TOUR DATES

2018

April 14, 2018 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works::
Mark Dresser solo bass set/ Mark Dresser w/ WORKS

https://bkcm.org/events/wide-open-works-mark-dresser/


April 26, 2018 - The David Oppenheim Music Center at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting presents:
ALL THE WORLD'S A SONG: SHAKESPEARE IN JAZZ
Jazz Vocalist Frederick Johnson with the Daniel Kelly Trio
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/161699131311640/ 
RSVP Link for FREE Tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10276111 

Thursday, April 26th at 7:00pm in Studio G
at the Stella Adler Studio located at 31 West 27th St, Floor 3
Free and open to the public!


Award-winning composer and pianist, Daniel Kelly and his trio brilliantly reinterpret texts from Shakespeare’s most beloved plays with powerhouse jazz vocalist Frederick Johnson.

Frederick & Daniel have been performing together for over ten years. When they make music together, the joy is contagious! Their performance will include the words of Shakespeare set to music and completely improvised songs created from words suggested by the audience. 

All the World’s a Song: Shakespeare in Jazz offers an engaging introduction to the master’s work while offering exciting new interpretations for Shakespeare aficionados.

Engaging, enlivening and thought-provoking for audiences of all ages. Audiences will sing along with songs from Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Hamlet and more!

No late seating! 


April 27, 2018 - All the World's a Song: Shakespeare in Jazz school performance, Newark, NJ


May 5, 2018 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works:
Museum of the Infinite by Daniel Kelly - an 8-movement suite
inspired by the poetry of Paul Pines performed by the 7-piece chamber jazz ensemble Wide Open

PAST DATES

April 10, 2018 - All the World's a Song: Shakespeare in Jazz school performance, Newark, NJ

March 27-29, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez at SUNY Purchase - Purchase, NY

March 10, 2018 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works:
Blind Visionaries: The Seeing with Photography Collective & Daniel Kelly Trio

March 5, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez - McCallum Theatre - Palm Desert, CA

Feb 26-27, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez at Peace Center for the Performing Arts, 
Greenville, SC

Feb 23-24, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez - Bermuda

Feb 6, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 
Edmonds, WA

Feb 5, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez at Numerica Performing Arts Center, 
Wenatchee, WA

Feb 3, 2018 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works:
Joe Lovano & Judi Silvano w/ WORKS Quartet

Jan 29-30, 2018 - w/ David Gonzalez at Page Theatre - Winona, MN

12/9/2017 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works:
New WORKS Ensemble

12/2/2017 - Daniel Kelly & Frederick Johnson - Julia Butterfield Library, Cold Spring, NY; 4-6pm

11/28-30/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Tennessee Performing Arts Center, 
Nashville, TN

11/13/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts - Burlington, VT

11/9/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Hempstead Hall - Hope, AR

10/23-26/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Smith Center for the Performing Arts - Las Vegas, NV

10/21/2017 - Connection Works/Wide Open Works:
Billy Mintz Two Bass Band & WORKS w Masa Kamaguchi

10/15-16/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH

10/5/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at California State University - Chico, CA

9/29-30/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at The Ordway - St. Paul, MN

7/17/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez @ Lincoln Center Education, NYC

7/19/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez @ Lincoln Center Education, NYC

7/13/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Strings Music Festival - Steamboat Springs, CO

6/15/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at McCallum Theatre - Palm Desert, CA

6/9/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Aha Humanities Festival - Cleveland, OH

5/11/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Smith Opera House - Geneva, NY

5/6/2017 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open presents:
Thomas Chapin Tribute with Mario Pavone, Michael Sarin & friends

4/26/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at San Luis Obispo Perfoming Arts Center
- San Luis Obispo, CA

4/23/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Irvine Barclay Center - Irvine, CA

4/20/2017 - RAKONTO at Dolly Hand Performing Arts Center - Belle Glade, FL

4/6/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts - Brooklyn, NY

4/1/2017 - RAKONTO at Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open

3/28-30/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark, NJ

3/7/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Mahawie Performing Arts Center - Great Barrington, MA

3/4/2017 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open presents:
Lee Konitz Quartet

3/2/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Portland Ovations - Portland, Maine

2/18-19-2017 -w/ Koehler & Kelly at Dance Flurry - Saratoga Springs, NY

2/4/2017 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open -Brooklyn, NY

1/30-2/1/2017 - RAKONTO interviews in Belle Glade, FL

1/18/2017 - RAKONTO: Voices of the Valley performance - Forbes Center for the Performing Arts - Harrisonburg, VA

1/11-12/2017 - w/ David Gonzalez at Peace Center for the Performing Arts - Greenville, SC

2016

12/10/2016 - w/ WORKS + Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown
Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open - Brooklyn, NY

