Performance Experience
Representative Samples from each year (1994 – Present)
2023
| Guest Artist at Mercer University, Macon GA | 1/20 |
| Georgia Jazz Educators group at GMEA, Athens GA | 1/27 |
| Guest Artist at Emory University with Scotty Barnhart, Atlanta GA | 1/29 |
| Tribute to Kenny Dorham with the GSU Jazz Faculty, Atlanta GA | 2/5 |
| Featured soloist at the Apollo Theater for “Blues and It’s People: Russell Gunn”, Harlem NY | 2/15-17 |
| Kevin Bales: Music of Fred Rogers, Chicago, IL | 3/26 |
| Guest Artist at the University of North Florida. Tribute to Bunky Green, Jacksonville FL | 4/23 |
| Cola Jazz Series with Jeremy Davenport. Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia SC | 4/25 |
| Featured Soloist for “Blues and It’s People: Russell Gunn”, Atlanta Symphony Hall/Atlanta Jazz Festival | 5/26 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, The Wheel Sessions Jazz Series, Greenville, SC | 9/7 |
| Featured Artist at Forte Jazz Series, Charleston SC | 9/20 |
| Two Piano concert with Noel Freidline, Hilton Head Island, SC | 9/22 |
| Guest Artist at Mercer University, Macon GA | 9/29 |
| Cola Jazz Festival with Wycliffe Gordon, Columbia SC | 9/30 |
| Director Junior Jazz Foundation All-Star Band for the “Jazz For All Ages” jazz festival, Hilton Head Island SC | 10/28-30 |
| Guest Artist for live PBS broadcast “Live at Lucille’s”, Knoxville, TN | 11/5 |
| Guest Artist with Mark Rapp, The Wheel Sessions Jazz Series, Greenville, SC | 12/21 |
| Ten performances throughout the year at Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah GA | 2023 |
| Eight performances at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island SC | 2023 |
| Eight performances at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 2023 |
2022
| Featured Artist at the Kiawah Jazz Festival with Nicki Parrot and Quentin Baxter, SC | 1/9 |
| Destin Music Fest, FL | 1/16-17 |
| Guest Artist Concert at Mercer University, Macon GA | 1/21 |
| Georgia Jazz Educators jam session at GMEA, Athens GA | 1/28 |
| Kevin Bales: Music of Fred Rogers, Chicago, IL | 2/11-13 |
| Concert at August University with Wycliffe Gordon, August GA | 2/17 |
| Noel Freidline and Kevin Bales: 2 Pianos, 1 Night. Ritz Theater, Jacksonville FL | 3/19 |
| GSU Jazz Faculty: Euclid Festival, Atlanta, GA | 4/24 |
| GSU Jazz Faculty: Presents Audrey Shakir, Atlanta GA | 5/15 |
| Artists Concert: Kevin Bales, Ulysses Owens, Phillip Norris, Howard Paul, Bluffton SC | 5/28 |
| Jacksonville Jazz Festival with Taylor Roberts, Jacksonville FL | 5/29 |
| Guest Artist at Albany University, Albany GA | 6/23 |
| Aspen Jazz Festival with Wycliffe Gordon, Aspen CO | 6/24 |
| GSU Jazz Faculty: Concert for the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta GA | 6/29 |
| Guest Artist at the “Don’t Miss A Beat Festival”, with Wycliffe Gordon, Jacksonville FL | 7/23 |
| Guest Artist the Charlotte Jazz Arts: Tenor Titans Concert, Charlotte NC | 8/12-13 |
| The Kevin Bales Group at the Atlanta High Museum: Atlanta, GA | 8/19 |
| Cola Jazz Festival with Carl Allen, Columbia SC | 9/24 |
| Festival at. St. Albans, with Charlton Singleton, Davidson NC | 10/23 |
| Junior Jazz Festival, Hilton Head Island SC | 10/30-31 |
| Kershaw Arts Center with Mark Rapp: Kershaw SC | 12/3 |
| Fifty-Two performances at Major Jazz Clubs in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, New York, and Chicago. | 2022 |
2021
| Concert with Grammy winner Charlton Singleton at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 1/2 |
| Concert with Ron Helman at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 1/16 |
| Concert with Rita Graham at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 1/6 |
| Concert with Tony Hightower and John Roberts at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 3/6 |
| Jazz History concert with Justin Varnes at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 3/7 |
| Fred Rogers concert with Keri Johnsrud, Ephiphany Hall, Chicago, IL | 3/19 |
| Concerts with Mark Rapp, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 4/3-4 |
| Concerts with Dominic Farannici, The Gainseville Art Council, Gainesville GA | 4/16-17 |
| GSU faculty concert with guest artist Tom Scott, Rialto Theater, Atlanta GA | 4/25 |
| Featured Artist with Wycliffe Gordon, Savannah, GA | 5/21-22 |
| Kevin Bales Quartet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 5/28-29 |
| Duke Ellington Tribute Concert, Nashville TN | 6/11 |
| Quartet Concert for the Wheel House Sessions art series, Greenville SC | 6/18 |
| Concerts with Longinue Parsons, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta GA | 6/19-20 |
| Duke Ellington Tribute Concert, Nashville TN | 6/25 |
| Duke Ellington Tribute Concert, Peidmont Park Garden, Atlanta GA | 7/8 |
| Concerts for the Junior Jazz Foundation Summer Camp, Hilton Head Island, SC | 7/14-17 |
| Concert with Wycliffe Gordon, Augusta GA | 7/23 |
| Concerts with Billy Thornton, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 8/6-7 |
