AUGUSTA — Scott Cleveland, blues and jazz musician, will perform at the Lithgow Public Library, Tuesday, March 12.
Cleveland’s docu-concert, “The Blues Spectrum,” will begin at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Cleveland will will sing, play and speak through the history of blues music from the 18th century field hollers to early acoustic Delta blues, from Chicago blues to urban blues ballads by the likes of Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, to jazz blues and more.
Cleveland is a lifelong composer, singer, pianist, music educator and church musician. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Berklee College of Music, a master’s degree in music theory/composition from UMass Lowell, and a master of divinity degree from Boston University. He is on the adjunct music facility of UMA.
He has written and produced five independent solo albums and performs original and reinterpreted jazz, R& and blues as a solo pianist and singer in numerous duos, trios and quartets. He teaches jazz piano privately, is a recording studio pianist, and is the pianist/soloist for the Elm St Congregational Church in Bucksport. He has also just released his fifth independent CD, “Scott Cleveland: Live in Castine.”
The snow date is Tuesday, March 19. FFor more information, call 207-626-2415 or visit www.lithgowlibrary.org.