"Remembering Miles" in Menlo Park

On Saturday, January 9, the Jym Marks Quartet performs a tribute to legendary jazz great Miles Davis during a free concert being presented by the Menlo Park Library, to take place at the Menlo Park City Council Chambers.

Jym Marks is a local business owner, public speaker, publisher, poet, author and musician who has been called “Menlo Park’s Renaissance Man.” He also has been a band leader for over 40 years, and is the drummer in his own jazz quartet, members of which have played with jazz greats including John Handy, Margie Baker, Rich Cole, Pharoah Saunders and Jules Broussard. The Jym Marks Quartet comprises Larry Chinn on piano, Mike Hallesy on bass, Fred Berry on Trumpet, and Jym Marks on drums. Their presentation will be titled “Remembering Miles,” in honor of one of Jym’s personal heroes, the late jazz great Miles Davis.

The Jym Marks Quartet’s Menlo Park is free, thanks to funding from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library. The concert will take place Saturday, January 9 at 11a.m. at the Menlo Park City Council Chambers, located at 701 Laurel Street. Refreshments will be served. Free wheelchair accessible van service is available for Menlo Park area seniors and people with disabilities. Call 330-2512 for van reservations. For event details, visit the calendar at www.menlopark.org/library, or phone 650-330-2501.