| Kevin Bales and Friends: The Music of Fred Rogers, Chattahoochee Arts Center, GA | 8/8 |
| Duke Ellington Tribute Concert, Nashville TN | 8/12 |
| Featured Artist with the Mark Rapp Quartet, Middle C Jazz Hall, Charlotte, NC | 8/13-14 |
| Kevin Bales Quartet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 8/27-28 |
| Concert with Annie Sellick, Nashville, TN | 9/3 |
| Concert with Wycliffe Gordon, Augusta Jazz Series, Augusta GA | 9/12 |
| Music of Fred Rogers, multiple venues, Chicago IL | 9/16-18 |
| Miles Davis and Chet Baker concert with Mark Rapp Quartet, Middle C, Charlotte TN | 10/1 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, The Wheel House concert series, Greenville SC | 10/15 |
| Kevin Bales Quarter, Headliner for the Macon Jazz Festival, Macon GA | 10/23 |
| Director for youth all-star group, Junior Jazz Foundation Jazz Festival, Hilton Head, SC | 10/27-28 |
| Kevin Bales Trio featuring Cleveland Jones, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 10/29-30 |
| Tribute to Dave Brubeck, Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC | 11/23 |
| Kevin Bales and Noel Freidline: Two Piano show, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/27 |
| Kevin Bales Trio with Tia Rix, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 12/3-4 |
| Featured Artist for the Savannah Christmas Concert, Savannah GA | 12/25 |
| Delbert Felix Trio, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 12/30-31 |
2020
| Kevin Bales/Chuck Redd Quartet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 1/3-4 |
| Carmen Bradford, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 1/17-18 |
| Kiawah Music Series with Carmen Bradford, Kiawah, SC | 1/19 |
| GEMA Educators Jam, Athens GA | 1/23 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, Savannah GA | 2/1 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, Music of Fred Rogers, Chicago, IL | 4/8 |
| Kevin Bales Trio with Gina Rene, Savannah GA | 2/21 |
| Roberta Setzu CD Release, Venkman’s, Atlanta, GA | 2/23 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, The Wheel Series, Greenville, SC | 2/27 |
| Billy Thornton Quartet at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 3/6 |
| Kevin Bales Trio at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 5/1 |
| Savannah PBS live streaming with Delbert Felix and Ron Helman, Savannah GA | 5/9 |
| Russell Gunn with Terreon Gully and Delbert Felix, Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 6/19 |
| Jen Farnsworth and Kevin Bales, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 6/27 |
| Russell Gunn and the Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra, Live stream from the Rialto Theater to the Blue Note in New York, Atlanta GA | 7/25 |
| Billy Thornton at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 7/31-8/1 |
| Jen Farnsworth and Kevin Bales, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 8/8 |
| Kevin Bales Trio with Edwin Hamilton and Delbert Felix, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 9/18 |
| Savannah Jazz Festival, house trio behind Jazmin Ghent, Brian Miller, Wycliffe Gordon, and David Sanchez | 9/25-27 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, The Wheel Series, Greenville, SC | 10/9 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, Music of Fred Rogers: Live stream from the Rialto Theater to the South Carolina Jazz Festival | 10/22 |
| Velvet Note with Justin Varnes Quartet: Jazz Legacy Series | 10/15 |
| Christmas Concert in Greenville, SC with Mark Rapp | 12/17 |
| New Year’s Eve Jazz Concert with Edwin Hamilton, Columbia, SC | 12/31 |
2019
| Kevin Bales Trio with Chuck Redd, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 1/3-4 |
| Concerts with Dominic Faranici and Lucy Woodward, The Jewell, Omaha, NE | 1/16-20 |
| Concert with Leon Anderson, Rodney Jordan, and Barry Greene, Northside Stage, FL | 1/25 |
| Concert for Sophia’s Woman’s Retreat with Virginia Schenck, Charleston, SC | 1/7 |
| Kevin Bales Trio, Chatwood Hills Arts Series, Atlanta, GA | 1/9 |
| Guest Artists at Mercer University, Macon, GA | 2/15 |
| Scotty Barnhard Quintet, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 2/23 |
| GSU Faculty Concert: East meets West, Atlanta, GA | 2/28 |
| Annie Sellick Quartet, Good Times Jazz Club , Savannah, GA | 3/8 |
| Rob Gibson presents Concert at the Manor, Savannah, GA | 3/5 |
| Kevin Bales Quartet, Carrolton Jazz Festival, Carrollton, GA | 4/13 |
| Teddy Adams Sextet, Good Times Jazz Club , Savannah, GA | 4/19-20 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud, Hey Nonny Concert Hall, Arlington Hights, IL | 4/24 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud, Piano Forte Concert Hall, Chicago, IL | 4/25 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud, Fred Rogers Festival, Iowa City, IA | 4/26 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud, Café Paradiso, Fairfield, IA | 4/27 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud, Potters Mill, Bellevue, IA | 4/28 |
