Upcoming Concerts

Novel Jazz Septet Concerts, 2025 

January 16, 2025

Dear Friends of Novel Jazz...

    Happy New Year everyone!  We are currently in our winter arranging time, working-up new tunes, wood-shedding them and rehearsing for our upcoming 2025 season.  This coming season will be the 110th anniversary of Strayhorn's birth so we will be placing some special emphasis on 'ole Swee'Pea this coming year.  We have some great new musical finds that we'll be sharing with you in 2025!    We are excited to be working on a bunch of shows of Ellington and Strayhorn music, including (but not limited to) Hill Arts (Portland, ME),  Jimmy's Jazz and Blues Club (Portsmouth, NH), Chebeague Island Concert Series (Chebeague Island, Maine), Saco River Theatre (Bar Mills, ME).   Please stay tuned to this site for dates and times once the show details are officially announced.

Thanks, as always, for supporting live music!

Sincerely,

Barney Balch 

PS The newspaper, "Working Waterfront," just published a nice piece about us (written by Stephanie Bouchard).  You can check it out here.