Ciao!Jazz featuring organissimo's B3tles -- EARLY SHOW

Ciao!Jazz features intimate shows with a speakeasy vibe, and Oct. 17 features organissimo's B3tles.

This is the sixth season of 2 Stones Events’ monthly concerts with a speakeasy vibe in the lower level of Ciao Amici’s restaurant in downtown Brighton (217 W. Main), presenting a wide variety of jazz styles — fusion, gypsy, Latin, The Great American Songbook, New Orleans, funk, etc. This is a 21+ event.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lansing’s Jim Alfredson comes from a musical family. His father earned a living as a professional musician for many years and encouraged Jim’s talents from a very young age. Some of Jim’s earliest memories include pulling on the drawbars of his father’s Hammond B3 at the age of four. Jim has immersed himself in the study of the mighty B3 ever since, dedicated to uncovering new directions within the deep tradition of the instrument.

For 10 years, Jim served as organist and musical director of the highly successful, award-winning rhythm & blues band Root Doctor (1999 – 2009) producing three CDs for the band. In 2000, he formed the jazz trio organissimo, which has released six critically-acclaimed CDs in the intervening years.

Pop music has been a rich resource jazz artists have mined for generations and the music of the 1960s is no exception with many finding inspiration in the songs of The Beatles, the quintessential band of that era.

organissimo presents a new take on the Beatles oeuvre on album, B3tles - A Soulful Tribute To The Fab Four. While traveling the highways of the American South returning from a festival in Tupelo, Miss., in 2016 the band passed the time listening to their favorite Beatles songs and inevitably discussed arranging them for the organ trio format. They eventually convened in Alfredson’s home studio to flesh out those ideas and pick songs, with arrangements coming together in a group setting as ideas flew back and forth.
B3tles presents a fresh look at beloved Beatles songs and the care organissimo has put into their music makes this a joyful and inspired listen.

YOUR EVENING

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., two-set (very short break) concert will be 6-7:30 p.m. There will be a "cash-only" (no cards) bar to enjoy a beverage during the two-set concert. Feel free to go upstairs for a fabulous dinner and drinks before or after the show, if you like). Tickets are priced at $29 and limited to just 100. Rather go to the LATE SHOW? Get tickets HERE.

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NOTE: Please, only call Ciao Amici's to make dinner reservations. If you need further information on the shows, call 2 Stones Events at 586-484-8797 (Whitney) or 810-599-0491 (Cal).