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Christmas City Jazz Festival at Christmas City Jazz Festival at Bethlehem Municiple Ice Rink

Courtesy of Tyler Sinclair Evans | Posted on July 15, 2017

Where

Bethlehem Municiple Ice Rink
Christmas City Jazz Festival

345 Illick's Mill Road
Bethlehem, PA
Map

When

Sat, July 22, 2017
12:30 pm

Musicians

About

The Pennsylvania Jazz Collective announces the second annual Christmas City Summer Jazz Festival—free and open to the public—and visiting guest artist Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra.

The Christmas City Summer Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday July 22 from 12:30 to 10 pm. The festival celebrates regional jazz artists of international acclaim with 12 diverse jazz bands.

For decades Pennsylvania Jazz Collective (PAJAZZ) artists have forged ties with jazz musicians everywhere. These relationships are the foundation of the Pennsylvania Jazz Collective’s contribution to the Lehigh Valley. The mission “formula” is to feature these special guests in collaboration with Lehigh Valley regional jazz artists PAJAZZ concerts. This year’s festival headliner guest is pianist / keyboardist Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra. A native of Buffalo, Tom and Lehigh Valley natives have had relationships since early in their careers and as far back as 1978. It has been too long since an opportunity presented itself. (Tom’s relocation to Las Vegas made it difficult to arrange.) The stars finally aligned. Spyro Gyra opens at the Blue Note in NYC on July 25 allowing for Tom’s appearance. Anchoring the rhythm section on Tom’s set will be bassist Tony Marino and drummer Alex Ritz. Additional LV artists will appear throughout the set. Tom will also appear as a soloist on the PAJAZZ Big Band set. ...

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