LIVE MUSIC: JP3
The Jim Phillips Trio – or “JP3” – performs jazzy interpretations of folk rock, Americana, and alternative pop covers, as well as original songs from “Phase I” – the debut album from the Jim Phillips Project. The sound is a mix of upbeat and introspective, with crisp vocals, and their songs often punctuated with laid back-yet-innovative improvisational segments.
LIVE MUSIC: Josh Gallagher Group
Josh Gallagher attended the Berklee College of Music on a full ride scholarship and played in the Brubeck Institute Jazz Sextet. After living in New York City, he returned to Eau Claire. Catch this masterful and swinging pianist in action.
LIVE MUSIC: Tyler Lustek
Tyler Lustek is a pianist, composer, arranger and educator from Eau Claire, WI. Tyler is involved with a variety of musical projects around the Chippewa Valley including his own quintet the Tyler Lustek Confluence, avant-garde jazz duet Lustek / Granros, piano/cello duet Duo Vivace, and the Chippewa Valley Jazz Orchestra. Tyler is also co-director of the jazz combo program at UW-Eau Claire.
LIVE MUSIC: Kat Sherman & Paul Hecht
Vocalist Kat Sherman has been on the Eau Claire music scene for more than two decades, performing in a wide variety of styles and venues, and maintaining an active teaching studio in piano and voice. Having formed the successful jazz trio, Kat and the Hats, she continues her exploration of the jazz idiom in a duo with Paul Hecht.
Paul Hecht brings a wide musical curiosity and a commitment to jazz traditions in the piano/keyboard trio format. Hecht trained with musicians from Detroit and Chicago and now divides his time between Chicago and Eau Claire.
