Will Scruggs Jazz
Fellowship “Side by Side”

Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Ave
Cary, NC 27511

Belgium Chamber Orchestra &
Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship

Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Ave
Cary, NC 27511

Will Scruggs
Jazz Fellowship

Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Ave.
Cary, NC  27511

Cadillac Jones

Sweetwater 420 Festival
Candler Park
Atlanta, GA 30307

The Mar-Tans

Twain’s Billiards & Tap
Downtown Decatur, GA  30030
FREE!

CC Booker III

Front Page News (Little 5 Points)
351 Moreland Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
FREE!

On Friday and Saturday, February 3rd and 4th, CC Booker returns to “Atlanta’s Premier Jazz Club,” Churchill Grounds.  Join us for two great nights of SoulJazz featuring the Hammond B3 Organ of David Ellington plus Dan Baraszu on guitar and Justin Chesarek on the drums.  We’ll perform two sets each night at 9:30 and 11:30 PM ($10 cover charge and a $10 minimum).  Kids under 18 are allowed if accompanied by an adult.

Churchill Grounds is where it all began for me.  It’s where I cut my teeth as a college student at the weekly jam session, where the first Jazz Fellowship CD was released, and where I planted the seed that became CC Booker with Brooklyn organist Nate Shaw.  It’s been several years since my last show at the venue that has consistently been voted the #1 Jazz club in Atlanta, so this will be a special weekend.  We hope to see you there!  (photo by Mark Adams)

This time I’ll be joined by a fantastic band:
Brian Hogans, piano
Dan Baraszu, guitar
Tommy Sauter, bass
Marlon Patton, drums

We’ll be performing original jazz, standards, and some brand new Holiday jazz arrangements created especially for this concert.

The music begins at 5 PM and lasts until 10 PM, and tickets include access to the entire museum as well as the performance.  Right now the HIGH is featuring two special exhibitions: The Sculpture of Grainger McKoy and Picasso to Warhol.  Tickets are available at the door or online at www.high.org

This Sunday, November 13th, the Jazz Fellowship is coming together for a benefit concert at St. Timothy’s Methodist Church in Stone Mountain, GA.  Please come check out the performance and help us raise some money for a good cause.

From the church newsletter:
Metro Atlanta’s finest jazz band will be in concert at St. Timothy UMC on November 13th! Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship, with special guest Wes Funderburk, will be on stage in the CLC at St. Timothy UMC, 5365 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain. This traditional, straight ahead jazz combo was the winner of the 2005 Future of Jazz Competition winning the opportunity to play at the Atlanta Jazz Festival the following year. They released their first CD, Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship, in 2005. In 2007 they were signed to Summit Records and released their second CD, Bluebari Jam. Will Scruggs, band leader, vocalist and saxophonist, and Wes Funderburk, trombonist and arranger, have played all over America and Europe. They have performed and recorded with artists including Cee Lo, The Boston Brass, Joe Gransden, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Natalie Cole. As part of the Funderhorns, a professional studio horn section, they were invited to back eight-time Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole on her album “Leavin.” She was so impressed with them that she invited them to perform with her at the Apollo Theater in New York and again at her performance at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.

Will is a native of Atlanta and a graduate of Emory University. He is one of the top call saxophonists in the Southeast. Wes, also a home grown talent, is one of the most sought after trombonists and arrangers in Atlanta and the Southeast. He is the author of Funderbone.com and the inventor of “Blog Songs”, his award-winning music blog and podcast.
The band will be playing original compositions and interpretations of classic jazz repertoire in mix of jazz, Latin, and gospel inspired music. At $10 a ticket, this benefit is a terrific bargain!

Snacks and soft drinks will be available. Doors will open at 4:30, and the concert will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm. Call 404-292-5969 for tickets.