2023
NuBand European Tour
(rescheduled from 2022)
Thursday, January 26 - Darmstadt. DE
Friday, January 27 - Nurnberg, DE
Saturday, January 28 - Bayreuth, DE
Sunday, January 29 - Taubenbach, DE
Monday, January 30 -
Tuesday, January 31 - Marburg, DE
Wednesday, February 1 - Cologne, DE
Thursday, February 2 - Muenster, DE
Friday, February 3
Saturday, February 4 - Lokeren, BE
Sunday, February 5 - Luxembourg
Monday, February 6
Tuesday, February 7 - Vienna, AT
Wednesday, February 8 - Villach, AT
Thursday, February 9 - Graz, AT
Friday, February 10
Saturday, February 11 - Kassel, DE
Sunday February 12 - Berlin, DE
2022
June 2022
Sunday June 19
2pm
Lou Grassi and Friends
@
Riverbank State Park
145th St & Riverside Dr, NYC
FREE!
May 2022
Saturday, May 28
American Tap Dance Foundation
Youth Concert
@
Symphony Space, NYC
NuBand Tour
"This tour is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"
The NuBand
Thomas Heberer - trumpet Kenny Wessel - guitar
Joe Fonda - bass & flute Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
Friday, May 6
The Dance Hall
Kittery Maine
7 Walker St, Kittery, ME 03904
Saturday, May 7
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT
8pm (2) 45 minute sets
Sunday, May 8
Rhizome
6950 Maple St NW
Washington, DC
Monday, May 9
Sprezzatura
112 E. Sherman St
Millvale, PA 15209
Tuesday, May 10
Unity of Charlottesville
2825 Hydraulic Circle
Charlottesville, VA 22901
April 2022
Saturday, April 23
John Blum - piano
Rob Brown - alto sax
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
@
Michiko
(Studio B)
149 W 46th St 3rd floor, New York, NY 10036
7pm
$20. suggested donation
January 2022
Thomas Heberer - trumpet
Kenny Wessel - guitar
Joe Fonda - bass & flute
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
Monday, January 24
NuBand
@
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Riverdale, NY
Concert/Workshop
2PM
Friday, January 21
The NuBand
Thomas Heberer - trumpet
Kenny Wessel - guitar
Joe Fonda - bass & flute
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
at
Michiko
(Studio B)
149 W 46th St 3rd floor, New York, NY 10036
7pm
$20. suggested donation
Nu Band Tour
Thomas Heberer, Kenny Wessel, Joe Fonda, Lou Grassi
Cancelled due to Covid issues. Rescheduled for 2023
Thursday, January 27 - Berlin, DE
Friday, January 28 - Berlin, DE
Saturday, January 29 - Lokeren, BE
Sunday, January 30 - Differdange, Luxembourg
Kenny, Joe, Lou w/Luciano. (Thomas possible guest artist)
Monday, January 31 FREE
Tuesday, February 1 - Marburg, DE
Wednesday, February 2 - Munster, DE
Thursday, February 3 - Freiberg, DE
Friday, February 4 - Lou Grassi & Simone Weisenfells
at
Saxstall, Leipzig, DE
Saturday, February 5 - Darmstadt, DE
Sunday, February 6 -Kassel, DE
Monday, February 7 FREE
Tuesday, February 8 - Vienna, AT
Wednesday, February 9 - Villach, AT
Thursday, February 10 - Graz, AT
Friday, February 11 - Bayreuth, DE
Saturday, February 12 - Nurnberg, DE
Sunday February 13 - Taubenbach, DE
2021
October 2021
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Luciano Pagliarini - woodwinds
Michel Edelin - flute
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
The Sunset
Paris, France
September 2021
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Kenny Wessel - gtr
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi- drums
at
The Bop Shop
Rochester, NY
June 2021
Sunday June 20
2 - 3:30 PM
Lou Grassi & Friends
at
Riverbank State Park
(145th St & Riverside Drive NYC, NY)
Gabriele Tranchina - vocals
James Zollar - trumpet
Patience Higgins - tenor sax
Joe Vincent Tranchina - piano
Sean Conly - bass
Lou Grassi - Drums
This concert is FREE to the public. Outdoors Mainstage weather permitting.
In case of inclement weather it will be held in the cultural center.
2020
ALL 2020 CONCERTS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
June 2020
Sunday June 28
Erhard Hirt and The NY Connection
Erhard Hirt - guitar & laptop
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
Bop Shop Records
1460 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14618
http://bopshop.com
Friday June 26
Erhard Hirt and The NY Connection
Erhard Hirt - guitar & laptop
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
244 Rehearsal Studios
244 West 54th St, NYC
10th Floor
$20.
Monday June 1
THE NU BAND
Thomas Heberer -trumpet
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
Quinn's
330 Main St, Beacon, NY
May 2020
Monday Saturday May 30
THE NU BAND
Thomas Heberer -trumpet
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
Philadelphia, PA
Friday May 29
8pm
THE NU BAND
Thomas Heberer -trumpet
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
244 Rehearsal Studios
244 West 54th St, NYC
10th Floor
$20.
Saturday May 9
American Tap Dance Foundation Youth Concert
7:30 pm
at
Symphony Space
(95th & B’way NYC, NY)
2019
December 2019
Saturday December 28
8pm
CD Release Concert
Marilyn Lerner - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
244 Rehearsal Studios
244 West 54th St, NYC
10th Floor
$20.
November 2019
Sunday November 10th
Ted Daniel - trumpet Kenny Wessel - guitar
Michael Bisio - bass Lou Grassi - drums
at
The Beverly
224 Foxhall Avenue
Kingston, NY
7:30pm (2 sets)
$10. admission
August 2019
Wednesday, August 14th
12:15pm - 1:30pm
The Joe Vincent Tranchina Trio
600 Third Avenue, NYC
This is a FREE outdoor concert weather permitting
JULY 2019
Tuesday, July 3
7pm
UpSurge!NYC’s 2nd Annual
Frederick Douglass Alternative 4th of July Celebration
National Writers Union (NWU) 256 West 38th Street, 12th floor.
Admission is $10–$20 sliding scale
This annual event commemorates Frederick Douglass’ historic 1852 speech, "What Is The Fourth of July To The Slave?" given to the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society "Independence Day" gathering of that year. Several writers, performance artists, and activists will read excerpts from Douglass’s speech.
UpSurge includes poets Raymond Nat Turner and Zigi Lowenberg and musicians
Jessica Jones -tenor sax, Rudi Mwonozi - piano, Hilliard Greene - bass, Lou Grassi - drums.
JUNE 2019
Thursday, June 20
8 pm
A concert of improvised music with
LUCIANO PAGLIARINI'S NEW YORK 3
Luciano Pagliarini - woodwinds
Kenny Wessel - guitar (2nd set only)
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
at
Zürcher Gallery
33 Bleecker Street
between Bowery and Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
Seating is limited, so please arrive early. Admission is $20 at the door.
Sunday, June 16th
2 - 3:30 pm
