Upcoming Events

Show times 8PM - Midnight

$10 ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online

Mike Cemprola - Alto Sax, Luke Brandon - Trumpet, Tim Brey - Piano, Mike Boone - Bass, Wayne Smith Jr. - Drums

Show times 8PM-Midnight $10

Connor brings his trio back to Chris' Jazz Cafe to showcase his new compositions, which focus on collective improvisation and overlaying sounds in different contexts. They will also perform original arrangements from artists like Coltrane, Monk, Radiohead, Elizabeth Cotten and Nick Drake. This new material is a preview of the music featured his Senior Thesis for the University of the Arts in December. It represents a more focused, refined artistic goal, and the blossoming of an original Philadelphia artist.

Show times 8PM-Midnight ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online.

With Dan Monaghan & Lucas Brown

Show times 8PM & 10PM ~ $20

James Santangelo - Piano

High energy big band led by Joe Bongovi ~ Show times 7:30-11PM

Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online. Valid ID required upon arrival.

Experience the stylings of Angie Williams

Show times 8PM - Midnight

Join Philadelphia pianists Scott Edmunds and Keith Chasin for a night of your favorite standards and even some originals.

Show times 8PM-Midnight ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online.

Vocalist, Susie Meissner & her band featuring

John Swana - EVI & Trombone

Dan Monaghan - Drums

John Shaddy - Piano

Bass: Lee Smith

Show times 8PM-Midnight ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online!

Pianist Orrin Evans takes stock of the pivotal moments that shape the trajectory of a life on The Evolution of Oneself, his scintillating new release on Smoke Sessions Records. The album is itself a landmark in Evans’ musical evolution, introducing a remarkable new piano trio with two longtime associates but first-time collaborators: bassist Christian McBride and drummer Karriem Riggins. The result is a raw and thrilling excursion incorporating a startlingly wide range of influences, from jazz and neo-soul to country and hip-hop.

Anthony Passante-Contaldi - drums, leader

Max Hoenig - keys

Tim Ragsdale - bass

A special night with Orrin Evans and JD Walter

Orrin Evans

JD Walter

Ben Wolfe

Justin Faulkner

Tony do Rosario - guitar, Dan Kostelnik - Organ and Dan Monaghan - Drums

Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online. Show time 8PM-Midnight

STUDENTS GET A $5 TABLE CREDIT WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS TICKET ONLINE (valid ID required upon arrival)

Show times 8PM-Midnight

STUDENTS GET A $5 TABLE CREDIT WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS TICKET ONLINE ~ Show times 8PM-Midnight

Webb Thomas brings his organ trio to Chris' stage and features Victor North on tenor saxophone and Lucas Brown on organ.

11:30PM - 2AM

Webb Thomas brings some of Philly's finest jazz musicians to the stage for one night only.

Patrick "FACE" Rickman - Trumpet

Pete Chavez - Tenor Sax

Yoichi Uzeki - Piano

Lee Smith - Bass

Webb Thomas - Drums

Students from the University of the Arts, covering music that ranges from Etta James to Kayne West to Originals by Hannah.

Show times 8PM-Midnight

Featuring Donald Malloy & Wave Magnetik band & special guest, guitarist, Dave Allen.

STUDENTS GET A $5 TABLE CREDIT WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS TICKET ONLINE!

Kurt Rosenwinkel-Guitar, Voice

The Eric McGarry Quartet performs a variety of original compositions, along with selections from the jazz standard repertoire. Show times 8PM-Midnight ~ $10

STUDENTS GET A $5 TABLE CREDIT WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS TICKET ONLINE!

This high-energy group weaves a fusion of funk, hip-hop, RnB and more into a modern jazz context with groove and sophistication.

Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online. Valid ID required upon arrival.

SHOW TIMES 8PM-Midnight

The group consists of Jason Fraticelli-- Bass, Francois Zayas - percussion, John Swana - horns, and Chrissie Loftus - vocals

8PM - Midnight ~ $10

Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online!

There are a limited number of tickets available for purchase online.  If online tickets are sold out, please call to see if there is availability at 215-568-3131.

If you are interested in the show only, choose "Gen Adm" as your seating preference below.  We seat all General Admission customers on a first-come, first-served basis.  A $10 per person minimum is required at all tables.

If you would like to dine with us, because we strive for excellence in food & service, we only accept a limited number of reservations at the assigned times below.  The time you choose below will depend on your preference and our availability.  Thus if you select "5:30 res / 8:00 show" - that means you should expect to arrive at 5:30 for dinner and then see the 8:00 show.

