A “Metuchen Jazz” Celebration of International Jazz Day – April 30, 2026

The 3 Generations of Jazz Trio” is featured in the Neal Minor documentary: “Bill Crow: Jazz Journeyman.”

About Bill Crow   www.billcrowbass.com

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Bill Crow is best known as a bassist but has been a trumpeter, saxophonist, trombonist, and drummer.  Crow was born on December 27, 1927, in Othello, Washington, but spent his childhood in Kirkland, Washington. In fourth grade, he took up the trumpet, and in sixth grade, he switched to baritone horn. He played drums in his high school swing band. He joined the United States Army in 1946, where he played the baritone horn in the 2nd Army Band and drums in a Service Club band. He remained in the Army until 1949. After leaving the Army, he played drums and valve trombone while a student at the University of Washington. In 1950, Crow moved to New York City, playing the valve trombone and drums. On a summer job at the Altamont Hotel in Tupper Lake, New York, he taught himself to play the string bass. Within two years of starting to play bass, he played with Teddy Charles and was with Stan Getz from October 1952 to April of the following year. He joined the Claude Thornhill band for the summer of 1953, moved to the Terry Gibbs Quartet that fall, and in 1954 moved to the Marian McPartland Trio at the Hickory House in New York City, with Joe Morello at the drums. He was the bassist with Gerry Mulligan's sextet and quartet and the Mulligan Concert Jazz Band during the mid to late 1950s and early 1960s. While with Mulligan, he studied the bass with Fred Zimmerman, of the New York Philharmonic. In 1956, he was with Jay and Kai (J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding) for several engagements, including the Newport Jazz Festival. In 1962, he joined the Benny Goodman band for a summer tour of the Soviet Union. Crow joined the house band at Eddie Condon's club in 1965 and then played with Walter Norris’s small group, which was one of the house bands at the Playboy Club in New York (1965–71). In 1972 and 1973 he played Fender bass on society club dates with Peter Duchin's band and played occasional bookings with the Bob Brookmeyer/Clark Terry Quintet. From 1975 into the late 1990s he worked in theater orchestras for Broadway shows (where he sometimes played tuba) and during that time he also played engagements with Al Cohn and Zoot Sims." In 1983, he was elected to the Executive Board of Local 802, the musicians' union of Greater New York, where he served for 20 years.  Bill recorded with jazz greats including Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, Marian McPartland, J.J. Johnson, Al Haig, Jimmy Cleveland, Milt Jackson and many others.  (Wikipedia)

Bill Crow wrote a book called Jazz Anecdotes that was published by Oxford University Press in 1991.  A revised paperback edition of Jazz Anecdotes was published in 2005 with over 100 added stories. It is titled Jazz Anecdotes, Second Time Around. Crow's autobiography, From Birdland to Broadway, was released by the same publisher in 1992.

About Nick Scheuble    www.nickscheuble.com

Nick has established a reputation as both a first rate jazz drummer and Latin percussionist.  He offers an impressive list of artists with whom he has performed and/or recorded.  Additionally, his expertise in early New Orleans jazz has enabled him to work with some of the most respected exponents of this style as well.  Citing Max Roach, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams as major influences on his drumming style, Nick also holds a degree in piano and is equally influenced by artists such as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday. As such, his drumming is both compositional and melodic and comes from a strong rhythmic and conceptual foundation in be-bop and post-bop.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Nick Scheuble moved to New Jersey shortly before his sixth birthday. By the age of thirteen, he began to take a serious interest in music. Subsequent studies followed in drums and piano under Carl Wolf and Dr. John Gorman, respectively. He enrolled in the prestigious Jazz Studies and Performance program at the William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey studying under the tutelage of renowned drummer/educator, John Riley.  Upon graduation in 1991, Nick began a distinguished career as both a sideman and a bandleader. He has performed and/or recorded with, among others, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Barretto, Dave Valentin, Chico Mendoza, David Berger, Peter Bernstein, Jim Rotondi, Bill Crow, Vince Giordano, Mike LeDonne, Hilton Ruiz, Jeanie Bryson, Tim Ries, Jimmy Bosch, Wycliffe Gordon, Don Braden and Eric Alexander. He was recorded by Rudy van Gelder and performed at The Stanley Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Village Gate, The West End Gate, Kitano, Café de Muze (Belgium), Aaron Davis Hall, Walter Reade Theatre, John Harms Center, Mechanics Hall, Minton's Playhouse, and other noted venues throughout North America, Eastern & Western Europe and Central Asia. As a percussionist, he has toured much of the United States with The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra – a premiere American orchestra formed at The Juilliard School that has served as Ambassador of Good Will for the United States Government.  As a leader, Nick leads several very successful bands that earned considerable praise from several noted jazz critics including George Kanzler and David Orthmann. He has been the subject for feature articles in such prestigious publications as the New York Times and, has received critical acclaim for his debut CD as a leader, “In the Pocket,” which features his latest Quintet performing many of his compositions.  Nick performed extensively in Europe and alternated residence between the Netherlands and The U.S. He has also performed State Department tours of Moldova (2019) and Uzbekistan (2022).

About Leonieke Scheuble   www.leoniekescheuble.com

“Inspired by the Ray Charles biopic, Ray, Leonieke took up the piano at age six, and has been at it ever since. Enamored of the blues and soulful sounds in general, everything Leonieke plays is in the service of making music in the moment. Her shy, quiet demeanor belies an inquisitive mind and a determination to solve musical problems on her own terms even while navigating the art of jazz performance, an intensely social practice. When she sits down there is nothing tentative or child-like in her approach to the instrument. Here is an old soul intent on playing everything for keeps.  In the past few years, Leonieke has received an impressive amount of support from the jazz community. In 2013 she won the International Women In Jazz "Youth In Action" Award. In 2015 she was the "Best Up-and-Coming Young Artist" Hothouse [Magazine] Award winner. The legendary Rudy Van Gelder engineered Debut, Leonieke's first commercial CD, in his Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio. The Hammond B-3 organ in the Scheuble's living room was a gift to her from a 2017 National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master, Dr. Lonnie Smith. For several years she has studied with the noted jazz pianist, Steve Ash, and has received valuable advice and assistance from Bob Belden, Antoinette Montague, John Girvin, and Champian Fulton.” (All About Jazz…David A. Orthmann. July 27, 2016)  Leonieke was honored and featured in two TED Talk events: film for an audience of over 1,000 at the TEDx TALK Easton, PA event on May 10, 2016. And then she is featured in another TED x Event via PBS https://youtu.be/soqmMJIL_NY.

In 2024, Leonieke received her Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, where internationally recognized Jazz Department Chair Bill Charlap was her advisor and mentor.  In June 2025 she spent nine weeks in Osaka Japan performing at the USA Pavilion at the Osaka Expo 2025.  Her band called “Leonieke and the NY Groove” included her father, Nick on drums, guitarist Ilan Eisenzweig and saxophonist/flutist John Michalak.  The entire time, she played the organ which was graciously provided by the partnership of Hammond/Suzuki Japan-USA.  Leonieke estimated that her band performed eight to 10 sets a week at the Expo for a total of about 80 performances. "Performing in Japan," said 23 -year-old Scheuble, "was an absolute honor and a life-changing experience. I cannot wait to return again sometime soon!”   Leonieke is a highly sought after artist among the finest New York jazz musicians and maintains an extensive performance schedule throughout the New York area as both as a sideman and a bandleader. Leonieke continues to be featured in numerous publications.  She is a Hammond Artist, a relationship that is bestowed upon very few.