Upcoming Concerts

 

Jazz Tropicale Cruise Reprise!
Aboard the 148' Tall Ship Windy
Sunday September 12th 7:30-10pm - two and a half hours!

cruise

Marshall Vente & Tropicale
Featuring Luiz Ewerling, Isi Perez, Jim Batson,
Scott Mason, Jim Massoth and Glenn Reitsma!
Plus steel drum virtuoso and legendary percussionist,
Joe Sonnefeldt & Alejo Poveda
Plus our world-class vocalists
Greta Pope, Dill Costa & Perry Jordan
$65 - per person. Sponsroed by 90.9 FM WDCB www.wdcb.org.
The Windy departs from Navy Pier, Chicago. Call
(312) 731-9689 for reservations and visit www.tallshipwindy.com

 

Thursday, September 2nd, 7-11pm
Fridays, September 10th & 17th, 7-11pm
Thursday September 30th, 7-11pm
Marshall Vente Duo
Coopers Hawk Winery

510 Village Center Drive, Burr Ridge, IL.
Call 630-887-0123 for info and reservations.

www.coopershawkwinery.com

 

Wednesday, September 8th, 7-10pm
Marshall Vente and Scott Mason
WDCB Jazz Wednesday at Salute
Salute Wine Bar

46 E Superior St, Chicago.
Call 312-664-0100 for info and reservations
www.salutewinebars.com

 

Sunday September 5th, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
The Mohawk Avenue Jazz Band
Brad Curran, Brian Lydeen, Tim Fleming, Justin Keirans
Tom Perry, Jim Frakes, & Al Zuberbuehler

Fox Valley Jazz Festival

Jefferson Park, Menasha, WI
www.foxjazzfest.com

 

Thursday, Sept. 23, 7:30-10:30 pm
NEW - Tropicale DUO
Marshall Vente, piano & Glenn Reitsma, acoustic classical guitar

Marion Street Cheese Market
100 South Marion Street, Oak Park, IL 60302-2809
Call (708) 725-7200 for reservations
www.marionstreetcheesemarket.com

 

“Marshall Arts”
Our Current CD

Marshall’s compositions, trios and guests, produced by www.chicagosessions.com
Clearly one of the elite trio albums around, “Marshall Arts” blends a sophisticated version of straight-ahead jazz with tender bossa rhythms in one nice musical package  that one will surely get a kick out of.” - Ed Blanco www.ejazznews.com

) 268 7873

Introducing the Tropicale Duo

Pianist Marshall Vente &
Acoustic guitarist Glenn Reitsma

Performing a unique spellbinding mix of
 Brazilian, Latin and American jazz …

Composers include Antonio Carlos Jobim, Villa Lobos,
 Ivan Lins, Marcos Valle, Joao Donato, Milton Nascimento,
Joao Bosco, Luiz Eca & Tamba 4 and others …

We’re playing intriguing music surrounded by fine art, including the nautical subjects of Charles Vickery … refreshments too!

Listen to Jazz Tropicale on 90.9 fm WDCB
“It’s a jazz show with a few palm trees!” Heard every Sunday at 10 pm CST on 90.9 fm WDCB and streamed worldwide on www.wdcb.org

Chicago Sessions
Now accepting subscriptions. Visit www.chicagosessions.com for more information

Our New CD "Marshall Arts"
Contact Marshall at 630-968-3339.
A single copy, $20. – I’ll mail it anywhere to you!
Our reviews in Downbeat, ChicagoJazz.com & ejazznews:

www.chicagojazz.com
www.ejazznews.com
www.allaboutjazz.com
Playboy Holiday Gift Guide

 

Marshall Vente
Contact Marshall Vente (630) 968-3339
The best in dance, party and cocktail music!

Holiday Parties with:

Solo piano to ensembles

Background music to full show

All dance and party music

Legendary pop tunes

Today’s hits

Classic rock & roll

Motown, R & B and blues

Tribute to Steely Dan

Jazz trio, big band and swing

Brazilian, Latin and Caribbean

Holiday strings for strolling

Plus, we love the holiday repertoire!
Our music brings elegance and excitement to your party – plus, joy and happiness to your life!  Yes, I have a Santa suit for all good parties. Visit the holiday page on my website, including some sound samples, see Marshall’s Ensembles.

Hear the Marshall Vente Band online at
www.MarshallVente.com/orchestra
Specializing in corporate parties, weddings and black tie galas.

 

NEW – MV Band “Tribute to Steely Dan”
The Marshall Vente Band has been contracted to play a concert set of the music of Steely Dan at Darienfest on September 10th. We’ll be performing some of our favorite music including: Reelin’ In the Years, Black Cow, Babylon Sisters, Josie, Peg, Aja, Ricky Don’t Lose That Number, Do It Again …


Click the album cover above rmore info

Special thanks to Lake Magazine!
Check out Dave Hoekstra’s article, “The Complicated Mind of Marshall Vente” in the current edition of Lake. The online edition can be found at www.LakeMagazine.com however, the cool summer photos from our July cruise aboard the tall ship Windy can only be found in the printed edition. Contact Lake Magazine for a copy or subscription by writing to Lake Magazine, 701 State Street, LaPorte, IN 46350 or call 219.362.8592

Click below to see the article

http://www.lakemagazine.com

 

 

Pictures from the 2002 Jazz Tropicale Cruise

 

Howard Levy

 


Photography by Jon Randolph


Photography by Jon Randolph


Photography by Jon Randolph

Click here for more photos of the July "Windy" Cruise

"Two for Brazil" Paulino Garcia & Greg Fishman

 

 

Marshall Law is here!

Our new CD featuring Project 9, Eldee Young, Howard Levy, Anna Dawson and most of the rest of the musicians in Chicago is heard nationwide.  Contact us for a $15. - copy!

 

 

WDCB 90.9 FM goes worldwide on the Internet!

This means that our weekly radio show, Jazz Tropicale can be heard everywhere! 

Get a boatdrink and surf by every Sunday at 10 pm CST – it’s a jazz show with a few palm trees!

Just call up www.WDCB.org and follow the instructions.  Don’t’ forget to pledge too!

Also, check out Chicago on CD on www.jazzinstituteofchicago.org and our good friends at the new online magazine www.chicagojazz.comand www.milesaheadjazz.com

Take the online tour at
www.MarshallVente.com

 

Planning a special event with live music?

 

You may contact Marshall Vente 
by phone at: (630) 968-3339

or by e-mail at marshallvente@comcast.net

 

Marshall Vente 
P.O. Box 1135
Westmont, IL 60559

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