Melody, harmony, rhythm and improvisation: our expert panel brings some serious chops to a hot set of all things jazz.  From Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis – even “new kids” like Roxy Coss and Theo Croker and a long list of local legends like Jimmy McGary, Steve Schmidt, Fred Hersch – this lively exchange will leave you believing “Life is a lot like jazz…best when you improvise.”
Featured Panelists

Laura Ann Gentry, owner of LAG Productions, LLC and president of Jazz Alive, Inc.
Jennifer Grantham, Wright State University adjunct instructor of saxophone, Jazz Area Coordinator at UC-CCM Preparatory Department
Dan Karlsberg, UC professor and jazz pianist
Caryn Watts, Schwartz’s Point Jazz Club
Panel facilitated by Greg Turner, former jazz radio programmer at WVXU-FM, writer and photographer

Schedule
6:00pm – Doors open for lite supper and chocolate desserts
6:15pm – Featured panel conversation