PAST SHOWS (SELECTED)

2023NOVEMBER 10 - 19: AARON PARKS QUARTET EUROPE TOURNov 10: GUIMARAES/portugal
Nov 13: BARCELONA/spain
Nov 14 & 15: PARIS/france
Nov 16: BASEL/switzerland
Nov 17: LONDON/england
Nov 19: AMSTERDAM/netherlandsOCTOBER 13 & 14 | 7:30PM & 9PM | THE JAZZ GALLERY (NYC) | AARON PARKSOCTOBER 18 - NOVEMBER 4: JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES EUROPE TOUROct 18: LEIPZIG/germany
Oct 19: RÜSSELSHEIM/germany
Oct 20: BRUSSELS/belgium
Oct 21: SKOPJE/north macedonia
Oct 23: LONDON/england
Oct 25: GENT/belgium
Oct 28: CORMONS/italy
Oct 29: MURI/switzerland
Oct 30: BARCELONA/spain
Nov 2: LAUSANNE/switzerland
Nov 4: TAMPERE/finlandSEPTEMBER 28
JAZZ GALLERY (MANHATTAN) KANOA MENDENHALL
FEATURING KALIA VANDEVER, MICAH THOMAS, CRAIG WEINRIBSEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1
GENERATIONS: INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL FRAUENFELD (SWITZERLAND)
DIDA PELLED & KANOA MENDENHALLSEPTEMBER 3
DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
SEPTEMBER 21
ALICYN YAFFEE TRIO
MEZZROW
SEPTEMBER 22
SAVANNAH JAZZ FESTIVAL (SAVANNAH, GA)
MILENA CASADOAUGUST 4 | 10PM | CON ALMA (PITTSBURG, PA) | LUCAS KADISH TRIO W/TIM ANGULOAUGUST 5 | 8PM | BOP STOP (CLEVELAND, OH) | LUCAS KADISH TRIO W/TIM ANGULOAUGUST 9 & 10
THE CABARET (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) | AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUARTETJULY 26
BAR BAYEUX (BROOKLYN) | MICAH THOMAS W/ KALIA VANDEVER, ADAM O'FARRILL, LESLEY MOKJULY 27
JAZZ GALLERY (MANHATTAN) | ALDEN HELLMUTH QUINTET

2024FEB 17 | DAYNA STEPHENS QUARTET
JAZZ AT THE BOLTAPR 9
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES - TIVOLI VRENDENBURG CLUB NINE
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDSAPR 10
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
NEW MORNING
PARIS, FRANCEAPR 11
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
VORTEX
LONDON, UKAPR 13
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
OPUS JAZZ CLUB
BUDAPEST, HUNGARYAPR 16
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KULTURZENTRUM SCHLACHTHOF
BREMEN, GERMANYAPR 17
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
STADTGARTEN
KOLN, GERMANYAPR 18
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KUNSTVEREIN FAMILIE MONTEZ
FRANKFURT, GERMANYAPR 19 & APR 20
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
RECOLETOS JAZZ MADRID
MADRID, SPAINMAY 9
DAYNA STEPHENS QUARTET
CUNY - AARON DAVIS HALL
NEW YORKMAY 10
NEXT JAZZ LEGACY 2024
THE MILLENIUM STAGE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
WASHINGTON DCMAY 29
9:30PM
AARON PARKS TRIO
FESTIVAL CAMPUS JAZZ – UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
ÍLHAVO PORTUGAL
JUNE 1
KALIA VANDEVER QUARTET
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN NYCJUNE 5
YVONNE ROGERS QUARTET
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN NYCJUNE 7
JOEL ROSS & FRIENDS
JAZZ GALLERY
MANHATTAN NYCJUNE 8
JOEL ROSS & FRIENDS
JAZZ GALLERY
MANHATTAN NYCJUNE 28
MICAH THOMAS W/ERIC MCPHERSON
MEZZROW
MANHATTAN NYCJULY 2
MARTA SANCHEZ
ZINC BAR
MANHATTAN NYCJULY 4
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL - PUB MOLSON
MONTREAL, CANADAJULY 6
MILENA CASADO
MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL - PUB MOLSON
MONTREAL, CANADAJULY 12
MILENA CASADO
NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL - MISSOURI
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDSJULY 13
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL - MADEIRA
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDSJULY 18
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE VITORIA GASTEIZ
VITORIA GASTEIZ, SPAINJULY 25
MARIA GRAND TRIO
JAZZCHUR
CHUR, SWITZERLANDJULY 26-31
faculty at
SIENA JAZZ
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER WORKSHOP 2024
SIENA, ITALYAUGUST 4-10
JAZZDANMARK
SUMMER SESSION 2024
COPENHAGEN, DENMARKSEP 18
MICAH THOMAS 'MOUNTAINS' ALBUM RELEASE
JAZZ GALLERY
MANHATTAN, NYSEP 28
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
MONTEREY, USAOCT 10
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
REGATTABAR
CAMBRIDGE, MAOCT 11
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DURHAM, NHOCT 12
YVONNE ROGERS QUARTET
BAR BAYEUX
BROOKLYN, NYOCT 14
PABLO HELD WITH JOEY BARON
LOFT
KÖLN, DEOCT 18
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
FASCHING
STOCKHOLM, SEOCT 19
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
AUDITORIO MUNICIPAL FORUM SEIXAL
SEIXAL, PTOCT 21
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
LETOVICE, CZOCT 22
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
NOSPR CHAMBER HALL
KATOWICE, PLOCT 23
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KULTURZENTRUM GEMS
SINGEN, DEOCT 24
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JAZZ EN TÊTE
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FROCT 25
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
BIMHUIS
AMSTERDAM, NL

