Jimmy Madison & Friends

Jimmy Madison & Friends
October 17 · 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

• Jimmy Madison – drums
• Tim Regusis – piano
• Tarik Shah – bass
• Peyton Pleninger – saxophone

Drummer Jimmy Madison has performed with the greats of jazz and funk for over six decades, from Lionel Hampton, Roland Kirk, Chet Baker and Quincy Jones to James Brown, Maceo Parker and George Benson, among many others. This quartet format allows him and his compatriots to do what they do best, improvising on themes both familiar and new. It’s pure Jazz at its best.

Tim Regusis is a Hudson Valley–based pianist who has been active in the jazz scene of the NYC region, as well as in the fields of R&B, Latin and various world musics for many years. He has played and/or recorded with Patti Austin, Ruben Blades, David Byrne, Celia Cruz, Chuck Mangione, Johnny Pacheco, Daniel Ponce, Rick Margitza, Cindy Blackman, Jeff Williams, Akira Ohmori, Najee, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Jonathan Butler, Ofra Haza and others.

Tarik Shah is an African American Muslim with a career as a professional jazz musician. As the sole student of Slam Stewart, Shah began playing the upright bass at age 12 and went on to play with Betty Carter, Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln and Art Taylor, among others. He is a composer, a jazz educator, and a lyricist.

Peyton Pleninger has performed with Henry Threadgill, John Benitez’ Latin-Bop (a modern Latin-jazz group), and Roy Ben Yosef’s Moringa trio, an Israel-based group focused on improvisation. Pleninger plays in drummer/composer Colin Hinton’s Glassbath, an electric band straddling post-rock and free jazz, and in drummer/composer Michel Maurer’s Meridian, a forward-thinking jazz-rooted quartet. In summer 2017, Pleninger toured Canada for five weeks with guitarist Quinn Bachand’s Brishen, an acoustic band honoring the tradition of gypsy jazz and the roots of rock n roll; highlight performances include the Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, and CBC Canada.

In early 2022, Pleninger purchased The Tavern, a defunct roadhouse in upstate New York, which he is rebuilding into an arts research center. The Tavern presents a variety of concerts, music theory/improvisation workshops, plus astrology forecasts, sound baths, and artist residents.