Upcoming Events

Your holiday season will not be complete until you spend a night with composer, director Larry McKenna and the beautiful voice of Joanna Pascale as they bring your favorite songs to Chris' Jazz Cafe for this special evening.

Show times: 8PM & 10PM, $15

The Earl Phillips Big Band brings their high energy show to Chris' stage for one night only!!

Show times 7PM-10PM ~ $12

Dan Monaghan: Drums

10PM - 2AM, $10

Entirely student-founded, the Philadelphia Ambassador Big Band's mission is to both rejuvenate the Philadelphia jazz big band scene and preserve the legacy and compositional genius of Duke Ellington and other legendary big band composers. The band features the most talented young musicians in the area and will perform regularly throughout the year at both our home base, the Philadelphia Clef Club, and various jazz venues and clubs around the city.

Show times 8PM ($20) and 10PM ($15)

Late night with saxophonist, Victor North

11:30PM-2AM

Orrin and Kevin return for one night only at Chris' Jazz Cafe. They play originals and join their music as only life long friends can do. This special event intertwines their musical talents for a superb evening as they end the 2018 year with this final show together.

James Santangelo - Piano

Showtimes 11:30PM-2AM

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

The Jump City Jazz Orchestra is a dynamic big band orchestra comprised of eighteen of the Delaware Valley's finest musicians and vocalists. With our authentic big band sound, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra has delighted audiences at concerts, dances, weddings and corporate events with its entertaining and exciting performances of the 20th Century's greatest music since its founding in 1994.

Featuring special guest guitarist, Peter Bernstein

And that’s all there is to it.

Show times 8PM & 10PM ~ $20

Ft. Joe MagNarelli -Trumpet

Gene Ghee - Tenor Saxophone

Radam Schwartz - Organ

Alan Korzin _Drums

"Apicella is a lithe, swinging guitarist with an affinity for the contrasting styles of both Grant Green and Wes Montgomery... An all-around impressive debut by a guitarist of substance." - Mark Gardner, Jazz Journal

Show times 8PM ~ $20 & 10PM ~ $15

Show times 8PM & 10PM ~ $20

Orrin Evans on piano, Buster Williams on bass & Ralph Peterson on drum

Show times: 8PM ~ $25 & 10PM ~ $20

Duane Eubanks brings his quintet to Chris' for one night only!

Sets: 8PM & 10PM

Chris' is honored to host two nights (four shows) with Philadelphia's very own jazz legend. Start the month of love with this special gift.

Friday & Saturday show times 8PM & 10PM ~ $35 per ticket

Piano - Joseph Block

With special guest, saxophonist, Grant Stewart

"Pascale’s singing is the stuff of dreams, whether on the achingly beautiful “I Wanna Be Loved” or the reliably uplifting “Ill Remember You,” where she shines with halogen brightness. " - Nick Bewsey, Icon Magazine

Chris' Jazz Cafe is thrilled to have Joanna for one evening only and what a special evening it will be. Bring your Valentine and experience the soulful voice of Philly's very own Joanna Pascale.

Show times 6PM, 8PM & 10PM

For a man leading a quartet bearing one of the most distinguished names in jazz, Ravi Coltrane can be a self-effacing presence. John Coltrane’s saxophonist son puts a clear distance between his own work and his late father’s by often playing spry and subtly crafted lines in a murmur rather than unleashing cloudbursts of sound, and mixing originals with those of his personal heroes and the contributions of exceptional sidemen. - John Fordham "The Guardian"

Show times: Saturday 8PM & 10PM ~ $30 / Sunday 6PM & 8PM ~ $30

LIMITED SEATING STILL AVAILABLE FOR 8PM & 10PM SATURDAY NIGHT. CALL 215-568-3131 FOR TICKETS!!!

Brazilian music brings out the poet in the guitarist and vocalist Pizzarelli. Lighting on classic bossa nova, with assistance from the singer Jobim (the grandson of the Brazilian great Antonio Carlos Jobim), Pizzarelli basks in a tropical comfort zone that is as inspiring to him as the work of Sondheim or Ellington. In honor of Frank Sinatra’s centennial, Pizzarelli is also likely to invoke the late-sixties collaborations between Ol’ Blue Eyes and Jobim. ~ The New Yorker