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2025JAN 11
WINTER JAZZ FEST 2025: ZOH AMBA
NATIONAL SAWDUST
BROOKLYN, NYJAN 13
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
DIZZY'S CLUB
MANHATTAN, NYJAN 29
ZOH AMBA
JAZZ GALLERY
MANHATTAN, NYFEB 1
YVONNE ROGERS QUARTET
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN, NYMARCH 6
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
COLUMBUS, OHMARCH 9
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
CAFE ORNITHOLOGY
BROOKLYN, NYMARCH 12
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
STAGE DOOR THEATER
CHARLOTTE, NCMARCH 13 & 14
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
MISSY LANE'S ASSEMBLY ROOM
DURHAM, NCMARCH 15
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KENNEDY CENTER
WASHINGTON, DCAPRIL 1
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
ATRIUM ZIZKOV
PRAGUE, CZAPRIL 2
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
KULTURFORUM
VILLACH, ATAPRIL 3
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
SPIELBODEN
DORNBIRN, ATAPRIL 4
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB
NEUBURG AN DER DONAN, DEAPRIL 5
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
JAZZ STATION
BRUSSELS, BEAPRIL 6
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
SUNSET
GIRONA, ESAPRIL 8
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
BIRD'S EYE
BASEL, CHAPRIL 9
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
CASA DEL JAZZ
ROME, ITAPRIL 10
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
PADOVA JAZZ
PADOVA, ITAPRIL 11
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
JAZZ CLUB FERRARA
FERRARA, ITAPRIL 25, 26, 27
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
BLUE NOTE TOKYO
TOKYO, JPAUGUST 22
KANOA MENDENHALL TRIO W/EMMANUEL MICHAEL & CRAIG WEINRIB
THE JAZZ GALLERY
MANHATTAN, NYAUGUST 28
ALEX LORE/MARTA SANCHEZ 4TET W/RUDY ROYSTON
SMALLS
MANHATTAN, NYSEPTEMBER 18
YVONNE ROGERS TRIO
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN, NYSEPTEMBER 25
KALIA VANDEVER QUARTET
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART
COLUMBUS, OHSEPTEMBER 26
KALIA VANDEVER QUARTET
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY
WESTERVILLE, OHOCTOBER 2
YVONNE ROGERS TRIO
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 3
TOMASSO PERAZZO TRIO
NUBLU CLASSIC
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 5
JOEL ROSS' GOOD VIBES
HUDSON HALL
HUDSON, NYOCTOBER 6
CAROLINE DAVIS QUARTET
ZINC BAR
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 12
MILENA CASADO
THE NIMOY (UCLA)
L.A., CAOCTOBER 16
YVONNE ROGERS
CLOSE UP
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 18
MARCUS GILMORE
VILLAGE VANGUARD
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 20
SIMON MOULLIER & JOEL ROSS QUARTET
THE SIGNATURE THEATRE
MANHATTAN, NYOCTOBER 25
2025 CARMINE CARUSO COMPETITION (HOUSE BAND)
UNT
DENTON, TXNOV 29
KALIA VANDEVER QUARTET
PUBLIC RECORDS
BROOKLYNDEC 1
DUO WITH MICAH THOMAS
CLOSE UP
MANHATTANDEC 3
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
SEEDS
BROOKLYNDEC 16
JOSÉ JAMES
THE DAKOTA
MINNEAPOLISDEC 17
JOSÉ JAMES
THE DAKOTA
MINNEAPOLISDEC 18
JOSÉ JAMES
REGATTABAR
CAMBRIDGEDEC 19
JOSÉ JAMES
KEYSTONE KORNER
BALTIMOREDEC 20
JOSÉ JAMES
KEYSTONE KORNER
BALTIMOREDEC 21
JOSÉ JAMES
KEYSTONE KORNER
BALTIMOREDEC 26
LEX KORTEN TRIO
MEZZROW
MANHATTAN

