WILMINGTON — Pianist and artistic director Chris Bakriges will be joined by bassist Jeff Fuller and guitarist Joe Carter at 8 p.m., on Saturday, May 26, to open the eighth season of the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Jazz Concert series benefiting area charities.
The concert takes place at historic Memorial Hall, located at 14 West Main St. in downtown Wilmington. Admission is by donation at the door and benefits the Vermont Veterans and Family Outreach Program, created in 2007 to help veterans and their families obtain the benefits they've earned through their service.
The trio perform music that has been described as “jazz meditations and Latin impressions.” They are enamored by jazz as well as by European musical cultures and global rhythmic impulses. According to a news release, “their mysterious chemistry feels like a cultural goodwill tour that yields a beautifully poignant melodic acoustic fusion set.”
The trio is at heart exponents of global music, uniting contemporary jazz with other improvisational musical disciplines, including the bold, lyrical, and emotionally charged samba-canção and bossa nova styles.