Porter's Pub's new Jazz Residency Series moves into its second month as Chris Cummings takes the stage with a variety of artists.

​​The Chris Cummings Standards Trio is a jazz trio led by drummer, Chris Cummings, that performs modern interpretations of jazz standards from every era.

Very much a modern band, the trio is dedicated to honoring the jazz canon without living in the past. Each performance of each piece is an exploration of the moment with stylings that could be compared to Jarrett, Evans, Corea, or Bley.

Join us on December 1, 15, 22, and 30th. 

We're not saying that you should leave your family to come to Porters' Pub after Thanksgiving dinner. We're saying, bring the whole clan down for a cornucopia of beer and libations selections including our new whiskey flights.

We will have a light menu, if for some reason you still need some more food, which will include soups, salads, sandwiches and more.

We'd love to see you and yours on the holiday. Come share some good times, stories, and memories. 

Thursdays at Porters' Pub are filled with our Dinner with a Side of Jazz performances featuring some of the best in the musical style from throughout the area.

Over the course of the next few months, Porters' Pub will give some of those artists more time in front of audiences and give audiences more of a chance to listen to them perform. 

Starting in November and going through at least February, 2017, each month will feature one jazz artist every Thursday.

​Dan DeChellis has been described as “a pianist with plenty to say, covering a broad emotional spectrum while creating music that speaks clearly, succinctly and directly to the mind, body, and soul.” Dan DeChellis is focused on direct and melodic music that connects to his audience in the straightest line possible. He is concerned with making music that engages not only the well versed jazz listener but the non jazz fan as well.
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With his latest release, “Moving Mountain’s” DeChellis seeks to blend the classical and jazz elements he acquired in college with the rock and ambient qualities in his own broad listening. This music is accessible to all and embraces a wide variety of influences. He is currently promoting and touring behind his latest release.

​The Chris Cummings Standards Trio is a jazz trio led by drummer, Chris Cummings, that performs modern interpretations of jazz standards from every era.

Very much a modern band, the trio is dedicated to honoring the jazz canon without living in the past. Each performance of each piece is an exploration of the moment with stylings that could be compared to Jarrett, Evans, Corea, or Bley.

Saskatchewan born, New York area-based pianist and composer Jon Ballantyne has released 10 albums, won 2 Juno Awards (4 Juno nominations), most recently for the collaborative album with drummer/programmer Hugh Sicotte, entitled Twenty Accident Free Workdays.

​Jon is an artist who deftly combines the unknown with the known. Listening to the wondrous sounds he makes at the piano, audiences can never be sure where he will take the music next. There can be a palpable sense that they are hearing a feeling, harmony, melody or rhythm they may be familiar with, and at the same time, they are likely to be figuratively on the edge of their seats, excited, gratified that they are being taken on a musical adventure unlike anything they may have experienced previously.

Be sure to check our Live Entertainment Calendar to stay up to date on all of our musical happenings.