An Evening of the Great American Songbook

Gershwin and Porter, Berlin and Kern, Rodgers and Hart – they wrote melodies so perfectly constructed that jazz musicians have been reinventing them for nearly a century and still haven’t exhausted their possibilities.
The Gulf Coast Jazz Collective, joined by a world-class vocalist, dips into the deepest well in American music for an evening of standards performed with the intimacy and spontaneity that only a live jazz trio can deliver.
From torch songs to up-tempo swingers, this special tribute to the “Great American Songbook” is a reminder that some songs were simply built to last forever.
Founded in 2021, the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective brings the best of live Jazz performance to Southwest Florida. Under the artistic direction of drummer, educator, composer & arranger Paul Gavin, the Jazz Collective invites the best artists from the country to collaborate in concerts that span the entire genre of Jazz.