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AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host State Street Jazz at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 2, at the First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St.
The show benefits the church as well as The Center for Wisdom’s Women in Lewiston.
There is free parking and the building is handicap-accessible.
According to trinitylewiston.org, CWW is “a week-day drop-in center that helps women break isolation and build community toward the bettering and enriching of each other’s lives.”
The State Street Traditional Jazz Band pays homage to music birthed at the turn of the 20th Century. These sounds were heard then in New Orleans and throughout the Louisiana Delta region. After WWI, jazz moved north and inevitably began to change. Yet many musical greats kept it alive, like the Original Preservational Hall Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong and others.
“This is not Dixieland,” the band declares, “nor is it straw hat music.” The State Street Traditional Jazz Band is dedicated to playing, preserving and keeping this authentic music alive.
The band features Bill Rayne on trombone, Doug Protsik on piano, Paul Mattor on banjo, Pat Whitaker on tuba, John Page in trumpet, Don Whitney on drums and Peter Dunphy on banjo.
Concerts for a Cause brings special concerts to the LA community while raising money for area charities. The series is produced by local musician and church choir director Dave Rowe, along with a dedicated group of church members.
For more information about tickets, visit uuconcerts.org or call 207-783-0461.
PHOTO: The State Street Traditional Jazz Band, featuring Bill Rayne on trombone, Doug Protsik on piano, Paul Mattor on banjo, Pat Whitaker on tuba, John Page in trumpet, Don Whitney on drums and Peter Dunphy on banjo. (Submitted photo)
