Welcome to the home page of Robin Verdier

and the Monte Carlo Jazz Ensemble!

About the MCJE...

The MCJE plays classic jazz and hot dance music specially arranged by the leader and music director, pianist Robin Verdier (617-484-8315).

The music...

We feature the music of Golden Age composers including Irving Berlin, Jelly Roll Morton, Con Conrad, Walter Donaldson, Tiny Parham, Lu Watters, the Coon-Saunders Nighthawks, the Halfway House Orchestra, and many others.

The musicians...

Craig Ball, clarinet and soprano sax
John Clark, alto sax, clarinet, baritone sax
Bob MacInnis, cornet, flueghelhorn
Al Bernard, brass bass
Arthur Burns, drums
Robin Verdier, piano & arrangements

and from time to time Blair Bettencourt, Jeff Hughes, Rick McWilliams, Billy Novick, Scotty Philbrick, and Bill Reynolds

Our most recent public performance...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007, at the Sherborn Inn

Click here to hear our unique sound ...

How Am I To Know [Dorothy Parker and Jack King] (1.7 MB MP3 format)

Running Wild [Gibbs and Gray] (3.2 MB MP3 format)

Our next public performance...

Thursday, May 17, 7-10 pm, at Ma Glockner's , 151 Maple Street, Bellingham, MA, admission $10 .

Availability...

In Eastern Massachusetts, for parties, concerts, and dances, at very affordable rates. Please call Robin Verdier at 617-484-8315, or email us.

Some upcoming public performances with Robin Verdier...

Saturday, May 19, 1-5 pm, with Bill Birtles’s Dixie Hot Four at Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH

Friday, May 25, 6-9 pm, with John Chivers’s Granite Gumbo at the Three Chimneys Inn, Durham, NH

Sunday, May 27, 1:00 pm, with Jim Kilroy’s Jambalaya Jazz Band, at the Memorial Day parade in Somerville, MA

Monday, May 28, 11:00 am, with Jim Kilroy’s Jambalaya Jazz Band, at the Memorial Day parade in Dracut, MA

Saturday, June 2, 9:30 am, with Jim Kilroy’s Jambalaya Jazz Band, at the Memorial Day parade in Arlington, MA

Tuesday, June 5, 7-9:30 pm, with Jeff Hughes’s Rags To Riches at the Sherborn Inn, Sherborn, MA

Friday, June 22, 6-9 pm, with John Chivers’s Granite Gumbo at the Three Chimneys Inn, Durham, NH

Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 pm, with John Clark’s Wolverine Jazz Band at the outdoor concert in Shrewsbury, MA

Tuesdays, July 10, 17, 31..., 8-10 pm, with the New Yankee Rhythm Kings at the Seven Hills Inn, Stockbridge, MA

Fri-Sat, July 20-21, with Jeff Hughes’s Rags To Riches at the Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, NH

Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30, with Ray Smith's Paramount Jazz Band, at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, Victoria, BC.

Monday, Dec. 31, 7-11 p.m., New Year’s Eve with the Monomoy Jazz Band at the Chatham Mall, Chatham, MA

Please call or write for updates, and check out Marce Enright's newsletter

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Last update: May 16, 2007