Recent Performances 2010

The 2010 Jazz by The Lake Festival at Occoneechee State Park - May 15 and 16, 2010 from 4:30 to dusk on both days at Route 58, Clarksville, VA.

NCCU 100th anniversary with jazz performances on May 22 - FROM MAMA JAZZ

May 22 - NCCU hosts a formal gala at the Durham Performing Arts Center celebrating its 100th anniversary. Ira Wiggins, director of jazz studies at NCCU has written a ballad "Shepard's Song" dedicated to James Shepard, the founder of NCCU. The composition will be played in its entirety, along with jazz standards and some original compositions by student arrangers. The gala will feature Ira Wiggins, the NCCU Jazz Ensemble and guest artists Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo (the two are artists-in-residence in the Jazz Studies program.)
The Centennial Gala is scheduled for 6pm at the DPAC. Tickets for the gala are $100 and are available at www.nccu.edu/gala

Estes Center in Chase City, VA. Thursday , March 29, at 5:00 p.m. Ross LeCompte appeared with Paul Gillingham, guitar and banjo.

The Decatur Street Beat - Friday, January 15, — fun, exhilarating, all acoustic Dixieland music as you dine at Jim's Famous BBQ (formerly the Red Hot and Blue BBQ) on Elliott Road next to Whole Foods Grocery, off E. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill.
Great Pecan cobbler and peanut butter pie --- no cover!

2009 Jazz Performances

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Halifax Artists' Guild - Sunday, Nov. 8, 2-4 p.m.
99 Halifax Ave.
Halifax. Va.
Ross LeCompte playing Dixieland favorites.

Third Thursday Thursday, Nov. 19, 5-7 p.m.
Main Street (across from Bistro 1888)
South Boston
Ross playing holiday jazz favorites

Stone Soup Supper - Monday, November 9, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
St.Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Clarksville, VA, 111 Sixth St. Benefit for the Lake Country SPCA. Ross Le Compte – trumpet & flugelhorn.

Chase City Chamber Commerce Annual Dinner - Thursday, November 5, 6 p.m.to 7:30 p.m.

Mecklenburg Country Club, Chase City, VA, 6: to 7:30 p.m. Ross Le Compte trumpet & flugelhorn.

The Decatur Street Beat - Saturday, October 31, 9 a.m. and at 3 p.m. featuring Trumpeter Ross LeCompte in a short concert at 9:00 a.m. on Sat. Oct. 31st prior to the Boydton Day Parade and marching in the parade to the strains of THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN and Bourbon Street Parade as well as other Dixie Land Jazz favorites. The band will perform at 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at The Boyton Medical Center in Boydton, VA.

The Barbara Martin Trio - Saturday, August 15, 4-5 p.m.
Hod O’Brien on the piano, Bob Bowen on the bass at the Louisa Arts Center
212 Fredericksburg Avenue Louisa, VA 23093 Call 540-967-2200 or 877-774-ARTS for more information or contact us via the web at : www.louisaarts.org
The event is free to the public.

July 25, at Rosemont Winery and Vineyards, 1050 Blackridge Road, La Crosse, VA. Michael Redman's Band will be performing featuring Saxophonist Michael Redman. Also performing Ross & Friend's Mainstream Jazz and Bosa Nova Band with vocals and trumpeter/flugelhornist Ross Le Compte.

May 16 and 17 Jazz by the Lake brings Richmond, Nashville, N.C. musicians to Clarksville, Richmond drummer Kip Williams and his trio featuring Michael Hawkins, one of the most highly regarded bassists on the East Coast, headlined the 5th annual Jazz by the Lake Festival, noon to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the lakeside amphitheater in Occoneechee State Park.