Portoluz presents: Jazz On a Summer's Day

Renee Baker’s Mantra Blue Free Orchestra 

 

Portoluz presents Jazz On a Summer’s Day with Renee Baker’s Mantra Blue Free Orchestra, Sunday, September 18^th, at the Lakeside Inn, 15251 Lakeshore Road, Lakeside, Michigan, beginning at 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time = 1 hour later than Chicago). Tickets are $15. All ages are welcome 

Led by composer/violinist Renee’ Baker, the Mantra Blue Free Orchestra performs freely-improvised and/or through-composed pieces that cannot be pigeonholed into any preconceived musical category. The diverse and multicultural group features instrumentalists and vocalists and on this program will showcase:  

Renee’ Baker Director/violin

Featuring:

Karl EH Seigfried, bass

Bruce Nelson, vibes

Todd Matthews, violin

Savoir Faire, violin

William Porter, cello

Shaun Johnson, Ben Lamar Gay, trumpets

Steve Berry, trombone

Fred Jackson, sax

“An uncommonly versatile player who seems to thrive in unusual settings, violinist Renee Baker has made the Velvet Lounge her laboratory for delving into jazz-meets-classical ventures. The Mantra Blue Free Orchestra pushes further still, bringing together instrumentalists from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Chicago Sinfonietta, as well as modern jazz and alternative rock idioms. With personnel such as flutist Nicole Mitchell, trombonist Steve Berry, saxophonist David Boykin and violinist James Sanders, it clearly has a great deal going for it.” – Chicago Tribune

Support for the Jazz on a Summers Day series is generously provided by the Pokagon Fund, The Lakeside Inn and The LillStreet Art Center.