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mahaloJazz is a flexible musical group offering ensemble music - jazz, bopHop! and otherwise. We present the jazz in our unique bopHop! fashion (dance-til-you-drop bebop and more) or just solid straight ahead, from the delicious melodies of George Gershwin and Cole Porter to the sophisticated tunes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. The otherwise includes other music outside and in between, including R&B, reggae, pop, bossa. We have huge fun playing it all...

music for chillin' • swingin' • dancin' • groovin' • makin' you happy

music for in-the-corner background • in-your-face foreground • small gatherings • blow-out-once-in-a-lifetime parties

all offered in a wide variety of configurations (quartet or more, trio, duo, solo) for any occasion, depending on your needs and budget

mJ1 + : ambiance

delightful background music

mJ2 + : conversation

live improvised music

mJ3 + : bopHop! + tap dance and more

marrying bebop, R&B, funk and pop and making it hot

mahaloJazz and bopHop!

mJ4 + : stoked for smokin’

steaming straight-ahead and not-so-straight jazz

mahaloJazz smokin' at The Station! 12.18.2011

mahaloJazz in the house! 02.20.2011

check out the videos above and the recordings below

give us a shout and we'll discuss...

we're not yet set up to offer music for purchase...in the meantime, please enjoy streaming the music...

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1.	stoked for smokin'! 10.09.2011 The Station 2nd set	Play	stoked for smokin'! 10.09.2011 The Station 2nd set Credits Brad Maiani, guitar Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Casey Toll, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This is a recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at The Station at Southern Rail in Carrboro NC. 01 Tokyo Blues 02 Beautiful Love 03 Good Bait 04 Let's Cool One 05 I Mean You 06 Solar/Caravan Total time: 41:44 Info
2.	stoked for smokin'! 10.09.2011 The Station 1st set	Play	stoked for smokin'! 10.09.2011 The Station 1st set Credits Brad Maiani, guitar Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Casey Toll, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This is a recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at The Station at Southern Rail in Carrboro NC. 01 Straight, No Chaser 02 Ladybird 03 Minority 04 All The Things You Are 05 Alone Together 06 Monk's Dream 07 Valse Hot 08 Misterioso 09 Cherokee Total time: 01:02:16 Info
3.	stoked for smokin'! 12.18.2011 The Station 1st set	Play	stoked for smokin'! 12.18.2011 The Station 1st set Credits Brad Maiani, guitar Jeff Brown, saxophones Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Robbie Link, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This is a recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at The Station at Southern Rail in Carrboro NC. 01 Birk's Works 02 Let's Cool One 03 Straight, No Chaser 04 Ask Me Now 05 Funkallero 06 Love Vibrations 07 Moanin' 08 Alone Together 09 Solar/Caravan Total time: 57:35 Info
4.	stoked for smokin'! 12.18.2011 The Station 2nd set	Play	stoked for smokin'! 12.18.2011 The Station 2nd set Credits Brad Maiani, guitar Jeff Brown, saxophones Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Robbie Link, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This is a recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at The Station at Southern Rail in Carrboro NC. 01 God Bless The Child 02 Rhythm-N-Ning 03 Minority 04 Soul Eyes 05 Black Nile 06 I Mean You 07 Tadd's Delight Total time: 46:19 Info
5.	11.12.2011 DeVine house party 1st set	Play	11.12.2011 DeVine house party 1st set Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor saxophone Jimmy Michel, tenor saxophone Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Robbie Link, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This recording was done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder at a house party in Carrboro NC. 01 All Blues 02 All The Things You Are 03 Alice In Wonderland 04 Black Orpheus 05 Ornithology 06 Angel Eyes 07 Now's The Time Total time: 56:08 Info
6.	11.12.2011 DeVine house party 2nd set	Play	11.12.2011 DeVine house party 2nd set Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor saxophone Jimmy Michel, tenor saxophone Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Robbie Link, upright bass TJ Maiani, drums Notes This recording was done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder at a house party in Carrboro NC. 01 There Is No Greater Love 02 Body and Soul 03 Beautiful Love 04 So What/Impressions 05 God Bless The Child 06 Solar 07 Stella By Starlight 08 Oleo Total time: 01:09:13 Info
