🎷 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐉𝐀𝐌 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 | 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐙 @ 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄’𝐒

Five nights. Five bands. One artist – 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙯.

From the heart of Blake’s, we witnessed an extraordinary collision of American jazz — laced with Latin, Motown, and Afro-Cuban colors — and the soulful spirit of Vietnam, deep and resonant like a low note in the heat of August.

Each night, 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙯 – the saxophonist who tells stories from Santa Cruz – brought with him a warm tone and emotional improvisation that felt like a conversation with your heart.

🎷 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟏 – 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭: an opening full of swing, bold and alive.

🎷𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟐 – 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭: sharp, modern, pushing the limits of sound.

🎷 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟑 – 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐰𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬: tender, stirring, like a love song after the rain.