| Julie Dexter Quartet, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 5/3 |
| Featured Artist at Georgetown Performing Arts Center GPAC, Memphis TN | 5/10 |
| Russell Gunn Royal Krunk Orchestra, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta, GA | 5/26 |
| Guest Clinician and Artist, Joe’s Jazz Camp, Alpharetta, GA | 6/2-7 |
| Virginia Schenck Group, First Friday Jazz series, Atlanta GA | 6/7 |
| Clinician and Performer, GSU Jazz Camp, Atlanta, GA | 6/17-21 |
| Annie Sellick Quartet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 6/28-29 |
| Concert with Sarah Partraige, Carolina Music Museum, Greenville, SC | 7/6 |
| Guest Clinician and Artist, Junior Jazz Foundation Jazz Camp, Hilton Head Island, SC | 7/7-13 |
| Billy Thornton Group, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 8/2-3 |
| Kevin Bales featured Artist, The Wheel Sessions Series, Greenville, SC | 8/8 |
| Teddy Adams Sextet, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 8/17 |
| Melvin Jones Quintet, TheVelvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 8/25 |
| Kevin Bales: The Fred Rogers project, The Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC | 9/18 |
| Angela Roberts and Steve Nelson, Mezzrow, New York, NY | 9/23 |
| Featured Artist with Anat Cohen, Savannah Jazz Festival | 9/28-29 |
| Mark Rapp concert, The Carolina Music Museum, Greenville, SC | 10/2 |
| Mike Walton Quartet, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 10/5 |
| Kevin Bales Centennial Blues Band, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 10/11-12 |
| Wycliff Gordan and Vincent Gradner, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/8-9 |
| Teddy Adams Sextet, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 11/15-16 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud: Fred Rogers Show, Winters Jazz Club, Chicago, IL | 11/21 |
| Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud: Fred Rogers Show, Venkman’s, Atlanta, GA | 11/24 |
| David Potter Quartet, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 12/7 |
| Allan Harris Quartet, The Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 12/20-21 |
2018
| Kevin Bales Trio, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah Georgia | 1/19-20 |
| Featured performer with Grammy nominated drummer Ulysses Owens, Velvet Note, Atlanta | 2/17 |
| Judge and Guest Artist at the American Jazz Piano Competition, Melbourne FL | 3/2-4 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, CD release, Winter Jazz Club, Chicago, IL | 3/22 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, CD release, The River Center, Des Moines, IA | 3/23 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, CD release, The Pioneer Theater, Omaha, NE | 3/24 |
| Eric Alexander and Joe Farnsworth, Velvet Note, Atlanta, GA | 3/30-31 |
| Addison Evans Group, Velvet Note, Atlanta, GA | 4/27-28 |
| Virginia Schenck, City Winery, Atlanta GA | 4/30 |
| Annie Sellick, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 5/4-5 |
| Allan Harris Quartet, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 5/24 |
| Allan Harris Quartet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 5/25-26 |
| Greg Robbins, Atlantic Station, Atlanta GA | 6/1 |
| Teacher and performer, Joe’s Jazz Camp | 6/3-8 |
| Audrey Shakir and Gordon Vernick, Velvet Note, Atlanta, GA | 6/15-16 |
| GSU Jazz Camp | 6/18-22 |
| Live Performance on Chicago Tonight, PBS with Keri Johnsrud | 6/22 |
| Beyond The Neighborhood CD Release, Velvet Note, Atlanta GA | 6/23 |
| Beyond The Neighborhood CD Release, The Loft, Columbus, GA | 6/24 |
| Guest Artist, Hilton Head Jazz Camp, Hilton Head Island, GA | 7/8-13 |
| Nicki Parrot Quintet, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, GA | 7/13-14 |
| Good Day Atlanta with Joe Gransden, Atlanta GA | 7/31 |
| Mace Hibbard quintet with Melvin Jones, First Friday Jazz, Atlanta, GA | 8/3 |
| Arpenik, “Love At Last” CD Release, The Red Clay Music Foundry, Duluth, GA | 8/12 |
| Arpenik, Four Seasons Chamber Jazz series, Augusta, GA | 8/17 |
| Victor Provost, Savannah Jazz Society, Savannah GA | 8/19 |
| Kevin Bales Centennial Blues Band, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 9/14-15 |
| Svetlana Shmulyian, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 9/22 |
| Wycliffe Gordon and Svetlana Shmulyian, Velvet Note, Atlanta, GA | 9/23 |
| Svetlana Shmulyian, Reynolds Plantation Music Series, Lack Oconee, GA | 9/24 |
| Virginia Schenck, Live at Eddies Attic, Atlanta, GA | 9/30 |
| Simona Minns, Velvet Note, Atlanta, GA | 10/5 |
| Greg Robbins, The Loft, Columbus, GA | 10/12 |
| Greg Robbins, Rudy’s Jazz Café, Nashville, TN | 10/18 |
| Brad Goode Quartet, Macon Jazz Festival, Macon GA | 10/20 |
| Kevin Bales Trio with Brad Goode, ALOMA Society, Locust Grove, GA | 10/21 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, Beyond The Neighborhood, Live at Studio5, Chicago, IL | 10/3 |
