Jon Dreyer: Past Performances

Friday February 3 2012, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, Hannah Rose Diamond on vocals and Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Sunday January 29 2012, 7:30, The Starlight Jazz Jam at the Acton Jazz Cafe. In the host band: Harvey Diamond, piano; Bob Gallo, tenor saxophone; Jon Dreyer, bass; Scott Goulding, drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, 978-263-6161.
Friday December 16 and Saturday December 17 2010, 8:00 pm (but arrive early!) Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale (playing basso continuo part), Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420
Saturday December 3 2011, jazz brunch, this week with the amazing Alan Rowe on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. A Globe North Best Bet! 11:00 am — 1:00 pm at The Java Room, Ginger Ale Plaza, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
Friday December 2 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, Spellbinding vocalist Katya Dreyer-Oren is back, with the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Sunday November 6 2011, 8:00 pm, John Fugarino, trumpet; Harvey Diamond, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass at Back Page Jazz and Comedy Club, 15 Kearney Sq, Lowell MA
She's back! Friday November 4 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, spellbinding vocalist Katya Dreyer-Oren joins the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Canceled due to power outage. Sorry! Sunday October 30 2011, 7:30, The Starlight Jazz Jam at the Acton Jazz Cafe. In the host band: Harvey Diamond, piano; Bob Gallo, tenor saxophone; Jon Dreyer, bass; Scott Goulding, drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, (978) 263-6161.
Saturday October 8 2011, 7:00-10:00, Serafina Ristorante. David Rumpler, piano and Jon Dreyer, bass. 195 Sudbury Rd, Concord MA 01742
Friday October 7, 7:30, Kahal B'raira congregation of Humanistic Judaism, Kol Nidrei service at First Parish UU Church of Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA Playing Bruch's Kol Nidrei with Neil Miller and in the band led by Becky Wexler.
Saturday September 24 2011, jazz brunch with the amazing Michael Leventhal on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. 11:00 am — 1:00 pm at The Java Room, Ginger Ale Plaza, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
Saturday, September 10 2011, jazz brunch with Michael Leventhal on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. 11:00 am — 1:00 pm at The Java Room, Ginger Ale Plaza, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
Sunday September 4 2011, 4:00-7:00, The Sunset Jazz Jam at the Acton Jazz Cafe. Guitarist Steve Berke's house band with Joe Reid, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass; and Sergei Ionannisyan, drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, (978) 263-6161.
Saturday September 3 2011, 7:00-10:00, Serafina Ristorante. David Rumpler, piano and Jon Dreyer, bass. 195 Sudbury Rd, Concord MA 01742
Friday September 2 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, Vocalist Hannah Rose Diamond with the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano and Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Since August 27 2011, Every Saturday, jazz brunch with the sublime Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. 11:00 am — 1:00 pm at The Java Room, Ginger Ale Plaza, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
Saturday August 20 2011, 8:00-10:00, vocalist Jean Mancini Gough with Ted Knowlton, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass; Ed Conley, drums. At The Java Room, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
August 7-August 13 2011, the Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop. Come join me! There are concerts at the end of the week. Also please visit our facebook event. At the Putney School, 418 Houghton Brook Rd, Putney VT 05346.
Friday August 5 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Friday July 22, 2011, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm, Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass and Scott Goulding on drums. Home Grown Jazz concert series, outdoors in the Savin-Maywood Community Garden, 54 Savin St, Roxbury MA 02119. You may want to bring lawn chairs and (soft) drinks. Free.
Friday July 1 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Friday June 10 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano and Hannah Rose Diamond on vocals, with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, this time on the second Friday, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Thursday June 9, 2011: Special guest alto saxophone phenom Grace Kelly. Jeff Stout, trumpet; Harvey Diamond, piano; Jon Dreyer, bass; Scott Goulding, drums. At the AACA gala, 6:00 pm-10:00 pm, Imperial Ballroom, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza at Arlington St, Boston MA 02116 (MotorMart Garage parking)
Sunday June 5 2011, 7:30, The Starlight Jazz Jam at the Acton Jazz Cafe. In the host band: Kelly Roberge, tenor saxophone; Jon Dreyer, bass; Miki Matsuki, drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, (978) 263-6161.
Friday May 13 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, the legendary Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass. "First Fridays" at the Main Street Cafe, this time on the second Friday, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Wednesday, April 6 2011, 7:00-9:30 pm at Imari Asian fusion restaurant (It Rains Fishes), Marcello, guitar; Ted Knowlton, piano; and Jon Dreyer, bass. 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890
Friday April 1 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, the sublime Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass. First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA
Friday March 25 2011, 8:00 pm. Jean Mancini Gough, vocals; Ted Knowlton, piano; Peter Martin, trumpet; Jon Dreyer, bass; Ed Conley, drums. At the Harvest Cafe, 40 Washington St, Hudson MA 01749
Friday March 4 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, with special guest vocalist Katya Dreyer-Oren, the sublime Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA,
Sunday Feb 27, 2011, jazz brunch in Inman Square, 12:30-2:30 pm, Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. At Olé Mexican Grill, 11 Springfield St, Cambridge MA 02139 (ten minute walk from Central Square T Station). Ask to be seated in the back room where the music is.
