AUGUSTA — The State Street Traditional Jazz Band will perform Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Cncerts at Jewett series, sponsored by University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College.
The program will be at 2 p.m. in Jewett Hall Auditorium.
Every member of the band has a passion to play and preserve Traditional New Orleans Jazz. By capturing the original Preservation Hall Jazz Band era of music, John Page, founder and band leader, has brought his love of traditional New Orleans Jazz to the forefront of the music scene since 1987. He has spent most of his musical pursuit studying, playing and working with the most influential New Orleans musicians of his generation.
The members of the band are Page, on trumpet; Peter Dunphy, banjo; Bill Thurston, on drums; Barry Daniels, clarinet; Doug Protsik, piano; Tom Wilbur, tuba Parker Kenyon, trombone.
Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Call 207-621-3551 or emai: office@umasc.org, for more information or for mail order tickets.
PHOTO: State Street Traditional Jazz Band. (State Street Traditional Jazz Band photo)