| Kevin Bales, WABE live broadcast on “City Lights” with Lois Reitzes | 11/13 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, Feed Your Senses, Atlanta GA | 11/14 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 11/15 |
| Kevin Bales and Keri Johnsrud, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/16-17 |
| Tia Rix, Good Times Jazz Club, Savannah, GA | 12/14 |
2017
| Tribute to Ben Tucker concert, performer and producer, Savannah GA | 1/15 |
| Featured performer for the 45th annual North Carolina Jazz Festival, Wilmington NC | 2/2-5 |
| The Jazz Corner with Nashville Vocalist Annie Sellick, Hilton Head Island SC | 3/3-4 |
| Featured performer for the Kiawah Jazz Series, Kiawah Island, SC | 3/7-8 |
| Visiting Artist at Mercer University, Macon GA | 3/17 |
| Kevin Bales Group, The Gainesville Arts Council, Gainesville GA | 3/18 |
| Augusta Jazz Festival with Cellist Arpenik Hakobyan, Augusta GA | 4/21 |
| Atlanta Jazz Festival | 4/28 |
| Kevin Bales Group at the Timuca White House, Orland FL | 4/30 |
| Soloist with the Joe Gransden Big Band at the Atlanta Jazz Festival | 5/28 |
| Joe Gransden and Annie Sellick shows Eddies Attic Atlanta GA and Gainesville FL | 6/3 |
| Joe Gransden and Annie Sellick shows for the Arts Council, Gainesville FL | 6/4 |
| Guest Artist for Jacksonville Music Series | 6/16-17 |
| Guest performer and teacher at the Hilton Head Island Jazz Camp, Hilton Head Island SC | 6/9-16 |
| Kevin Bales trio with Violinist Ricardo Ocoa, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island SC | 6/17-19 |
| Southeast Tour: Kevin Bales Trio with Annie Sellick | 9-23-27 |
| Featured Artist with New York Clarnetist Adrian Cunnigham, Germantown Performance Center, Germantown TN | 9/14-16 |
| Kevin Bales Trio with New York vocalist Allan Harris | 9/29-30 |
| Kevin Bales group at First Congregational Church of Atlanta Jazz Series, Atlanta GA | 10/6 |
| Virginia Schenk CD Release Party (pianist and producer) Eddies Attic, Atlanga GA | 10/8 |
| London Vocalist Polly Gibbons, Southeast Tour (Lousiville, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Miami) | 10/30-11/5 |
| 2016 | |
| Guest Artist at the North Carolina Jazz Festival, Willmington NC | 2/4-6 |
| The White Horse Music Room with Virginia Schenck, Asheville NC | 2/19 |
| The Durham Jazz Workshop with Virginia Schenck, Durham NC | 2/20 |
| Kiawah Jazz Series “Quentin Baxter Presents” with Christian Tamburr, Kiawah, SC | 3/6 |
| The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, with Christian Tamburr | 3/8 |
| Cornelius Street Café, New York NY with Keri Johnsrud | 3/11 |
| Keri Johnsrud at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago IL | 3/16 |
| The Chapel with Keri Johnsrud, St. Louis, MS | 3/19 |
| Kevin Bales Quartet Featuring Bob Reynolds, at the First Friday Jazz series, at the First Congregational Church of Atlanta, Atlanta GA | 4/1 |
| Concert with Carter Calvert at the Gainesville Arts Council, Gainesville GA | 4/23 |
| The Jazz Corner with Annie Sellick, Hilton Head Island, SC | 4/13-14 |
| The Atlanta Jazz Festival with Gordon Vernick, Atlanta GA | 4/15 |
| The Jazz Corner with The Super Trio, Kevin Bales, Justin Varnes, Herman Burney, Hilton Head Island, SC | 6/17-18 |
| June 23 with Dominick Faranicci : Cleveland Jazz festival, Cleveland OH, Dirty Dog Jazz Café, Detroit Michigan | 6/23-25 |
| Guest Artist at The WC Handy Jazz Festival, Florence Alabama | 7/22-24 |
| Monty Alexander Jazz Festival, with Dominic Faranacci. Easton MD | 9/2-4 |
| Kevin Bales quartet featuring Adrian Cunningham, The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 9/9-10 |
| Djanjo Jazz Club with Dominic Faranacci New YorkNY | 9/16 |
| Savannah Jazz Fesival with Barry Greene | 9/23 |
| Florida Jazz Festival with Cleve Eaton and Leon Anderson, Tallahassee FL | 9/24-25 |
| Mezzrow with Steve Nelson And Angela Roberts, New York New York | 10/18 |
| Jazz At Lincoln Center: Dizzies Jazz Club. Tribute to Miles Davis with Russell Gunn and Jimmy Cobb. Live Broadcast on Sirius XM | 10/19-20 |
| The Jazz Corner with Christian Tamburr, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/4-5 |
| The Durham Jazz Workshop with Virginia Shenck | 11/12 |
| The White Horse Music Room with Virginia Schenck, Asheville NC | 11/13 |
2015
| The Savannah Jazz Festival with Joe Gransden | 2/6 |
| The Jazz Corner with Annie Sellick, Hilton Head Island, SC | 3/13-14 |
| The Blackhawk Quintet with Russell Gunn. Live recording black hawk quintet at Churhill Grounds, Atlanta GA | 3/20-21 |
| Residency at Florida Institute of Technology, with Christian Tamburr, Charanee Wade, and Terreon Gully. Melbourne FL | 3/25-26 |
| CD Release tour with Keri Johnsrud, Iowa and Chicago | 4/11-13 |
| The White Horse Music Room with Virginia Schenck, Asheville NC | 5/15 |
| Highlands NC with Virginia Schenck | 6/20 |
| Kiawah Jazz Series with Christian Tamburr, Kiawah SC | 7/14 |