Saturday, Feb 26 2011, 8:00 pm, the Harvey Diamond Trio with vocalist Katya Dreyer-Oren. Munroe Saturday Nights: first of an experimental new concert series at the Munroe Center for the Arts, 1403 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420. With Jon Dreyer, bass, and Scott Goulding, drums. Reservations suggested.
Sunday Feb 20, 2011, jazz brunch in Inman Square, 12:30-2:30 pm, Harvey Diamond on piano with Jon Dreyer on bass. At Olé Mexican Grill, 11 Springfield St, Cambridge MA 02139 (ten minute walk from Central Square T Station). Ask to be seated in the back room where the music is.
Saturday Feb 19 2011, 8:00-10:00, with Ted Knowlton, piano; Peter Martin, trumpet; Jon Dreyer, bass; Ed Conley, drums. At The Java Room, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA
Sunday Sept 19 2010-Sunday Feb 13, 2011, jazz brunch in Inman Square, 12:30-2:30 pm, the Just Jazz Trio featuring the incomparable Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums. At Olé Mexican Grill, 11 Springfield St, Cambridge MA 02139 (ten minute walk from Central Square T Station). Ask to be seated in the back room where the music is.
Friday February 4 2011, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Sunday January 30 2011, 7:30, The Starlight Jazz Jam at the Acton Jazz Cafe. In the host band: Harvey Diamond, piano; Chris Kottke, trumpet/flugelhorn; Bob Gallo, tenor saxophone; Jon Dreyer, bass; Scott Goulding, drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, (978) 263-6161.
Thursday January 27, 2011, 5:00-7:00 pm, private party
Saturday January 22, 2011, 8:00 pm: A Night of Jazz by Jewish Songwriters, benefit concert for Kahal B'raira, featuring music by the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, and others. Maggie Rose, vocals; Harvey Diamond, piano; Eliot Jekowsky, tenor saxophone; Jon Dreyer, bass. In the Cornerstone Cohousing common house, 175 Harvey St, Cambridge MA 02140 (Near Alewife Station, easily reached by car or T. Park in the street. You will not be ticketed; this event is "Cambridge special-event approved".)
Friday January 21, 2011, 7:00 at the Acton Jazz Café, the Harvey Diamond band featuring vocalist Hannah Rose Diamond, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Scott Goulding on drums. 452 Great Rd, Acton MA 01720, (978) 263-6161. Celebrate the end of the storm, the end of the work week and my dream come true.
Friday December 17 and Saturday December 18 2010, 8:00 pm (but arrive early!) Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420
Friday December 10 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, with Katya! First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe (somewhat uncharacteristically on the 2nd Friday of December), 159 Main St, Groton MA, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums, and the amazing vocalist Katya!
Saturday December 4 2010, 7:30-10:30 pm, Lexington High School Basketball Boosters Fundraiser/Silent Auction at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington MA 02420, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Friday November 5 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums, and possibly a special guest.
Friday October 8 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe (this time uncharacteristically on the second Friday of the month), 159 Main St, Groton MA, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Again since September 19, 2010: Sunday jazz brunch in Inman Square, 12:00 noon-2:30 pm, the Just Jazz Trio featuring the incomparable Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Friday, Oct 1 2010, 8:00-9:30 pm, the David Rumpler Group at the Lily Pad (Inman Square): Christina Watka, vocals; Chris Kottke, trumpet/flugelhorn; David Rumpler, piano, Jon Dreyer, bass; Mickey Carter, drums. 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA 02139
Friday September 17, 7:30, Kahal B'raira Kol Nidrei service at First Parish UU Church of Arlington. Playing Bruch's Kol Nidrei with Neil Miller and in the band led by Becky Wexler as usual.
Tuesday September 14, 8:00, in Ted Knowlton's house band at the Amazing Things Arts Center Jazz Jam.
August 8-14 2010, Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop (facebook event)
Friday August 6, 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA , the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Friday July 16, 2010, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm, Home Grown Jazz concert series, Savin-Maywood Community Garden, 54 Savin St, Roxbury MA 02119, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums. You may want to bring lawn chairs and (soft) drinks.
Friday July 2, 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA , the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Saturday June 26 2010, 8:00 pm-11:00 pm, the Hannah Rose and Harvey Diamond group at the Village Forge Tavern in Concord's Colonial Inn/, 48 Monument Square, Concord MA. Jon Dreyer on bass, Don Nelson on drums.
Friday June 4, 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, First Fridays at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA , the Just Jazz Trio featuring the incomparable Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Sunday April 25, 2010, 11:00 p.m., the David Rumpler Group at the Lily Pad.
Friday April 9, 2010, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, at the Main Street Cafe, 159 Main St, Groton MA , the Just Jazz Trio featuring the incomparable Harvey Diamond on piano, with Jon Dreyer on bass and Joe Goodman on drums.
