Bob Fraioli playing solo piano
Every Thursday from 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Bob appears every Thursday night at the “Tini Bar” playing everything from the “Classics” to Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans styles……requests are usually taken with a twist of his own style !! You will definitely enjoy him…Bob Fraioli and guest artists who sit in provide an opportunity for lovers of jazz to listen to a level of innovative music seldom found beyond the music centers of the West Coast, Chicago and New York City.
Friday, October 1st
Vocalist Peggie Black
This Friday at the Tini Martini jazz vocalist, Peggie Black, shares a mix of the best swinging standards,Latin jazz, and sultry ballads, all laced with her own blend of personality and sassy flair. A graduate of the University of North Florida Jazz Studies program, Peggie weaves the stories of the jazz greats while delivering their songs as only Peggie can, classic jazz, lightly shaken, with a twist!
“Peggie Black’s voice has a saucy ‘Come up and see me sometime.’ flair that laces each note with plenty of double entendres." Mark Faulkner, Florida Times Union. Peggie is a renowned singer of "The Great American Songbook," and has garnered rave reviews from audiences for her witty, sophisticated performances."
Saturday, October 2nd
Al Waters on saxophone accompanied by Bob Fraioli on Piano
Al Waters is one of the finest horn players within 1000 miles of St. Augustine !!
He was Ray Charles lead sax and some of the other artists he has opened for or accompanied include Milt Jackson, Frank Foster, Jackie Byard, Benny Carter, Ellis Marsalis, the Temptations, Rita Moreno, Florence Henderson and Barry Manilow. This is an impressive group !!!
Friday, October 8th
Two Great Guitarists
Barry Greene and James Hogan
“I've been enjoying the guitar as an instrument and its amazing artists all of my life. To me Barry Greene is just about one of the best; not only as a player, but also as a writer and a teacher. I agree with others who regard him as a world class musician.” -Pat Martino
James Hogan is a guitarist from Florida who has worked with the bands Left For Dead, and with Matt Mercado's Pivotman. He also worked briefly with death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner of Death (band) in the mid-90's.
Hogan is also revered studio guitarist who is fluent in many styles of music. His touring and recording credits are extensive, and diverse. Along with metal legend Schuldiner and Mercado, Hogan has also worked with renowned jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and r&b legend Chaka Khan. Hogan also toured in 2007 with the official band of NASCAR. He is also a music pedagogist who teaches for the National Guitar Workshop, and at a Florida college. James Hogan has a self produced instrumental jazz/rock fusion album entitled True Diversity. It was the #1 selling jazz disc of 2006 distributed by Guitar 9 Records.
Saturday, October 9th
Bob Fraioli with Stan Piper on bass
Stan Piper is a young and very talented bass player who is making his way to the top of
“The leading bass players in the area” and very soon in Jazz World. The two of them produce an interesting duo seldom heard anywhere other than New York !!
Friday, October 15th
Pianist, Singer and trumpeter, Jason Anderson with Stan Piper on Bass
Jason is a versatile pianist/vocalist who performs everything from jazz standards of the 40's to modern day artists such as John Legend, Jack Johnson. John Mayer, and Michael Buble.
In 1999 he won the prestigious International Association of Jazz Educators' Trumpet Chair in Chicago, and again in New York in 2000. He has performed onstage with many recording artists including Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Shew, and Michael Brecker, and his high-energy horn band has opened for artists such as James Brown, Kool and the Gang, Grover Washington, Jr., and Huey Lewis and the News.
His debut cd, "Listen Closely", featuring members of horn section from KC & The Sunshine Band, as well as the Reverend Al Green's sax player and many other talented artists, is scheduled to be released in
Saturday, October 16th
Bob Fraioli with Mr. Al Dodds on bass
Al is recently back from a tour in Iraq, and is one of the local favorites here. Anyone who ever played an instrument in St Augustine probably knows him from his teaching in the area, he is also featured on Bob's album (Bob Fraioli quartet performing at the St. Augustine Jazz Fest).
Friday, October, 22nd
Dot Wilder singing with Barry Greene on Guitar
"In the music world, all singers think they are unique, but in the case of Dot Wilder it might actually be true. A jazz singer by categorization, Wilder has a style that defies definition. Her innovative sound and unique phrasings have twice earned Downbeat Magazine's Student Award for Outstanding Performance of a Jazz Vocalist, not to mention a devoted following among Jacksonville's jazz aficionados. Backed by some of the best jazz musicians in town, Wilder's performances showcase her diverse influences, expressive nature -- and an impressive set of pipes." Kerry Speckman, AOL Local Guide, October 2000
In addition, Dot and her jazz groups have performed from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Hilton Head, S. C. and in-between. To conclude, Norm Vickers of the Jazz Society of Pensacola states that "Dot, an outstanding vocalist, can sing a jazz standard and improvise a jazz chorus like the best instrumentalist."
Saturday, October 23rd
Bob Fraioli with Scott Mariash on drums
A prominent drummer on the Chicago jazz scene, many great musicians often sought him out as a first choice player. This environment allowed Scott to develope his modern and engaging approach, and apply it to the variety of musical styles to which he was asked to perform. In 1999 Scott Poor released his first compact disc, BREATH (recorded live to two track at C.E. Mikter Studios). It is available at CDBABY.COM and features Vinson Johnson (reeds), Robert Applebaum (piano), and Michael Cristol (bass)........By the time he left Chicago the Scott Poor Trio was performing various clubs and functions and was the official for Saturday nites at Chicago jazz club "Delaney & Murphy's'.
Scott is the son of prominent show business performers. Scott's father Max Poor a world-renowned drummer and his mother Dorothy a professional acrobatic dancer.
With this gene pool, it is no wonder that Scott has forged his own creative musical personality
Friday, October 29th
Two Great Guitarists
Barry Greene and James Hogan
Saturday, October 30th
Bob Fraioli with Scott Mariash on drums
