8/21 UPDATE:
It looks like the weather for today will be OK, so current plans are to move forward with the event in the main lake unless Henri becomes a real jerk. Hope to see you all there!
We have decided with our co-planners (Trent, Ed and Kerri) to cancel tomorrow’s event due to the nasty weather. Give the projected 4-5” of rain and possible winds we think that having these musicians travel to the lake for an indoor event with loud rain on the roof and a possible power failure is not worth it.
Instead, we are going to watch for a beautiful early fall weekend, and try to schedule a different day where we can all be on our boats as intended. Hopefully that will work for everyone who wishes to attend.
We would appreciate holding your funds in anticipation of that event, however if you would like a partial refund, please contact me privately.
We look forward to seeing you this afternoon, so please come out and support our musicians!
Hi Everyone!
GWL Jazzfest is coming up soon and here are the important details. We sincerely hope everyone kept the weekend of August 21st/22nd free because it is going to be a GREAT year! This year we will have not one event but rather 3 different musical groups performing both on Saturday and Sunday on two stages/docks.
In addition to the Pine Tree Bross dock (Saturday), Trent Rhoton and Ed and Kerri Tyerman will be hosting an event (Sunday). A big thanks to all of them for helping to double down on what was already a stellar event!
Here is everything I can tell you for now, but I will provide updates over the next 10 days. Save the link for this page as I will keep it updated with current information.
Opening GWL Jazzfest will be Glen Wild Lake's own Jesse Bross on Upright Bass and his Keyboardist friend Andreas. This duo of extremely talented PCTI students will play a ~30 minute set. Do not miss these young musicians, they are truly great!
The Peter Glynn Trio will return performing jazz standards and originals. These amazing musicians hail from Julliard and other top music schools. We were blown away by their pro-level musical skills last year, and Peter is excited to be returning for year two of GWL Jazzfest.
Christos Rafalides has been described as one of "25 of the Best Jazz Vibraphonists to ever grab the mallets” by uDiscover.
He has performed and recorded with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, including Wynton Marsalis, Randy Brecker, Ravi Coltrane, Chaka Khan, Victor Lewis, Lew Soloff, Mike Stern among many, many others; in venues ranging from the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard and Smoke Jazz Club to Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Christos and his trio (vibes, bass, drums) will perform 2-3 sets, covering a lot of ground, stylistically, from straight ahead to backbeat, to Latin and fresh takes on the American Songbook.