Jazz Tuesdays

On Tuesday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. the MPL Core Jazz Band held its final concert of 2009 at the Massillon Senior Center, 39 Lincoln Way West. Jazz Tuesdays, sponsored by the Massillon Public Library, will reconvene in January 2010.

This past year Massillonians, never quite sure who or what might be in store, would venture out on the last Tuesday of each month for their regular installment of Dixieland Jazz. One month the band’s vocalist with the velvet voice, Eileen Freaze, was joined by her talented granddaughter for several spell-binding numbers. During the year, both Massillon’s and Jackson’s jazz bands performed for the audience. Then, as if the walls of the auditorium OR the crowd’s enthusiasm could contain such a concert, they joined the Core Jazz Band for a jam session. Somewhere near the middle of the year, the band added up-and-coming teen musician, Joe Lautzenheiser to its roster of musicians. And some months, from the sidelines, regular attendee and the only member of the percussion cutlery section, Bob Manson, would gingerly extract his instrument from its hiding place and add the inimitable, staccado tickety-tick of the musical spoons.

We invite you to join us in 2010 for more concerts of traditional Dixieland Jazz featuring trumpet, clarinet, trombone, drums, bass, piano, ukulele, banjo and a vocalist.  The second half of each performance will be open to musicians, young and old, who want to jam with the band. 

Two-hour free parking is available to the public in the parking deck behind the Senior Center building as well as on the street parking.  Handicap parking is also available in the area surrounding the building.  Patrons may enter the rear of the building from the parking deck. The Friends of the Massillon Public Library will provide free refreshments. For more information, contact the library 330.832.9831 ext. 311.