Blue Hues is a song cycle of jazz tunes based upon the blues played by a fantastic group of improvising musicians in a concert setting
Each song has a different feel, key, inspiration, and emotional weight, yet all are woven together with the threads of a tradition that has over one hundred years of history. The blues is for everyone because everyone gets the blues. At its best, the blues lifts us out of our everyday struggles to see afresh that our pain is shared pain and our joy is shared joy.The performance will be a one-hour set of original jazz tunes in a concert-style setting. There is time to enjoy a quick bite before or after the show in one of the many great restaurants and pubs in Lane Cove. This band has performed before at the Pottery Lane Performance Space, but this is its first outing as a nonet (9 musicians)Mike Kenny NoneteMike Kenny: Trumpet/ flugelhorn/ vocalsMelissa Kenny: Vocals, keyboard, wistlingAlfredo Lopez: Tenor and Soprano SaxaphoneDimitri Vouros: Alto Sax, flute and clarinetJames Kennedy: TromboneBarney Wakeford: Organ / PianoSteve Crain : GuitarPete Kohlhoff: BassAndrew Massey: Drums
