Jean’s Jazz Releases Schedule For Its 18th Season

RACINE, WI — From Racine’s very own electric strings group, to gyspy jazz, brass sounds, rhythm and blues, edgy jazz, and Afro-Caribbean and Latin Jazz, Jean’s Jazz returns to Racine Theatre Guild for its 18th season.

Season tickets are available through January 5, 2019 for all four dates at $60 for adults, $52 for
seniors (62+), and $15 for students (21 & under). Individual tickets can also be purchased at $18
for adults, $16 for seniors, and $5 for students.

Tickets are available at the Racine Theatre Guild located at 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine.
Call (262) 633-4218, visit www.racinetheatre.org, or stop by the box office weekdays from 12 to
6 p.m.

Save the dates for the full Jean’s Jazz lineup:

Saturday, January 5 at 7 p.m.

Young Strings

An electric string trio of talent artists, principles are Becca Arnold, a UW-Parkside student, on
cello, Matt Piper, who attends Lawrence University, on violin, and founding member, Sean
Steinbach, a senior at Horlick High School, on violin. Their mission is to inspire other young
musicians to play music outside of their normal repertoire and have fun with their craft.

Park N Ride Band

What started out as a normal church band has morphed into a family of friends whose musical
abilities, interests and dreams have knitted them together to go to higher levels. Covering
everything from R&B to soul to pop, their lives have intersected into their good music and great vibes that let the audience enjoy the ride.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Mambo Surfers

The Mambo Surfers feature original music that has always been genre-bending for over 20 years. They draw on influences ranging from Bollywood to blues, Sufi chants to Native American chants, Bedouin songs, ragas, polkas, punk, ska, reggae, surf, samba, and of course, rock ‘n roll.

Hot and Dirty Brass Band

The Hot and Dirty Brass Band band’s stage presence and energy is fueled by their desire to share
the uplifting and inspirational spirit of music with others. With a trombone, trumpet, tenor sax,
guitar, sousaphone, and drum set, their goal is to make the world a better place through the
experience of music.

Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Milwaukee Hot Club

Playing “gypsy jazz,” the music of the late great Django Reinhardt and his modern descendants,
the Milwaukee Hot Club’s music is a high energy mix of wing, bossa, and gypsy samba rhythms.
They perform with amplification designed to preserve the acoustic qualities of their gypsy
guitars, upright bass, and sax or clarinet.

Kal Bergendahl Project

Kal Jon Bergendahl is an accomplished bassist, composer, arranger and educator based in
Kenosha. His soulful and energetic playing has gained him attention as a top-notch bassist. In
2005, Bergendahl formed The Kal Bergendahl Project and they have taken on many different
forms over the years, combining smooth, edgy jazz with pop and soul.

Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m.

De La Buena

Employing jazz harmonic sensibility and a deep-seated love of diverse cultures, De La Buena
explores the textures and rhythms of the Latin music of the Americas with roots planted firmly in
African Diasporic traditions. Growing from a trio into a powerful 10-piece over the last six
years, De La Buena has been electrifying audiences with their own brand of Afro-Caribbean and
Latin Jazz.

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