On April 14 the Cafe welcomes the Hilltown Jazz Quartet
The Hilltown Jazz Quartet exists to create beautiful improvised music together, without concern for commercial expectations. The HJQ has been together since 2017, exploring and inventing music in private jam sessions and offering occasional concerts. The band members are: Cummington residents Laura Pierce, vocalist, and her husband, saxophonist Mike Kolodny, Windsor native Ben Kohn on piano, and Michael Dunning of Ashfield, on bass.
The group shares a deep commitment to, and immersion in, the jazz idiom. Decades of experience guide their shared aesthetic and rapport in communing on jazz standards and originals. The musical priorities of the HJQ include soul, feeling, fine musicianship, intimacy, intricacy, simplicity, beauty, truth, love, lyricism, and groove to list but a few areas of passionate attention. Of course, for listeners who like what they do, sharing their music with an interested audience adds another dimension of communion and joy.
Show is from 7 – 9, at the Village Church in beautiful downtown Cummington. Cider and cookies will be available. Once again brought to you by the friendly folks at the Village Church who believe music can be a powerful force for building community.
Made possible in part by the Worthington Cultural Council.