Berks Jazz Fest
For its 18th incarnation, the Berks Jazz Fest takes a particularly open-minded view of modern jazz. The 10-day schedule boasts the usual array of contemporary and smooth-jazz artists, including trumpeter Chris Botti, saxophonist Candy Dulfer, bassist Bria
For its 18th incarnation, the
Berks Jazz Fest
takes a particularly open-minded view of modern jazz. The 10-day schedule boasts the usual array of contemporary and smooth-jazz artists, including trumpeter
Chris Botti
, saxophonist
Candy Dulfer
, bassist
Brian Bromberg
and the trumpet/sax team of
Rick Braun
and
Richard Elliot
. But the festival also brings blues (guitar legend
Buddy Guy
), jazz/bluegrass fusion (
Bill Evans' Soulgrass
), Afro-Cuban (
Dave Samuels' Caribbean Jazz Project
, featuring
Paquito D'Rivera
) and
Global Noize
, a new collaboration between keyboardist/producer
Jason Miles
and turntablist
DJ Logic
.
Various venues in Reading and Berks County, today through April 6, 215-336-2000, www.berksjazzfest.com.
- Shaun Brady
