11/26/2016 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open - Brooklyn, NY

11/13/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez at Charles W. Eisemann Center - Richardson, TX

11/10/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - Whitewater, WI

11/5/2016 - w/David Gonzalez at Millersville University - Millersville, PA

10/27/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez at Clemson University - Clemson, SC

10/22/2016 - w/ WORKS + Sarah Elizabeth Charles & Lonnie Plaxico
Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open - Brooklyn, NY

10/15/2106 - w/ David Gonzalez at Reg Lenna Center for the Arts - Jamestown, NY

9/21-24/2016 - RAKONTO interviews in Harrisonburg, VA

9/10/2016 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Rent Party featuring:
Marty Ehrlich, Noah Preminger, Kris Davis, Scott Robinson, 
Dave Scott, Briggan Krauss, Owen Howard, Brian Drye, Kenny Wessel, 
Peck Allmond, Matt Pavolka, Tammy Scheffer, Carlo De Rosa, Paul Carlon, 
Anders Nilsson, Adam Kolker, Melissa Stylianou, 
Tony Romano, Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia

7/21/2016 - Clayton, New York - RAKONTO: Voices of Clayton performance

6/22/2016 - w/ Don Byron at Bang on a Can Gala, NYC

6/3/2016- RAKONTO: Voices of South Memphis & Orange Mound at Halloran Centre - Memphis, TN

5/17/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez - Buffalo, NY

5/14/2016 - RAKONTO at Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open

5/3/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez - Reg Lenna Center - Jamestown, NY

4/23/2016 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open

4/1/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez - Long Island, NY

3/31/2016 - w/ David Gonzalez - Long Island, NY

3/19/2016 - RAKONTO: Voices of Coe performance - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

3/12/2016 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open presents:
WORKS with Scott Colley

2/20/2016 - Connection Works/Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open presents:
WORKS with Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown

2/2-4/2016 - RAKONTO interviews - Memphis, TN

2015

Dec 15 - Melbourne, Florida - w/ David Gonzalez

Dec 14 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - w/ David Gonzalez

Dec 8-11 - East Lansing, Michigan - Student Songwriting Residency in East Lansing schools

Dec 5 - Gillette Wyoming - Rakonto: Voices of Campbell County performance

Nov 21 - Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open

Nov 10-14 - Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Rakonto Residency

Nov 5 - Chico, California - w/ David Gonzalez

Oct 17 - Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open - Ornette Coleman Tribute concert - WORKS w/ Coleman alumni Kenny Wessel & Brad Jones

Oct 14 - Wilmington, Delaware - w/ David Gonzalez

Oct 8 - Melbourne, Florida - w/ David Gonzalez

Oct 7 - Clemson, South Carolina - w/ David Gonzalez

Oct 4 - Richmond, Virginia - w/ David Gonzalez

Sept 23-26 - Gillette, Wyoming - Rakonto Residency

Sunday 9/20/2015- 2:45-4:15pm
WORKS (Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia) with special guest Joe Lovano

5/28-29/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez State Theatre - New Brunswick, NJ 

Saturday 5/9/2015  - 7-9pm Daniel Kelly Trio with The Seeing With Photography Collective Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY

5/2/2015 – WORKS octet

4/23-24/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark, NJ

4/21/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at Aronoff Center - Cinncinati, OH

4/11/2015 – Charlie Haden Tribute: Scott Colley w/ WORKS

4/7-9/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez - University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana

3/16-21/2105 – w/ David Gonzalez- Anchorage, Alaska

3/7/2015  – Joe Lovano with WORKS (Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia)

2/17-19/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at Iowa Performing Arts Center - Des Moines, IA

2/7/2015 – Gretchen Koehler/Daniel Kelly "The Waxwing" CD Release & Rob Garcia 4

2/6/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at Wharton Center - East Lansing, MI

1/29-30/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez - Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa, OK

1/20/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center - Appleton, WI

1/17/2015 – w/ David Gonzalez at Forbes Center - Harrisonburg, VA

2014

12/3-4/2014- w/ David Gonzalez at Orpheum Theater - Memphis, TN

12/2/2014 – w/ David Gonzalez at Portland Ovations/University of Southern Maine

11/14/2014 – w/ David Gonzalez at Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center - Belle Glade, FL

11/8/2014 –  NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown Duo;WORKS (Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia) with Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown

10/20-24/2014 – w/ David Gonzalez - Bucks County Performing Arts Center

10/4/2014 – Evening of solo performances with Daniel Kelly, Michel Gentile, Rob Garcia, Scott Robinson & special guest

9/26/2014 – w/ David Gonzalez at Reif Center - Grand Rapids, MN

8/30/2014 – w/ Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz - National Yiddish Theatre, Westhampton, NY