Botti at Sea III: Full Schedule

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11:15am PDT

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm PDT

Speakers

Lee Mergner

For over 27 years, Lee Mergner served as an editor and publisher of JazzTimes until his resignation in January 2018. Thereafter, Mergner continued to regularly contribute features, profiles and interviews to the publication as a contributing editor for the next 4+ years. JazzTimes... Read More →

Artists

Carnell Harrell

Carnell Harrell is a keyboard player from the Los Angeles area who has been playing professionally for over 20 years for agencies, private events, independent and major artists. Carnell plays a variety of styles including Gospel, R&B, neo soul, hip hop, jazz, soul, alternative rock, easy listeni... Read More →

Chris Miskel

Chris Miskel is a Chicago drummer who carries on the Chicago reputation of producing some of the most talented musicians to date. By playing with many musicians, Chris has acquired the ability to play the drums in multiple styles and genres of music. He believes that adapting to the various musi... Read More →

Darnell Taylor

David Dyson

Born in South Dakota and raised in Washington D.C., David Dyson began playing baritone in school, but, after hearing recordings of Larry Graham and Louis Johnson, the desire to switch to the bass was overwhelming.In 1989, David worked with Maurice Starr (New Kids On The Block) as musical director, taking their live shows to an unprecedented pinnacle... Read More →

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm PDT
Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 4

IN CONCERT

1:00pm PDT

Vocalist Morgan James

Tuesday September 22, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT

Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 4

Speakers

Gene Dobbs Bradford

Artists

Carnell Harrell

Chris Miskel

David Dyson

Doug Wamble

As a child of Memphis, TN, Doug Wamble has always been surrounded by a vast musical and cultural landscape. From listening to his mother play piano in their Baptist church to his grandfather singing cowboy songs, murder ballads and old time gospel favorites while strumming his guitar... Read More →

Morgan James

Morgan James has a voice that needs to be heard; even when she was just a fifth grader belting out standards on a karaoke machine. After her grandmother heard her sing, the matriarch footed the bill for James’ voice lessons, positive that her granddaughter had the mysterious “it... Read More →

Tuesday September 22, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 4

IN CONCERT

3:00pm PDT

Veronica Swift

Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm PDT

Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 4

Artists

Emmet Cohen

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, he is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, a dedicated educator, the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and a finalist in... Read More →

Joe Farnsworth

Joe Farnsworth, as chronicled on more than 400 recordings and witnessed within historical venues across New York City and the world, has indelibly penned his legacy within the history of jazz drumming. Concisely put, Joe has studied the past so that he might show us the future of music rooted within... Read More →

Veronica Swift

Veronica Swift's new eponymously titled album is a masterful coming-out story. On her previous albums, Confessions and This Bitter Earth, she ascended to the upper echelon of early 21st century jazz singers because of her virtuosic brilliance, interpretive ingenuity, bracing songwriting and keen arrangements. Simply put, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation, she's one of the... Read More →

Yasushi Nakamura

“One of the most commanding voices on bass today”Yasushi Nakamura is praised for imaginative, quicksilver bass lines that deepen the groove. His blend of guitar-like precision and gut-level blues has sparked collaborations with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon... Read More →

Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm PDT
Cosmopolitan Restaurant, 4

IN CONCERT