Are you a musician who has performed at Smalls or Mezzrow in the past and doesn’t have an artist account then please contact us directly at musician@smallslive.com.
The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education is a not-for-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to subsidize the operation of our venues, recording projects, tours and educational initiatives.
During this Covid-19 pandemic our mission is to keep the clubs floating until business can be restored.
We will also sponsor live-streamed concerts from the club that will keep the musicians working during this period.
We will also be offering emergency aid for Jazz musicians in need due to this calamity.
Archive
The SmallsLIVE Archive is an audio/video library of all the shows at Smalls & Mezzrow.
Royalties are paid directly to the musicians by The SmallsLIVE Foundation.
Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
Live Stream
Smalls Jazz Club has been a pioneer in live streaming and began streaming shows live from the venue in 2007.
There is no cost to watch our live streams. During normal operating times the entire evening is streamed.
During this Covid-19 pandemic period there will be special live concerts scheduled in advance.
SmallsLIVE Catalog
The SmallsLIVE Catalog is a collection of individually produced artist projects.
SmallsLIVE Members may sponsor artists of their choice and receive their music as downloads or CDs.
Sponsorships directly support the artist.
James Zollar
Trumpet
Recently Added
01/21/2024
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Aaron Johnson Boplicity
11/14/2021
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Aaron Johnson quintet & Jam Session
10/31/2021
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Aaron Johnson Sextet & Jam Session
10/17/2021
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Aaron Johnson sextet & Jam Session
10/03/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quintet & Jam Session
09/19/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quintet & Jam Session
09/05/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quintet & Jam Session
08/08/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quartet & Jam Session
07/18/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quartet & Jam Session
06/13/2021
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Aaron Johnson Quartet & Jam Session
12/02/2016
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The Jamale Davis Quartet
08/28/2016
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The Falkner Evans Quintet
03/13/2016
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The Falkner Evans Quintet
05/28/2015
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The Carlos Abadie Septet
06/21/2012
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The James Zollar Quartet
01/26/2011
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The James Zollar Sextet
01/14/2010
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The James Zollar Quintet
06/11/2008
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The Walter Blanding Quintet
Upcoming Shows
James Delano Zollar began his musical career at age 9 playing bugle in his hometown, Kansas City Missouri. At 12, he graduated to the trumpet where he began to discover his musical voice and focus. After high school he continued to study at San Diego City College and then the University of California at San Diego. At the same time he honed his chops with various funk and jazz bands and lead his own straight-ahead quintet. __In 1972, Zollar moved to San Francisco and he studied with the great jazz trumpet player Woody Shaw to study jazz improvisation.__In, 1984, he moved to New York City and played with the Cecil McBee Quintet for five years and then recorded with Tom Harrell, with Weldon Erving and Sam Rivers. Zollar was featured in Robert Altman's motion picture Kansas City, in Madonna's music video My Baby's Got a Secret, as well as Malcolm Lee's film The Best Man. He played on the sound truck of The Perez Family and is proud to be included in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oxford University Press 1999.). James was also a featured soloist with Jon Faddis and Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra as well as Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.__ He remains New York based where he stands out in a wide range of musical settings. Today, he's playing with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, working with several of Don Byron's Bands, and also working with NYC Blues Devil. __ James is a really nice guy and very personal-sounding cat with a unique approach. He's absorbed the history of the music, and he plays it with great care and warmth. And he doesn't try to sound like anyone else says Ravi Coltrane his periodic jam-session partner.Weblinks:www.myspace.com/jameszollartrumpet