Chris Byars Quartet closes Bronx Jazz Series at Riverdale Y tonight

Tonight, New York City native Chris Byars will host the first part of the Bronx Jazz Series' two-night finale at the YM-YWHA in Riverdale with an interactive workshop featuring his own Chris Byars Quartet. The group, with its delightful habit of pretending it's 1950 and that hard bop never went out of style, returns Thursday evening to wrap up the festival with a performance of their Jazz Pictures at an Exhibition of Himalayan Art.