Jazz Monsters: Soka BluePort Jazz Festival

This is a three-day music festival featuring some of the pre-eminent names in contemporary jazz.

Friday

Geoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague Band 7:30 p.m. 
With Geoffrey Keezer on piano, Peter Sprague on guitar, Duncan Moore on drums and Darek Oles on bass. 

Trio da Paz starring Maucha Adnet 9 p.m. 
With Romero Lubambo on guitar, Nilson Matta on bass, Duduka Da Fonseca on drums and Maucha Adnet on vocals. 

Saturday 

The Bert Turetzsky and Chuck Perrin Dynamic Duo 3 p.m. 
Spotlighting the scintillating musical performance piece "Mingus Live In The Underworld" and more! 

Tierney Sutton on vocals and Mike Garson on piano 3:45 p.m. 

Charles McPherson Quintet with Gilbert Castellanos 7:30 p.m. 
Charles McPherson on alto saxophone, Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Jeff Littleton on bass, Randy Porter on piano and Kevin Kanner on drums. 

Trio da Paz starring rising jazz all-star, Anat Cohen 9 p.m. 
Romero Lubambo on guitar, Nilson Matta on bass, Duduka Da Fonseca on drums and Anat Cohen on clarinet / tenor sax. 

Sunday 

Ron Escheté Trio 3 p.m. 
Ron Escheté on 7-string guitar, Todd Johnson on 6-string bass guitar and Ramon Banda on drums.

Mike Garson Sextet starring Kornel Fekete-Kovacs from Budapest! 4:15 p.m. 
Mike Garson on piano, Kornel Fekete-Kovac on trumpet, flugel horn, Tierney Sutton on vocals, Lori Bell on flute, Bob Magnusson on bass and Duncan Moore on drums.