*** Please note that if you arrive late for your reservation, we may not be able to seat you for dinner, and you may lose priority seating for the show.***

STUDENT DISCOUNT TICKETS REQUIRE PROOF OF VALID STUDENT ID AT THE DOOR OR FULL PRICE WILL BE CHARGED ON YOUR BILL

Special Guest, John Swana comes to Chris' Jazz Cafe for a night of celebration for Larry and Bootsie. Two of the most recognized names & saxophonists in Philadelphia. Join us as we celebrate them!

8PM - Midnight

Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online

David D'Arville on guitar, Brad Neely on bass, and Phil Arrington on drums.

7PM - 10PM ~ $10 Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online

Nate Hook featuring; Billy Test, Matt Keppler, Gusten Rudolph, and Paolo Cantarella (two drummers)

10PM - 2AM, $10 ~ $5 table credit for students who purchase their ticket online

Nathan Pence on bass and Matt Scarano on drums & Elijah Cole on guitar

8PM-Midnight ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online!

Farid Barron - piano

Mike Boone - bass

Byron Landham - drums

Lou Lanza - vocals

8PM-Midnight ~ $10, Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online.

Victor North takes the stage at Chris' for one night featuring guitarist, Craig Ebner

9PM - 11PM ~ $15

"Vocalist Joanna Pascale has an enviable commodity: a durable and pliant alto voice over which she has perfect control. Whether she is in a conversational mode, as on Valerie Brown's "Forget Me" or a slow walk through the Goffin/King classic "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," Pascale readily makes the lyrics real and her own in a comfortable and familiar way that tactilely feels like a favorite blanket... warm, sensual, satisfying."

- C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz

Saxophonist, Brian Woestehoff

One night only!!

8PM-Midnight

Entirely student-founded, the Philadelphia Ambassador Big Band's mission is to both rejuvenate the Philadelphia jazz big band scene and preserve the legacy and compositional genius of Duke Ellington and other legendary big band composers. The band features the most talented young musicians in the area and will perform regularly throughout the year at both our home base, the Philadelphia Clef Club, and various jazz venues and clubs around the city.

8PM - Midnight ~ Students get a $5 table credit when you purchase this ticket online

Walt & Ben will be releasing their individual CDs tonight

Show times 8PM & 10PM ~ $15

Bison's Big Bang started in 2012 as a graduate thesis project at Philadelphia's University of the Arts. The project continued on into the working band it is today beginning with their first album release, "Pure Imagination," in 2015. Led by saxophonist Brian Blaker, the group consists of members from other local Philly band staples (Swift Technique, iLL Doots, Killiam Shakespeare, etc.). Each performance is its own unique experience as the band places a heavy emphasis on each member's individuality in improvisation, composition and arranging. This culminates in a melting pot of influences drawing from jazz, rock, hip-hop and funk.

Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in Jazz. Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, His style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world. He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as well artists such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, who says of Kreisberg "He is a passionate musician with great vision, and he is constantly in fiery pursuit of innovation."

Featuring special guest saxophonist, Don Braden

$25 per show ~ 8PM & 10PM

Kevin Eubanks comes back to Chris' Jazz Cafe for a weekend of shows. Catch him Friday & Saturday as he takes the stage for 8PM ($35) & 10PM ($30) shows. This is a MUST NOT MISS event!!

**THESE SHOWS WILL SELL OUT**

Touring with his new recording ~ Long Way From Home

Cincotti has morphed genres and blended influences in a variety of ways, but his story currently unfolds over uncharted terrain on his new album Long Way From Home.

Show times - 8PM & 10PM
Admission: $30 per show

Brazilian music brings out the poet in the guitarist and vocalist Pizzarelli. Lighting on classic bossa nova, with assistance from the singer Jobim (the grandson of the Brazilian great Antonio Carlos Jobim), Pizzarelli basks in a tropical comfort zone that is as inspiring to him as the work of Sondheim or Ellington. In honor of Frank Sinatra’s centennial, Pizzarelli is also likely to invoke the late-sixties collaborations between Ol’ Blue Eyes and Jobim. ~ The New Yorker

Davina Sowers – Vocals/Piano/Ukulele

Zack Lozier – Trumpet/Vocals

Ben Link – Tromobne/Vocals

Connor McRae Hammergren – Drums/Vocals

Matt Blake – Upright Bass

DATV’s shows are filled with New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger, dark theatrical moments that evoke Kurt Weill, and tender gospel passages. Davina’s voice and stage presence defy category in a different way. Davina has been compared to Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and Betty Boop, but comparisons don’t suffice:Sowers is a true original.

The Pat Martino Quintet with Adam Niewood (tenor sax), Alex Norris (trumpet), Pat Bianchi (B3), Carmen Intorre (drums)

Pat comes home to Chris' for two nights with his organ quintet to celebrate his new CD. Don't miss this event, it will sell out!