1997 Gigs

January

• None

February

• Jerry “Iceman” Butler (Blues Alley)
• The Yellow Jackets (Blues Alley)

March

• Dianne Reeves (Blues Alley)
• Mark Whitfield Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Melba Moore (Blues Alley)

April

• Ralph Peterson & Fo’tet (Blues Alley)
• Stanley Turrentine Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Benny Green Trio (Blues Alley)

May

• Jerry Gordon Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Nicholas Payton Quintet feat. Doc Cheatham (Blues Alley)

June

• Kenny Garrett Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Jean Carne (Blues Alley)
• George Colligan Trio (Blues Alley)
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio (Blues Alley)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater (Blues Alley)

July

• Monty Alexander Trio (Blues Alley)
• Jon Lucien (Blues Alley)
• Buck Hill Quartet (Blues Alley)

August

• Dick Morgan Trio (Blues Alley)
• Lenny Robinson, Paul Bollenback & Joey DeFrancesco (Blues Alley)
• Stanley Jordan (solo) (Blues Alley)
• Antonio Hart Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Wynton Marsalis Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Ron Holloway Quintet (Blues Alley)

September

• Wallace Roney Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Stanley Turrentine Quintet (Blues Alley)

October

• Don Braden Quartet (Blues Alley)
• McCoy Tyner Trio (Blues Alley)
• Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition – Semi-Finals (Kennedy Center)

November

• Marcus Roberts Trio (Blues Alley)
• Ronnie Wells (Blues Alley)

December

• Trio feat. Joshua Redman,b Christian McBride & Brian Blade (Blues Alley)
• Bob James Trio (Blues Alley)
• Terell Stafford Quartet (Blues Alley)