7.	bopHop! 03.17.2011 FullSteam Brewery	Play	bopHop! 03.17.2011 FullSteam Brewery Credits Jeff Brown, saxophones Alison Weiner, keyboard/vocals Doug Largent, electric bass David Shore, drums Notes This is a recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at FullSteam Brewery in Durham NC. 01 Solar 02 Bemsha Swing/St. Thomas 03 Day Tripper/Let's Cool One 04 Well, You Needn't 05 Cissy Strut/Sandu/Love The One You're With 06 Groovin' High 07 Everywhere I Go/Hot House 08 Dig 09 Funkallero 10 Goin' Back to New Orleans/Daahoud 11 Joy Spring 12 'Round Midnight 13 On Green Dolphin Street/ Yardbird Suite 14 Comin' Home Baby/I Heard It Through The Grapevine Total time: 01:15:08 Info
8.	02.20.2011 DeVine house concert 1st set	Play	02.20.2011 DeVine house concert 1st set Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor sax Noah Powell, vocals Alison Weiner, piano/melodica Robbie Link, upright bass Beverly Botsford, drums/percussion Notes This is the complete first set, recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance in Carrboro NC. 01 Straight, No Chaser 02 Minority 03 Beautiful Love 04 Sugar 05 God Bless The Child 06 I Got The World On A String 07 I Remember You 08 Parker's Mood Total time: 58:52 The Invite mahaloJazz in the house! It's a VERY special do-I-see-daffodils house concert in Carrboro NC! It needs to be said that this sort of thing doesn’t happen every day... • saxophonist Rochelle Frederick is coming from FL to check out the NC scene • Durham’s Noah Powell returns to performing, channeling the likes of Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson • And, pinch me now, masters of their crafts, bassist Robbie Link and percussionist Beverly Botsford are coming for the fun and yes, it’s a school night, but we promise it will be a wonderful way to end this week and bring in the next one Pass the word and please come join us! suggested admission $10 Info
9.	02.20.2011 DeVine house concert 2nd set	Play	02.20.2011 DeVine house concert 2nd set Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor sax Noah Powell, vocals Alison Weiner, piano/vocals/melodica Robbie Link, upright bass Beverly Botsford, drums/percussion/melodica Jim Roberts, percussion (Song For My Father) Notes This is the complete first set, recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance in Carrboro NC. 01 Ladybird 02 On A Misty Night 03 Sandu 04 That's All 05 Oleo 06 April In Paris 07 'Round Midnight 08 How High The Moon/Ornithology 09 Song For My Father Total time: 01:10:38 Info
10.	06.18.2010 CottonWood Jazz 3	Play	06.18.2010 CottonWood Jazz 3 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, soprano and tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the complete concert, recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at CottonWood Farm in Graham NC. 01 Birks Works 02 This I Dig Of You 03 Alone Together (featuring Susan Cohen) 04 It's May, Baby 05 Solar 06 Embraceable You 07 Cherokee 08 Please Send Me Someone To Love 09 Blue and Green 10 How Deep Is The Ocean 11 Whisper Not 12 The Lamp Is Low (featuring Susan Cohen) 13 I Mean You 14 Summertime 15 Time After Time 16 When You're Smiling Total time: 1:30:11 Info
11.	06.19.2009 CottonWood Jazz 2	Play	06.19.2009 CottonWood Jazz 2 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Kate Briner, vocals Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the complete concert, recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at CottonWood Farm in Graham NC. 01 Funkallero 02 All The Things You Are 03 Someday My Prince Will Come 04 Manha De Carnaval (featuring Kate Briner) 05 Well, You Needn't (It's Over Now) (featuring Kate Briner) 06 Beautiful Love 07 Moment's Notice 08 Come Runnin' 09 Bemsha Swing 10 You Must Believe In Spring 11 What Is This Thing Called Love? 12 For All Time 13 Four (featuring Susan Cohen) 14 Smile 15 Body and Soul 16 There Will Never Be Another You 17 At Last Total time: 1:37:35 Info
12.	06.13.2008 CottonWood Jazz 1	Play	06.13.2008 CottonWood Jazz 1 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, soprano and tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Notes This is the complete concert, recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the live performance at CottonWood Farm in Graham NC. 01 Tokyo Blues 02 Chi Chi 03 One Note Samba 04 My Romance/I Remember You 05 In Walked Bud 06 Dig 07 Centerpiece 08 Dolphin Dance 09 Fotografia 10 Joy Spring 11 The Nearness of You 12 Up Jumped Spring 13 Ladybird 14 'Round Midnight 15 I Got Rhythm/Oleo 16 In A Mellow Tone 17 That's All Total time: 1:47:34 Info
13.	06.18.2010 CottonWood Jazz 3 sampler	Play	06.18.2010 CottonWood Jazz 3 sampler Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, soprano and tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Notes From the quartet's live performance on 18 June 2010 at CottonWood Farm in Graham NC. 01. Birk's Works 02. Solar 03. Cherokee 04. Please Send Me Somebody To Love Total time 4:32 Info

