The Dick’s Den Wednesday Residency program continues strong into the summer with an eclectic and provocative installment led by bassist Ben “Silky” Johnson. A veteran of numerous Columbus bands of numerous descriptions, including his own appropriately-titled Insane Jazz Posse, Johnson has used these connections to assemble a lineup of someContinue Reading
The June calendar brings another great jazz-focused installment of the Wednesday night Dick’s Den residency, this time courtesy of saxophonist Alex Burgoyne. Each show starts around 10pm and cover is $5. Burgoyne has scheduled an exciting month of shows with many of his frequent (and new) collaborators, and was kindContinue Reading
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Columbus Trombonist Evan Oberla out and about. This past summer Evan toured as part of the horn section of the popular band O.A.R and now Evan is back in Columbus performing with a variety of bands. This Wednesday Evan makes his return toContinue Reading
The final Ruby’s Jam hosted by Trombonist Evan Oberla will take place this Tuesday, March 29th at Ruby Tuesday at 1978 Summit St, in Columbus. Evan has hosted the jam since May of 2009, and this will be the final hurrah aptly named the “RubyJam Ultimate Final Showdown!”. Join EvanContinue Reading
For at least the past year and longer, local Trombone player Evan Oberla has hosted a Tuesday night jam session at Ruby Tuesday on Summit. While the jams weren’t always specifically “jazz” jams, there were many seasoned jazz musicians showing up and playing every week including the talented Oberla himself.Continue Reading
The RFG Quintet returns to Dick’s Den this Friday after a bit of a hiatus from regular performances around Columbus. The group, which has been together for four years, is led by trombonist Evan Oberla and also features Kevin O’Neill on tenor, soprano and flute, keyboardist Matteo Amburgy, bassist NateContinue Reading