GIG SCHEDULE

Currently on the calendar (as of 12/3/2022):

(Contact me if you wish to have more detailed information—I usually learn more the week of the gig.

Saturday December 3, Hollywood Casino, Toledo OH, 8pm-midnight, keys with Walt Sanders (“Elvis” tribute) and the Cadillac Band

FRIDAY DECEMBER 16th, The Pete Ford Trio (jazz piano/bass/drums) performs at the Ritz Theatre in Tiffin OH, with Scott Kretzer on drums and Tom Ritter on bass. Probably sharing the evening with a couple more more talented acts.

Saturday December 17th Swingmania, Fostoria OH (Private event)

Thursday December 29th Solo Piano, the Chop House, Downtown Toledo OH

Friday January 6th, Rocky Gap Casino, Allegany County, Maryland with Walt Sanders and the Cadillac Band

Wednesday January 11th The Bay, backing up vocalist Michelle Shelton with bandleader/drummer Zac Kreuz and Detroit saxophonist James Hughes

Friday January 28 Solo Piano, the Chop House in Downtown Toledo, solo piano, 6-10pm

Friday February 10, Cleveland OH (private event), keys with regional rock band Wally and the Beavs

Saturday February 11, Chop House, Downtown Toledo, solo piano, 6-10pm

Sunday March 12, 7pm, Faculty Jazz Recital, Adrian College

Thursday March 16, keys backing up “Elvis” Walt Sanders, Columbus OH

Saturday April 15, Hepcat Revival, The Village Idiot, Maumee OH 6-9pm

Saturday June 24, Huron OH, keys with Wally and the Beavs

Wednesday June 28, NOON, keys with Hepcat Revival Lunch Concert Series

Thursday June 29, Ashland OH, keys backing up “Elvis” Walt Sanders

Friday July 21, with “Elvis” Walt Sanders, Seven Hills OH (Cleveland area)

SELECT PAST PERFORMANCES ON THE WEB:

My piece “Postcard from Antarctica” as the opening feature of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra’s “Sublime to the Ridiculous” series that features chamber groups that include members of the orchestra. Here Sax 4th Avenue performs my piece and other pieces by Gershwin, the band King Crimson, a 7/4 ragtime piece, and other music. https://youtu.be/sBiDsLBlSks

April 16, 2021, working as a guest artist with the Heidelberg University Jazz Band in Tiffin, Ohio.

https://youtu.be/MFo8I4bdZj8

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(Although not a “gig” but a creative student performance of some of my two-part inventions composed in the style of Bach, played by a string duo of Adrian College biology majors Naomi Wong (viola) and Hannah Roty (double bass). This is in the first 15 minutes of the stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEZa2aYa9Q )

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Listen to the Pete Ford Trio’s 11/7/20 Ritz Theatre jazz set here (as it was streamed on Facebook Live):

https://youtu.be/VW-anyP_yPU