Aimée Allen’s Jazz Quartet at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

With Chamber Music America, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents an evening of jazz performed by Rising Star jazz vocalist (DownBeat’s Critic’s Poll) Aimée Allen with François Moutin (bass), Tony Romano (guitar), and Kenn Salters (drums) on Saturday, December 6, 2025. In addition to playing standards and bossa nova, the quartet will perform original songs by Allen, who is also an accomplished composer. Tickets start at $15 with a student ID, $30 general admission, and can be purchased here.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist Aimée Allen’s intimate connection with music began with a childhood scored with classic jazz on the family turntable. After graduation, Aimée moved to Paris where she performed regularly in jazz clubs and festivals. The deep relationship between the francophone audiences and Brazilian bossa nova led Aimée to form Les Bossa Novices, a Paris-based group dedicated to bossa and jazz.

Aimée Allen performs regularly in the New York City area and frequently tours abroad. Her original music has been licensed for feature film and network television. She has sung with renowned jazz musicians including Romero Lubambo, Ron McClure, Roswell Rudd, Ari Hoenig, Joel Frahm, and Yomo Toro. Aimée’s latest of six albums, Love & the Catalyst, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocal Album in 2023. Also in 2023, Aimée was awarded a Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant to write new original music for this quartet.

The national network of ensemble music professionals, Chamber Music America, develops and supports an evolving chamber music field through professional development services, networking events, publications, and grant programs. Founded in 1977 by a small group of musicians determined to create a more sustainable chamber music field, today its membership encompasses musicians, ensembles, presenters, managers, educators, advocates, and others, all representing a wide range of musical styles and traditions, including contemporary and traditional jazz, classical, and folkloric genres.

About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual festivals, educational programs, and seasonal events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.