The Salmon Arm Jazz Club’s concert series for the month of May will feature The Bob Rogers Quintet and The Neil Fraser Trio.
The Bob Rogers Quintet, featuring Bob Rogers on trombone, Shannon Sternloff on bass, Trevor Wallach on drums and guitarist Jordan Dick will be playing on May 12. The quintet’s saxophone player is still to be announced.
Rogers has worked as a freelance and session musician with artists including Natalie Cole, the O’Jays, the Temptations, Aerosmith and the Vancouver and Victoria symphonies and operas.
The Neil Fraser Trio will be playing on May 26. The trio features Neil Fraser and Willy Gaw on guitar as well as Bill Lockie playing bass.
The trio will bring their own interpretation of Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy jazz. This trio will play originals from Django Reinhardt and jazz standards in the gypsy jazz-style, which is described as fast, toe-tapping music you can dance to, or sit back and get lost in.
Both concerts will be held at the Shuswap Chefs banquet room, 551 Trans-Canada Highway in Salmon Arm, from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is by donation and there will be a drinks and tapas menu available.