Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM and The Ontario Beach Park Program Committee are pleased to announce seven FREE spring, summer and fall jazz and big band concerts to be held at Tropix Nightclub – located at 4775 Lake Ave in Charlotte.

The “Jazz at The Beach” series will include performances by The Greece Jazz Band on Tuesday April 8, The Bill Tiberio Band on Tuesday May 13, Deepak Thettu on June 10, The Dean Keller Soul Jazz Joint on July 8, Paradigm Shift on August 12, The Daryl Parker Quartet on September 9, and Sofrito Latin Jazz Quintet on October 14. All concerts begin at 7 p.m.

About The Band

Soul Jazz is music that makes you feel good, Whether it’s swinging shuffle, head bobbing funk, Boo-Ga-Loo (a mixture of latin and soul), or re-imagined pop, this group will lift your spirits and keep you grooving.

The group is made up of some of this area’s top instrumentalists: Dean Keller (Rita Collective, Prime Time Funk, Dave Rivello Ensemble) on tenor saxophone, Kristen Shiner McGuire (RPO, Rita Collective, Nazareth College) on drum set, Kyle Vock (Mighty High and Dry, Steve Grills) on acoustic bass, and Greg Woodsbie (SUNY Brockport) on organ and electric piano.

Classic soul jazz tunes from Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, and Bobby Hutcherson, hidden gems from Dorothy Ashby or Don Wilkerson, modern additions to the tradition from John Scofield, and even unusual arrangements of U2 and Black Sabbath all have a place in performances by Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint.