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Selected Appearances And News of Note:
June 21, 2008 -- Dylan Sherry's Graduation Jam! 4-7 p.m., Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Chuch, 524 Allen Avenue, Portland. Join Friends Of Stretch for a musical celebration. Please come if you like Dylan or if you like jazz.
June 1, 2008 -- With the Chris Oberholtzer Jazz Band, Freeport Cabaret, Freeport, 6pm - 9pm. Great band: Craig Skeffington, trumpet, Tony Boffa, guitar, and Brad Ciechomski, drums.
April 17, 2008 -- Frank Mauceri Quintet, in concert at Bowdoin College, Brunswick. The Band: Frank on tenor saxophone, Tim O'Dell, saxophones, Mark Tipton, trumpet, and Steve Grover, drums.
March 30, 2008 -- Clinic/concert featuring Conn/Selmer artist Ross Novgrad, along with Hassan Mohammad, piano, and Steve Grover, drums, Cape Elizabeth High School, 2 p.m.
February 22, 2008 -- With The Chris Humphrey Big Band, Benefit for "Nothing But Nets." Atlantic Hall, Kennebunkport
November 16, 2007 -- With Frank Mauceri Quintet, in concert at 11 Pleasant Street, Brunswick.
November 9, 2007 -- With Chris Humphrey, piano and vocals, Dave Wells, tenor saxophone, and Steve Grover, drums. Live radio concert on Maine Public Radio
October 27, 2007 -- With Glenn Israel, drums, benefit for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Ken Gaspar, piano and trumpet and Dylan Sherry, saxophones
August 17, 2007 -- The Campion Ensemble, live radio concert on Maine Public Radio. With Chris Humphrey<, piano and vocals, Jeff Witherell, drums and piano, Amrit Robbins, trumpet and Dylan Sherry, saxophones. To listen to a stream of this concert please click here!
August 1, 2007 -- The Campion Ensemble, special development event for the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Falmouth Foreside. With Chris Humphrey, piano and vocals, Jeff Witherell, drums and piano and Dylan Sherry, saxophones.
July, 2007 -- I am saddened by the passing of luthier Tom Williamson of Brunswick, Maine. Tom was a guitar builder and restorer of the very highest order and a close friend. Tom chose to leave a very light footprint on this world but it's a much sadder place without him.
June 16, 2007 -- Sam Sherry & The Campion Ensemble (Neil Perlman, piano, Jeff Witherell, drums and Dylan Sherry, saxophones), Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth.
May 8, 2007 -- Concert with Hassan Mohammad and Matt Fogg, duo pianists and Steve Grover, drums, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
March 29, 2007 -- Duo concert with Tim O'Dell, saxophone. University of Southern Maine Lewiston Campus.
October, 2006 -- March, 2007 -- Four free Educators' Clinics at area high schools, all sponsored by the Maine Jazz Alliance. Many thanks to clinicians Frank Mauceri and Bill Street, saxophonists, Dr. Chris Oberholtzer, trombone, Trent Austin, trumpet, Dr. Richard Nelson, guitar, Hassan Mohammad, Kenny Gaspar and Matt Fogg, pianists, Steve Grover, Rob Duquette, Mark MacSoud and Mark Barnett, drummers.
December 8, 2006 -- Van Voorst Jazz, DogFish Cafe, Free Street, Portland 8-10:30. With Matt Langley, saxophones, Curtis Clark, piano, and Jan van Voorst van Beest, drums.
November 2, 2006 -- URSA MAJOR in concert at the Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston with Jeff Witherell, piano, Dylan Sherry, saxophones and Jan van Voorst van Beest, drums. Opening for Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band.
August 7, 2006 -- URSA MAJOR in concert at the 39th Annual Monday Night Jazz Series, Hartford, Connecticut. Chris Humphrey, piano & vocal, Matt Langley and Dylan Sherry, saxophones and Jan van Voorst van Beest, drums.
August, 2006 -- Recording for drummer Jeff Witherell with David Wells, tenor saxophone and Tony Gaboury, guitar.
August, 2006 -- Catch Sam on the new CD by fiddler/songwriter Andy Happel!
July, 2006 -- Catch Sam (and Dylan) on Clara Bolduc's new CD!
May 19, 2006 -- URSA MAJOR in concert, Olin Arts Center, Bates College
April 26, 2006 -- Sam Sherry, double bass & Dylan Sherry, saxophones, Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission
April 7, 2006 -- URSA MAJOR in concert with special guest David Wells, saxophone, Starbird Music Hall, Portland.
October, 2005 - March, 2006 -- Four FREE clinics presented by the Maine Jazz Alliance. Clinicians included guitarists Gary Wittner and Tony Gaboury, pianists Curtis Clark and Chris Humphrey, and drummers Les Harris, Jr., Steve Grover, Jan Van Voorst and Phil McGowan.
March, 2006 -- Recording with singer/songwriter Jud Caswell
February 16, 2006 -- The Maine Jazz Alliance presents Sam Sherry & Tim O'Dell at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath
October 14, 2005 -- with the Luddington/Van Voorst Band, HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT, South Portland High School
September 17, 2005 -- Ursa Major at the Third Annual Rockland HarborFest Jazz and Arts Festival, Rockland, Maine
May, 2005 -- The Arts Commission of Cape Elizabeth, Maine has generously awarded a grant to support the recording of Sam's jazz song-cycle based on Kahlil Gibran's THE PROPHET. Many thanks to the Commission!
January 30, 2005 -- Sam Sherry & Ursa Major with special guest Mark Kleinhaut at the Maine Jazz Alliance, Brunswick
November 12, 2004 -- Sam Sherry & Ursa Major LIVE on Maine Public Broadcasting, Bangor
November, 2004 -- The Gibran National Committee of Lebanon has graciously endorsed Sam's work on a jazz song-cycle based on Kahlil Gibran's monumental work, THE PROPHET.
September 11, 2004 -- Sam Sherry & Ursa Major at the WESTBROOK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Westbrook
August 8, 2004 -- Sam Sherry & Ursa Major at the FESTIVAL OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE, Longfellow Square, Portland