VAE turns 30 & Matty Stecks goes 50 ! Celebrate with a mini jazz, funk fest curated by Matty featuring the Julian Gerstin Sextet at 4:30, Heard at and Matty's Marauders plus a special young artist presentation and topping off the show with an All Star Jam. Power's Market providing a BBQ cookout menu. Doors open at 4:00pm.
4:30-5:30 Julian Gerstin Sextet
Music in the world, the world in music: Caribbean rhythms, Balkan and Arabic flourishes, beautiful melodies, the intensity of jazz.
5:45-6:15 kid jazz quartet (well, my son, his friend, me and a bassist); Dan Seiden (guitar/vox, Eric Hangen keys, me sax)… short mini sets
6:30-7:30 Heard
Passion for West African, Brazilian, Caribbean, jazz sounds and beyond… improvising together to create irresistible grooves, set in a unique sonic tapestry.
7:45-8:45 Matty's Marauders
An altogether alt persona, once saxman Matt Steckler emerges from the shadows to traverse the rock/dance space-time continuum.
9:00 - Cosmic All-Star Jam
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Power's Market will be on the grill with BBQ chicken, hot dogs, veg kabobs
Butternut mac and cheese, GF maple glazed cornbread, coleslaw and carmel apples.
Tickets on sale at https://HappyBirthdayParty.eventbrite.com
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