2026JAN 10 WINTER JAZZ FEST: ALDEN HELLMUTH @ LOOVE ANNEX
BROOKLYNJAN 10
WINTER JAZZ FEST: JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
SUPERIOR INGREDIENTS
BROOKLYNJAN 12
KALIA VANDEVER
SIGNATURE THEATER
MANHATTANJAN 13
MILENA CASADO
NUBLU
MANHATTANJAN 20
MILENA CASADO
UNTERFAHRT
MUNICH, DEJAN 21
MILENA CASADO
PARADOX
TILBURG, NLJAN 22
MILENA CASADO
BRUSSELS JAZZ FESTIVAL
BRUSSELS, BEJAN 23
MILENA CASADO
DE DOELEN
ROTTERDAM, NLJAN 24
MILENA CASADO
JASSMINE
WARSAW, PLJAN 25
MILENA CASADO
BLUE NOTE
POZNAN, PLJAN 27
MILENA CASADO
SUNSET SUNSIDE
PARIS, FRJAN 28
MILENA CASADO
SUNSET SUNSIDE
PARIS, FRJAN 31
HARLEM OF THE WEST
HEALDSBURG WINTERFEST
HEALDSBURGFEB 1
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
HEALDSBURG WINTERFEST
HEALDSBURGFEB 2
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER
SANTA CRUZFEB 3
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
LIBRETTO
PASO ROBLESFEB 5
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
CONRAD PREBYS CENTER
LA JOLLAFEB 10 - 15
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
VILLAGE VANGUARD
MANHATTANFEB 21
YVONNE ROGERS
BAR BAYEUX
BROOKLYNFEB 25
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
BLUES ALLEY
WASHINGTON DCFEB 26
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
DR. PHILLIPS CENTER
ORLANDOFEB 28
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JIMMY'S JAZZ & BLUES CLUB
PORTSMOUTHMAR 6
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
CAFFE VIVACE
CINCINNATIMAR 7
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JAZZ KITCHEN
INDIANAPOLISMAR 22
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
AKG MUSEUM
BUFFALOMAR 29
EMI MAKABE
SAINT PETER'S CHURCH
MANHATTANAPRIL 2 - 5
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JAZZ SHOWCASE
CHICAGOAPRIL 10
JOSÉ JAMES
TRI-C JAZZ FEST
CLEVELANDAPRIL 11
JOSÉ JAMES
DENVER JAZZ FEST
DENVERAPRIL 15
JEROME SABBAGH 4TET
CLOSE UP
MANHATTANAPRIL 20
EMMANUEL MICHAEL DUO
CLOSE UP
MANHATTANAPRIL 21
YVONNE ROGERS 4TET
LUNATICO
BROOKLYNAPRIL 22 - 26
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
SMOKE JAZZ CLUB
MANHATTANAPRIL 27
TOMMASO PERAZZO TRIO
CAFE ORNITHOLOGY
BROOKLYNMAY 2
KALIA VANDEVER
CENTRAL PARK DAVIS CENTER, 5:16pm-6:12pm
MANHATTANMAY 6
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
BIX
STUTTGART, DEMAY 7
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
ZIG ZAG
BERLIN, DEMAY 8
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JASSMINE
WARSAW, PLMAY 9
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KLUB ZAK
GDANSK, PLMAY 10
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
LA CITÉ MIROIR
LIEGE, BEMAY 12
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
NEW MORNING
PARIS, FRMAY 14
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
TIVOLI VREDENBURG
UTRECHT, NLMAY 15
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
ULTRAMAR CLUB
L'ESCALA, SPMAY 18
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
KEREMPUH
ZAGREB, HRMAY 20
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
UNTERFAHRT
MÜNCHEN, DEMAY 22
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
DE DOELEN
ROTTERDAM, NLMAY 23
JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
JAZZHALL
HAMBURG, DEJUNE 4-6
JOEL ROSS RESIDENCY
SEEDS
BROOKLYNJUNE 9
YVONNE ROGERS
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
BROOKLYNJUNE 20-21
JOEL ROSS
THE POCKET
MANHATTANJUNE 23
MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
LUNATICO
BROOKLYNJULY 1
KALIA VANDEVER QUARTET
MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
MONTREAL, CA

