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Evening worship with contemporary prose, poetry, scripture reading and amazing jazz music in our church lounge this time featuring The Joe Rizzolo Trio..

Come and celebrate God as we do a new thing in the spirit of Psalm 150.

 Dr. Ardie Walser as singer, pianist and songwriter, was a member of the award winning vocal trio BLACK TIE, two-time winners of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Club (MAC) Award for Outstanding Vocal Group and the winners of the Bistro Awards for Outstanding Vocal Group and Best New York Debut. With Black Tie he has shared the stage with the likes of Melba Moore at Carnegie Hall; Sylvia Sims and Ann Hampton Callaway at Town Hall; and Noel Pointer at Avery Fisher Hall; and performed on radio and appeared on a number of TV shows such as The Joan Rivers Show. He has recorded with a wide range of artists from cabaret to pop including – Jazz Composer, Anke Helfrich; Cabaret Artist, Natalie Douglas; Salsa Singer, Michael Stuart; and Salsa Star, Marc Anthony. 

Joe Rizzolo MUSICIAN / DRUMMER / MUSIC EDUCATOR

Joe Rizzolo is a musician and leader of The Joe Rizzolution Group and The Paul Abler Legacy Group. 
    
Joe began his musical journey listening to The Beatles with his father's records. He holds a BA in Percussion Performance and a Music Education Certification (NJCU 2012) and MME in Music Education (2025).

Joe's interest in Jazz began performing Saxophone, Bass and Drums in middle school under the direction of Paul Larson. At that time he began listening to John Coltrane's Giant Steps and began to develop a passion for Jazz. 
    
Joe's influences include Marvin Bugalu Smith Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Joe Morello, Billy Higgins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane,  Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Return To Forever, Bill Evans, and  Wayne Shorter, Paul Abler, Pat Metheny, Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Mahavishnu Orchestra to name a few.
    
Joe has led various incantations of his Jazz ensembles since 2008 performing Jazz in the Northern New Jersey area.  Additionally Joe  composed and performed drum parts on the album "Quickly,Quickly,Quickly" and toured in Canada and down the East Coast as the drummer in the progressive rock band The Tea Club (2011-2013).
    
Joe strives to create and promote Rizzolution,  love through his performances and compositions. Joe Currently Leads his Jazz Group for performances throughout New Jersey. 

John Lenis Bassist

Bassist John Lenis has been active on the New York jazz scene for the past 25 years. He performed for several years with projects lead by Nobuki Takamen, Noshir Mody,  Hyeseon Hong, Julia Barry, and Nina Lomeo, and recorded one or more albums with each of these accomplished artists. In addition to appearances at many of the New York area’s clubs and festivals, John has toured in the US, Canada, the UK, and extensively in Japan.  Most recently he can be heard on Sean Harkness’ “Just What I Needed,” recorded after several acclaimed quartet performances at Birdland. 

 

Art Bailey (b. 1971) is a pianist, organist, improviser, composer, and arranger.
 
Bailey can trace his lifelong obsession with sound and music to the moment when, at age 5, his mother handed him a small, battered box of 45 rpm records, culled from the jukebox that had stood in the corner of her father's bar and grille in Moosic, PA. A time capsule of American pop, big band, rock 'n' roll, jazz and R&B of the 1950s, they were fascinating for the variety of sounds they contained. The pull of music created by African-American geniuses over everything else in the magic box was very strong, setting the youngster on a path he'd follow for the rest of his life. 
 
Bailey can be found leading a number of small jazz ensembles, including an organ trio, piano trio, and quartet, featuring many of his own compositions. He is also active as a jazz pianist and organist, freelancing in NYC, NJ, and PA. 
 
In 2013, Bailey made his debut as a producer, with the release of vocalist Wren Marie Harrington's Light Travels, which also featured his playing and arranging. And in 2014, he composed the score for Why We Dance, an award winning short film by Emily Faulkner and Olivia Obin--in which Bailey made his first, and almost certainly last appearance on the big screen as a dancer.

Art currently lives in Elizabeth, NJ with his wife and two children.
 

 

Quotes

"Art Bailey wows you with his very quirky compositions. They are harmonically advanced, melodically unexpected, chromatic/a-chromatic and delightfully asymmetrical." -Grego Edwards, Gapplegate Music Review

"...listeners might protest at the thought of yet another piano jazz trio recording. That is unless the instigator is pianist and composer Art Bailey." Mark Corroto, All About Jazz

"From the very first notes a strong cinematic taste spreads through the listener catapulting him into a seventies exploitation movie. An ideal score to a car chase scene or to a “could please someone save the world?” climax. You can choose the subgenus and enjoy yourself seeking which track you would link to a peculiar passage of the plot." Paolo Casertano, Free Jazz blog

"Bailey is a fine pianist whose trio disc from last year was an under-recognized gem. He is also one of the best accordionists in town as well, considering the Downtown Scene has several strong ones." Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
     

 

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