Special Efx Allstars Featuring Chieli Minucci, Karen Briggs, Lao Tizer, Dave Livolsi & Joel Rosenblatt With Guest Maria Howell at Middle C Jazz Club

Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.
Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 
For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.
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SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARSWATCHWEBSITEClick HERE for a special message from Special EFX.Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger, Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion groupSPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for 40 years.Karen Briggs, also known as the "Lady in Red", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs took up the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15. Briggs joined theVirginiaSymphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genresKeyboardist Lao Tizer is one of today’s rising stars of the world-fusion genre. Tizer’s original music has spurred comparisons of a modern twist to the 1970s and early 1980s heyday of jazz fusion, when trailblazing ensembles like Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report set the aesthetic standard. Lao’s music has a multi-genre, multi-national appeal and his group,The Lao Tizer Band, has toured the USA and the world while being nominated“Jazz Group of the Year”!Their new 2018 CD/DVD combo release,Songs From The Swinghouse has received acclaim across the industry while debuting near the top of the Billboard Jazz Album Chart!Joel Rosenblatt is a world-renowned drummer and producer.He has performed and recorded with such greats as: Spyro Gyra, Special EFX, Lee Ritenour, Freddy Jackson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton. Eileen Ivers, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea,Steps Ahead, Paquito d Rivera, Manhattan Transfer, Randy Brecker, Ken Navarro,Bill Evans and many more. Having toured the world many times over, Joel brings an international musical awareness to the music.Currently the owner and main engineer at world class Cliff Sound Productions, Joel is also actively involved in producing and cultivating new artists....

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Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 6:00 pm.
Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members. 
For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.
LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE C ON DEMAND SUBSCRIBERS. $9.99 FOR UNLIMITED MONTHLY STREAMING. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE


SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARSWATCHWEBSITEClick HERE for a special message from Special EFX.Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger, Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion groupSPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for 40 years.Karen Briggs, also known as the "Lady in Red", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs took up the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15. Briggs joined theVirginiaSymphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genresKeyboardist Lao Tizer is one of today’s rising stars of the world-fusion genre. Tizer’s original music has spurred comparisons of a modern twist to the 1970s and early 1980s heyday of jazz fusion, when trailblazing ensembles like Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report set the aesthetic standard. Lao’s music has a multi-genre, multi-national appeal and his group,The Lao Tizer Band, has toured the USA and the world while being nominated“Jazz Group of the Year”!Their new 2018 CD/DVD combo release,Songs From The Swinghouse has received acclaim across the industry while debuting near the top of the Billboard Jazz Album Chart!Joel Rosenblatt is a world-renowned drummer and producer.He has performed and recorded with such greats as: Spyro Gyra, Special EFX, Lee Ritenour, Freddy Jackson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton. Eileen Ivers, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea,Steps Ahead, Paquito d Rivera, Manhattan Transfer, Randy Brecker, Ken Navarro,Bill Evans and many more. Having toured the world many times over, Joel brings an international musical awareness to the music.Currently the owner and main engineer at world class Cliff Sound Productions, Joel is also actively involved in producing and cultivating new artists.

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