Tracks 1 through 4 are stoked for smokin'! - straight ahead jazz with no apologies! Track 7 is bopHop! live with the quartet! Tracks 8 through 12 are recordings of our house concerts in Carrboro and Graham NC. Next best thing to being there! Except maybe for our slide show video of our 02.20.2011 event, featuring Nic Beery's fabulous photo recollection, which you can see here. Track 13 is the 4-minute sampler of the June 2010 concert.

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1.	bopHop! trio studio sampler	Play	bopHop! trio studio sampler Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Doug Largent, acoustic bass David Shore, drums Notes Recorded 09 November 2010 at studioMahalo in Carrboro NC. 01. Celia 02. Joy Spring 03. Cherokee 04. Well, You Needn't 05. Confirmation 06. Funkallero Total time 27:04 Info
2.	bopHop! sampler of the studio sampler	Play	bopHop! sampler of the studio sampler Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Doug Largent, acoustic bass David Shore, drums Notes Recorded 09 November 2010 at studioMahalo in Carrboro NC. 01. Funkallero 02. Well, You Needn't 03. Cherokee 04. Joy Spring 05. Confirmation Total time 4:15 Info
3.	09.26.10 Carrboro Music Festival	Play	09.26.10 Carrboro Music Festival Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Doug Largent, acoustic bass Ed Butler, drums Notes This is a live recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the trio's evening performance at the ArtsCenter. 01. Solar 02. Dig 03. Embraceable You 04. Someday My Prince Will Come 05. How High The Moon/Ornithology 06. Beautiful Love 07. 'Round Midnight 08. Come Running Total time 38:22 Info

As mentioned above, we can offer a wide variety of music. The sampler features our bopHop music: bebop with a funk/R&B/New Orleans twist. We take the wonderful melodies of Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Clifford Brown and make you want to dance to them!

The sampler of the sampler is the 4-minute version of the 27-minute recording, completed in November 2010.

