Bernhard Haaks Quintet

Roscoe’s Room welcomes the Bernhard Haaks Quintet. $15 cover at the door.

Percussionist Haaks, a native of Bruckmuehl, Germany, has studied African drumming in Ghana as played at jazz clubs in and around New York City with his Blue Moon Ensemble. Playing with him are Hardin Butcher on trumpet (lead trumpet for the Artie Shaw Orchestra and Cecilia Coleman Big Band, he toured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 2003 to 2011), Pete Levin on piano (a jazz and pop keyboardist/arranger who has played with everyone from Paul Simon and Annie Lennox to Miles Davis, Gil Evans and Jimmy Giuffre) and Don Miller on bass. (Miller has traveled the world performing and recording with a diverse range of artists, from Dizzy Gillespie and Tony Bennett to Britney Spears.)

Spend some time with the Bernhard Haaks Quartet in Roscoe’s Room. Percussionist Haaks, a native German, has studied African drumming in Ghana, has played at jazz clubs in and around New York City with his Blue Moon Ensemble and has worked extensively with Master Guitarist, Mr. Al DeFino ( Frank Sinatra a.o), Dutch Jazz Diva Saskia Laroo, pianist Eri Yamamoto a.o. . Playing with him are Hardin Butcher on trumpet (lead trumpet for the Artie Shaw Orchestra and  for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 2003 to 2011, lead trumpet for the Radio Music Hall Christmas Spectacle), Saxophonist Ken Gioffre ( has worked with B.B. King, Tito Puente, Dr. John, Cab Calloway, The Temptations, Nancy Willson and many others). Pete Levin on piano has worked  with everyone from Paul Simon and Annie Lennox to Miles Davis, Gil Evans ( 15 years ).,Jimmy Guiffre , the New York Philharmonic a. o  and Don Miller on bass. Miller has traveled the world performing and recording with a diverse range of artists, from Dizzy Gillespie and Tony Bennett to ‘NSync ( as musical director and bassist). $10 cover at the door.