| Featured artist at the W.C. Handy Jazz Fest, Florence AL | 7/17-19 |
| The Jazz showcase with Keri Johnsrud, Chicago IL | 8/10 |
| The Atlanta High Museum with Russell Gunn | 8/10 |
| Cornelius Street with Keri Johnsrud, New York, NY | 10/28 |
| The Jazz Corner with Christian Tamburr, Hilton Head Island, SC | 10/30-31 |
| Duo concert at Agnes Scott College with Rhiannon, Atlanta, GA | 11/19 |
| Live Recording with Jimmy Cobb and Russell Gunn at the Velvet Note, Alpharetta, GA | 11/20-21 |
2014
| Rene Marie concert for Wells Fargo, Charlotte NC | 1/17 |
| Duo concert with John Pattatuci, Mercer University, Macon GA | 1/21 |
| Portland Jazz Festival with Karla Harris and Rene Marie | 2/20-22 |
| With Rene Marie: Kumba Jazz Club: Santa Cruz, CA, Yoshis San Francisco | 3/1-2 |
| 15th anniversary celebration at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 3/28-29 |
| The Museum of Musical Instruments, with Rene Marie. Live Recording for Yamaha | 4/3 |
| Dazzle Jazz Club with Rene Marie, Denver CO | 4/5-6 |
| Miami-Dade performing Arts Center with Rene Marie, Miami FL | 4/12-13 |
| The Atlanta High Museum with Joe Gransden | 4/18 |
| New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with Rene Marie and Christian Winter | 4/26-27 |
| Dizzies Jazz Club at Lincoln Center with Rene Marie, New York NY | 5/15-18 |
| Clifford Brown Jazz Fest, Willimington DW | 5/22 |
| The Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond VA | 5/23 |
| The Kennedy Center, with Rene Marie, Washington DC | 5/24 |
| Atlanta Jazz Fest with Rene Marie, Atlanta GA | 5/25 |
| The Spoleto Music Festival with Rene Marie, Charleston SC | 5/26 |
| The Aspen Jazz fest with Rene Marie, Aspen CO | 6/26 |
| Kevin Bales Tribute to Stan Getz at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 9/19-20 |
| The Savannah Jazz Fest with Rene Marie, Savannah, GA | 9/26 |
| Spain and Portugal tour with Rene Marie: Lisbon, the Azores, Barcelona | 10/1-6 |
| France tour with Rene Marie, Le Duc Bombard, Paris , Toulouse Music Festival, Toulouse | 10/24-27 |
| Concerts in Athens Greece with Rene Marie | 10/30 – 11/2 |
2013
| Concerts at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center with Rene Marie | 1/25-27 |
| The Hamilton, Washington, DC | 1/29 |
| New York City with Keri Johnsrud at the Shrine with Paul Beaudry | 1/30 |
| Dizzies Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, with Rene Marie | 1/31-2/3 |
| Savannah Music Festival with Rene Marie | 3/28 |
| Concert with Annie Sellick, for the Gainesville Arts Council, Gainesville, GA | 4/13 |
| Western Tour with Rene Marie: Dazzle: Denver CO, Yoshis: San Fransisco, The Redwood Jazz Alliance: Arcata CA | 4/20-23 |
| Concert in Edmonton, Canada, at Yardbird Suite, with Rene Marie | 4/27 |
| May 26th, Atlanta Jazz Festival, 3pm with GINOU | 5/26 |
| Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston, SC. | 6/8-9 |
| Madison Square Park Jazz Festival, with Rene Marie Quartet, New York, NY | 7/11 |
| Joy of Jazz Festival, Johannesburg South Africa with Rene Marie | 8/22-25 |
| Guest Artist with Bob Masteller at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 10/4-5 |
| The Atlanta High Museum with Kevin Bales Group | 10/18 |
| Christian Tamburr at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/1-2 |
| The Kevin Bales Group at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 11/29-30 |
2012
| New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, with Rene Marie | 1/13 |
| Concert in Savannah with Ben Tucker, for The Coastal Jazz Society | 1/22 |
| Richmond, VA with Rene Marie, Modlin Center for the Performing Arts | 2/8 |
| Washington, DC, THEARC, with Rene Marie | 2/10 |
| Cumberland, MD, Windsor Hall at Towne Center, with Rene Marie | 2/11 |
| Dizzies Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, NY with Rene Marie | 2/14-19 |
| Tour of Spain with Rene Marie: Lledia: Sala d’Actes del Rectorat, Terrassa: Centre Cultural Unnim. Rambla d’Égara, El Vendrell, Spain, Auditori Pau Casals al Vendrell | 3/22-24 |
| Piano Showdown, Concert with Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, Aaron Dheil, for the Savannah Music Festival, Savannah GA | 3/26 |
| Guest Performer and Teacher, Savannah Music Festival, Swing Central | 3/27-29 |
| The Atlanta High Museum with Joe Gransden | 4/20 |
| Bob Masteller’s All-Stars at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 4/27-28 |
| Highlands NC, with Virginia Schenk | 7/16 |
| The Atlanta High Museum: Kevin Bales group | 7/20 |
| San Jose CA Jazz Festival with Rene Marie, and Christian Tamburr | 8/11-12 |
| Austin Texas, record song and shoot footage for movie “Thank You a Lot” | 8/13-14 |
| With Rene Marie at The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, NY | 8/25 |
| With Rene Marie , Bogota Columbia | 9/6 |
| Rene Marie, The Moscow International Center for the Arts, Moscow, Russia | 12/14-17 |
2011
| Preliminary Concert to The Spoleto Music Festival, Charleston SC | 2/4 | |
