Jazz Party Tuesday

Overview

Live music outpost Black Bear Lodge will again host its wild and audacious Jazz Party Tuesday event this week. The popular monthly party, curated by local barbershop trio The Melotonins, takes inspiration from the infamous jazz parties of Jack Kerouac’s beat generation.

A loosely formatted affair, Jazz Party Tuesday will see local jazz veteran Evan Mackenzie lead a group through numbers inspired by immortal gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Other jazz musicians including The Melotonins will perform on the main stage or around the house piano while vinyl from jazz’s golden age is spun during interludes.

The event’s climax comes in the form of a raucous free-for-all jam that will burn well into the early hours of the morning. Musicians and music fans are all encouraged to come along, sink a gin and reimagine the glory years of jazz.