Come and celebrate the Birth of the Really Cool, Bennie Maupin! For 75 years our world has been given the gift of music through the perception of this extraordinary gentleman!

BENNIE MAUPIN 75TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

at The Blue Whale

Saturday night August 29th

9PM

Two new players in the game… Chitown in the house!!!!

Jeff Parker and Josh Johnson

Of course featuring the brilliance of ..

Patrice Rushen, Darek Oles, Munyungo Jackson and Gene Coye

LeRoy Downs honored and privileged to be your host!

A joyous occasion and great opportunity to see and here our very own Bennie Maupin and explore the enchantment of his adventurous sound; present and future with a giant footprint in the past!

Please be respectful…..

NO SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERAS or FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY,

AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDINGS WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM

MANAGEMENT OR THE ARTIST

Jazz is a state of mind. 

It’s an entity of people and ideas that fulfill the individual expression it inspires. 

Click picture of Bennie to listen to a Sounds and Colors Arts Report!!!!!
So what is Bennie Maupin preparing to say about our “very democratic musical form?” How much of the “ancestral down-home voice” will we hear? How close will we get to hearing it at “its highest level of refinement?”

When Mr. Maupin’s October 26th concert is over and the music lingers as a whisper in the mind, how will we feel about this mysterious matter? Is Jazz really more than music? Could it really be a way of life, a way of being, a way of thinking?

Let’s explore together. Let’s follow Bennie Maupin’s masterful lead, You’re invited to be with us.