Jazz at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: Count Basie Meets Gerry Mulligan

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA

• Dan Block, clarinet
• Chris Flory, guitar
• Dan Weisselberg, bass
• Tom Melito, drums

With special guests Jon and Alec Manasse, clarinet

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival features a night of jazz at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, led by Dan Block, faculty member of the Juilliard Jazz Studies program.

While at Juilliard, pursuing a degree in clarinet, Dan Block divided his time between jam sessions in the New York loft scene and playing in the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta. Block has performed and recorded with outstanding vocalists including Bobby Short, Rosemary Clooney, and Tony Bennett.

Chris Flory played his first gig on the guitar at the age of thirteen, and later joined Scott Hamilton’s quartet, eventually participating in recordings for Concord Jazz and many overseas tours, and playing in Benny Goodman’s sextet.

Drummer Tom Melito grew up around jazz legends Bobby Hackett, Stan Getz, and Dave McKenna, and went on to study at The Berklee School of Music and to play around the country and the world with some of the greats of jazz.

Bassist Dan Weisselberg a vibrant presence in NYC’s jazz scene, regularly collaborates with many musicians Joe Farnsworth, Joe Cohn, Grant Stewart, Michael Kanan, Tardo Hammer, Fukushi Tainaka, Joe Magnarelli, Frank Basile, John Webber, Chris Flory, and more.

Special guests Jon and Alec Manasse will join Dan Block for a triple clarinet feature!

Selections to be announced from the stage.