Bria Skonberg Quartet to Sizzle at Hot Jazz/Cool Garden Gig at Armstrong House on July 19th

Bria Skonberg is on fire! The trumpeter/vocalist/composer was recently nominated as “Up and Coming Jazz Artist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists’ Association and she won a New York Bistro Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist.” A Canadian transplant who can hula-hoop while playing, Skonberg (above) has performed as a bandleader and guest artist at more than 50 jazz festivals in North America, Europe, China, and Japan and headlined at Symphony Space, Birdland, and Dizzy’s. (Hmmm, if she keeps this up she’ll be compared to Satchmo soon.) On July 19th, Skonberg’s quartet will perform at Satchmo’s former residence, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, as part of the venue’s Hot Jazz/Cool Garden summer concert series. In addition to great music and Skonberg’s pure, playful and sultry voice, attendees will be served Armstrong’s favorite dish, red beans ‘n’ rice, and sweet tea.

Details: Bria Skonberg Quartet, Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th Street, Corona, July 19th, 2 pm, $18 in advance, includes a pass to tour the house which is valid for six months ($20 at the door without house pass.).

More information on the Hot Jazz/Cool Garden series is on the jump page. 

Gordon Au & The Grand Street Stompers (below) will perform at the Armstrong House on August 16th at 2 pm. This New York-based hot jazz band revives the New Orleans-style music of the 1920s onward. Vintage jazz tunes are their mainstay, but they also crank out jazzy versions of classical, Disney, TV, film, and even pop songs, as well as their originals. After the Stompers, the next big thing at the Armstrong House is the block party on August 21st.

Top photo: Bria Skonberg FB; bottom photo: Louis Armstrong House Museum