Wednesday, Aug.7 at 7 p.m.— POULTNEY—The upcoming Jazz Café at Stone Valley Arts, 145 E Main St, Poultney, will feature the Jazz Essentials Quintet featuring five Vermont musicians performing jazz standards by artists including Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Duke Ellington.
The band members have individually performed at festivals and venues from local to international. The members of the band are Bear Irwin on trombone, Glendon Ingalls on trumpet and other brass instruments, Bill Vitek on keyboard, Ron White on bass, and Nick Aloi on drums. You may have heard some of these musicians playing in other settings with a wide variety of Vermont groups including the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Onion River Jazz Band, Deja Nous, as well as many others.
In addition to performing together the ensemble members are active as music educators at institutions including Vermont State University, Middlebury College, and Middlebury Community Music Center.
The Jazz Cafe is free, open to the public.
For more information, visit: stonevalleyarts.org
