolina Theatre Association of the Carolinas. In 2011 Freidline was chosen for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Association - Center Stage Award (Charlotte, NC), in recognition of his excellence in service to the arts. And in May, 2015, Noel Freidline was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Hall of Fame. 


    MARIA HOWELL
    For over 35 years, this petite NC native, who splits her time between both the east coast and the west coast, has developed her career as a singer, actor, and voiceover artist. Her debut acting role was the choir soloist in the Oscar Nominated film, “The Color Purple”. She has gone on to appear in hit TV shows as Lifetime’s “Army Wives”, NBC’s “Revolution”, and CBS’s “Criminal Minds”. Feature films…“The Blind Side”, “Hidden Figures”, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. As a song stylist, Maria has shared the musical stage with legendary artists as, Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, Earl Klugh, brothers Ronnie and Hubert Laws, and veteran actor/singer, Keith David.




    $32.00 - $40.00
  • Nov
    4 Sat
    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 5:00 PM, Show at 6:00 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $45.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $36.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: September 7, 2023 9:30 PM to November 4, 2023 7:00 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


    Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.





    LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE C ON DEMAND SUBSCRIBERS. $9.99 FOR UNLIMITED MONTHLY STREAMING. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE






    NOEL FREIDLINE
    Pianist, vocalist, writer, arranger and educator, doesn’t come close to all things Noel Freidline! As a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Florida, with a BA in Music, Noel has been the bandleader of The Noel Freidline Quintet for over 26 years. He has numerous recordings to his credit, and has performed at jazz festivals from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (FL)…to the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)…not to mention, a 3-year stint at the world famous Bellagio in Las Vegas, as the house band, leading his NFQ, where he performed for actress Julia Robert’s surprise 35th birthday party.


    Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by Charlotte Magazine in 2006 and in 2009 and was named “Best Musical Director”, by the Metrolina Theatre Association of the Carolinas. In 2011 Freidline was chosen for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Association - Center Stage Award (Charlotte, NC), in recognition of his excellence in service to the arts. And in May, 2015, Noel Freidline was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Hall of Fame. 


    MARIA HOWELL
    For over 35 years, this petite NC native, who splits her time between both the east coast and the west coast, has developed her career as a singer, actor, and voiceover artist. Her debut acting role was the choir soloist in the Oscar Nominated film, “The Color Purple”. She has gone on to appear in hit TV shows as Lifetime’s “Army Wives”, NBC’s “Revolution”, and CBS’s “Criminal Minds”. Feature films…“The Blind Side”, “Hidden Figures”, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. As a song stylist, Maria has shared the musical stage with legendary artists as, Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, Earl Klugh, brothers Ronnie and Hubert Laws, and veteran actor/singer, Keith David.




    $36.00 - $45.00
  • Nov
    4 Sat
    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    A Jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring Special Guest Adam McKnight presented by Noel Freidline & Maria Howell

    Charlotte, NC
    United States
    Doors at 8:15 PM, Show at 8:45 PM
    TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
    GENERAL ADMISSION: $40.00
    BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS: $32.00

    TICKET SALE DATES
    GENERAL ADMISSION / BABY GRAND MEMBER TICKETS Public Onsale: September 7, 2023 9:28 PM to November 4, 2023 9:45 PM

    PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION


     


    Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 


    For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.




    NOEL FREIDLINE
    Pianist, vocalist, writer, arranger and educator, doesn’t come close to all things Noel Freidline! As a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Florida, with a BA in Music, Noel has been the bandleader of The Noel Freidline Quintet for over 26 years. He has numerous recordings to his credit, and has performed at jazz festivals from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (FL)…to the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)…not to mention, a 3-year stint at the world famous Bellagio in Las Vegas, as the house band, leading his NFQ, where he performed for actress Julia Robert’s surprise 35th birthday party.


    Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by Charlotte Magazine in 2006 and in 2009 and was named “Best Musical Director”, by the Metrolina Theatre Association of the Carolinas. In 2011 Freidline was chosen for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Association - Center Stage Award (Charlotte, NC), in recognition of his excellence in service to the arts. And in May, 2015, Noel Freidline was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Hall of Fame. 


    MARIA HOWELL
    For over 35 years, this petite NC native, who splits her time between both the east coast and the west coast, has developed her career as a singer, actor, and voiceover artist. Her debut acting role was the choir soloist in the Oscar Nominated film, “The Color Purple”. She has gone on to appear in hit TV shows as Lifetime’s “Army Wives”, NBC’s “Revolution”, and CBS’s “Criminal Minds”. Feature films…“The Blind Side”, “Hidden Figures”, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. As a song stylist, Maria has shared the musical stage with legendary artists as, Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, Earl Klugh, brothers Ronnie and Hubert Laws, and veteran actor/singer, Keith David.




    $32.00 - $40.00

300 South Brevard Street
Charlotte, NC
United States