| Concert for the Gainesville Arts Council, Gainesville GA | 2/5 | |
| Concert at Historic Ritz Theater in Jacksonville, FL, with Rene Marie | 3/5 | |
| The Atlanta High Museum with JALC(Jazz At Lincoln Center) Trombonist Chris Crenshaw | 3/18 | |
| Concert at Spivey Hall, with Rene Marie | 3/26 | |
| Savannah Music Festival, Performances and Guest Teacher for Swing Central | 3/30 – 4/1 | |
| Kevin Bales trio tribute to Duke Ellington with vocalist Gina Rene at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 5/6-7 | |
| Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival with Chris Crenshaw and the Georgia Horns, Thomas GA | 5/21 | |
| Atlanta Jazz Festival with Audrey Shakir and Wes Anderson | 5/28 | |
| Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Wilmington Delaware, with Rene Marie | 6/24 | |
| West Coast Tour with Rene Marie: Anthology: San Diego CA, Catalinas: Los Angelos CA, Yoshis: Oakland CA, Dazzle: Denver CO | 6/28 7/1 | |
| Blues Alley, Washington , DC with Rene Marie | 7/6 | |
| The Jazz Standard with Rene Marie, New York NY | 7/7-10 | |
| Dakota Jazz Club, St. Paul MN, with Rene Marie | 7/12 | |
| The Mayne Stage, Chicago, with Rene Marie | 7/13 | |
| Spanish Tour with Rene Marie. San Javier Festival, Ezcary Festival, Lledia, Penicola, The Heineken Jazz Festival in San Sebatian | 7/15-23 | |
| Edinborough Music Festival, Scotland, with Rene Marie | 7/24-25 | |
| The Atlanta High Museum, with Audrey Shakir | 9/19 | |
| The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC with Bob Masteller’s All-Stars | 9/26-27 | |
| Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, with Rene Marie | 10/14 | |
| “We always Swing” jazz series, at Murrays, Columbia, MO with Rene Marie | 10/16 | |
| Western tour with Rene Marie: Albuquerque NM, Denver CO, Seattle WA | 10/20-26 | |
| Eastern Tour with Rene Marie The Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA with Rene Marie: Blackrock Center for the Performing Arts in Germantown, MD ; “Exodus to Jazz” in Rochester NY; Emeline Theater, Mamaroneck, NY; Appel Farms, Elmer NJ; Mercyhurst Colleg, Erie, PA | 11/11-20 | |
| The Stratz Performing Arts Center, Tampa FL, with Rene Marie | 12/1-4 | |
2010
| Dizzie’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, New York, with Rene Marie | 2/11-14 |
| Guest Artist at Savannah Jazz Festival, Ben Tuckers 80th birthday concert | 4/31-5/1 |
| Concert with Marcus Printup at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA | 4/16 |
| Concerts at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 5/21-22 |
| The Atlanta Jazz Festival, with Joe Gransden | 5/30 |
| Concert at the Atlanta High Museum, the Kevin Bales Group | 6/18 |
| Concert at the Euphonium Festival, with Joe Gransden, Atlanta, GA | 6/21 |
| Concert with Count Basie Trumpeter Scotty Barnhard, Atlanta GA | 7/16 |
| Concert with Orchestra Atlanta, with Marcus Printup | 7/25 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 8/13-14 |
| Mid-West American Tour with Rene Marie: Chicago Jazz Festival, Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis IN, The Dakota, St. Paul MN | 9/3 -5 |
| The Jazz Standard, New York, New York, with Rene Marie | 9/9-12 |
| Tribute to Duke Ellington at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC Kevin Bales Trio | 9/17-18 |
2009
| Concert at the Atlanta High Museum, Atlanta, GA | 1/16 |
| Concert for the Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College Arts Series, Tifton, GA | 2/9 |
| Concert at the Atlanta High Museum, Atlanta, GA | 2/20 |
| Concert for the Gainesville Arts Council, Gainesville, GA | 2/21 |
| Concert with Rene Marie at the Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA | 3/26 |
| Concert at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC | 3/28 |
| Concert Tour of Spain with Rene Marie: Gijon, Canary Islands, Vilareal, Vendrell, Figueres | 3/30 – 4/6 |
| Concert at Alabama State University with Marcus Printup, Birmingham, AL | 4/8 |
| Concerts at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, CO | 4/16-18 |
| Concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, at Lincoln Center, New York, NY | 5/21-26 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC Ben Tucker CD Release Party | 5/1-2 |
| Concert on the Mountain, Huntsville, AL with Ken Waters | 5/8 |
| Concert at the Bridgestone Jazz Festival with Rene Marie, Sao Paulo, Brazil | 5/15 |
| Concert at the Spoleto Music Festival with Rene Marie, Charleston, SC | 6/5 |
| Concert for the Western North Carolina Jazz Society, Asheville, NC with Annie Sellick | 6/7 |
| Oscar Peterson Tribute Concert at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC | 8/7-9 |
| Concerts at Heidi’s Jazz Club, Melborne, FL | 9/25-26 |
| Concert at the New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival, FL | 9/27 |
2008
| Judge for the Guthman Piano Competition, at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA | 2/22-23 |
| Concert for the Savannah Jazz Society, Savannah, GA | 2/24 |
