How Many Dates Does a Washington, DC Area Jazz Pianist Play in a Year?

Just for fun, I thought I’d count the dates I played in 2013. I played some memorable gigs and some that I’d forgotten until I looked at this list. 

I especially enjoyed being part of the Sunday afternoon concert series at the Barns of Rose Hill. The concerts at Westminster Canterbury and Bright Box were highlights as well. I’m also enjoying my new job on Tuesday nights at Trio Grill in Falls Church. There I’m playing a mix of jazz and rock standards with Joey Whitney on tenor sax. As always, I appreciate the long relationship that I’ve had with Lightfoot Restaurant and Village Square.

While I’ve worked a lot to the west of DC in Loudoun County, my goal for next year is to go beyond NOVA and play more in DC proper.

So how many gigs did I play?

119 jazz gigs in the year 2013. (Did I mention that I also have another band Stereoreel that did its share of playing this year?)

Jazz Duo @ V2
January 4
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Jazz Duo @ Lightfoot Restaurant
January 5
Lightfoot Restaurant

Piano Jazz @ V2
January 11
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
January 12
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ The John Leone Retrospective Opening Reception
January 13
Barns of Rose Hill

Piano Jazz @ The Westfields Marriott
January 14
Westfields Marriott

Piano Jazz @ V2
January 18
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Lydia Lewis Presents
January 19
Bright Box

Trio at the Barns Of Rose Hill
January 20
Barns of Rose Hill

Jazz @ The Willows At Meadow Branch
January 25
The Willows At Meadow Branch

Piano Jazz @ V2
January 25
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 1
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Jazz Trio @ Winchester Country Club
February 2
Winchester Country Club

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 2
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 8
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 8
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Trio @ Lightfoot Restaurant
February 9
Lightfoot Restaurant

Duo @ Lightfoot Restaurant for Valentine’s Day
February 14
Lightfoot Restaurant

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 15
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
February 16
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 1
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ Lightfoot Restaurant
March 2
Lightfoot Restaurant

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 8
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz Duo @ Lightfoot Restaurant
March 9
Lightfoot Restaurant

Quartet @ Barns of Rose Hill
March 10
Barns of Rose Hill

Solo Piano Cocktail Music
March 14
Reston, Virginia

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 15
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Jazz Quartet
March 16
Fauquier Springs Country Club

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 22
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz Duo @ Lightfoot Restaurant
March 23
Lightfoot Restaurant

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 29
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
March 30
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
April 5
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Bass Duo @ Lightfoot Restaurant
April 6
Lightfoot Restaurant

Piano Jazz @ V2
April 20
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Wedding @ Rosemont Manor
April 21
Historic Rosemont Manor, circa 1811

Piano Jazz @ V2
April 26
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
April 27
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2 for Apple Blossom
May 3
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2 for Apple Blossom
May 4
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
May 10
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
May 11
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ Notaviva
May 12
Notaviva Vineyards

Piano Jazz @ V2
May 24
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano Jazz @ V2
May 25
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
May 31
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Lisa Fiorilli Trio @ Northgate Winery
June 5
Northgate Winery

Solo Piano @ V2
June 7
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano On The Patio @ Lightfoot Restaurant
June 8
Lightfoot Restaurant

Private Wedding
June 15
Round Hill, VA

Solo Piano @ V2
June 15
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
June 21
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Trio @ Barns of Rose Hill
June 30
Barns of Rose Hill

Solo Piano @ V2
July 5
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Groove 11 Funk @ Bright Box
August 17
Bright Box

Solo Piano @ V2
July 20
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
July 27
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
August 3
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
August 9
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ Notaviva Vineyards
August 10
Notaviva Vineyards

Solo Piano @ V2
August 16
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Duo w/ Marie Miller @ Rappahannock Cellars
August 17
Rappahannock Cellars

Groove 11 Funk @ Bright Box
August 17
Bright Box

Private Wedding
August 21
Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast Inn

Solo Piano @ V2
August 23
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano w/ Maddy Curtis @ Lightfoot Restaurant
August 24
Lightfoot Restaurant

Solo Piano @ V2
August 30
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano On The Patio @ Lightfoot Restaurant
August 31
Lightfoot Restaurant

Groove 11 Funk on the Old Town Walking Mall
September 6
Bright Box

Trio @ V2
September 6
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
September 7
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ Lightfoot Restaurant
September 20
Lightfoot Restaurant

Solo Piano @ V2
September 27
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
September 28
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
October 1
Trio Grill

Jazz @ V2
October 4
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Jazz Trio
October 5
Belle Grove Plantation

Winchester Old Town Strolling Bridal Show
October 6
Old Town Winchester, VA

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
October 8
Trio Grill

Shenandoah Sheiks
October 11
Chambersburg Country Club

Solo Piano @ V2
October 12
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ Willow Tree Inn
October 13
Willow Tree Inn

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
October 15
Trio Grill

Solo Piano @ V2
October 18
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ Notaviva Vineyards
October 19
Notaviva Vineyards

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
October 22
Trio Grill

Jazz w/ Maddy Curtis @ Northgate Vineyard
October 25
Northgate Vineyard

Solo Piano @ Lightfoot Restaurant
October 25
Lightfoot Restaurant

Jazz w/ Vocalist Maddy Curtis @ North Gate Vineyard
October 26
North Gate Vineyard

Solo Piano @ V2
October 26
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
October 29
Trio Grill

Jazz Trio @ V2
November 1
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
November 2
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
November 3
Trio Grill

Piano/Sax @ Trio Grill
November 5
Trio Grill

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill
November 12
Trio Grill

Jazz Quartet @ The Bistro Concert Series
November 15
Westminster Canterbury

Jazz w/ Kerensa Gray
November 16
Georgia Boy Cafe at Park Circle

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill
November 19
Trio Grill

Solo Piano @ V2
November 22
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill
November 26
Trio Grill

Solo Piano @ V2
November 29
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ Notaviva Vineyards
November 30
Notaviva Vineyards

Solo Piano @ V2
November 30
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill
December 3
Trio Grill

Senior Appreciation Dinner
December 7
Eagle Eyrie

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill
December 10
Trio Grill

Private Event
December 12
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Solo Piano @ V2
December 13
Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge

Holiday Party
December 14
Charles Town, West Virginia

Wedding
December 15
Historic Rosemont Manor

Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill

December 17

Trio Grill

Holiday Party

December 18

Lightfoot Restaurant


Holiday Party

December 19

Westfields Marriott

Solo Piano @ V2

December 20

Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge


Holiday Party

December 21

Lightfoot Restaurant


Solo Piano @ V2

December 27

Village Square Restaurant and V2 Piano Bar & Lounge


Wedding

December 28

Shenandoah Valley Golf Club


Piano/Sax Duo @ Trio Grill

December 31

Trio Grill