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1.	03.24.2011 Irregardless Cafe 1	Play	03.24.2011 Irregardless Cafe 1 Credits Alison Weiner, piano/vocals Doug Largent, upright bass Notes This is a live recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the duo's performance. 01. All The Things You Are 02. Bemsha Swing 03. Black Orpheus 04. Celia 05. Someday My Prince Will Come 06. 'Deed I Do 07. One Note Samba 08. Solar 09. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 10. Beautiful Love 11. How Deep Is The Ocean 12. A Beautiful Friendship Total time 57:47 Info
2.	03.24.2011 Irregardless Cafe 2	Play	03.24.2011 Irregardless Cafe 2 Credits Alison Weiner, piano/vocals Doug Largent, upright bass Notes This is a live recording, done with a Zoom H2 digital recorder, of the duo's performance. 01. Angel Eyes 02. Body and Soul 03. I Mean You 04. Joy Spring 05. I Remember You 06. In A Mellow Tone 07. Come Runnin' 08. Dig 09. Alone Together 10. I Want To Be Happy 11. I Got Rhythm Total time 53:42 Info
3.	sampler of the studio sampler	Play	sampler of the studio sampler Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Doug Largent, acoustic bass Notes Recorded 01 October 2010 at studioMahalo in Carrboro NC. 01. Body and Soul 02. 'Deed I Do 03. Someday My Prince Will Come 04. Embraceable You 05. Beautiful Love Total time 3:42 Info
4.	duo studio sampler	Play	duo studio sampler Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Doug Largent, acoustic bass Notes Recorded 01 October 2010 at studioMahalo in Carrboro NC. 01. Body and Soul 02. Beautiful Love 03. 'Deed I Do 04. Someday My Prince Will Come 05. Embraceable You Total time 20:54 Info

Though we enjoy the more, the merrier approach to music making, often a duo is about all there is room for, and we have great fun offering it.

The sampler of the sampler is the 4-minute version of the 20-minute recording, completed in October 2010.

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solo studio sampler

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The mics were already set up for the trio recording, so Alison went ahead and played some solo tunes.

mahaloJazz and Noah Powell

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03.18.2011 Beyu Caffé

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mahaloJazz and Chloe Dolandis

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1.	Spanish River Library 09.13.09	Play				Spanish River Library 09.13.09 Credits selections recorded 09.13.09 at the Spanish River Library in Boca Raton Chloe Dolandis, vocals Alison Weiner, piano Bill Noftsinger, bass Matt Crowning, drums 1. Body and Soul 2. Besame Mucho 3. Lullaby of Birdland 4. Cherokee 5. L-O-V-E 6. Over The Rainbow 7. There Will Never Be Another You total time 32:32 Info
2.	studio sampler 08.16.09	Play				studio sampler 08.16.09 Credits recorded 08.16.09 Chloe Dolandis, vocals Alison Weiner, piano Bill Noftsinger, bass 1. Lullaby of Birdland 2. S'Wonderful 3. Over The Rainbow 4. Cherokee total time 11:10 Info

The Recital

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1.	Introduction by Dave Hammer	Play
2.	Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most/Lush Life	Play	Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most/Lush Life Credits Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most music by Tommy Wolf (c)1955 Lush Life music by Billy Strayhorn (c)1949 original arrangement by Alison Weiner Info
3.	Someday My Prince Will Come	Play	Someday My Prince Will Come Credits music by Frank Churchill (c)1937 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Bill Evans) Info
4.	Shorter Better	Play	Shorter Better Credits music by Alison Weiner (c)2007 Info
5.	trio improvisation	Play	trio improvisation Credits an entirely spontaneous performance by Alison Weiner, Rob Rimmington and Matt Crowning Info
6.	Body and Soul	Play	Body and Soul Credits music by John Green lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton (c)1930 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Chick Corea) Info
7.	All The Things You Are	Play	All The Things You Are Credits music by Jerome Kern (c)1939 Info
8.	Four	Play	Four Credits music by Miles Davis lyrics by Jon Hendricks (c)1963 Info
9.	St. Louis Blues	Play	St. Louis Blues Credits music by W.C. Handy (c)1914 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Herbie Hancock) Info

An ensemble performance at FAU University Theatre on 11.09.07 featuring jazz standards and original works. Thanks very much to Rob Rimmington for remixing the recording!

jazz with a jewish twist...

Steinway Piano Gallery 12.13.09

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Feb 12 5:00p-8:00p	Carrboro, NC The Station at Southern Rail
Feb 17	Immaculata, PA Adventures in Improvisation at Immaculata University
Feb 18	Immaculata, PA Adventures in Improvisation at Immaculata University