| Concerts at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, CO | 2/29-3/1 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Annie Sellick) | 4/11-13 |
| Concert for the Gainesville Friends of Jazz, Gainesville, FL | 4/14 |
| Concert for the Palm Coast Jazz Festival, Palm Coast, FL (with Jazz at Lincoln Center members Vincent Garner and Walter Blanding) | 5/10 |
| Guest Artist with the Gwinnett Philharmonic, Atlanta, GA | 5/13 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Spider Salof) | 5/16-18 |
| Performance at the Atlanta Jazz Festival with the GSU Faculty | 5/25 |
| Concert for the Columbus, GA Jazz Society | 6/8 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Lisa Roti) | 12/18-19 |
| Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Annie Sellick) | 9/19-20 |
| Kevin Bales Trio Concert with the Southern Organization of Jazz Arts, Atlanta, GA | 10/5 |
| Macon Jazz Festival, Macon, GA | 10/18 |
| Concert with Rene Marie at the Warsaw Philharmonia, Warsaw, Poland | 10/14 |
2007
| Concert at the Kennedy Center with Kevin Mahangony and Rene Marie, Washington DC | 1/13 |
| Concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, at Lincoln Center, New York, NY | 1/16 – 21 |
| Guest Artist at Broward Community College, Florida | 3/17 |
| Concert, The Kevin Bales Group, Palm Coast Jazz Society, Daytona Beach, Florida | 3/18 |
| Guest Concert and Clinic, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL | 3/31 |
| Concerts at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, CO | 8/10-12 |
| Guest Concert at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL | 8/6-7 |
| Concert at the Atlanta High Museum, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Bales Trio | 10/19 |
| Christmas Concert at Spivey Hall, with Joe Gransden | 12/16 |
2006
| Guest Concert and Clinic; Tribute to Bill Evans, With the Leon Anderson Trio Southeastern Louisiana Universtiy | 2/21 |
| Concerts at the Mexico City Civic Auditorium, Mexico City, Mexico | 3/9-3/10 |
| Concerts in Athens, Greece with Rene Marie | 3/16 – 23 |
| Concert at the Shanghai Jazz Festival with Rene Marie, Shanghai, China | 5/2 |
| Atlanta Jazz Festival, main stage with Rene Marie | 5/27 |
| Concerts at the University of Alabama at Huntsville | 6/24- 6/25 |
| Concert at the Atlanta High Museum, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Bales Trio | 7/21 |
| Concerts at the Edinburgh Music Festival with Rene Marie, and the Kevin Bales Trio, Edinburgh, Scotland | 7/26-31 |
| Concert at the Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA | 9/2 |
| Concert at Lincoln Center Jazz Club, New York, NY | 9/3 |
| Concert at the Sedona Jazz Festival, Sedona, AZ | 9/23 |
| Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival, Savannah, GA | 9/30 |
| Concert with the Kevin Bales Group, Western North Carolina Jazz Society, Asheville, NC | 10/8 |
2005
| Concert for the Palm Coast Jazz Society with the Kevin Bales Group, Daytona Beach, FL | 1/16 |
| Concert for the Super Bowl festivities in Jacksonville Florida with New York Vocalist Alan Harris. | 2/3 |
| Concert at the High Museum with the Kevin Bales Group, Atlanta, GA | 2/18 |
| Concerts in Ireland and Scotland with Rene Marie | 4/28–5/1 |
| Live Broadcast of NPR, Women in Jazz Concert at the Kennedy Center | 5/21 |
| Performances at the Jazz Standard, New York, NY | 5/24-29 |
| Concert at High Museum with Blue Note recording Artist Marcus Printup | 7/15 |
| Concert at the University of Alabama, Huntsville | 7/22 |
| Concert at the San Jose California Jazz Festival | 8/14 |
| Concert for Clint Eastwood, Carmel, CA | 9/3 |
| Honors Concert for Nancy Wilson, New York, NY | 10/6 |
| Concert and clinic at the University of Richmond, VA | 10/22 |
| Performance at the Moscow International Center for the Performing Arts, Moscow, Russia | 11/5 |
| Tour of Spain: Madrid, Barcelona and the Eastern Coast, Concerts with Rene Marie | 11/21-26 |
| Clinician, Georgia State All-State Jazz Festival | 12/2-3 |
| Concerts, Chicago Jazz Club | 12/13-18 |
| Live NPR Broadcast, New Year’s Eve Broadcast: Toast of the Nation Columbia, MS: with Rene Marie | 12/31 |
2004
| Concert with Grammy Winner Bobby McFerrin at Florida State University as Guest Artist | 2/24 |
| Guest Artist for Gershwin Celebration at the Savannah Music Festival. Billed with pianists Marcus Roberts and Dick Hyman. | 4/2 |
| Concert at Legendary New Orleans Jazz Club: Snug Harbor | 8/19-20 |
| Guest Artist, Savannah Jazz Festival | 9/23-26 |
| Concert with New York Vocalist Alan Harris, Hilton Head Island, SC | 10/1-2 |
| Guest Clinician and Concert at Broward Community College, FL | 10/14-15 |
2003
| Performed with the Bunky Green Quartet at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in Toronto, Canada | 1/10 |
| Performed concert for the Percy Heath Jazz society in Willimington, NC. | 1/31 |
| Performed for the 150 anniversary of Steinway, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville | 3/5 |
