Sunday, April 11, 2027 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Reed Simon: Gypsy Jazz Violin
Wadsworth Public Library, 132 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281

Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Wadsworth Public Library continue Live at the Library with Reed Simon on Sunday, April 11, 2027 at 2 pm at the Wadsworth Public Library, 132 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281.

Reed Simon is a jazz-violinist who played at Cleveland’s Nighttown for many years and was a featured artist with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. He plays a mix of American Songbook and straight-ahead jazz in venues throughout Northeast Ohio.

This program is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 419-853-6016.

About the Musician

Reed Simon is a jazz-violinist in the Cleveland area who has played at Nighttown over the years and many other venues. He provided a “French” mid-century jazz duo for the Paris Room in Chagrin Falls (ala Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli) and played for Edwin’s award dinner with the Hot Djang! quartet. He was a featured artist with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra in “Clubin’ Unchained” – Django and the Duke, under the direction of Paul Ferguson. He has on occasion worked outside of the Cleveland/Akron/Canton area playing venues in Pittsburgh as well as Detroit, and continues to play a mix of American Songbook and straight-ahead jazz in duos and trios in venues throughout Northeast Ohio.