Sunday Evening With Brian Charette & Melanie Scholtz at The Falcon

"Charette weighs the ageless objective of soul-jazz with a trace of restless modernity- Nate Chinen / The New York Times

"A master of space and time" - Josh Jackson / WBGO NYC

"Reliably burning."- Bill Milkowski / Jazz Times

"Just the right proportions of refinement and rambunctiousness." - Chris Barton / LA Times

"Baby....... you a Bad Motorcycle!" Legendary Soul Drummer / Bernard Purdie

A Brief History of Charette and Scholtz...artists from very different ends of the musical spectrum, brought together by fate. The two met as colleages in Prague, Czech Republic where they were both teaching at Jesek Conservatory. For years Charette played piano for Scholtz, but as fate would have it, the duo became a couple. Now happily married, The Charettes, who rarely perform together, will perform an evening of uplifting standards and Bossa Novas. ...

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"Charette weighs the ageless objective of soul-jazz with a trace of restless modernity- Nate Chinen / The New York Times

"A master of space and time" - Josh Jackson / WBGO NYC

"Reliably burning."- Bill Milkowski / Jazz Times

"Just the right proportions of refinement and rambunctiousness." - Chris Barton / LA Times

"Baby....... you a Bad Motorcycle!" Legendary Soul Drummer / Bernard Purdie

A Brief History of Charette and Scholtz...artists from very different ends of the musical spectrum, brought together by fate. The two met as colleages in Prague, Czech Republic where they were both teaching at Jesek Conservatory. For years Charette played piano for Scholtz, but as fate would have it, the duo became a couple. Now happily married, The Charettes, who rarely perform together, will perform an evening of uplifting standards and Bossa Novas.

"B-3 stylist... jazz scholar and glitzy entertainer, Charette is a burning soloist who understands the tradition of the Hammond B-3 as well its future—just as certainly as he understands his place in that lineage — Downbeat Magazine

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