Kicking off the Isthmus Jazz Festival on Friday, June 1st, 2018 at 8pm, Arts + Literature Laboratory presents Emerson Hunton's new quintet with Greg Ward, Russ Johnson, Ben Cruz and Charlie Kirchen. Angular, long-form composition, spacious improvisation, and high energy free-bop with a veteran horn section. Special guest Fabu, Madison Poet Laureate Emeritus, will open with a reading from her newest book of poetry inspired by jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. $12 advance tickets are available online at https://emersonhunton.bpt.me or $15 at the door. Online ticket sales end one hour before the show. Doors open at 7:30pm.
Thanks to our Spring Jazz Series sponsors: Dane Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation; HotelRED, Dobhan Restaurant; and Alchemy.