Jazz Café opens April 5.
Since 2005, Lydia’s Cafe has earned the reputation for bringing top-tier jazz musicians in from around our area and NYC every Saturday night, presented in an intimate, friendly environment. Also known for their amazing Crispy Duck dinner, the two concepts have merged into Duck & Cover – jazz café.
Lydia’s is also Cannabis friendly, meaning we don’t dispense, we enjoy. Our outdoor cannabis lounge (located next door at our private residence) is the perfect place to hang between sets and our outdoor dining patio provides a place to schmooze with friends without disturbing the listening audience.
Menu items also feature Pan Seared Salmon, Grilled Pizza, Sirloin & Vegan Burgers, Fried Chicken, Crab Cakes, Homemade Soups & Desserts.
Reservations are recommended and instead of a Cover charge, we suggest a minimum $20 donation.
Saturday Night Timetable (more or less)
6-7pm – dining/schmoozing
7pm – dinner set – live music (major schmoozing on the patio)
8:15(ish) – band break and Schmooze time
9pm – listening set – live music
Cannabising at the outdoor lounger – whenever, dude.
Saturday, July 19, 7-10pm
Teri Roiger Quartet
TERI ROIGER (vocals)
BILL WARE (vibes)
JOHN MENEGON (bass)
MATT GARRITY (drums)
TERI ROIGER
VOCALIST, PIANIST, SONGWRITER
“Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter but with her own uniqueness.” JACK DEJOHNETTE (legendary jazz drummer & NEA Jazz Master)
An American jazz musician vocalist, pianist, songwriter, educator, and producer, Teri lives in New York City and also spends time in New York’s Hudson Valley. She began playing piano at age 5, and played church organ throughout her teens. When she discovered jazz in her early 20s – and shortly after made her first demo with the legendary stride pianist Butch Thompson – her musical path was set.
Throughout the years, her music has taken many exciting twists and turns. She has performed as a DUO with her husband, bassist John Menegon, throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and they have been featured artists at the San Miguel Jazz Festival (Mexico), Panama Jazz Festival (Panama), and Bolzano Jazz Festival (Italy), where they presented concerts and masterclasses. The depth of her experiences and love of jazz is apparent when she brings all their talents to live performances, the recording studio, and through her moving lyrics and compositions.
Saturday, July 26, 7-10pm
Jimmy Madison & Friends
Jimmy Madison – drums
Tim Regusis – keys
Gregg August – bass
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. But this trio format allows he 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 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.
Bassist and composer Gregg August spans the classical, avant-garde, jazz and Latin jazz worlds making him one of the most versatile musicians on the scene today.
Gregg has performed and/ or recorded with The New York Philharmonic, Steve Reich, The Bang on a Can All Stars, Alarm Will Sound, as well as Ornette Coleman, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis and Ray Barretto. Gregg was on the Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Rising Star Poll in 2017, 2015 and 2013.
In 2020 Gregg released his album Dialogues on Race (Iacuessa Records) for which he received a GRAMMY nomination in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category.
