Portoluz presents: Jazz On a Summer’s Day
Renee Baker’s Mantra Blue Free Orchestra
Portoluz presents Jazz On a Summer’s Day with Renee Baker’s Mantra Blue Free Orchestra, Sunday, September 18th, at the Lakeside Inn, 15251 Lakeshore Road, Lakeside, Michigan, beginning at 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time = 1 hour later than Chicago). Tickets are $15. All ages are welcome
Led by composer/violinist Renee’ Baker, the Mantra Blue Free Orchestra performs freely-improvised and/or through-composed pieces that cannot be pigeonholed into any preconceived musical category. The diverse and multicultural group features instrumentalists and vocalists and on this program will showcase:
Renee’ Baker Director/violin
Featuring:
Karl EH Seigfried, bass
Bruce Nelson, vibes
Todd Matthews, violin
Savoir Faire, violin
William Porter, cello
Shaun Johnson, Ben Lamar Gay, trumpets
Steve Berry, trombone
Fred Jackson, sax
“An uncommonly versatile player who seems to thrive in unusual settings, violinist Renee Baker has made the Velvet Lounge her laboratory for delving into jazz-meets-classical ventures. The Mantra Blue Free Orchestra pushes further still, bringing together instrumentalists from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Chicago Sinfonietta, as well as modern jazz and alternative rock idioms. With personnel such as flutist Nicole Mitchell, trombonist Steve Berry, saxophonist David Boykin and violinist James Sanders, it clearly has a great deal going for it.” – Chicago Tribune
Support for the Jazz on a Summers Day series is generously provided by the Pokagon Fund, The Lakeside Inn and The LillStreet Art Center.
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