Sunday March 28, 2010, 9:15 am, Kahal B'raira music service with Nick Grondin, Becky Wexler and the band
Wednesday March 17 2010, 7:00-9:15 pm at Imari Asian fusion restaurant (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890, with vocalist extraordinaire Beth Logan, Harvey Diamond on piano; and Marcello B, guitar
Wednesday March 3 2010, 7:00-9:15 pm at Imari Asian fusion restaurant (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890, with Marcello, guitar; and Oren Levine, piano
Sunday February 14 2010, 10:00 at Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Inman Square, Cambridge MA 02139, with David Rumpler, piano; Hiro, trumpet/flugelhorn; Mickey Carter, drums
Wednesday February 3 2010, 7:00-9:15 pm at Imari Asian fusion restaurant (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890, with Marcello, guitar; and Oren Levine, piano
Sunday jazz brunch, from January 17 2010 to June 20 2010, 12:00 noon-2:30 pm, the Just Jazz Trio featuring Harvey Diamond, piano. With Jon Dreyer, bass and Joe Goodman, drums. At Olé Mexican Grill, 11 Springfield St, Inman Square, Cambridge MA 02139
Sunday January 3 2010, 8:00 at Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Inman Square, Cambridge MA 02139, with David Rumpler, piano; Hiro, trumpet/flugelhorn; Mickey Carter, drums
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 8:00 Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420
Friday, December 18, 2009, 8:00 Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420. I'll be playing the basso continuo part.
Wednesday December 16 2009, 7:00-9:15 pm at Imari (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890, with Marcello, guitar; and Oren Levine, piano
Sunday brunch at Olé (a taste of Mexico) in Inman Square. December 13 2009, noon-2:30 pm, 11 Springfield St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (Inman Square). Sitting in with the Just Jazz Trio (Harvey Diamond, piano and Joe Goodman, drums)
Friday, December 11, 2009, 8:00 with Katya Dreyer-Oren, vocals; Oren Levine, piano; Joe Musacchia, drums. In Harvard Square: Art Without Borders performance series at the Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge MA 02138 (one door east of Daedalus Restaurant, which strangely has the same address as the Democracy Center). $10 donation; $5 students.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:30-8:30 pm, Winter Gala for the Andover Newton Theological School at the Windsor Club, 1601 Beacon St, Waban (Newton) MA 02468 (Riverside Green Line/D to Waban Station). With Katya Dreyer-Oren, vocals; Harvey Diamond, piano.
Wednesday, Nov 25 2009, late! (9:30 pm - midnight) with Katya Dreyer-Oren, vocals; Harvey Diamond, piano; Joe Musacchia, drums. At the Fireplace Restaurant, 1634 Beacon St, Brookline MA 02445
Wednesday Nov. 18 2009, 7:00-9:15 pm at Imari (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA 01890, with Ted Knowlton (piano) and Marcello (guitar)
Friday, October 9, 2009, 8:00-10:15 at The Java Room, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford MA, with Marcello and Ted Knowlton
Sunday Sept 13 2009, 3:15 at Hill Memorial Baptist Church, 279 N Harvard St, Allston MA, with Harvey Diamond, Hannah Rose Diamond, Scott Goulding
Tuesday Aug 18 2009, 8:00-11:00 pm, hosting jazz jam with Ted Knowlton at Amazing Things Arts Center, 160 Hollis St, Framingham MA
August 9-15 2009, Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop
Wednesday July 29, 7:00-9:30pm at Imari (It Rains Fishes), 14 Thompson St, Winchester MA, with Harvey Diamond (piano) and Marcello (guitar)
Saturday, June 6 2009, 5:30-6:00pm, Winchester Town Day, Mill Pond Stage
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.: Eitz Chayim Community Auction with Stanley Sagov, Armond Cohen
Sunday, March 1 2009, 7:00: Katya's senior recital, Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham MA
Friday, December 19, 2008, 8:00 Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Avenue, Lexington
Saturday, December 20, 2008, 8:00 Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Avenue, Lexington. I'll be playing the basso continuo part.
August 8, 2008: Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop, Putney School, Putney VT
December 14, 2007 Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Avenue, Lexington
December 1, 2007 at Brandeis University with Katya Dreyer-Oren
Fri June 15, 2007, 5:00-8:00: With Jazmen Trio at Devereux Beach, Marblehead (near Lime Rickey's)
Sat Jan 27, 2007, 7:30: Chamber music concert at Temple Shir Tikvah, 34 Vine St, Winchester MA
Wed Jan 24, 2007, 7:30: Jazz Ensemble performance at Winchester Community Music School
Sat Dec 16, 2006, 8:00: Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Avenue, Lexington. I'll be playing the basso continuo part.
Fri Dec 15, 2006, 8:00: Messiah Sing with the Masterworks Chorale, Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Avenue, Lexington
Tue Nov 14, 2006, 8:00-11:00: Jazz Jam with Ted Knowlton, at the Amazing Things Arts Center, 55 Nicholas Rd, Framingham MA
August 2006, Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop

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