| Guest Artist and clinician for the Percussive Arts Society of North Carolina, performances at Wake Forest University, Greenville, NC. | 3/28 – 29 |
| Commissioned to compose music based on Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”, by the Commission Project, in Rochester, NY. | 4/24 |
| Concert for the International Reading Association Convention, Orlando, FL. In cooperation with UNF faculty member Niles Stanley | 5/7 |
| Recital at Florida State University | 6/12 |
| Concerts and Clinics with Lincoln Center’s Wycliffe Gordon, Valdosta, GA | 6/24 – 26 |
| Concert for BET Television, taped in Atlanta, GA | 7/11 |
2002
| Performed with the UNF Combo at the IAJE convention in Long Beach, CA | 1/11 |
| Performed a concert for the Ft. Meyers Jazz Festival. | 1/25 |
| Concert and Jazz Piano Clinic at the East Coast Jazz Festival Washington, D.C. | 2/16 |
| Performed concert at the African American Heritage Festival in Savannah, GA | 2/23 |
| Guest Artist at the College of Charleston, SC. Improvisations to visual art. | 3/23 |
| Concert at the Gullah Festival: African-American Musical event, Beaufort, SC | 5/25 |
| Concert and clinics with the Lincoln Center All-Stars, for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, Valdosta, GA | 6/26 – 28 |
| Concert with James Moody for the Savannah AACP, Savannah, GA | 10/17 |
2001
| Performed on the Great American Jazz Series with BlueNote recording artist Marcus Printup. | 2/3 |
| Featured performer at the East Coast Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C. | 2/16 – 17 |
| Featured performer at the Atlanta Jazz Festival | 5/26 |
| Performed concerts and clinics for the Georgia Governors Honors Program with the Lincoln Center All-Stars | 6/28 – 29 |
| Featured performer at the Savannah Jazz Festival | 9/28 – 29 |
| Concert with legendary jazz musicians Keter Betts and Ethel Ennis for the Hilton Head Island Jazz Society | 10/7 |
2000
| Performed at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New Orleans with director of jazz studies Bunky Green. | 1/13 |
| Performed on the Great American Jazz Series with BlueNote recording artist Marcus Printup, Jacksonville, FL | 2/3 |
| Performances for Georgia Governors Honors with the Lincoln Center All-stars, Georgia | 6/28 – 30 |
| Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival with jazz legends James Moody and Ben Riley. | 9/15 |
| Performances at the “Jazz Corner” with international jazz vocalist Rebecca Paris (student of Sarah Vaughn) | 9/20-23 |
| Concert for the Greenville Arts Council, Greenville, Mississippi | 9/30 |
| Concert as Guest Artist with the Jazz Ambassadors (United States Army) at the Times Union Center, Jacksonville, FL | 11/2 |
| Featured guest artist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Tribute to Duke Ellington. Conducted by Skitch Henderson. Savannah, GA | 11/3 |
| Concert at the Koger Museum with legendary Jazz Bassist Jay Leonhart, Jacksonville, FL. | 11/12 |
1999 – 1994
| Interviewed for nationally syndicated PBS arts show “Conversations” | 10/7/99 | |
| Performance at the Hampton Jazz Festival, Birkenhead, England | 11/2/98 | |
| Concert at the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention, with Blue Note recording artist Marcus Printup, Chicago, IL | 1/11/97 | |
| Concerts and Clinics with Wynton Marsalis, Florida | 3/30/97 – 3/31/97 | |
| Performances at “Top of the Senator”, top jazz venue in Toronto, CA | 6/17/97 – 6/21/97 | |
| Live broadcast on Toronto Television, “Toronto Today” | 6/19/97 | |
| Performance at the JVC Jazz festival, Saratoga Springs, New York | 6/28/97 | |
| Concerts and Clinics at the Skidmore Jazz Institute, Saratoga Springs, NY. | 6/29/97 – 7/1/97 | |
| Concert at the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, Columbus, OH | 8/30/97 | |
| Soloist with the Jacksonville Pops Symphony Orchestra | 6/96 – 8/96 | |
| Series of Concerts and lectures on a variety of topics ranging from Louis Armstrong to American Popular Song at the Disney Institute with BlueNote Artist Marcus Printup | 8/17/96 – 8/21/96 | |
| Performance at “Blues Alley” in Washington, DC, one of the top jazz venues in the country. | 9/4/96 – 9/5/96 | |
| Performances at “The Jazz Bakery”, Los Angeles, CA | 11/7/96 – 11/8/96 | |
| Concert at the La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA | 11/9/96 | |
| Soloist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra | 12/6/96 | |
| Performances at New York Jazz Club, Iridium. A top venue for jazz. | 5/23/95 –5/27/95 | |
| Performances at “The Jazz Kitchen” in Indianapolis, IN. National venue | 7/18/95 – 7/20/95 | |
| Concert at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, Indianapolis, IN | 7/22/95 | |
| Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival with David “Fathead” Newman, Ben Riley, and Delbert Felix, GA | 9/22/95 | |
| JVC Jazz Festival with Marcus Printup. New York, at Lincoln Center | 4/21/94 | |