TUES 8-11pm Jam Session. House Band Set - Ed Cherry, Ugonna Okegwo, Diego Voglino
About This Event
Bar Bayeux presents a house-band jam set featuring guitarist Ed Cherry, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and improviser Diego Voglino. Cherry brings decades of mainstream-jazz experience, including a long collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie and regular Smalls appearances, while Voglino contributes a late-night free-improv sensibility and a responsiveness shaped by work with Ethan Iverson and Matt Penman.
About the Artists
Ed Cherry
Step into the vibrant world of jazz with Ed Cherry, a masterful guitarist whose soulful performances captivate audiences at New York City's iconic Smalls Jazz Club. Renowned for his dynamic style and rich musical history, Cherry has shared the stage with jazz legends, including his long-time collaboration with the legendary Dizzy Gillespie.
Ugonna Okegwo
Ugonna Okegwo is a German-Nigerian bassist and composer working in New York City’s jazz and free-improvisation circles. At Bar Bayeux, he appears regularly with house-band lineups that have included Victor Gould, Diego Voglino, Ed Cherry, Bill McHenry, and Adam Birnbaum, moving between standards and open forms as the room shifts into a jam session.
Diego Voglino
Diego Voglino is a jazz and free-improvisation musician heard around New York City late-night sets, including appearances at Bar Bayeux. In the venue’s jam-session orbit, he has worked alongside pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Matt Penman in house-band lineups that move between standards, open forms, and spontaneous structures.