Roy Ayers News

Spoken word pieces served as the opening and closing segments of a memorable concert headlined by a groundbreaking jazz artist Saturday at the Gem Theater.

Given that it was the fledgling jazz trio's first show, the crowd, which spilled out onto the back patio and into the bar's front, was mostly made up of friends, enthusiastic early supporters and, of course, the group's parents.

Are you guys jazzed for the Jammin' at the Gem show at the American Jazz Museum this weekend? If not, you should be.

Once upon a time, the distance between jazz and pop didn’t seem so absurdly wide, and it was possible to see large numbers of people enjoying R&B with a jazz flavor.

The second installment in the American Jazz Museum's noted 2011/2012 "Jammin' at the Gem" concert series season headlines another musical master of world renown, the vibraphonist/composer, Roy Ayers .