Words & Music: Melissa Aldana

MUSIC
MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020
6:00 PM

Zoom

$15
https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar/happy-hour-melissa-aldana-3

A Jazz Gallery initiative featuring remote sessions where jazz musicians play and chat with the audience (limited to 15 people per show).  Tonight's performer, saxophonist Melissa Aldana has everything you'd want:  chops, an immediately recognizable (and quite enjoyable) improvisational conception, and a distinctive compositional voice.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  A Cincinnati sounds like a terrible idea.  But it's actually quite refreshing in the middle of a heatwave that seems like it will last as long as the fucking Pandemic:  fill a pint glass half-full of beer (you'll be tempted to use something substandard, but this drink actually requires a very good, very full-flavored beer to work).  Top it off with soda water.