Bethel Jazz – Library Jazz Band 17 Pc BIG BAND Swings

Doors open at 6:00pm. Try to be seated by 6:30pm to have your dinner order taken. Showtime begins at 7:00pm when we transform the space into a theater.

Out of respect for the performers and other patrons, please keep talking to a whisper during the performance.

Very Limited Occupancy. Tables seating 2, 4, 5 guests, with tables for 6, 8, 12 available upon request. Single, general admission tickets are also available. See The Attached Seating Chart. Admission Is $15.00 - $25.00 Per Person, Ticket prices may be higher for special performances. Having problems with the ticketing system? Call 203-247-4273

Parking: Please park in LaZingara’s lot or on Greenwood Ave. or School Street. Please avoid parking in P.T. Barnum Square.

Check out the band:

Library Jazz Band is a 17 piece jazz collective from Yonkers and Southern Westchester, bringing to life the great classics of all eras of big band jazz. Founded in 2022, the band made a big splash last summer with its homage to Steve Wonder’s Innervisions Album on its 50th Anniversary with a program featuring original arrangements by members of the band.

For summer 2024, we bring you BIG BAND Small Screen, a smorgasboard of great tunes, earworms, and big band classics, all of them tunes we have seen and loved on the “small” screen as television or cartoon music, often written by some of the biggest names in big band writing, including Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones, and Lalo Schiffrin. Tunes on the program include Bewitched, The Simpsons, Rockford Files, Batman, and much more.

Library Jazz Band members are outstanding musicians, composers, arrangers, and educators, who happen to enjoy the thrill of playing in a big band. All members of our band are soloists! But here are some selected bios of the band:

Sarah Jane Cion, piano

Sarah is a 1st Place Winner of the internationally acclaimed 17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition, whose judges were Horace Silver, Kenny Barron, Ellis Marsalis, Benny Green and Bill Charlap. Ms. Cion’s trio has performed in Japan at the prestigious Fukuoka Blue Note and Sarah appeared on the Nationally syndicated NPR radio show “Piano Jazz“ with Marian McPartland. Most recently, her songs “Cat in the Hat” and “Golden Song” were featured respectively in Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Mule in 2018 and Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Golden Song in Thor: The Dark World.

Rob Susman, trombone

“Susman’s scorching, percussive trombone energy...the perfect hypnotic and feisty representation…” –The JW Vibe

Rob Susman is a trombonist and bandleader, co-leader of Funk Shui NYC; and most recently of the new nonet, Top Secret Lab. Rob has performed with The Allman Brothers, Christina Aguilera, Ashford and Simpson, Frankie Avalon, Marshall Crenshaw, Neil Diamond, Jay and the Americans, Chaka Kahn, Darlene Love, Idina Menzel, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Neil Sedaka, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Ronnie Spector, Steve Van Zandt, Benny Golson, Clark Terry, Tito Puente, Branford Marsalis, Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Orchestra, and The Duke Ellington Legacy.

Mike Rubino, Alto saxophone, flute, clarinet

Mike has been Chair of the Music Department for the Hastings-on-Hudson School District for over 30 years. His performing credits include playing with the Buddy Rich Band and recording with Lionel Hampton.

Jenny Hill, Tenor saxophone

Jenny Hill is a composer, arranger, and performer and also leads her own band Liquid Horn, a jazz sextet featuring her own compositions. She is currently a member of Lioness, an all-female jazz sextet that has a new release, Pride and Joy, out on Posi-Tone Records.

Jordan Hirsch, trumpet

Jordan is a NYC based professional trumpet player, who performs in a wide variety of styles. He performed in the critically acclaimed NY Off-Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof.