WESTMINSTER — Kurn Hattin Homes for Children invites you to its seventh annual Jazz Invitational on Wednesday, April 9, at 7 p.m.
Featured are the Keene Orchestra directed by Scott Mullett; jazz singer Samirah Evans; and Master of Ceremonies Eugene Uman of the Vermont Jazz Center.
This year's program features youth jazz ensembles from Bellows Falls Union High School, Brattleboro Area Middle School, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Kurn Hattin Homes For Children, Vermont Academy, and the Vermont Jazz Center.
The Keene Orchestra is a regular guest at the Kurn Hattin Jazz Invitational. Its director, Scott Mullett, has performed and toured with some of the great big bands, including those of Artie Shaw and Woody Herman. Mullett is a member of the faculty of Keene State College's music department.
New Orleans native Samirah Evans, who performs with her band Samirah Evans and Her Handsome Devils, has toured Europe, Asia, and North and South America, and shared stages with jazz and blues legends B.B. King, James Brown, and Irma Thomas. Prior to relocating to Brattleboro in 2006, she performed annually at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Admission is a canned/dry good or cash donation for the food shelf at Our Place Drop In Center in Bellows Falls. The concert is at Higbie Auditorium in the Mayo Memorial Center at Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster.