GRETA MATASSA TRIO DATE: MONDAY, JULY 9 TIME: 7:30 PM AGES: ALL AGES TICKETS: $20 WEB: https://www.jansenartcenter.org/events/greta-matassa-trio/ Jazz singer Greta Matassa is returning to the Jansen Art Center for a one-night performance with Clipper Anderson and Darin Clendanin on Monday, July 9 at 7:30 PM. This performance is in collaboration with the Drayton Harbor Music Festival. “This group is everything that you could want in a jazz band— hard swinging, fearless, sensitive, endlessly creative and technically brilliant.” —JazzReview.com Greta Matassa is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. She has been voted “Northwest Vocalist of the Year” by Earshot Jazz seven times in 15 years! She was voted again, Vocalist of the Year in 2014 and honored with a lifetime achievement award and inducted into the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 2014. Clipper Anderson, bass, is known for his improvisational virtuosity, his steady presence in the pocket and his command of multiple styles. Anderson is one of the most highly regarded musicians on the Northwest jazz scene today. Equally comfortable with straight-ahead, traditional, free jazz or bebop, he plays with genuine reverence for the music and an unassuming mastery that speaks for itself. Darin Clendenin, piano, is one of the Northwest’s finest pianist and keyboard artists. Fluent in numerous styles of music, his stylish interpretations of old classics, jazz standards and classical to modern works enchant audiences everywhere. Tickets for the concert are $20 and on sale at the Jansen Art Center or online at jansenartcenter.org.
