Sunday, June 01, 2025
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Show 6pm | Doors 5pm
$18.90 to $40.40
Craft cocktails and small plates begin at 5:00 pm.
Middle C Jazz has General Admission seating available on a first-come basis. We also offer preferred seating for our Baby Grand members.
For information regarding our Baby Grand Membership click here.
A child prodigy who lucked into an opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a blizzard, Herbie Hancock’s music ranges from the classic Blue Note sound to being sampled by hip hop artists over the past three decades. Jazz, Blues, and Funk; Herbie’s music has it all.
Created in 2015 after an epiphany bandleader Justin Varnes had while teaching Jazz History at Georgia State University, the Jazz Legacy Project has an ongoing residency at the Velvet Note jazz club in Atlanta, where they have been selling out their performances for 6 years and counting.
Ditching a traditional textbook in favor of playing records and telling stories about the artists to college kids who knew little or nothing about jazz proved to be a big success. It turned out that performing the artist’s music and telling their stories in between proved to be an even bigger success.
But it’s more than just offering insight into what to listen for when listening to jazz, it’s also woven into American history – as jazz itself is. Many movements in jazz are a direct result of cultural shifts in America, and connecting an artist’s music to a time or an event in history can open up a new world when listening to it.
Justin Varnes – Drums and Narration
Noel Freidline – Piano and Keyboard
John Sandfort – Tenor Saxophone
Kevin Smith – Acoustic Bass