photo by June Yun

Kanoa Mendenhall is a New York City-based acoustic and electric bassist.Kanoa was born in Japan, but spent most of her youth on the Monterey Peninsula in California. She grew up surrounded by music - her father is a jazz musician and educator, and her mother is a piano teacher. At age 10, she started taking classical cello lessons, but gravitated towards the bass at age 12. Kanoa began her professional career at age 13, performing in Monterey and the San Francisco Bay Area with esteemed local musicians such as Bruce Forman, Vince Lateano, and Dick Whittington. During high school, she studied with the great Bay Area bassist John Shifflett.After completing high school, Kanoa moved to New York City to begin her studies at Columbia University and the Juilliard School. She studied bass with Ben Wolfe and participated in studio classes taught by Ron Carter at Juilliard for two years. While Kanoa was a student at Columbia, she was an early morning jazz radio programmer on WKCR-FM, a non-commercial radio station providing high quality programming in the New York area and streaming online worldwide. She graduated from Columbia in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures.Since graduating from college in 2019, Kanoa has performed across the U.S., Europe, and Canada as a member of vibraphonist Joel Ross' Good Vibes and with saxophonist/vocalist María Grand's trio. She has performed at North Sea Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, SFJAZZ Center, Blue Note NY, Monterey Jazz Festival, and was part of the house band of the 2020 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony led by Terri Lyne Carrington. In 2019, through The Jazz Gallery's Mentorship Series, Kanoa was given the opportunity to learn from and perform with acclaimed drummer and bandleader Kendrick Scott for two months, and got to perform with musicians such as Dayna Stephens, Aaron Parks, Charles Altura, Marquis Hill, John Ellis, Shai Maestro, and Mike Moreno. She has worked/taught at Jazz Camp West, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and has adjudicated at the Next Generation Jazz Festival.Kanoa enjoys gardening and meeting Shiba Inus.Contact Kanoa

UPCOMING EVENTS

⭐︎  JULY 29 KENNY BARRON SONGBOOK QUARTET
FESTIVAL DEL JAZZ SANTANDER
SANTANDER, SPAIN⭐︎  JULY 31 KENNY BARRON SONGBOOK QUARTET
MARCIAC JAZZ FESTIVAL
MARCIAC, FRANCE⭐︎  AUGUST 2 KENNY BARRON SONGBOOK QUARTET
RONNIE SCOTT'S
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM⭐︎  AUGUST 5 YVONNE ROGERS
BAR BAYEUX
BROOKLYN, NY⭐︎  AUGUST 7 MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
CLOSE UP
NEW YORK, NY⭐︎  AUGUST 8 JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES
BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL
BROOKLYN, NY⭐︎  AUGUST 15 MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
OSLO JAZZ FESTIVAL
OSLO, NORWAY⭐︎  AUGUST 16 MARTA SANCHEZ TRIO
FASCHING
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN⭐︎  AUGUST 21 MARTA SANCHEZ QUINTET
JAZZFESTIVAL SAALFELDEN
SAALFELDEN, AUSTRIA