James Hall Trio with guest vocalist Krissy Vavrek at the Live Oak Center

James Hall

Live Oak Cultural Center

Concert starring K﻿rissy Vavrek (vocals), James Hall (keyboard and vibraphone), Charlie Silva (bass), and Greg Parnell (drums) on Friday, June 23rd. Music begins at 6:30. Free admission.K﻿rissy Vavrek will sing a number of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook including "The Way You Look Tonight," "My Romance," "Bewitched," and "Fly Me to the Moon."James Hall is a pianist, vibraphone player, and composer based in New Smyrna Beach. In his hometown of Pleasanton, California, he performed with numerous jazz musicians including Matt Finders, Andrew Speight, Anton Schwartz, Michael Marcus, Roger Glenn, and Erik Jekabson. Upon moving to Florida in 2019, he has performed with a wide range of jazz musicians including Antonio Escapa, Jeff Rupert, Scott Dickinson, the Orlando Jazz Orchestra, Tom Dietz, and Bobby Koelble, just to name a few, in the straight-ahead jazz and Latin spheres.C﻿harlie Silva is a California-born bassist from the Orlando area of Florida. An experienced musician, he has performed extensively in the region including at the acclaimed Pilars jazz club in Winter Garden. He has played in the Buddy Morrow and Woody Herman Orchestras, and locally with the Terry Myers Orchestra, Bill and John Allred, Don Scaletta and many others, not to mention a series of jazz cruises.Jazz drummer and bandleader Greg Parnell is based in Sanford. He is the leader of the Orlando Jazz Orchestra and road manager of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He has performed with The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Les Brown Orchestra, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, The Terry Myers Orchestra, and The American Vintage Orchestra, and is among the best-known big band drummers in the state.

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