Austin Jazz Festival w/ Butch Miles' Jazz Express w/ Elias Haslanger, Black Red Black, the Jitterbug Vipers, Dr. James Polk
Not only did Dr. James Polk receive a pair of Grammy nominations in the service of Ray Charles, but many consider the piano healer Austin’s Father of Soul. With ever-sultry Billie Holiday murmur Pam Hart out front of a band that includes trumpet beacon Jeff Lofton, Polk & Co. play pied piper to the Jitterbug Vipers’ Twenties Panama Red swing, Black Red Black’s organ trio hot pocket, and opener Butch Miles Jazz Express, guesting local tenor titan Elias Haslanger. Free, 5-10pm, in a spot that defines “idyllic.” – Raoul Hernandez